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LL/84291
Carlos Relvas
A selection of photographic backgrounds
1870-1875 (ca)
Photograph
 
House - Studio - Carlos Relvas
inventory number: 00040-001-017
 
LL/84291

1 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84752
Unidentified photographer
Six painted backgrounds
n.d.
Collodion negative
 
Private coillection of Gawain Weaver
 
LL/84752 [Further details available]

2 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/104616
J. W. Bryant (manufacturer, LaPorte, Indiana)
A catalogue of albumen prints of the backgrounds manufactured by J. W. Bryant in LaPorte, Indiana.
n.d.
Catalogue page
 
Indiana Historical Society
 
LL/104616

3 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83530
Unidentified photographer (probably French)
Landscape studio backgrounds
1870 (ca)
Cabinet card, albumen print
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold, 27 June 2018, Lot: 20
 
LL/83530 [Further details available]

4 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83531
Unidentified photographer (probably French)
Landscape studio backgrounds
1870 (ca)
Cabinet card, albumen print
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold, 27 June 2018, Lot: 20
 
LL/83531 [Further details available]

5 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83532
Unidentified photographer (probably French)
Landscape studio backgrounds
1870 (ca)
Cabinet card, albumen print
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold, 27 June 2018, Lot: 20
 
LL/83532 [Further details available]

6 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83529
Unidentified photographer (probably French)
Landscape studio backgrounds
1870 (ca)
Cabinet card, albumen print
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold, 27 June 2018, Lot: 20
 
LL/83529 [Further details available]

7 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83646
Unidentified artist
Painted background with two columns, one with flowering vine/creeper, framing a dark void in front of which the subject would be situated
1870-1900s
Background, canvas, cropped
98 x 129 1/2 ins
 
Ebay
Seller: foundphotographs (14 June 2018)
 
LL/83646

8 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/89941
Unidentified artist [Attributed to]
Photographic background
1900 (ca)
Background
 
Musée de Bretagne
Inventory no: 979.0015.199
 
LL/89941

9 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/89942
E. Bréon (artist) [Attributed to]
Photographic background
1900 (ca)
Background
 
Musée de Bretagne
Inventory no: 978.0087.1
 
LL/89942 [Further details available]

10 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/89943
E. Bréon (artist) [Attributed to]
Photographic background
1901, 13 December
Background
 
Musée de Bretagne
Inventory no: 979.0015.200
 
LL/89943 [Further details available]

11 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/94993
Johan Hansen (Nexo, Denmark)
[Studio background with props]
n.d.
Glass plate
18 x 24 cm
 
Bornholms Museum
Kasse 7-801-903, 964, 967, No: MUS20191, Negative Id: 903
 
LL/94993

12 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/104634
A.C. Holm (Gudhjem, Denmark)
A studio interior with background and a rustic fence [Gudhjem, Denmark]
n.d.
Glass negative, copied from
 
Bornholms Museum
 
LL/104634

13 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/104623
Unknown maker
A painted studio background with a chair
2020 (taken)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Gary Dineen
 
LL/104623

14 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/104631
Unidentified photographer
The restored wall-painted background at Mai Mano house, Budapest
1995-2000 (taken)
 
Private collection of Bálint Flesch?
 
LL/104631 [Further details available]

15 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83814
Kansas City Scenic Co.
Advert for the "Kansas City Scenic Co. 24th & Harrison St. Kansas City, Missouri" - "If You Are In Need Of Scenery And Fail To Write To Us, We Both Lose"
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/83814

16 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/60783
Russell A. Miller (American, active 1850s-1860s)
Painter and Backdrop
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.19
 
LL/60783

17 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/41494
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a gentleman reading
1840-1865
Daguerreotype, stereo, with applied colouring, left half
8.7 x 17.4 cm
 
FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU
www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-P-1973-231
 
LL/41494

18 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/55107
Unidentified photographer
Woman in front of painted backdrop, landscape
1840-1860
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
 
Harvard University Library
Houghton Library, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography, TypDAG2374, Record Identifier: olvwork162883
 
LL/55107 [Further details available]

19 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/112949
Unidentified photographer (New Hampshire?)
A man sitting in front of a painted background
1860 (ca)
Pannotype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
 
LL/112949

20 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/112647
Randolph Bezzant Homes (Peshawar)
A tribal meeting in Afghanistan
1920
Gelatin silver print
11 x 9 in.
 
Private collection of John Quin
 
LL/112647

21 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/8165
Unidentified photographer
Relaxed before backdrop scene
n.d.
Ambrotype
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (46 / 49)
 
LL/8165

22 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/53231
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of an unidentified captain in front of a whaling background
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, cased
 
D. Mortenson Gallery
 
LL/53231

23 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/30943
Mother and daughter
n.d.
Ambrotype
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #34)
 
LL/30943 [Further details available]

24 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/82127
Julius Vannerson & Samuel Cohner
A Warrior of the Wahpeton Sioux (An-Pi-Tu/To-Ke-Tsha The Other Day)
1858-1859
Salted paper print, from glass negative
7 3/4 x 5 3/4 ins (image)
 
New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)
Museum purchase, General Acquisition Fund, Accession #: 78.133
 
LL/82127

25 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/58249
Camille Silvy
L'actrice Rosa Csillag dans le rôle d'Orphée
1860
Épreuve non montée, sur papier salé-albuminisé d'après un négatif verre
23.2 x 19.5 cm (irregular)
 
Pierre Bergé & Associés
Une histoire particulière de la photographie Collection de Monsieur et Madame X, 19 March 2015, Lot: 189
 
LL/58249 [Further details available]

26 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/117021
Mathew B. Brady
Couple
19th century
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
 
Chrysler Museum of Art
Gift of Christina and Dr. George M. Kemp, Object number: 2001.39.2
 
LL/117021

27 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/79394
Camille Silvy
Rosa Csillag
1860
Albumen print
3 1/4 x 2 1/8 ins (8.4 x 5.5 cm) (image)
 
National Portrait Gallery - NPG
Purchased, 1904, NPG Ax50560
 
LL/79394

28 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/77142
Stevenson & McNicoll
Studio portrait of an unidentified young man
1880-1890
Ambrotype
6.5 x 5.3 cm
 
