Geological still life, with instruments and minerals used in the science of crystallography
1850s
Daguerreotype, stereo
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.2.228
LL/68233
1 of 54
Surveying under difficulties
[Photographs taken during construction of the Union Pacific Railroad]
1864-1869
Albumen print
28.2 x 35.5 cm
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: ZZc10 864un, Image ID Number: 1078347
LL/46726
2 of 54
[Geological Survey party camp: "In camp near Monterey 1861".]
1861
Pannotype, collodion positive on leather
11.7 x 8.5 cm (visible)
Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
BANC PIC 1954.008:048--CASE
LL/75035 [Further details available]
3 of 54
North Side, Lassen's Peak
[40th Parallel]
1870
Albumen print
20.3 × 31 cm (8 × 12 3/16 ins) (image)
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Harvard University, 1981.2898.0020
LL/75218
4 of 54
Crater of Volcano, Quetzaltenango-Guatemala
1875
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
5 3/8 × 9 1/16 ins (13.7 × 23 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Sam Salz Foundation Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.780
LL/79702
5 of 54
Chocolate butte, Paria creek, Arizona
1871-1875 (ca)
Collotype
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-794-1
LL/79113 [Further details available]
6 of 54
Rock carved by the Colorado
1871-1875 (ca)
Collotype
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-794-6
LL/79114 [Further details available]
7 of 54
Staffa near Fingal's Cave
1850 (ca)
Medium salt paper print from a calotype negative
17.10 x 19.30 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland, Presented by the Muir Wood family 1985, Accession no. PGP W 70
LL/36211 [Further details available]
8 of 54
Fissure in Eagle Rock. 1100 ft. deep. [Yosemite Valley, California.] 112
1868
Stereocard, detail
Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
Zelda Mackay Collection of Stereographic Views
LL/38562
9 of 54
Parti af det Indre af Torghatten i Nordland
1875
Black and white image
University of Bergen Library / Universitetsbiblioteket I Bergen Knudsensamlingen
UBB-KK-NS-1632
LL/54810
10 of 54
Nærødalen i Sogn
1885-1890
Black and white image
University of Bergen Library / Universitetsbiblioteket I Bergen Knudsensamlingen
UBB-KK-NB-2533A
LL/54788
11 of 54
Foot of Great Glacier, Selkirks
n.d.
Albumen print, on card mount
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WF-275, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b53084700q, F. 65
LL/88815 [Further details available]
12 of 54
Photoglyph of a quarry with descriptions of layers [CarriÞre de Pierre a Batir]
[Carte géologique détaillée de la France, Feuille 48.- Paris - Annexes. Perspectives Photographiques. Pl. II]
1879 (published)
Photoglyph
20 x 24 ins (sheet)
Northern Light Gallery
LL/41071
13 of 54
1859, 27 April
Albumen print
Bibliothèques d'Amiens Métropole
LL/36444 [Further details available]
14 of 54
Coupe de la Sablière No. 21
1883
Photolithograph
7.5 x 9.5 ins
Archive Farms
LL/64934 [Further details available]
15 of 54
Camadas cretaceas na ponta da Nova Cruz, Maria Farinha [Cretaceous layers at the tip of the Nova Cruz, Maria Farinha]
[Commissao Geologica do Imperio Do Brazil / Carlos Frederico Hartt, Chief Geologist / Marc Ferrez,]
1875-1876
Albumen print
19.2 × 25.2 cm (7 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
J. Paul Getty Museum
Gift of Joseph R. Lasser and Donald I. Reifler, Object Number: 86.XA.749.1.74
LL/124156
16 of 54
Pedreira da Cuieira, calcareo do terreno cretacau em Marina Farinha [Pedreira da Cuieira, calcium deposits in the Cretaceous terrain, Marina Farinha]
[Commissao Geologica do Imperio Do Brazil / Carlos Frederico Hartt, Chief Geologist / Marc Ferrez,]
1875-1876
Albumen print
19.1 × 25.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)
J. Paul Getty Museum
Gift of Joseph R. Lasser and Donald I. Reifler, Object Number: 86.XA.749.1.76
LL/124157
