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Désiré Charnay, 1863, Trois Femmes Malgaches (Plate 30), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117764
Unidentified photographer (Great Britain), 1848, John Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Jr., Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131392
Désiré Charnay, 1863, Les Femmes Malgaches (Plate 28), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117763
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1850s, Portrait of a Tinsmith, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132405
Charles Marville, 1867 (ca), Passage des Deux-Soeurs de la rue Lafayette, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92666
Robert Frank, 1956, Man with I.D. button--San Francisco, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130114
Garrett's (artist, American), 1866 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128266
William H. Bell, 1872, Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117821
Lewis Carroll, 1860, Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Dress, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77649
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, 1890s, "Sunshine and Shadow", Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126674
Robert Frank, 1955, Canal Street—New Orleans, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130097
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, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Portrait of a Wicker Chair Maker, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132393
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
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Quezaltenango from the Crater of a Volcano, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92684
Solomon Telingater, 1930, Central Theater of the Red Army: First Cavalry, Collage, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78331
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
James W. Williams, 1860 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117746
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Fortification above Balaclava Harbor, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76785
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843, April, An Ancient Door in Magdalen College, Oxford, Salted paper print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76762
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Ruins of the Church of San Miguel, Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54895
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1860s, Portrait of a Print Colorist, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132399
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
Edel (American), 1895 (ca), "Anna in Union College Laundry", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128280
Carleton E. Watkins, 1871, Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92693
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
Charles Marville, 1853, The Virtues Crushing the Vices, Strasbourg Cathedral, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92658
Eadweard Muybridge, 1879, Horses. Running. Phyrne L. No. 40, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117776
Felice Beato, 1860, Sacred 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/76825
William J. Stillman, 1882, Propylaea from the Southwest, Carbon print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54903
Louis-Rémy Robert, 1854 (ca), Cascade at the Chateau de St. Cloud., Salt print, from paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76043
Felice Beato, 1860, Thibetan Monument in the Lama Temple, Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76829
Robert Frank, 1951, Melvin Tocker, 6 AM, [People You Don't See], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130091
Unidentified collagist, n.d., [A Boardman], Collage, with albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78332
Joseph R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca.), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132389
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
Carleton E. Watkins, 1860s (ca), Donner Lake, California, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92700
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, Levee at La Crosse, Wis., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76749
Unidentified photographer (America), 1855 (ca), Portrait of a Man, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128255
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura, OIl on canvas, framed, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/73651
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Panorama of Sebastopol No. 1, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76794
Charles Marville, 1858-1860, Grotto in the Bois de Boulogne, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92661
Juan Laurent, 1874, Madrid…752…Vista general interior de la nueva plaza de toros, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130261
Robert Frank, 1941 (ca), Banana in sand--Design, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130072
Robert Frank, 1946, Paris seen from automobile, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130085
Unidentified photographer (Great Britain), 1848, John Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Edmund Ashworth, Jr., Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131393
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
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Camera Obscura (detail), OIl on canvas, detail, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54475
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Sebastopol, From Left Attack, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76800
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of the Malakoff Tower, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76796
Louis de Clercq, 1859, Kalaat-El-Hosn, Deuxième Enciente, Extérieur, Tour d'Angle, sud-ouest, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54879
Felice Beato, 1860, October, Arch in the Lama Temple Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76806
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Foot of Robinson's Rock Looking Upstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76747
Carleton E. Watkins, 1861, River View of the Royal Arches, Yosemite, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92699
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
Alex V. Olszewsky (Artist, American, active 1855-1865), 1860s, Wicker Chairs, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132395
Henry P. Bosse, 1885, Guard Rock, Des Moines Rapids Canal L.W., Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76734
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
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Fireman, Daguerreotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117817
Henry Fox Talbot, 1839-1844, Lace, Photogenic drawing negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76759
John Moran, 1863 (ca), The Wissahickon Creek near Philadelphia, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92680
Unidentified photographer (America), 1851 (ca), Millie Craig and Frederick H. Healey, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128251
Charles Le Morvan (French, 1865 - 1933), 1904, Carte photographique de la lune, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117792
James Fitzallen Ryder, 1862, Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76730
Unidentified photographer (American), 1845 (ca), Portrait of a Man and Girl with Horse and Dog, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126502
Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa, 1901, 24 April, Photographische Sternkarten, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117789
Anna Atkins, 1840s, Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92649
Peter McWilliam (artist, American, 1875-1947), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Telephone Lineman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128284
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Civil War Soldier, Ambrotype, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117757
Alfred Stieglitz, 1894 (taken) 1895-1896 (print), A Venetian Well, Platinum print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/120911
Adam Clark Vroman, 1895-1897 (ca), In the Petrified Forest (General View, Middle Park), Collodion print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117785