State Library of Victoria
Accession no: H38671
 
LL/77142 [Further details available]

29 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/107607
Unidentified photographer
Andenken an Maria-Zel 1897
1897
Tintype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/107607 [Further details available]

30 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/68394
Peter McGill
Two men in front of a backdrop of the Forth Bridge
1900 (ca)
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.3.31
 
LL/68394

31 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/98862
Peter McGill [Attributed to]
Two small children in front of a painted backdrop depicting the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Sheila Masson
 
LL/98862 [Further details available]

32 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/98861
Peter McGill [Attributed to]
A group gathered in front of a painted backdrop depicting the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Sheila Masson
 
LL/98861 [Further details available]

33 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/60343
A.D. Vanderbilt (Barlow Block, Sing Sing, N.Y.)
Two women with elaborate studio set with window
n.d.
Tintype
 
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
 
LL/60343

34 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/82923
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a little boy sitting on a window ledge with real curtains
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
 
LL/82923

35 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/82924
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a girl
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
 
LL/82924

36 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/69900
Unidentified photographer (American)
Two young women posed in front of studio backdrop, light reflector at side
1890 (ca)
Tintype
9 x 6.3 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Stephen Ashley, 2004.0350.0002
 
LL/69900

37 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/69091
Unidentified photographer
A photographer and subject in a studio setting
1870s
Tintype, 1/2 plate
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Auction, October 25, 2016, #2426, Lot 301
 
LL/69091

38 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/43849
W.H. Pearce
The edge of a painted background
n.d.
Tintype, paper sleeve
 
Private collection
 
LL/43849

39 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83745
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a dog in front of a painted background of a landscape
n.d.
Tintype, 1/4 plate
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/83745

40 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/79052
Unidentified photographer
A photographer and sitter on a rough grass floor with an interior background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/79052

41 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/79053
Unidentified photographer
Family portrait with a board floor and an outdoor background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/79053

42 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/28228
Unidentified photographer
Up Up and Away - two top-hatted men in a mock balloon draped with flags
n.d.
Tintype
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Skylight Gallery (Auction #26)
 
LL/28228 [Further details available]

43 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/80381
Unidentified photographer
Four men with a balloon foreground and background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/80381

44 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/85537
Unidentified photographer
Boy with a submarine studio prop and a nautical background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/85537

45 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/60068
Unidentified photographer
You Dirty Boy
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Randall De Rijk?
 
LL/60068

46 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/55309
Baron Raimund von Stillfried
Teacher and student [Japan]
1873 (ca)
Albumen print, from glass plate negative
10.75 x 8.2 ins
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/55309 [Further details available]

47 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/39973
Kusakabe Kimbei
Trois Geishas
1880 (ca)
Albumen print (Tirage albuminé rehaussé)
20 x 25 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
 
LL/39973

48 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/77015
Baron Raimund von Stillfried
Two Officers
1876
Albumen print, hand-colouring
23.7 x 19.1 cm
 
State Library of Victoria
Accession no: H95.62/21
 
LL/77015 [Further details available]

49 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/67315
Jacques Moulin
Mère et ses deux enfants devant un décor peint, Étude pour peintre
1855 (ca)
Albumen print
21,8 x 16,4 cm
 
Ader Nordmann
2 June 2016, Lot: 18
 
LL/67315

50 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/54100
E.T. Brigham
A woman offering an apple to a man in front of an elaborate background
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Billy Parrott
 
LL/54100 [Further details available]

51 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/69181
Olympe Aguado
Self portrait of Olympe Aguado de las Marismas (1827-1894) in a studio in Paris [autoportrait dans l'atelier a` Paris]
1853-1857 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
 
LL/69181

52 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/120443
Unidentified itinerant photographe
Exterior portrait of a couple standing in front of a painted backdrop
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/120443

53 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/78254
Unidentified photographer
Interior view of the photographic studio, Menston Asylum
1901
Gelatin silver print
 
Manchester University - John Rylands Library
Image Number: JRL17092455, Reference Number: VPH.8.29, Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike Licence.
 
LL/78254 [Further details available]

54 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/79051
H.R. Locke & Co. (Deadwood, SD)
Fee Lee Wong, his wife, their six children, and the family maid, who is standing behind them (Deadwood, South Dakota)
1889-1907 (ca)
Photograph
 
Adams Museum
Courtesy Deadwood History, Inc., Adams Museum Collection, Deadwood, SD. Inventory no: 0072.542.001.
 
LL/79051 [Further details available]

55 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/91268
Robert Milne (1865-1952) [Attributed to]
Balmoral Tableaux-Vivants : 'An Indian Scene'
1894, 24 May
Albumen print
14.5 x 18.5 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2980055
 
LL/91268 [Further details available]

56 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83720
Unidentified photographer
Alexine Tinne in the garden of Lange Voorhout 32, The Hague
1860, July
Albumen print
 
Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands / National Archive of the Netherlands
Collectie 066 De Constant Rebecque, bekijk toegang 2.21.008.01
 
LL/83720

57 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/90422
Charles B. Moore (Rochester, Indiana)
Studio portrait of five young women with the right edge of the background clearly visible
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Dan Barber
 
LL/90422

58 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/96562
Bullard & Moore (Kansas City, MO)
Two young men sitting on a wall prop with a tilted background behind them
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Robert Young
 
LL/96562

59 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83651
Šechtl & Vosecek
Oldest known existing photograph of teachers and students at Tábor Agriculture School
1870s (late)
Negative
 
Šechtl & Vosecek Museum of Photography
desky/deska6648
 
LL/83651 [Further details available]

60 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/120085
Unidentified photographer
[A group of Persian men and children standing before a hanging backdrop]
n.d.
Albumen print
 
Sotheby's - London
Travel Photographs, Maps and Natural History, 24 May 2022, Lot: 70
 
LL/120085

61 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84966
L. Szacinski (company)
Scene in a photographic studio
1915
Photograph
 
Oslo Museum
Idenbtifier: OB.SZ25488
 
LL/84966

62 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/87147
Andreas Sophus Emil Hoffgaard (Denmark)
Unknown sitter
1892, December
Gelatin glass plate
 
Kolding City Archives
 
LL/87147

63 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/104893
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a young child with two men holding up a makeshift backdrop
1900 (ca)
Glass negative
5 x 7 in.
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/104893

