1. | ![]() | Josiah Johnson Hawes n.d. The photographic wagon of J.J. Hawes, 19 Tremont Row Boston Stereocard Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada This detailed view clearly shows the photographs of Boston taken by Josiah Johnson Hawes fixed to the side of the wagon. Closer examination reveals that these could be protected by a canvas flap. |
2. | ![]() | Josiah Johnson Hawes n.d. The photographic wagon of J.J. Hawes, 19 Tremont Row Boston (Detail) Stereocard Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada This detailed view clearly shows the photographs of Boston taken by Josiah Johnson Hawes fixed to the side of the wagon. Closer examination reveals that these could be protected by a canvas flap. Also note the stereo camera on the tripod. |
3. | ![]() | Carleton E. Watkins n.d. B 3542. Primitive Mining. the Rocker. Calaveras Co., Cal. [New Boudoir Series] Boudoir card Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 186) |
4. | ![]() | Roger Fenton 1855 The artist's van [The photographic van with Sparling on the box] Salt paper print 17.5 x 16.5 cm Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZC4-9240 - PH - Fenton (R.), no. 122 (A size) [P&P] |
5. | ![]() | Roger Fenton 1855, 10 November Mr. Fenton's Photographic Van. - From the Crimean Exhibition Magazine illustration The Courtauld Institute of Art Copyright: Illustrated London News Ltd. All rights reserved, Gale Document Number: HN3100442890 "Mr. Fenton's Crimean Photographs." Illustrated London News (London, England), Saturday, November 10, 1855; pg. 557; Issue 769 |
6. | ![]() | Roger Fenton 1855, 10 November Mr. Fenton's Photographic Van. - From the Crimean Exhibition Magazine illustration The Courtauld Institute of Art Copyright: Illustrated London News Ltd. All rights reserved, Gale Document Number: HN3100442890 "Mr. Fenton's Crimean Photographs." Illustrated London News (London, England), Saturday, November 10, 1855; pg. 557; Issue 769 |
7. | ![]() | Roger Fenton 1855 Cooking house, 8th Hussars Salted paper print 16 x 21 cm Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZC4-9344 Soldiers standing and sitting around cooking pots as a cook ladels food into a bowl; in the background stands a woman and on the left is the side of Fenton's photographic van. |
8. | ![]() | Roger Fenton 1855 Cooking house, 8th Hussars Salted paper print 16 x 21 cm Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZ62-47542 Soldiers standing and sitting around cooking pots as a cook ladles food into a bowl; in the background stands a woman and on the left is the side of Fenton's photographic van. |
9. | ![]() | Mathew Brady's Studio 1862 Brady Gallery photographic team for the Civil War, Berlin, Maryland Albumen print Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] From left to right: Silas Holmes Stephen (a cook) E.T. Whitney Hodges Jim (teamster) Mathew Brady David B. Woodbury One of the rare photographs that shows the people who actually took the photography for Brady. Published in the Image of War Series, NHS, vol I, p.423. |
10. | ![]() | Timothy H. O'Sullivan n.d. View of the Petersburg Gas Works [Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 81] Albumen print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 213) A forceful architectural image with light grasses in the foreground. O'Sullivan's PHOTOGRAPH WAGON from the Engineer Department is parked at the right. Attribution to Timothy H. O'Sullivan comes from the authoratitive work on the subject E.F. Bleiler (1959) Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War (New York, Dover Publications) Negative by David Knox. May, 1865. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Incidents of the War. View of the Petersburg Gas Works. Published by Philp & Solomon, Washington. Positive by A. Gardner, 511 7th Street, Washington |
11. | ![]() | Timothy H. O'Sullivan n.d. View of the Petersburg Gas Works [Detail] [Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 81] Albumen print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 213) A forceful architectural image with light grasses in the foreground. O'Sullivan's PHOTOGRAPH WAGON from the Engineer Department is parked at the right. Attribution to Timothy H. O'Sullivan comes from the authoratitive work on the subject E.F. Bleiler (1959) Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War (New York, Dover Publications) "Negative by David Knox. May, 1865. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Incidents of the War. View of the Petersburg Gas Works. Published by Philp & Solomon, Washington. Positive by A. Gardner, 511 7th Street, Washington" |