Viscountess Jocelyn (British, 1820-1880), 1862 (ca), Interior of Room, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92679
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Courtyard with Domed Building in Ruins, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76783
Charles Marville, 1856, Statue of Clovis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92668
Robert Frank, 1941-1945, Radio tubes--40 Fotos, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130076
H. Hoyt (artist, American), 1905 (ca), Newspaper Boys for "The Baltimore News", Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128293
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of Telegraphers, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128261
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Man, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117742
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76782
Carleton E. Watkins, 1880s, Alcatraz Island and San Francisco Bay, Looking North, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92698
Unidentified photographer / Unidentified maker, 1920 (ca), Portrait of Three Children, Celluloid photo button, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132382
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
William Robert Baker, 1850, Nether Hall, Waxed-paper negative with brown and black ink, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130437
Gustave Le Gray, 1856 (ca), Beech Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau, Albumen print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92654
Calvert Richard Jones, 1845-1850, Study of the Spires of Lichfield Cathedral, Paper negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54911
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of a Mother and Four Children, Salted paper print, with applied color, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117743
Roger Fenton, 1855, Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment, Salted paper print, from collodion negative, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54889
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
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
Hiram F. Alley (artist, American, 1847-1933), 1890 (ca), Portrait of Mailmen, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128279
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Abbaye du Gard pres d' Abbeville, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117725
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Backmark for "Putnam, Smith Block, Barre, Mass.", Carte de visite, back, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128271
Henry Fox Talbot, 1845, A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76767
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Portrait of a Blacksmith, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128275
A.F. Ferris & Co. (artist, American), 1880 (ca), Portrait of a Wallpaperer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128272
Taylor (artist, American), 1900 (ca), Portrait of a Weaving Mill Woman, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128289
Unidentified photographer, 1860s, Portrait of a Girl, Salted paper print, hand-painted, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76768
Felice Beato, 1860, Exterior of the Tomb Depot Near Pekin, October 1860, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76814
Robert Frank, 1956, Coffee shop--Butte, Montana, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130111
Unidentified photographer, 1888 (ca), Untitled (Fishbowl), Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54872
Unidentified photographer (American 19th century), 1845 (ca.), Samuel Morse Felton Steam Engine and Crew, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Daguerreotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132407
Eadweard Muybridge, 1877, Moonlight Effect-Bay of Panama, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/54893
Robert Frank, 1955, Cocktail party--New York City, [The Americans], Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130098
Warren De la Rue, 1858-1859 (taken) 1862 (print), View of the Moon, Stereoscopic glass transparency, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117748
Édouard Baldus, 1855 (ca), Théâtre Romain à Arles (Roman Theater in Arles), Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117727
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Buildings and billboard--Beverly Hills, California, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130096
James Tyler, 1855 (ca), Our Pastor's Circle, Daguerreotypes, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/77650
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
Unidentified photographer (America), 1860s, Portrait of a Woman Washing Dishes, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128259
Baynham Jones Jr., 1855 (ca), Farm Yard, Prestbury near Cheltenham, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/131126
Joseph L. Bates, 1860, The Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117755
Édouard Baldus, 1861 (or later), Toulon, Gare (Toulon, Train Station), Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117734
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Remains of Stone Buildings, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76795
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, Hutted Camp with Balaclava Harbor in Distance, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76790
Unidentified photographer (British), 1850 (ca), Portrait of a Child, Daguerreotype, with applied colour, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/126106
Robert Macpherson, 1861, The Templum Minerva Medica and the Surrounding Area, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/78344
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
Laura F. Weeks, 1899 (ca.), Portrait of an Advertising Woman with Leather Products, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/132386
Loewy et Puiseux, 1899, Photographie Lunaire Blancanus - Tycho - Schiller, Photogravure, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117787
A-Cheong (artist, Chinese, Hong Kong, active 1900s-1910s), 1901-1904, Portrait of a Sailor, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128294
Henry Fox Talbot, 1843 (ca), Trees and Reflections, Lacock Abbey, Salted paper print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92648
Robert Frank, 1955, Cotton harvesters--Arkansas, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130099
Robertson, J. & Beato, F., 1855-1856, Distant View of the Arsenal, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76784
G.T. Putnam, 1875 (ca), Charles F. Hanson, Piano Forte Tuner and Repairer, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128270
Carleton E. Watkins, 1868-1869, Sugar Loaf Island, Farallons, Albumen print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/92691
Detroit Photographic Co., 1900 (published), A Monday Washing, New York City, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117807
Robert Frank, 1955-1956 (ca), Group going to church--Los Angeles, Gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/130102
Henry P. Bosse, 1891, From Foot of Robinson's Rock Looking Upstream, Cyanotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76746
Charles A. Nast, 1885 (ca, taken) 1900 (published), Ute Chief Severo and Family, Photo-chromolithograph, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117780
Henry Draper, 1860, Full Moon, Stereoview, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117754
2015, Radiographs of Edgar Degas wax sculptures, X-ray, composite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/76288
J.R. Tewksbury, 1890 (ca), Backmark for "J.R. Tewksbury, Front Street, Fort Madison. Iowa.", Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128276
Alex V. Olszewsky (artist, American), 1860s, Wicker chair, Carte de visite, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128264
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, Plate Number 758. Cockatoo flying, Collotype, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/117782
Peter M. Puhl (artist, American, 1849-1924), 1900, Coal Delivery Boys, Cabinet card, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/128288
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
Charles Amedee Philippe Van Loo (French, 1719-1795), 1764, The Magic Lantern (detail), OIl on canvas, National Gallery of Art (NGA), LL/64064
   

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