64 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/67225
Gobindram & Oodeyram
Nautch girls and street musicians
1880s
Albumen print, hand-coloured
21 x 27,5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
1 June 2016, Photographs, Lot 4110
 
LL/67225

65 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/77769
Louis Pierson
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, with a parasol
1859 (ca)
Albumen print
12 1/2x9 1/2 ins (31.8x24.1 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
19 October 2017 auction, Art of Storytelling, Lot: 13
 
LL/77769 [Further details available]

66 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/81545
Louis Pierson
Bal en Costume, Royaume de Belgique
1860 (ca)
Salt print
11 1/2 × 8 3/4 ins (29.21 × 22.23 cm) (image)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, Object number: 2013.52.355
 
LL/81545

67 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84301
Josef Jindrich Sechtl
A group of Polish students of the Royal Czech Academy of Agriculture in Tabor [Studio portrait of five men standing in front of a painted background of a winter scene]
1908-1910
Negative
12 x 16.5 cm
 
Šechtl & Vosecek Museum of Photography
Id: desky/deska3658
 
LL/84301

68 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84282
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of Ali Sami Aközer [Garden of Imperial School of Engineers, Istanbul]
1890
Photograph
 
Private collection of Engin Ozendes
 
LL/84282 [Further details available]

69 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/104203
Unidentified photographer
A group portrait taken outside
n.d.
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Laure Deratte
 
LL/104203

70 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/117572
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a seated man in front of a painted background
1910 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/117572

71 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83734
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a standing man in front of backdrop with another rolled one to his left
n.d.
Wet collodion negative
4 1/4 x 3.5 ins
 
Private collection of James Morley
 
LL/83734

72 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/55312
Alphonse De Launay
Mlle Bosquet
1864
Collodion, on glass negative
3.75 x 4.5 ins
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/55312

73 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/102578
John Horsburgh
John Horsburgh (?)
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Steven Evans
 
LL/102578

74 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/46228
Félix Bonfils
Musulmans en prière dans la grande mosquée à Damas. Syrie
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
22.5 x 28 cm
 
Photo Verdeau
 
LL/46228

75 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84605
Félix Bonfils
Arcade of the Umayyad Mosque; praying
1870 (ca)
Albumen print, hand-coloured
 
Weltmuseum Wien
Nr.7214, Fotosammlung
 
LL/84605

76 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84376
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a woman standing in from of a background with the Pyramids
1960s (ca)
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/84376

77 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/111889
Unidentified photographer
Three childred standing in front of a painted background of the Puramids, Egypt
1930s
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111889

78 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/119979
Unidentified photographer (Egypt)
"Navy Ship Guide" Egypt
1930s
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/119979

79 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84195
Zangaki Brothers
Portrait of Female Dancer in Costume and with Thumb Cymbals
1865
Albumen print
 
National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Photo Lot 97 DOE Mid East: Egypt: NM 90351: Gardener/Photo Unk 04027100
 
LL/84195 [Further details available]

80 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84197
Hippolyte Arnoux
nr.1099, Odalisque Almée
1875 (ca)
Albumen print
26 x 20 cm
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/84197

81 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84198
Hippolyte Arnoux
nr.1202, Odalisque Almée
1875 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/84198

82 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/31333
Felice Beato
Studio portrait of a young Schan girl [junges Schan - Mädchen]
n.d.
Photograph, on card
26,5 x 19 cm (image)
 
Ethnologisches Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ethnological Museum of Berlin)
Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ident. Nr: VIII C 20250, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Germany (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE)
 
LL/31333

83 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83601
Gaston Fabre
Banana Vendor, Martinique
1885 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Archive Farms
License © All rights reserved by The Caribbean Photo Archive
 
LL/83601

84 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83796
Unidentified photographer
A bullfighter, posing in front of a painted backdrop of a bullring, in a cobbled courtyard
1900-1925 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
 
Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Library no. 529331i, System no. .b15293312
 
LL/83796

85 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83797
Unidentified photographer
A bullfighter, Rafael Molina Sanchez "Lagartijo", posing in front of a painted backdrop of a bullring crowd, in a cobbled courtyard
1890-1910 (ca)
Photograph
 
Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Library no. 529330i, System no. .b15293300
 
LL/83797

86 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/85637
Guillaume Berggren
Whirling Dervish (Dervish Tournear No. 11)
1875 (ca)
Albumen print
13.5 x 10.1 cm
 
Moderna Museet
Purchase 1990, FM 1990 004 052
 
LL/85637

87 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/85644
Guillaume Berggren
Watchmen
1875 (ca)
Albumen print
13.6 x 10.3 cm
 
Moderna Museet
Purchase 1990, FM 1990 004 031
 
LL/85644

88 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/100616
Honiss Fotografo
Military man in military uniform (rear view) [Philippines, the city of Manila]
1850-1900
Albumen print
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE No. 529-23
 
LL/100616

89 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/89701
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname.
1870s
Carte de visite
 
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,A3.101
 
LL/89701

90 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/89705
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a long patterned cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname.
1870s
Carte de visite
 
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,A3.112
 
LL/89705

91 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/91244
Unidentified photographer
Zulu women
1879 (ca)
Albumen print
13.2 x 8.2 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501134
 
LL/91244 [Further details available]

92 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/91255
Bourne & Shepherd
The Thakore of Wadhwan (fl. 1887)
1887 (ca)
Albumen print
9.3 x 5.7 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2107698
 
LL/91255 [Further details available]

93 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84229
Ali Sami Aközer
Adjutant Ahmed Emin, with his photographic equipment [Servili Ahmed Emin]
1886
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Engin Ozendes
 
LL/84229

94 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84276
Carlos Relvas
Self-portrait of Carlos Relvas with his wife Mariana
1888 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requrested.
 
LL/84276

95 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/68333
Camille Silvy
Unidentified gentleman wearing a uniform
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.4.1843
 
LL/68333

96 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/68906
Unidentified photographer (Russian ?)
Study portrait of KI Gundobin standing infront of a landscape background with steamships
1868
Carte de visite (?)
 
Murom History and Art Museum
Inventory / accession numbers requested.
 