12. | ![]() | H. Gurlitz 1860s (ca) Harry Gurlitz's Photograph Gallery Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite |
13. | ![]() | Henry Beaufoy Merlin (1830-1873) or Charles Bayless (1850-1897) 1872 (ca) View of buildings and Beaufoy Merlin's mobile photographic studio standing in Mudgee Road, Tambaroora, New South Wales Albumen print 6 x 9.4 ins National Library of Australia nla.pic-vn4732019 In: Album of photographs of gold mining, buildings, residents and views at Hill End and environs, New South Wales, 1872-1873. Part of: B.O. Holtermann archive of Merlin and Bayliss photographic prints of New South Wales and Victoria. Inscription: "80016"--Negative number in pencil below image. Variously attributed to Charles Bayliss and Beaufoy Merlin. |
14. | ![]() | Henry Beaufoy Merlin (1830-1873) or Charles Bayless (1850-1897) 1872 (ca) Dead tree trunk with pigeoncotes suspended by local storekeepers, and the horse-drawn mobile photographic studio of Beaufoy Merlin to the left, Mudgee Road, Tambaroora, New South Wales Albumen print 6 x 9.5 cm National Library of Australia nla.pic-vn4733862 In: Album of photographs of gold mining, buildings, residents and views at Hill End and environs, New South Wales, 1872-1873. Part of: B.O. Holtermann archive of Merlin and Bayliss photographic prints of New South Wales and Victoria. Inscription: "80005"--Negative number in pencil below image. Variously attributed to Charles Bayliss and Beaufoy Merlin. |
15. | ![]() | Zangaki Brothers 1870-1880 The Sphinx [Showing one of the Zangaki brothers and their "Dark-Room-Car"] Albumen, detail 10 x 8 ins (approx.) Internet - Original source ill-defined In April 2006 this image was sold by E-Bay seller "photobazaar" of Austria as reported by Peter Searle. The current whereabouts of this image is not known and I would be most interested to learn further details. (Alan Griffiths, 10 October 2010) For another copy see "Le Sphinx et les pyramides, Chephren et Chéops", Bibliothèque Nationale de France, département Société de Géographie, SGE SG WE-175, Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b7702164g (View: 34 of 89) |
16. | ![]() | Zangaki Brothers 1870-1880 The Sphinx [Showing one of the Zangaki brothers and their "Dark-Room-Car"] Albumen, detail 10 x 8 ins (approx.) Internet - Original source ill-defined In April 2006 this image was sold by E-Bay seller "photobazaar" of Austria as reported by Peter Searle. The current whereabouts of this image is not known and I would be most interested to learn further details. (Alan Griffiths, 10 October 2010) For another copy see "Le Sphinx et les pyramides, Chephren et Chéops", Bibliothèque Nationale de France, département Société de Géographie, SGE SG WE-175, Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b7702164g (View: 34 of 89) |
17. | ![]() | Unidentified creator 1875 (ca) Travelling photographic studio in Germany Engraving Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) The signs read: "Photographic Studio", "Only 8 days at the local space" and "Guarantee similarity". We are seeking details on where this engraving was originally published. |
18. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1860s-1870s A photographic studio on wheels, with a tripod mounted camera and a photographic van Carte de visite 2.25 x 3.75 in (image) 2.5 x 4.125 in (mount) Private collection of Dan Weinstock |
19. | ![]() | William Critchfield (Picture Room - IXL) 1872-1873 Untitled Tintype Private collection of Andrew Daneman |
20. | ![]() | William Critchfield (Picture Room - IXL) 1872-1873 [Rural Iowa] Tintype Private collection of Andrew Daneman |
21. | ![]() | J.P. Doremus n.d. Stereoview of the Doremus Photograph Gallery on a barge that could be towed behind a paddle steamer [Doremus Views of the Mississipi and its Tributaries] Stereocard Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada In this unusual photograph of a photographic barge note the glass roofed studio and the photographs hung to the left of the door. Refer also to the article by DuPae and White on Doremus Floating Gallery on page 12, Volume 30, no. 5 of Stereo World. |
22. | ![]() | J.P. Doremus n.d. Stereoview of the Doremus Photograph Gallery on a barge that could be towed behind a paddle steamer (Detail) [Doremus Views of the Mississipi and its Tributaries] Stereocard Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada In this unusual photograph of a photographic barge note the glass roofed studio and the photographs hung to the left of the door. Refer also to the article by DuPae and White on Doremus Floating Gallery on page 12, Volume 30, no. 5 of Stereo World. |
23. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1862, 27 April Diary page with the entry " now travling on the ambrotipe boat" Diary Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
24. | ![]() | McLeon's, W.A. Mooers, operator (operator. 34 Charlotte St., St. John, New Brunswick) n.d. Photograph Saloon on raft Carte de visite Rare Photo Gallery - Neil David MacDonald Note the numerous photographs on the exterior of the wagon. On 25 June 1885 The Press Newspaper (Woodstock, NB, Canada) reported: Messrs. W. A. Mooers and W. L. Alterton, Photographers, desirous to secure views of the magnificent scenery of the river St. John between Woodstock and the City of St. John, recently fitted up a strong raft, on which they placed a " Photographic Studio " sufficiently large to allow them ample room for their instruments and work-room, and also to furnish them with comfortable cooking and sleeping apartments. They expect to spend several weeks on the cruise. Preparations had been made to start from Upper Woodstock last Monday morning, but owing to the heavy winds that have prevailed this week their craft is still at anchor. |
25. | ![]() | A. Nott n.d. Back of carte de visite from A. Nott's, Photograph Car Carte de visite, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths A Photograph Car could be either a wagon on wheels used by an itinerant photographer or, less-commonly, a photographic studio in a railway car. |
26. | ![]() | A. Nott n.d. Back of carte de visite from A. Nott's, Photograph Car Carte de visite, back, detail Private collection of Alan Griffiths A Photograph Car could be either a wagon on wheels used by an itinerant photographer or, less-commonly, a photographic studio in a railway car. |
27. | ![]() | S.R. Miller n.d. Back of carte de visite from S.R. Miller's, Photograph Car Carte de visite, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths A Photograph Car could be either a wagon on wheels used by an itinerant photographer or, less-commonly, a photographic studio in a railway car. |
28. | ![]() | F. Jay Haynes n.d. Haynes' Palace Studio Car Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Frank Jay Haynes was one of the great railway photographers on the Northern Pacific and this design shows the Haynes' Palace Studio Car with its message that it "Will visit all R. R. Towns in the Northwest". On the side of the car it advertises "National Park Views". [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
29. | ![]() | F. Jay Haynes n.d. Haynes' Palace Studio Car Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) Frank Jay Haynes was one of the great railway photographers on the Northern Pacific and this design shows the Haynes' Palace Studio Car with its message that it "Will visit all R. R. Towns in the Northwest". On the side of the car it advertises "National Park Views". [Please note that this image has been converted to a grayscale to enhance detail difficult to see on the yellow original.] |
30. | ![]() | F. Jay Haynes 1886 The interior of the Haynes Palace Studio Car at Helena (M/T.) Uncertain format Creative Commons - Wikipedia This photograph was published with the following note in Edward W. Nolan Northern Pacific views: The railroad photography of F. Jay Haynes, 1876-1905 (Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press, 1983): The reception room in the Palace Studio car displayed the wide variety of photograph types available to patrons. In addition to fancy frames, Haynes offered mammoth plate views of Yellowstone for sale. The sitting room was through the door to the left of the desk, and beyond that were the living quarters. [The details on the archive holding the original image along with the accession id are requested. A copy of this photograph may be at Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo] |
31. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1905 (ca) Untitled [Group portrait in front of railroad photographic gallery, Temple, Oklahoma] Gelatin silver print 20.3 x 25.4 cm DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Call number: Ag2008.0005 Verso: manuscript notation in ink Mr Sutton, Mrs Sutton, Mrs Sallie McCoy, Bonnie and Myrtle; picture made in Temple Okla about 1905. |
32. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1905 (ca) Untitled [Group portrait in front of railroad photographic gallery, Temple, Oklahoma] Gelatin silver print, detail 20.3 x 25.4 cm DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Call number: Ag2008.0005 Verso: manuscript notation in ink Mr Sutton, Mrs Sutton, Mrs Sallie McCoy, Bonnie and Myrtle; picture made in Temple Okla about 1905. |
