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Paul-Émile Miot, 1870s, Chien de Garvel (Martinique), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117772
Robert Frank, 1946, Paris seen from automobile, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130085
Robert Frank, 1955, Man shopping--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130105
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 1 September - 21 October, Amerapoora: Ouk Kyoung, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59088
Hill & Adamson, 1846, Colinton Manse and weir, with part of the old mill on the right, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76778
Carleton E. Watkins, 1871, Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92693
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Abbaye du Gard pres d' Abbeville, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117725
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Widow, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117758
Henry P. Bosse, 1889, Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76741
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Waymart, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117752
Arthur E. Durham, 1870s, Microphotograph of Traverse Section of Wood (Salisburia), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117811
Charles Nègre, 1854 (ca, taken) 1857 (ca, print), Cathédrale de Chartres - Portique du Midi XIIe Siècle, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92688
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
Peter Henry Emerson, 1890 (ca, taken) 1895 (ca, print), Gnarled-Thorn Trees, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117779
Charles Nègre, 1852 (ca), Chateau of Vallambrosa, Cannes, Waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92689
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Botanical Photogram, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117722
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
Unidentified photographer, 1888 (ca), Untitled (Fishbowl), Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54872
Robert Frank, 1951, Melvin Tocker, 6 AM, [People You Don't See], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130091
Sedgwick S. Hull(artist, America, c. 1832-1895), 1870 (ca), Charles Ketterer with his Apostolic Clock, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128267
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 21, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54902
Felice Beato, 1860, View of the Summer Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, Showing the Pagoda Before the Burning, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76832
Charles Marville, 1858-1860, Grotto in the Bois de Boulogne, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92661
Robert Frank, 1956, Coffee shop--Butte, Montana, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130111
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Wagon Road at S. St. Paul, Minn. Looking Downstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76748
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117810
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
Jacob D. Byerly, 1855 (ca), Frederick, Maryland, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128253
Conrad Rippel (artist, American, 1853-1936), 1890s (ca), Portrait of a Tinware Advertising Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128277
Edouard Manet, 1873-1874, Le bal de l'opéra [Maskenball in der Oper], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40754
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 521. A: Walking. B: Ascending step. C. Throwing disk. D: Using shovel. E, F. Using pick, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54899
Calvert Richard Jones, 1845-1850, Study of the Spires of Lichfield Cathedral, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54911
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay and John Linton, Salted paper print, from a paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92678
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Ruins of the Church of San Miguel, Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54895
Édouard Baldus, 1861 (or later), Toulon, Gare (Toulon, Train Station), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117734
Robert Frank, 1955, Football players--Louisiana, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130101
Peter M. Puhl (artist, American, 1849-1924), 1900, Coal Delivery Boys, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128288
Felice Beato, 1860, The Great Imperial Porcelain Palace Yuen Min Yuen, Pekin, October 18, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76816
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
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
Louis de Clercq, 1859-1860, Philae, Cour Intérieure, Colonnade de l'Ouest, Albumen print, from waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54880
Robert Frank, 1956, Man reading in automobile--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130113
Giorgio Sommer, 1873, Impronte Umane, Pompei (Human Cast, Pompeii), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117809
Unidentified photographer (Great Britain), 1848, John Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Jr., Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131393
Unidentified photographer (Great Britain), 1848, John Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Jr., Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131392
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872, Cathedral Spires, Valley of the Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92683
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Soldier, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117757
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1871, Wall in the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117830
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (ca), Trees and Reflections, Lacock Abbey, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92648
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, C.M. & St. P. RR Bridge at Sabula, Ia., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76732
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76728
Taylor (artist, American), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Weaving Mill Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128289
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Foot of Robinson's Rock Looking Upstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76746
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Highway overpasses--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130103
Yung Fong (artist, Shanghai, Chinese), 1908, Kitten, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128298
Conrad Rippel (artist, American, 1853-1936), 1890s (ca), Backmark for "Coinrad Rippel, Photographer, Market St. near Fourth, Sunbury, Pa.", Cabinet card, back, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128278
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 24 April, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117789
F. Jay Haynes, 1884 (ca), Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Falls, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117808
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at Rapids City, Illinois, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76750
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 14, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54901
Thomas H. Johnson, 1863-1865 (ca), Olyphant, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117750
William J. Stillman, 1869-1870, The Acropolis of Athens, plate 20, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/41616
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, David Octavius Hill at the gate of Rock House, Edinburgh, Salted paper print, from a paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92675
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of Two Boys, Tintype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117724
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130083
Felice Beato, 1860, Thibetan Monument in the Lama Temple, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76829