LL/68906

97 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/94595
Victor Daveluy (Bruges)
Studio portrait of a young woman from Bruges in traditional attire
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/94595 [Further details available]

98 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/76424
G. Hoogwinkel Jr
Portrait of a girl [Portret van een meisje]
1865
Carte de visite
 
Rijksmuseum
Object no: RP-F-2007-112-63
 
LL/76424 [Further details available]

99 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/57283
Unidentified photographer
Sea sickness
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Richard Hart
 
LL/57283

100 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/89669
Tai Kung (H. Salzwedel & Co.)
Chinese man holding fan
1900 (ca)
Cabinet card
 
National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Purchased 2007, Accession no: NGA 2007.2205
 
LL/89669

101 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/62333
J.C. Spooner
Caricature of the photographic studio of J.C. Spooner
1860s
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jeff Green
 
LL/62333

102 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/111138
Hutchinson's Gallery (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Photocollage showing Hutchinson's Gallery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
n.d.
Carte de visite, photocollage
 
Richard T. Rosenthal
 
LL/111138

103 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/80168
D.A. Clifford
Studio portrait, with an undersized background, showing two children playing with a sled
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
 
LL/80168 [Further details available]

104 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84186
Unidentified photographer
[Two children with a camera]
n.d.
Albumen print
 
National Gallery - Thailand
The plate may be in the National Archives of Thailand.
 
LL/84186

105 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84270
G. Støckel (Danish)
Danish photographer G. Støckel (left) in his studio with good friends
1865 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Ann Vibeke Knudsen
 
LL/84270 [Further details available]

106 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84369
Šechtl and Vosecek
Ignatius Šechtl on the left with others in front of a background showing the Little Square (Malé námestí) in Prague
1890s (ca)
Negative, varnished
12 x 16.5 cm
 
Šechtl & Vosecek Museum of Photography
id: desky / deska2540
 
LL/84369 [Further details available]

107 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/61580
Bendann Bros.
Effects from one Sitting - Brendann Brothers Backgrounds
n.d.
Albumen print
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Famous & Seldom Offered Photographs, 22 October 2015, Lot: 9
 
LL/61580 [Further details available]

108 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/102586
E.A. Stauff
Patriotic tableau in a photographic studio
n.d.
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/102586

109 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/102603
E.A. Stauff
Patriotic tableau in a photographic studio
n.d.
Stereoview, half, detail
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/102603

110 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/65708
I.W. Taber
Studio family portrait with a cityscape background
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Gary Bart
 
LL/65708

111 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/71458
Dallemagne & Lazerges (French, active 1860s) [Attributed to]
Baron Taylor
1860-1870s (taken) 1900-1930 (print)
Gelatin silver print
8 5/16 x 6 3/8 ins (21.1 x 16.2 cm) (image and sheet)
 
Philadelphia Museum of Art
125th Anniversary Acquisition. The Lynne and Harold Honickman Gift of the Julien Levy Collection, 2001, Accession Number: 2001-62-923
 
LL/71458 [Further details available]

112 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84473
Abelardo Linares (Grenarda, Spain) / McCompany (Madrid, mount) [Attributed to]
Mariano Fernández Santiago, aka "El Príncipe de los Gitanos", or "Chorrojumo"
1897 (ca)
Coillodion POP, glossy, on card mount
 
Atelier Petzval Collection
 
LL/84473

113 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/78703
Unidentified photographer
Man on Horseback in front of a Painted Backdrop
1880-1900 (ca)
Albumen print
17.7 x 20.1 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2009-108
 
LL/78703

114 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83704
Carlos Relvas
A man on a horse in front of a painted wall at the studio of Carlos Relvas, Golega, Portugal
n.d.
Ccollodion negative (positive image)
 
House - Studio - Carlos Relvas
 
LL/83704

115 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/74579
Unidentified photographer
George S. Cook in his photography studio
1895 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 ins)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of A. Lawrence Kocher, 1980.0237.0001
 
LL/74579

116 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/115859
Pontius Studio (Sycamore, Ohio)
Pontius Studio, Sycamore O[hio]
n.d.
Postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/115859

117 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/67958
Unidentified photographer
Armed Man in Buckskins Facing Off Against Bear
n.d.
Tintype, 1/2 plate
 
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
American History, 1 August 2016, lot: 198
 
LL/67958

118 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/90343
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a seated man infront of a painted background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/90343

119 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/49282
Clarisse d'Arcimoles
Air Balloon
[Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self]
2012
Colour image
 
Breese Little
 
LL/49282

120 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/95168
Unidentified photographer
A photomontage of four women "flying" in a hot air balloon over a photographic studio (South Bend, Indiana)
1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/95168

121 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/100756
Unidentified photographer
Woman posing with "cutout" lion. Germany or Switzerland
1930s (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/100756

122 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/100757
Unidentified photographer
Man posing with taxidermy lion. "Arcade" photograph
1950s
Direct positive print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/100757

123 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/77242
Chichico Alkmim (beco João Pinto, 86)
Group photograph with background held on the right by Maria Josefina Alkmim (Miquita) wife of the photographer
1910-1920 (ca)
Gelatin silver photograph
8.0 x 13.0 cm
 
Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS)
 
LL/77242

124 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83802
Unidentified photographer
Jacqueline Lamba and Frida Kahlo in Pátzcuaro, Mexico
1938
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Courtesy Thames & Hudson
 
LL/83802

125 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/90014
Amédée Fleury
Two friends
1900-1950
Glass plate
 
Musée de Bretagne
Licence CC-BY-SA, Inventory no: 992.0041.308
 
LL/90014

126 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83162
Alvan S. Harper (1847-1911)
Laurie A. Perkins posed in Harper's studio, Tallahassee, Florida
1885-1911
Photograph
 
State Archives of Florida
Local call number: Ha00053
 
LL/83162 [Further details available]

127 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/89948
Amédée Fleury (31 August 1878 - 29 December 1961)
Studio of Amédée Fleury
1900 (ca)
Black and white photograph
 
Musée de Bretagne
Licence CC-BY-SA, Inventory no: 992.0041.205
 
LL/89948

128 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84757
Bernabée (Mechelen)
Aloïs Moons on a motorcycle in front of a painted background
1925
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/84757

129 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/86012
Unidentified photographer
A makeshift outdoor photo studio
n.d.
Glass negative
8 x 10 ins
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/86012