33. | ![]() | Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co. 1880s (ca) Back of cabinet card from Photographed by the Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co. [USA] Cabinet card, back Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
34. | ![]() | Braman's Daguerrean Studio n.d. Advertising card for Braman‘s Daguerrean Studio Advert Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada This advert is unusual as it is for a traveling Daguerrean Studio where the space at the lower part could be filled in as required. Note also that the photographer also creates photographic jewelry. |
35. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Button's Daguerrean Gallery Broadside Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
36. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Detail from a document for a traveling Daguerreotypist. Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
37. | ![]() | J.F. Standiford n.d. Untitled Cabinet card, back Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) J.F. Standiford - The Only U.S. Licensed Photographer in the Indian Territory. With Resident and Gallery Head-Quarters at Muskogee, Creek Nation. "I make regular yearly visits to Tahleqah, Vinita, Eufaula, Wagoner and other important points in the Territory with my portable gallery." [Please note that the scan colors may not exactly match those on the original.] |
38. | ![]() | E.H. Wood n.d. Wood Has Come! - Advertisement for a traveling photographer Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
39. | ![]() | E.H. Wood n.d. Wood Has Come! - Advertisement for a traveling photographer (Detail) Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
40. | ![]() | E.H. Wood n.d. Wood Has Come! - Advertisement for a traveling photographer (Detail) Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada Note the designs with the open carte de visite album and the photographer at work. |
41. | ![]() | E.H. Wood n.d. Wood Has Come! - Advertisement for a traveling photographer (Detail) Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada This section of the advertisement requires careful study as it is significant. The document was printed during or soon after the American Civil War and we know this because of the background of the "Army of the Potomac" and this was a time of transition in photographic processes. Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and Tintypes were single positives that were purchased as soon as they were made. With the negative processes the person had to return to the studio to obtain the final print or have it sent on. This added a level of uncertainty to the photographer unless he received payment in advance and one of the paragraphs explains this to the public. |
42. | ![]() | W. Stevens 1904 Advertisement for tintypes Tintype, advertisement Charles Schwartz Ltd Courtesy of Charles Schwartz Ltd (www.cs-photo.com - #9215) From the reverse of a tintype mounted in a red paper frame is a sketch of a tent which advertises tintypes. Banners on tent read: "Tin-Type Buttons-Just out-they are hot stuff" |
43. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1870 (ca) Two Photographers in Front of Tent Tintype 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in Paul Cava Fine Art Courtesy of Paul Cava Fine Art |
44. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. The Sea Wall at St. Augustine, Florida showing the tent of an itinerant photographer, advertising "Photographs, Tin Types and Views" and the photographers name, "G. E. Gould." Albumen print 4.5 x 7.75 in (image) 5.25 x 8.5 in (mount) Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#20 / 217) |
45. | ![]() | W.M. Chase 1866-1874 Artist's Camp of W.M. Chase, Niagara Falls [Picturesque Views of all Countries, Gems of Beauty and Art, Architecture and Landscape. Wonders of Ancient Ruins, Mountain, Valley and Stream.] Stereocard, yellow mount Charles T. Joyce Collection "With the Stereoscope, by the fireside, one can wander through strange cities, over bleak mountains and sunny valleys. There are as many beauties lurking in a Stereograph as there are flowers that blush unseen in the meadows." W. M. Chase Date is based on a stereocard taken about the same time where a copy of the magazine Every Sunday can be seen. The magazine was published from 1866 to 1874. (Information posted to Facebook, "I Collect Stereoviews" page, by Beverly Wilgus, 17 April 2015) |
