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Robert Frank, 1956, Man reading in automobile--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130113
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1904, 6 July, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117793
Arthur E. Durham, 1870s, Microphotograph of Traverse Section of Wood (Salisburia), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117811
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1860, View of the Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117761
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117774
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Ruins of the Church of San Miguel, Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54895
Charles Marville, 1864-1867, February (before), Rue Saint-Jacques, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92667
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 15 October, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117790
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130083
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Courtyard with Domed Building in Ruins, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76783
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76772
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Olyphant, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117750
Édouard Baldus, 1854, Rocher de St. Michel au Le Puy (Rock of St. Michel near Le Puy), Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117728
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at Rapids City, Illinois, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76750
Solomon Telingater, 1930, All-Soviet Military Railroad, Collage of photomechanical reproductions and gouache over graphite on gray-green paper, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78330
Laura F. Weeks, 1899 (ca.), Portrait of an Advertising Woman with Leather Products, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132386
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Stripping Their Prey at Neah Bay, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117796
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76741
American 20th Century (artist), 1918 (ca), Portrait of a Soldier, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128295
A.E. Alden, 1868, Andrew and Billie, Furniture Movers, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128268
Joseph Wright (British, 1734 - 1797), 1782-1784, The Corinthian Maid, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/93374
Detroit Photographic Co., 1900 (published), A Monday Washing, New York City, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117807
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128275
Carleton E. Watkins, 1868-1869, Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92691
Felice Beato, 1860, Part of the Entrance to the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76823
Hugh Welch Diamond, 1855 (ca), Woman Holding a Dead Bird, Surrey County Asylum, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76757
John P. Soule, 1863, Full Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117767
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117809
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128263
Unidentified photographer, 1941-1945, Robert Frank, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130077
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Panorama of Sebastopol No. 1, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76794
Asahel Curtis, 1910, Indian Whalers Homeward Bound from the Pacific, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117795
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Boy, Albumen print, with applied colour, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117756
Lewis Carroll, 1857, Lewis Carroll Seated on a Windowsill of the Old Rectory at Croft, Darlington, Yorkshire, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92651
Felice Beato, 1860, Exterior of North Taku Fort on Peiho River, Showing the English and French Entrance, August 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76813
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117817
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat el Hosn (Castle of the Knights, Syria), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54877
Manville & Schroder (Greenbay, Wisconsin), 1864 (ca), Portrait of a Native American Woman, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130896
Robert Frank, 1955, Boy sitting on automobile--North Carolina, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130095
Gustave Le Gray, 1856-1858, The Pont du Carrousel, Paris: View to the West from the Pont des Arts, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92653
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Charles F. Hanson, Piano Forte Tuner and Repairer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128270
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a U.S. Army Musician, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132383
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Abbaye du Gard pres d' Abbeville, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117725
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Fortification above Balaclava Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76785
Felice Beato, 1860, Tomb Near Palichian, the Scene of the Commencement of the Attack on September 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76830
Guillaume-Amant Duchenne de Boulogne, 1854-1855 (taken), Fright, [Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine (The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression) (1862)], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78334
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, C.M. & St. P. RR Bridge at Sabula, Ia., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76732
2015, Radiographs of Edgar Degas wax sculptures, X-ray, composite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76288
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Zurich telephone directory--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130078
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 626. Gallop, thoroughbred bay mare, Annie G, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54897
Aimé-Jules Dalou, 1891 (ca) (cast after 1907), Portrait Mask of Etienne Carjat, Bronze, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/51580
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Brother and Postmortem Sister, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128248
Laura F. Weeks (artist, American, 1862-1951), 1899 (ca), Portrait of an Advertising Woman with Leather Products, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128282
Felice Beato, 1860, Rear of the North Fort After Its Capture, Showing the Retreat of the Chinese Army, August 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76824
Henry Rosenstock, 1860s, Frank P. Cosper, a Young Typesetter, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132398
William Matthew Prior (artist, 1806-1873), 1845 (ca), Baby in Blue, Oil on paper, attached to panel, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/58934
Dunmore & Critcherson, 1869, The Arctic Regions: No. 92.* The Devil's Thumb partially enveloped in a fog, with the first of the drift Ice from the pack, which was being forced towards the land, from which we escaped through a narrow lead…, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117771
2015, Radiograph of a wax sculpture by Edgar Degas, X-ray, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76289
Peter Dingeldey (artist, American, born 1872), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Carpenter Helper, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128283
Charles Nègre, 1852, February (before), Market Scene at the Port of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/67057
William F. Sleight (artist, American, 1857-1918), 1897 (ca), Portrait of Night Soil Pumpers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128301
Linnaeus Tripe, 1852-1854, Quarterdeck of HMS "Impregnable", Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59084
Solomon Telingater, 1930, Central Theater of the Red Army: First Cavalry, Collage, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78331
Louis-Rémy Robert, 1854 (ca), Cascade at the Chateau de St. Cloud., Salt print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76043
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76767
Henry F. Post (artist, American, born c. 1840), 1896 (ca), "Dominic Parsons Hunting for Fossils", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128297
Jacob Byerly (Frederick, Maryland), 1863 (ca), Portrait of a Woman with a Wash Tub, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132167
Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Pagoda in the Imperial Winter Palace, Pekin, October 29, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76817
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Girl, Salted paper print, hand-painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76768