130 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/87119
Hugh Mangum (1877-1922)
Untitled
1890-1922 (ca)
Glass plate negative
 
Duke University
The Hugh Mangum Photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1986., Identifier: hmpgp01436, duke:5929
 
LL/87119 [Further details available]

131 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/94634
C.P. Dawes (New Zealand)
Hone Re’s children
1892-1925
Photograph
 
Auckland Libraries
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1066-9938
 
LL/94634

132 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/86641
John Thomson
Manchu lady and child [Beijing]
1869
Glass photonegative, wet collodion, stereograph
 
Wellcome Collection
System no..b11775282, Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) terms and conditions, ttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
 
LL/86641 [Further details available]

133 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/87680
John Thomson
Femme tartare et son enfant
[21 phot. de Chine et de Hong-Kong en 1871]
1871 (publication)
Albumen print
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
département Société de Géographie, SG WD-90, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b53174383t, 6 of 21
 
LL/87680

134 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/86663
Nadar
Théâtre des Nouveautés
1888
Negative
 
Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine
Dist Rmn, © Donation Félix Nadar
 
LL/86663

135 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83737
Michael Nash
Warsaw, Poland [Street photographer using a background to hide the bombed out buildings of the Second World War]
1946
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/83737

136 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/60023
Michael Nash
Warsaw [Street photographer using a background to hide the bombed out buildings of the Second World War]
1946, November
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/60023

137 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83738
Michael Nash / Olga Shirnina
Warsaw, Poland (Colourized)
1946 (taken)
Gelatin silver print, digitally colourized
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
© Michael Nash (AP) © Olga Shirnina - colorization
 
LL/83738

138 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83643
Ellen Auerbach
One of many photographers before one of many churches, in Villa de Guadalupe
1956
Gelatin silver print
9 x 7 1/2 ins (23 x 19 cm)
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Doyle New York, New York, NY, US, 14 June 2018, Lot: 54
 
LL/83643

139 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/69939
Unidentified photographer
Edward Weston and Tina Modotti, Mexico
1924, August
Gelatin silver print
14.8 x 10.1 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Museum accession, 1974.0061.0096
 
LL/69939

140 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/69940
Unidentified photographer
Edward Weston and Tina Modotti, Mexico
1924, August
Gelatin silver print
15.3 x 10.1 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Museum accession, 1974.0061.0097
 
LL/69940

141 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/69941
Unidentified photographer
Edward Weston and Tina Modotti, Mexico
1924, August
Gelatin silver print
14.5 x 10.1 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Museum accession, 1974.0061.0098A
 
LL/69941

142 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/67559
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a woman in Western clothing
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm
 
LL/67559

143 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84367
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of a standing man in front of a background painted over the walls and door
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of James V. Burke
 
LL/84367

144 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/117902
Unidentified photographer
Post-mortem portrait taken in a studio
n.d.
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/117902

145 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/98865
Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (NPG)
Three women in bathing suits in front of a marine background
n.d.
Postcard
 
Private collection of Ralph Reiley
 
LL/98865

146 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/83800
Joseph Judd Pennell
Bronco Busters Group (four Men, One Woman)
1904
Glass negative
5 x 7 ins
 
University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Repository ID: RH PH Pennell: print 1288: box 31: Pennell number 317E, Record ID: ksrl_kc_02083_rhmf116.3_1288_000_0
 
LL/83800

147 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/103745
Unidentified photographer
A climb up the glaciers (at the photographer's studio)
1912, 4 October
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/103745 [Further details available]

148 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/104795
I.W. Taber
The Greeley Arctic Expedition
1894
Gelatin silver print
44.8 x 62.5 cm (image)
 
Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
Achenbach Foundation, California Midwinter International Exposition, through M.H. deYoung, Accession Number: 2501
 
LL/104795

149 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/112387
Unidentified photographer
The head of the archeological expedition B.V. Magomedov photographs archaeological artifacts, village Kurnyki, Tyvriv district, Ukraine
1982, 1 July
Photograph
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
Personal photo archive of V.I. Latukha
 
LL/112387

150 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/80551
Unidentified photographer (Louisville, KY)
Studio portrait of a standing man in front of a painted background of a street scene
1920 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Eva Allen
 
LL/80551

151 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84520
Bronislaw Piotr Pilsudski
Two men from Mongolia [2 Männer aus Mongol]
1900 ca)
Photograph
 
Weltmuseum Wien
Nr. 10033, Fotosammlung
 
LL/84520

152 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/59919
Costica Acsinte
Untitled [Two men with an aeroplane foreground and background]
1930-1950 (ca)
Gelatin silver, on glass negative
9 x 12 cm
 
Ialomita County Museum
 
LL/59919

153 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/86101
Oscar Kramer
Studio portrait of two children in a Venetian gondola setting
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Dr. Adrian-Silvan Ionescu
 
LL/86101

154 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/100944
Laroche (Llandudno, Wales)
A man posed as an artist with a woman in front of a painted background of the Great Orme, Llandudno, Wales
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of John Mathew Smith
 
LL/100944

155 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/95623
Le Bon Studio (Ostende, Belgium)
Studio portrait of a family with three of theirchildren in the water
1915 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/95623

156 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/117910
Foto Ionescu (Slanic-Moldova, Romania)
A man as a circus ringmaster with tigers
1956
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/117910

157 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/69331
Atlantic Photo Studio (917 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Souvenir folder for the Atlantic Photo Studio - A couple with a prop horse and buggy
1950s
Souvenir photograph
 
Private collection of William Jones
 
LL/69331

158 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/60777
Funny Foto Studo
A man and a woman posing behind a funny foreground
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, mounted
 
Private collection of David Brown
 
LL/60777

159 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/113492
Unidentified photographer (USA)
Me and My Frisco Flapper
1920s
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/113492

160 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/124196
Unidentified photographer (russia)
A woman with a Santa Claus background, Russia
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/124196

161 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/101418
Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon, Vietnam)
Studio portrait of a Vietnamese man in-front of a studio background
1982, 28 July
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/101418

162 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/101419
Unidentified photographer / studio (Vietnam)
Studio portrait of two Vienamese women in-front of an airport background
1980s
Gelatin silver print, hand-painted
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/101419