46. | ![]() | W.M. Chase 1866-1874 Artist's Camp of W.M. Chase [Niagara Falls] [American Views] Stereocard, yellow mount Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus Date is based on the copy of the magazine Every Sunday that can be seen. The magazine was published from 1866 to 1874. (Information posted to Facebook, "I Collect Stereoviews" page, by Beverly Wilgus, 17 April 2015) |
47. | ![]() | Morse 1860s (ca) Morse's Photographs - Tent in use Carte de visite Private collection of Laddy Kite |
48. | ![]() | Morse 1860s (ca) Morse's Photographs - Tent in use Carte de visite, trimmed Private collection of Laddy Kite |
49. | ![]() | Charles Wallace Jacob Johnson n.d. Photograph Gallery Tent Photographic print 5 x 8 ins California State Library Record no: 001389617 Monterey County, California, USA. |
50. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1890 (ca) Beach photographer Kodak circular snapshot National Science and Media Museum Kodak Collection, Inventory no: 1990-5036/6004/9 A Kodak circular snapshot photograph of a beach photographer with his portable darkroom. For many years beach photographers were a common sight at the seaside. They took cheap, often technically poor, 'while-you-wait' portraits as souvenirs. The origins of popular photography can be traced back to 1888 when George Eastman (1854 - 1932) patented the first Kodak camera. A small box camera it was sold ready-loaded with a roll of negative stripping paper providing 100 circular pictures 2.5 inches (64mm) in diameter. In 1889 Eastman introduced the No 2 Kodak camera which took slightly larger circular photographs, 3.5 inches in diameter. Originally a shooting term, the word 'snapshot' was first linked with photography in the late 1850s, when it was used to describe a photograph taken with a brief exposure. Over time, snapshot came to mean any amateur photograph taken with a simple camera. Snapshots are informal, personal records of everyday life and experiences. |
51. | ![]() | Frank Meadow Sutcliffe 1905 (ca) Beach photographer Photograph National Science and Media Museum Kodak Collection, Inventory no: 1990-5036/6002/0074 Frank Meadow Sutcliffe is best known for his naturalistic and spontaneous style of photography, especially his portrayals of Whitby's fishing community. He was a founder member of The Linked Ring Brotherhood and was made an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Photographic Society in 1941. |
52. | ![]() | W.H. Pearse n.d. The Algonquin Bon Ton Tent, W.H. Pearse, Prop. Printed paper Private collection |
53. | ![]() | W.H. Pearse n.d. The Algonquin Bon Ton Tent, W.H. Pearse, Prop. Printed paper Private collection |
54. | ![]() | S.J. Atkinson n.d. Advertisement for the Mammoth Traveling Ambrotype Saloon, S.J. Atkinson, Proprietor. Advert Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
55. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1868 Travelling box Book illustration Google Books In "A manual of photographic manipulation: treating of the practice of the art; and its Various Applications to Nature (Second edition)" by Lake Price (London, John Churchill & Sons, 1868), p.192 |
56. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Portable darkroom (open and closed) Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.472 |
57. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1873 Photographer at work Book illustration Google Books In "The Silver Sunbeam (Eighth edition)" by J. Towler (New York: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873), p.546, Fig.21 Figure 21 is an engraving - of the best and most approved photographic dark tent we have ever seen. It has the advantage, also, of cheapness. |
58. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1878 A Dark Tent Book illustration Google Books Published in W. de Wiveleslie Abney, F.R.S. "A Treatise on Photography" (London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1878), p.224 |
59. | ![]() | 1846, 1 October Premium Daguerreotype Portraits, At Gavit's well known Galleries, No. 6 Second Floor Exchange, Albany Advert Google Books Advert was published in "The Cultivator" (Albany), Vol.III, No.10, October 1846, p.326 |
60. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer / artist 1864 William Henry Hide - Traveling ambrotypist in 1858 Book page Google Books Published in "Hyde Geneaology; or the Descendants, in the Female as well as the Male Lines from William Hyde, of Norwich" by Reuben H. Walworth (Albany: J. Munsell, two volumes) p.363 |