17 of 54
View of the Quartz Rock at the British Guiana Gold Company's Diggings on the Rio Cuyuni
1856-1866 (ca)
Albumen print
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-404-7
LL/78890 [Further details available]
18 of 54
Tufa Rocks, Pyramid Lake, Nevada
1867
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
22.1 x 29.4 cm (8 11/16 x 11 9/16 ins) (image)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.1207
LL/79780
19 of 54
Goblin's Archway
1875 (ca)
Albumen print
18.7 x 24.1 cm
George Eastman Museum
1978:0768:0001
LL/57144
20 of 54
Hot Spring Basin, Upper Fire Hole
1872
Albumen print
8.9 x 7.5 cm (dome-topped)
George Eastman Museum
1974:0041:0337
LL/57146 [Further details available]
21 of 54
Pink and White Terraces
1880
Albumen print, printing-out paper
16.5 x 20.2 cm
Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds, Registration number: O.020751
LL/58695
22 of 54
[Rock formation on a hill]
[La Vallée Du Nil: Impressions et Photographies]
1859-1860 (taken) 1862 (print)
Albumen silver print, from a waxed paper negative
8.5 × 11.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 84.XB.1233.50
LL/104053 [Further details available]
23 of 54
Quadra-view of the Giants Causeway, Ulster, N. Ireland
n.d.
Stereocard
Private collection of Paula Fleming
LL/83790
24 of 54
Huge fragments of trachyte on Mount Guajara (alt. 8890 ft) [Tenerife, Spain]
1850s
Stereoview
Private collection of Jason David Wright
LL/103092 [Further details available]
25 of 54
Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado, U.S.A.
[Twentieth Century Series.]
1906, 25 April (ca)
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s11084 (digital file from original)
LL/111015
26 of 54
Suspended boulder in Flume, Franconia Mts., N.H.
[Twentieth Century Series.]
1904, 11 July (ca)
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s13757 (digital file from original)
LL/111017
27 of 54
Cap of Liberty
[Yellowstone National Park, illustrated by 122 views.]
1876 (ca)
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s01151 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s01151 (digital file from original photo, back)
LL/108555 [Further details available]
28 of 54
Mammoth Hot Springs Series. Diana's Baths
[Yellowstone National Park, illustrated by 122 views.]
1876 (ca)
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s01162 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s01162 (digital file from original photo, back)
LL/108552 [Further details available]
29 of 54
Crater of Periodical Hot Lake and Leaf Formation in Limestone Series. Crater. Second View
[Yellowstone National Park, illustrated by 122 views.]
1876 (ca)
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s01171 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s01171 (digital file from original photo, back)
LL/108554 [Further details available]
30 of 54
Digger Indian Hunter
1879-1880 (ca)
Stereoview
Rufus Morgan Photographic Collection, P0057_0400_01.tif
LL/119123
31 of 54
[Self-Portrait at Glacier Bay, Alaska]
1889-1891
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Paul M. Hertzmann Inc., 2015, Accession Number: 2015.261.2
LL/79699
32 of 54
Fossil tree trunks. Fossil Forests, Yellowstone National Park.
1884 (ca)
Albumen print
8 x 6 in.
Private collection of Richard W. Gadd
LL/118663 [Further details available]
33 of 54
Fossil tree trunks. Fossil Forests, Yellowstone National Park.
1884 (ca)
Albumen print
8 x 6 in.
Private collection of Richard W. Gadd
LL/118662 [Further details available]
34 of 54
Sir J. William Dawson with Geological Club, Pointe Claire, QC
1890
Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
12 x 20 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
Gift of Dr. W. Bell Dawson, MP-0000.87
LL/118783
35 of 54
H.M. Cadell mountain building experiments. No 10. Using his 'squeeze box' Cadell carried out early experiments to try and explain the geometry and mechanisms of thrusting in layered rocks.