163 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84380
Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (NPG)
Studio portrait of a standing woman in front of a bar background
1910 (ca)
Postcard
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/84380

164 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/67355
Unidentified photographer
A photo arcade portrait of two people with a strong man foregound
n.d.
Polaroid
 
Private collection of Florian Vigneron
Courtesy of Ace Snapshots (22 May 2016)
 
LL/67355

165 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/107922
Unidentified photographer
Steel Pier, Atlantic City
1976
Polaroid
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/107922

166 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/54441
Lejaren à Hiller
Men posed in front of studio background with ship
1950 (ca)
Carbro print
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of 3m Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
 
LL/54441

167 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/61832
Beaumont Newhall
Street Photographer, Chichicastenango, Guatemala
1965
Dye-transfer print
 
Ohio University
Kennedy Museum of Art, Press release (2003)
 
LL/61832 [Further details available]

168 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/43554
Osama Esid (Syrian, born 1970)
The Fantastic Jawa
2008
Gelatin silver print, hand-coloured, by the artist
60.4 x 52 cm (23 3/4 x 20 1/2 ins)
 
Bonhams - Dubai
Sale 18633 - Photographs and Orientalist Art, 13 Apr 2011, Lot: 63
 
LL/43554 [Further details available]

169 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/105431
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a man standing in front of a painted background of Mecca with the Kaaba stone
1950s-1960s
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/105431

170 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/110501
Unidentified photographer
Pilgrim on the Hajj posing in a photo studio in front of a painted backdrop of the Black Stone and Kaaba in Mecca
1970-1990 (ca)
Scan from negative
4 x 6 in.
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/110501

171 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/105961
Unidentified photographer
Orthodox Christian family photographed in Egypt upon their return from their pilgrimage to Jerusalem
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/105961 [Further details available]

172 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/105701
Unidentified photographer
Four people photographed in front of a painted background of a waterfall, Kislovodsk, USSR
1950s
Gelatin silver print, hand-painted
 
Private collection of Sergey Maximishin
 
LL/105701

173 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/55089
Alan Griffiths
Photography studio with backdrop, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2014, July
Digital colour image
 
Provided by the artist - Alan Griffiths
 
LL/55089

174 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84173
Foto Lux
Workers for galeria Foto Lux [Dependentes de la galeria Foto Lux]
1929
Photograph
 
Centre de Recerca i Difusió de la Imatge - CDRI
Ajuntament de Girona. CRDI (Foto Lux) , RG 085829, Creative Commons
 
LL/84173 [Further details available]

175 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84799
Alex A. Acolatse
Self-portrait with balustrade and hanging
1910s
Glass, emulsion
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Susan Mullin Vogel, 2015, Accession Number: 2015.499.32
 
LL/84799 [Further details available]

176 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/61690
Oumar Ka
Two Women in Front of a Thatch-Roof House [Senegal]
1959-1968 (taken) 2015 (print)
Inkjet print
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Visual Resource Archive, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Accession Number: N.A.2015.14
 
LL/61690 [Further details available]

177 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/111945
Léon Ayékoni (Ouidah, Benin)
[Studio portrait taken with an inflatable swimming ring and a painted background showing an airplane]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
 
LL/111945

179 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/61689
Alex A. Acolatse
Group portrait [Togo]
1900-1920 (taken) 2015 (print)
Inkjet print, from glass negative
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Anonymous gift, in honor of Agamah Ayao, to the Visual Resource Archive, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Accession Number: N.A.2015.7
 
LL/61689 [Further details available]

180 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/69906
Nickolas Muray
The market in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, proudly presents a photographer whose stock in trade includes elaborate backgrounds for those who wish them.
1957
Gelatin silver print
26.5 x 34 cm (image) 28 x 35.5 cm (mount)
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray, 1974.0237.0243
 
LL/69906

181 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/81450
Robert Doisneau
Photographie Aerienne
1950
Gelatin silver print
10 1/4 x 9 7/8 ins (26.04 x 25.08 cm) (overall)
 
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Object number: 2005.27.2634
 
LL/81450

182 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/120482
Roger Schall
Le photographe de la foire du trône, Paris
1930 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
17 x 16,2 cm (image)
 
Drouot
2 June 2022, Collection de Monsieur X - Partie II, Lot: 11
 
LL/120482

183 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/115870
Unidentified photographer
Posing in a fake airplane. Outdoor carnival, Paris
1909-1910 (ca)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/115870

184 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/113266
Unidentified photographer
Larry Rivers and Nell Blaine, Paris Fair, Place de Clichy
1950
Book page
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/113266 [Further details available]

185 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/81618
Peter Stackpole
Photographer honing in on servicemen posing with his hired girls to get photo prints he can produce in 5 minutes because he uses fast drying paper, at Broadway sidewalk photo studio
1944
Gelatin silver print
13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in (34.1 x 23.2 cm) (image)
 
International Center of Photography (ICP)
The LIFE Magazine Collection, 2005, Accession No. 1483.2005
 
LL/81618

186 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84922
Unidentified photographer
The "Pitchur Gallery" at Knott's Berry Farm
1950s
Gelatin silver print
 
Orange County Archives
 
LL/84922 [Further details available]

187 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/103763
Unidentified photographer
Knott's Berry Farm
1960s
Photograph
 
Orange County Archives
 
LL/103763

188 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/84923
Floyd Edgar Quick (1877-1962)
Fairground Tent Studio of Floyd Edgar Quick, Bellaire, Ohio
1910, 25 May
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/84923 [Further details available]

189 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/103762
Unidentified photographer
Coney Island, Luna Park
1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/103762

190 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/103765
Unidentified photographer
Four people in front of the "Luna Special" painted background, Coney Island, Luna Park
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/103765

191 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/119621
Unidentified photographer
Two women standing in front of a pier background
1904
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
 
LL/119621 [Further details available]

192 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/104430
Unidentified photographer
Riverview Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
1910 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/104430

193 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/111205
Unidentified photographer (Estonia)
Posing with a fake dog. Estonia
1930s
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111205

194 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/111206
Unidentified photographer (Estonia)
Posing with a stuffed bear "in the woods." Estonia
1937, 15 July
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111206

195 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/81698
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Street photographer in the old city Delhi, India
1966
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Current source requested.
 