Charles Le Morvan (French, 1865 - 1933), 1904, Carte photographique de la lune, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117792
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76735
Pierre Bonnard, 1895, Les Batignolles avec la devanture fleurie oder Le cheval de fiacre [Das Droschkenpferd in Batignolles], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40752
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
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Tall Bull, Chief of the Sioux, Carte de visite, painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130865
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
Charles Marville, 1864-1870, Hôtel de la Marine, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92657
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76782
A. Cheong (Hong Kong), 1890s, A sailor from 'USS Monadnock', Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131414
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76767
Edel (American), 1895 (ca), "Anna in Union College Laundry", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128280
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Guard Rock, Des Moines Rapids Canal L.W., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76734
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1904, 6 July, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117793
Loewy et Puiseux, 1903, Photographie Lunaire Albategnius - Triesnecker - Manilius, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117791
Unidentified photographer (America), 1867 (ca), Specimens of Gunshot Fractures of the Femur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117826
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1860, View of the Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117761
Lady Frances Jocelyn, 1865, Intérieur, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/84939
Carleton E. Watkins, 1861, River View of the Royal Arches, Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92699
Robert Frank, 1956, Funeral procession--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130112
Roger Fenton, 1855 (taken) 1856 (print), Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76755
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1844, Lace, Photogenic drawing negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76759
Carleton E. Watkins, 1868-1869, Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92691
William F. Sleight (artist, American, 1857-1918), 1897 (ca), Portrait of Night Soil Pumpers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128301
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at La Crosse, Wis., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76749
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
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Zurich telephone directory--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130078
Carleton E. Watkins, 1880s, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, Looking North, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92698
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Group going to church--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130102
L.P. Greenlund & Co. (artist, American, active 1890s-1910s), 1880s (ca), Portrait of a Tinsmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128273
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, 20-24 August or 23 October, Pugahm Myo: Carved Doorway in Courtyard of Shwe Zeegong Pagoda,, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59086
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Animal Locomotion, Plate 523, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54900
Louis de Clercq, 1859-1860, Kalaat-El Hosn, deuxième enceinte, extérieur, midi, Albumen print, from waxed paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54881
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
Édouard Baldus, 1855, L' Isle Adam, [Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée], Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117730
Adam Clark Vroman, 1895-1897 (ca), In the Petrified Forest (General View, Middle Park), Collodion print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117785
Joseph Wright (British, 1734 - 1797), 1782-1784, The Corinthian Maid, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/93374
Unidentified photographer, 1941-1945, Robert Frank, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130077
Linnaeus Tripe, 1855, November, Rangoon: View near the Lake, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/59089
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Family, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117741
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of the Malakoff Tower, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76796
Antonio Shindler, 1868, Alexander Gardner, William Henry Jackson, and Antonio Zeno Shindler with Pueblo delegates Alejandro Padilla, Governor of Isleta, and Ambrosio Abeita, Ex-Governor of Isleta, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117769
Robert Frank, 1946 (ca), Eye in shutter--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130084
A.F. Ferris & Co. (artist, American), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128272
Anna Atkins, 1840s, Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92649
Charles Marville, 1864-1867, February (before), Rue Saint-Jacques, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92667
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
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
Edouard Manet, 1873, Le chemin de fer [Die Eisenbahn], Oil painting, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/40743
2015, Radiographs of Edgar Degas wax sculptures, X-ray, composite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76288
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Buildings and billboard--Beverly Hills, California, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130096
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128275
Robert Frank, 1955, Outside Graumann's Chinese Theater--Hollywood, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130106
Felice Beato, 1860, Exterior of North Fort Showing the English Entrance, August 21, 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76812
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 15 October, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117790
Maria Harriet Elizabeth Cator, 1866-1877, Untitled Page From the Cator Album, [Cator Family Album], Collage of watercolor and albumen silver prints, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/35057
Eadweard Muybridge, 1875 (taken) 1877 (published), Setting out a Coffee Plantation at Antigua de Guatemala, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92687
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128265
David Brokaw (artist, American, 1812-1878), 1850, Oberlin College Graduates, including Lucy Stanton Day Sessions, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128254
Lewis Carroll, 1860, Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Dress, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77649
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), Full Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117747
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Elephantiasis, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117773
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117742
Hill & Adamson, 1845, The Three Sleepers: Sophia Finlay, Harriet Farnie and Brownie, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76777
H. Hoyt (artist, American), 1905 (ca), Newspaper Boys for "The Baltimore News", Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128293
Felice Beato, 1860, Temple of Heaven from the Place Where the Priests Are Burnt, in the Chinese City of Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76828
Robert Frank, 1941 (ca), Banana in sand--Design, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130072
William Robert Baker, 1850, Nether Hall, Waxed-paper negative with brown and black ink, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130437
Armour & Co. (artist, American), 1904 (ca), Portrait of Electric Light Installers, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128300
   

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