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Boston Public Library, Print Department
 
3rd Floor, McKim Building, Central Library
Boston, MA 02116
USA

www.bpl.org
Tel: 617-859-2280

 
Some random images from this collection.
 
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Alexander Gardner, 1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Camp of surverying party at Russel's Tank, Arizona, on eastern slope of Laja Range, 1,271 miles from Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.80], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45544
Alexander Gardner, 1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Tehachapa Pass in Sierra Nevada, California. 1,730 miles west of Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.115], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45545
Alexander Gardner, 1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Yucca tree, "Spanish Bayonet," on the Great Basin, Southern California; Sierra Nevada in the distance, 1670 miles from Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.103], Albumen print, with part of mount, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45540
Alexander Gardner, 1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Yucca tree, "Spanish Bayonet," on the Great Basin, Southern California; Sierra Nevada in the distance, 1670 miles from Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.103], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45541
Southworth & Hawes, 1851, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, Daguerreotype, full plate, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/54548
Alexander Gardner, 1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Oaks in Tehachapa Pass, crossing of the Sierra Nevadas, California, 1,720 miles from Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.118], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45546
Unidentified photographer, 1870 (ca), Cyclist with High Wheeled Bicycle, Tintype, 1/6 plate, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45532
Alexander Gardner, 1867 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Engineer camp at the Zuni Pass, in the Sierra Madre, N.M., 975 miles west of Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.77], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45542
Frank Rinehart, 1898-1899, Two Little Braves, Sac & Fox, [Attendees of the 1898 Indian Congress], Platinum print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45533
Zangaki Brothers, n.d., Snake Charmer. Rifaiyeh. Ghager, [William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection], Albumen print, mounted, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/47437
Southworth & Hawes, 1851, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson, Daguerreotype, whole plate, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45527
G. Lékégian, n.d., Encampment of Beduins, [William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection], Albumen print, mounted, cropped, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/47439
1930-1945, Camera Center, Gatlinburg, Tenn. Highway 71, Postcard, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/53541
The Ingersoll View Company, 1850-1920 (ca), Bobbing party, Stereoview, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/116202
Frank Rinehart, 1898-1899, Afraid of Eagle, Sioux, [Attendees of the 1898 Indian Congress], Platinum print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45534
Alexander Gardner, 1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Surveying Party at Agua Frio, in Sierra Madre, New Mexico, (The Water Shed of the Continent,) 970 miles west of Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.75], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45548
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Abraham Lincoln, Tintype, medallion, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45531
Unidentified photographer, 1896-1960 (ca), Exhibit at the West End Branch, Gelatin silver print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45538
Alexander Gardner, 1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), "Seal Rocks," in Pacific Ocean, near San Francisco, 1,955 miles west of Missouri River. "Last scene of all in this strange, eventful history.", [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.127], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45547
Frank Rinehart, 1898-1899, Yellow Magpie (Araphahoe), [Attendees of the 1898 Indian Congress], Platinum print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45536
G. Lékégian, n.d., Encampment of Beduins, [William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection], Albumen print, mounted, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/47438
Unidentified artist, 1853, Brattle Street Church, Boston, Wood engraving, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/54547
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Hannibal Hamlin, Tintype, medallion, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/54551
Alexander Gardner, 1867-1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Partridge Creek, Western Base of Mogoyon Range, Arizona; Mescal Plant in foreground. 1,280 miles west of Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.90], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45549
James Wallace Black, 1860, Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It, Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45537
Unidentified photographer (Boston ?), 1846 (ca), Maria Weston Chapman, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45529
Zangaki Brothers, n.d., Donkey Boy waiting while Tourist inspects Temple, [William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection], Albumen print, mounted, cropped, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/47441
Alexander Gardner, 1867 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), El Moro, or Inscription Rock, Western New Mexico, [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.80], Albumen print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45543
Zangaki Brothers, n.d., Donkey Boy waiting while Tourist inspects Temple, [William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection], Albumen print, mounted, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/47440
Alexander Gardner, 1868 (ca, taken) 1869 (ca, print), Yucca tree, "Spanish Bayonet," on the Great Basin, Southern California; Sierra Nevada in the distance, 1670 miles from Missouri River., [Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel, pl.103], Albumen print, with mount, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45539
Leslie Jones (1886-1967), 1924-1928, Shenandoah - Newport Rhode Island, Black & white, negative, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/47399
Herbert Matter, 1935, All roads lead to Switzerland, Poster, photomechanical print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/55112
Frank Rinehart, 1898-1899, Yellow Feather, Maricopa, [Attendees of the 1898 Indian Congress], Platinum print, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/45535
Unidentified photographer, 1860 (ca), Unidentified man, post-mortem, Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/54550
Unidentified artist, n.d., On the Nile: Cairo to Luxor, [William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection], Scrapbook front cover, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/47436
Leslie Jones (1886-1967), 1952-1953 (ca), Dogs, Black & white, negative, Boston Public Library, Print Department, LL/47398
   

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