1902-1910 (?)
Glass negative
British Geological Survey
geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk, © NERC, Henry Mowbray Cadell archives, P number: P768933
LL/65395 [Further details available]
36 of 54
The Mineral Gallery In The British Museum
1857 (ca)
Stereocard
Archive Farms
LL/64922 [Further details available]
37 of 54
XIIe. Salle de minéralogie
[Ecole centrale des arts et manufactures]
1875
Albumen print
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
PETFOL-VE-1441, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b84363350, 17 of 30
LL/88068 [Further details available]
38 of 54
Mineralogical Gallery at the Regional Contest at Nîmes, 1863
1863 (ca)
Albumen print
16.5 x 22.2 cm (image)
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2016-149
LL/79295 [Further details available]
39 of 54
A gem cutter’s artistry. This is the “Cleveland Gem,” Cut and Polished by S. Dessau, New York
n.d.
Cabinet card, Artotype
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War, 29 October 2016, Lot 494
LL/69683
40 of 54
Mineral Still Life
1853
Albumenized salt print
5 x 7 7/8 ins
Archive Farms
LL/64887 [Further details available]
41 of 54
[Rock crystal]
1886
Photograph, mounted
NYPL - New York Public Library
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17969749
LL/63970
42 of 54
County Antrim: landscape at the Giant's Causeway, with Branson DeCou
[Dream Pictures and Travelogues]
1932-1935 (ca)
Lantern slide, tinted
3 1/4 x 4 in.
Special Collections, Branson DeCou archive, Collection Call Number: MS 38, Accession Number: DC1.372.0225L
LL/105345
43 of 54
Cliffs of Moher, looking south
[Dream Pictures and Travelogues]
1932-1935 (ca)
Lantern slide, tinted
3 1/4 x 4 in.
Special Collections, Branson DeCou archive, Collection Call Number: MS 38, Accession Number: DC1.372.0002L
LL/105342
44 of 54
29. Pointing to the lava stream.
n.d.
Lantern slide
Kingman Museum
LL/93803 [Further details available]
45 of 54
Eruption of Matavanu Volcano, Savai'i, Samoa
1905
Gelatin dry plate
Registration Number: C.001404
LL/85094 [Further details available]
46 of 54
Napoli - Versuvio
1940s (ca)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of John Toohey
LL/101639
47 of 54
Watching steam and boiling mud erupt from the Aso-San volcano in Japan
1904
Stereoview, half
Private collection of John Quin
LL/101640
48 of 54
A sudden terrific volcanic eruption - smoke, steam and stones thrown from the crater of Asama-yama, Japan
1904 (copyright)
Stereoview
Private collection of John Toohey
LL/101641
49 of 54
Sulphur deposits emerging from the slopes of Mt. Suretamati, an active volcano on the island of Vanua Lava. [Banks Islands, Vanuatu, Melanesia]
1884
Glass negative
15.3 x 20.2 cm
Pitt Rivers Museum
William Allison Dyke Acland - Donated 1886, 1998.322.78
LL/113211 [Further details available]
50 of 54
A pack of train horses carries supplies for the surveying team in Alaska
1915 (ca)
Photograph
National Archives and Records Administration
57-N-Miscellaneous-82-4
LL/77158
51 of 54
King Solomon Cave, Tasmania
1900-1937 (ca)
Glass lantern slide, hand-colouring
8.5 x 8.5 cm
State Library of Victoria
Accession no: H37687/89
LL/77157
52 of 54
Magnified crystals
1930s
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped
23.8 x 18 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction, 8 June 2022, Photography from the 19th – 21st centuries, Lot: 4087
LL/120226 [Further details available]
53 of 54
Fluorescent minerals
2005, 7 April
Under UV-A, UV-B and UV-C light
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
LL/42349
54 of 54
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