LL/81698

196 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/120347
Joan Netherwood
[Photographing holy communion portraits]
[Neighborhood a State of Mind]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/120347 [Further details available]

197 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/78227
Unidentified photographer
Irving Penn at work in Cuzco
1948
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection
Promised gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
 
LL/78227 [Further details available]

198 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/92155
Unidentified photographer
[Edward Weston photographing Beaumont Newhall]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested
 
LL/92155

199 of 231 [200 shown]
LL/111746
Irving Penn
[Irving Penn at work in his tent studio, New Guinea]
1970
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested.
 
LL/111746

200 of 231 [200 shown]
231 images [200 shown]
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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Actors and performers - Introduction to actors and performers
Advertising - Advertising photography
Africa - Alexandrine Tinne (1835-1869)
Africa - Early photography in West Africa
Africa - Introduction to photography in Africa
Agricultural and pastoral - Horses
Air transportation - Airplanes
Air transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Air transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Airplanes - Airplanes
Airplanes - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Occupationals
Albumen prints - Painted albumen prints
Alternate personalities and questioning identity - Louis Pierson: Countess of Castiglione
Amateur photography - Alexandrine Tinne (1835-1869)
Ambrotypes - Ambrotypes: Backgrounds
Ambrotypes - Ambrotypes: Portrait
Ambrotypes - Examples of ambrotypes
Animals - Lions
Animals - Tigers
Anthropology and ethnology - Bronislaw Piotr Pilsudski: Anthropological research in Eastern Asia
Antigua and Barbuda - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Archaeology - Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza
Archaeology - Introduction to archaeological photography
Arctic - The Greely Arctic Exploring Expedition (1881-1884)
Art - Introduction to painting on photographs
Art - Photographs that are stylistically similar to paintings
Artists - Introduction to artists
Astronomy - The moon as a symbol
Austria - Introduction to photography in Austria
Back - Portrait: Parts of the body: Back: Single person
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Ambrotypes: Backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Background holders and supports
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Landscapes
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Street photographers
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Transportation
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Conclusions to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Foregrounds: Windows
Backgrounds and foregrounds - How Nineteenth Century Studios used backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Manufacturers and painters of studio backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Philip K. Apagya: Aspirational backgrounds in studio portraiture
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Real Photo Postcards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Salt prints: Backgrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Tintypes: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds
Bahamas - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Balloons, airships and dirigibles - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Barbados - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Bermuda - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Boats, canoes and kayaks - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Bon Tons - W.H. Pearce: The Forest Home & Algonquin Bon Ton Tent
Burkina Faso - Introduction to photography in Burkina Faso
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Photographica
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Portraits
Camera stands and tripods - Camera stands and tripods
Cameras - Historical changes in the size of cameras
Cars - Cars
Cars - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Humour
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Military
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Photographica
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Post-mortem portraits
Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
Children - The "helping hand", "hidden mother" and "hidden father" portraits
China - Chinese
Christianity - Introduction to Christianity
Christianity - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
Cityscapes - Urban - Conclusions to cityscapes and the urban context
Colonialism - Cultural intersections and appropriation
Columns, plinths and pedestals - Props, accessories and novelties: Columns, plinths and pedestals
Composition - Backgrounds: Transportation
Composition - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Composition - Foregrounds
Composition - Foregrounds: Windows
Composition - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Composition - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Consumables - Smoking, cigarettes, cigars, pipes and hookahs
Cuba - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Czechia - Introduction to photography in the Czech Republic
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Daguerreotypes - Painted daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypes - Stereo daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypes - Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Dancers - Dancers
Dead - Cartes de visite: Post-mortem portraits
Dead - Introduction to the photography of death
Dead - Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Cartes de visite: Post-mortem portraits
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Introduction to death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori
Death, post-mortem, memorial portraiture and memento mori - Nineteenth century post-mortem and memento mori
Denmark - Introduction to photography in Denmark
Domesticated animals - Dogs
Domesticated animals - Horses
Dominica - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Egypt - Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza
Egypt - Introduction to photography in Egypt
Estonia - Introduction to photography in Estonia
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Albumen prints: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Félix Bonfils: Portraits
Expeditions and exploration - Alexandrine Tinne (1835-1869)
Expeditions and exploration - The Greely Arctic Exploring Expedition (1881-1884)
Experimental and manipulated photography - Introduction to experimental and manipulated photography
Experimental and manipulated photography - Introduction to painting on photographs
Fabricated realities - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Fabricated realities - Introduction to fabricated realities
Fashion - Umbrellas and parasols
Fauna - Props, accessories and novelties: Horses
France - Robert Doisneau: Humanistic photography
Fruits - Introduction to fruits
Gelatin silver prints - Painted gelatin silver prints
Genre studies - Examples of genre studies
Ghana - James Barnor: Studio portraits
Ghana - Philip K. Apagya: Aspirational backgrounds in studio portraiture
Grenada - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Hand-painted photographs - Painted albumen prints
Hand-painted photographs - Painted daguerreotypes
Hand-painted photographs - Painted gelatin silver prints
Hands - The "helping hand", "hidden mother" and "hidden father" portraits
Humour - Cartes de visite: Humour
Ice and snow - The simulation of snow and ice in portrait studios
India - Bourne & Shepherd: Portraits
India - Introduction to photography in India
India - Portrait: Royalty: The ruling class of the Indian subcontinent
Interiors of photographic studios - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Interiors of photographic studios - Illustrations of the interiors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
Interiors of photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Interiors of photographic studios - The "helping hand", "hidden mother" and "hidden father" portraits
Interiors of photographic studios - The simulation of snow and ice in portrait studios