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Redwing, Minn. and Barnbluff, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76742
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Wagon Road at S. St. Paul, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76748
Felice Beato, 1860, Bridge of Palichian Near Pekin, the Scene of the Fight with Imperial Chinese Troops, September 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76808
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 20, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/41616
Joseph L. Bates, 1860, The Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117755
Wolff's Gallery (artist, American, active 1860s), 1863 (ca), Portrait of a First Lieutenant, Infantry, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117751
Alexander Gardner, 1863, July, A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, [Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 40], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117825
Charles Nègre, 1854 (ca, taken) 1857 (ca, print), Cathédrale de Chartres - Portique du Midi XIIe Siècle, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92688
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76782
Felice Beato, 1860, Imperial Summer Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, Before the Burning, October 18, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76819
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1865 (taken) 1866 (published), High Bridge, Crossing the Appomattox, near Farmville, on South Side Railroad, Virginia, [Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War], Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117831
William D. Fay, 1860s, Portrait of Child Maids, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132396
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, From Bluffs at Merrimac, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76739
Eadweard Muybridge, 1881-1882, The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography with a Study on Animal Mechanics, [Plate XVL.], Book illustration, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54896
George N. Barnard, 1864, Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA, No. 4, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92672
Felice Beato, 1860, October, Architectural View of the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76807
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Backmark for "Putnam, Smith Block, Barre, Mass.", Carte de visite, back, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128271
James W. Williams, 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117746
Peter Henry Emerson, 1890 (ca, taken) 1895 (ca, print), Gnarled-Thorn Trees, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117779
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76730
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128265
Felice Beato, 1860, Entrance to the Five Genii Temple, Canton, April 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76809
Eadweard Muybridge, 1881-1882, Arrangement of the Cameras for Taking the Illustrations of the Paces, 1879, in J.D.B Stillman, The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography with a Study on Animal Mechanics, Heliotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92681
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117745
Felice Beato, 1860, Interior and Arches of the Temple of Heaven Where the Emperor Sacrifices Once a Year, in the Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76820
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 758. Cockatoo flying, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117782
Charles A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117780
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, View of Street with Soldiers, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76804
Alfred Stieglitz, 1921, Georgia O'Keeffe-Hands and Grapes, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/103604
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/61848
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Widow, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117758
Felice Beato, 1860, Shops and Street, Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76826
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1918 (ca), Portrait of a Soldier, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132384
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Woman with Sewing Machine, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128257
Robert Frank, 1955, Street scene--Houston, Texas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130107
Robert Frank, 1956, Man with I.D. button--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130114
Robert Frank, 1956, Woman in hallway--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130117
Yung Fong (artist, Shanghai, Chinese), 1908, Kitten, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128298
Unidentified photographer (America), 1867 (ca), Specimens of Gunshot Fractures of the Femur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117826
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130084
H. Hoyt (artist, American), 1905 (ca), Newspaper Boys for "The Baltimore News", Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128293
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Backmark for "J.R. Tewksbury, Front Street, Fort Madison. Iowa.", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128276
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Les Femmes Malgaches (Plate 28), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117763
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Guard Rock, Des Moines Rapids Canal L.W., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76734
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Botanical Photogram, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117753
Conrad Rippel (artist, American, 1853-1936), 1890s (ca), Portrait of a Tinware Advertising Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128277
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Portrait of a Wicker Chair Maker, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128258
Carleton E. Watkins, 1880s, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, Looking North, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92698
James Tyler, 1855 (ca), Our Pastor's Circle, Daguerreotypes, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77650
Robert Frank, 1955, Cocktail party--New York City, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130098
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Horses. Running. Phyrne L. No. 40, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117776
Robert Frank, 1955, Cotton harvesters--Arkansas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130099
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, From Left Attack, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76800
Edouard Manet, 1873-1874, Le bal de l'opéra [Maskenball in der Oper], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40754
John Murray, 1858-1862 (ca), Nynee Tall from South End, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117744
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132394
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Family, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117741
Unidentified photographer (British), 1850s (ca), Hothocleana, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117740
Charles Marville, 1867 (ca), Passage des Deux-Soeurs de la rue Lafayette, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92666
Unidentified photographer (America), 1850s, Portrait of a School Teacher and Class, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128256
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1940 (ca.), Portrait of a Sailor, U.S.S. Enterprise, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132381
Detroit Photographic Co., 1899 (published), Orange Packing at Redlands, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117813
Henry F. Post, 1896 (ca.), "Dominic Parsons Hunting for Fossils", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132387
Charles Marville, 1851 (ca), Salle des Cariatides, au Musée du Louvre, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92663
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), View of the Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117748
Peter McWilliam (artist, American, 1875-1947), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Telephone Lineman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128284
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (ca), Trees and Reflections, Lacock Abbey, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92648
Linnaeus Tripe, 1858, January-February, Madura: The Vygay River, with Causeway, across to Madura, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59085
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76728
Felice Beato, 1860, Mosque Near Pekin Occupied by the Commander-in-Chief and Lord Elgin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76822
   

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