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Persians
Islam - Islam
Itinerant photographers - Hugh Mangum (1877-1922): Itinerant photographer
Itinerant photographers - Studios in tents
Jamaica - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Japan - Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Japan: Portraits
Japan - Geishas
Japan - Japan: Martial arts
Japan - Japan: Mt. Fuji
Japan - Japan: Mt. Fuji as a background motif
Japan - Japanese
Japan - Samurai
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Japan: Portraits
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Chinese
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Geishas
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Introduction to photography in Egypt
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Introduction to photography in India
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Japanese
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Native Americans
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Orientalism
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Portrait: Royalty: The ruling class of the Indian subcontinent
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Samurai
Land transportation - Cars
Land transportation - Motorcycles and scooters
Land transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Leisure - Leisure: Listening to the radio
Leisure - Leisure: Playing cards
Leisure - Leisure: Reading
Life stages - Rights of passage
Marketing - Marketing: Studio daybooks, sitters' books, sample books and sample boards
Military - Cartes de visite: Military
Military - Introduction to military portraits
Military - Samurai
Mobile studios - Studios in tents
Mongolia - Introduction to photography in Mongolia
Motorcycles and scooters - Motorcycles and scooters
Mountains - Landscape: Mountains
Mt. Fuji - Japan: Mt. Fuji
Mt. Fuji - Japan: Mt. Fuji as a background motif
Musicians - Pianos
Myanmar - Burmese
Myanmar - Felice Beato: Burma: Portraits
Native Americans - Native Americans
Nature - Props, accessories and novelties: Trees and stumps
Negatives - Alphonse De Launay: Negative and positive glass plates
Occupational - Albumen prints: Occupationals
Occupational - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Occupational - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Occupational - Guillaume Berggren: Occupationals
Occupational - Introduction to occupationals
Occupational - Occupationals of women
Occupational - Priests, monks, bishops, pilgrims, missionaries, penitents, churchwardens and holy men
Occupational - Sailors
Occupations and roles - Cartes de visite: Occupations and roles
Occupations and roles - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Occupations and roles - Geishas
Occupations and roles - Introduction to occupationals
Occupations and roles - Samurai
Ohio - Introduction to photography in Ohio
Orientalism - Orientalism
Painting on photographs - Introduction to painting on photographs
Painting on photographs - Painted albumen prints
Painting on photographs - Painted daguerreotypes
Painting on photographs - Painted gelatin silver prints
Papua New Guinea - Irving Penn: New Guinea
Paris - Photographic studios of Paris
Paris - Robert Doisneau: Humanistic photography
Patriotism - Flags
Peoples of the world - Albumen prints: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Peoples of the world - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Peoples of the world - Dervishes
Peoples of the world - Japanese
Peoples of the world - Persians
Peoples of the world - Zulus
Peru - Introduction to photography in Peru
Peru - Irving Penn: Peru
Pets - Dogs
Philippines - Introduction to photography in the Philippines
Photographers - Illustrations of people taking photographs
Photographers - Photographs of people taking photographs
Photographic studios - Illustrations of the interiors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
Photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Polaroids - Polaroids
Politicians - Introduction to politicians
Portrait - Ambrotypes: Portrait
Portrait - Cabinet cards: Portraits
Portrait - Daguerreotypes: Occupations and roles
Portrait - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
Portrait - Introduction to the portrait
Portrait - Salt prints: Portraits
Portrait - The "helping hand", "hidden mother" and "hidden father" portraits
Portrait - Tintypes: Portraits
Portugal - Introduction to photography in Portugal
Process and product - Panotypes / Pannotypes
Props - Nineteenth century Photographic Studios - Properties, accessories and novelties
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Columns, plinths and pedestals
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Horses
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Rocks, boulders and stones
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Steps and staircases
Props - Props, accessories and novelties: Toys
Puerto Rico - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Real photo postcards - Real photo postcards
Real photo postcards - Real photo postcards
Real photo postcards - Real Photo Postcards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Reflectors - Reflectors
Religions - Islam
Remnants of the Ancient and Classical world - Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza
Retouching, colouring and painting kits - Introduction to painting on photographs
Royalty - Portrait: Royalty: The ruling class of the Indian subcontinent
Russia - Introduction to photography in Russia
Rustic fences, gates, trees and stumps - Props, accessories and novelties: Trees and stumps
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Saint Lucia - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Salt prints - Salt prints: Backgrounds
Salt prints - Salt prints: Portraits
Sample books and sample boards - Marketing: Studio daybooks, sitters' books, sample books and sample boards
Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia: Mecca
Scotland - Scotland: Forth Bridge
Self-portraits - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Senegal - Introduction to photography in Senegal
Senegal - Oumar Ka: Portraits from Senegal
Snapshots - Introduction to snapshots
Social outsiders - Native Americans
South Africa - Zulus
Spain - Introduction to photography in Spain
Sports and pastimes - Leisure: Playing cards
Sports and pastimes - Leisure: Reading
Staircases - Props, accessories and novelties: Steps and staircases
Stereoviews, stereographs and stereocards - Stereo daguerreotypes
Still life - Still life: Chairs
Street - Backgrounds: Street photographers
Street photographers - Backgrounds: Street photographers
Street photographers - Street photographers
Street: Classic French examples - Robert Doisneau: Humanistic photography
Studio lighting - Reflectors
Studio necessities - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Studio necessities - The moon as a symbol
Studio necessities - The simulation of snow and ice in portrait studios
Suriname - Introduction to photography in Suriname
Suriname - Unidentified photographer: Suriname: Cartes de visite (1870s)
Syria - Syrian Arab Republic - Introduction to photography in Syria
Syria - Syrian Arab Republic - Syrians
Tableau vivant - Introduction to tableaux vivants
Tents - Studios in tents
The Pyramids and the Sphinx - Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza
Tintypes - Paper sleeves and card mounts for tintypes
Tintypes - Tintypes: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Tintypes - Tintypes: Examples
Tintypes - Tintypes: Photographers
Tintypes - Tintypes: Photographica
Tintypes - Tintypes: Portraits
Tintypes - W.H. Pearce: The Forest Home & Algonquin Bon Ton Tent
Togo - Alex A. Acolatse: Studio portraits
Toys - Props, accessories and novelties: Toys
Transportation - Backgrounds: Transportation
Trees - Props, accessories and novelties: Trees and stumps
Trinidad and Tobago - Introduction to photography in the Caribbean and surrounding region
Turkey - Guillaume Berggren: Occupationals
Turkey - Introduction to photography in Turkey
Venice - Venice
Vernacular - Introduction to vernacular photography
Vietnam - Vietnamese
Water and waterfalls - Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds
Water and waterfalls - Waterfalls
Water transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Water transportation - Submarines
Wet-plate photography - Panotypes / Pannotypes
Women photographers - Alexandrine Tinne (1835-1869)
Women photographers - Introduction to women photographers


 
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