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19th Century Photographic Studios: Photographic vans, wagons and cars
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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, LL/9833
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, LL/9834
Roger Fenton, 1855, The artist's van [The photographic van with Sparling on the box], Salt paper print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/8175
Roger Fenton, 1855, 10 November, Mr. Fenton's Photographic Van. - From the Crimean Exhibition, Magazine illustration, The Courtauld Institute of Art, LL/36711
Roger Fenton, 1855, 10 November, Mr. Fenton's Photographic Van. - From the Crimean Exhibition, Magazine illustration, The Courtauld Institute of Art, LL/36712
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1862, Brady Gallery photographic team for the Civil War, Berlin, Maryland, Albumen print, Private collection of Larry West, LL/8597
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1862, 28 October, Brady Gallery photographic team for the Civil War, Berlin, Maryland, Albumen print, Source requested, LL/43005
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1864, Brady's photographic outfit in the field near Petersburg, Va., Albumen print, National Archives and Records Administration, LL/35275
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, LL/11463
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1862, New bridge built by McDowell's engineers, Bull Run, VA, Albumen print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/42991
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1865, Petersburg, Va. Mills; photographic wagon of Engineer Dept. in foreground, Stereograph, glass, wet collodion, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/61350
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1865, Petersburg, Va. Mills; photographic wagon of Engineer Dept. in foreground, Stereograph, glass, wet collodion, detail, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/61351
Alexander Gardner, n.d., Photography wagon, with Alexander Gardiner seated in the middle, Albumen print, This work is out of copyright, LL/35273
Samuel A. Cooley, 1863 (ca), Sam Cooley - photographer, employees, and working apparatus, Albumen print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/43000
Samuel A. Cooley, n.d., Sam A. Cooley, Field Dark-Room, Albumen print, This work is out of copyright, LL/35274
Samuel A. Cooley, 1864, Savannah, Georgia (vicinity). View of Fort McAllister and Cooley's photographic tent, 1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/36097
George N. Barnard, 1862, March, Sudley Church on hill, and the remains of the Sudley Sulphur Spring house on the rigfht, Bull Run Creek, Cathapin Run, VA, Albumen print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/42994
Unidentified photographer, 1862, 4 July, Our Photographer, Manassas, VA, Albumen print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/42986
Unidentified photographer, 1864-1865, Photographer's wagon and developing tent, Cold Harbor VA, Albumen print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/42998
Unidentified photographer, 1864, Photographer, wagon, observation tower, Bermuda Hundred, VA, Albumen print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/42999
Thomas C. Roche, 1861-1865 (ca), Civil War Photographers Van, Photograph, detail, Private collection of Clark and Joan Worswick, LL/50715
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1867, Timothy O'Sullivan's ambulance wagon and portable darkroom used during the King Survey rolls across the sand dunes of Carson Desert, Nev., Albumen print, National Archives and Records Administration, LL/35266
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1867, Timothy O'Sullivan's ambulance wagon and portable darkroom used during the King Survey rolls across the sand dunes of Carson Desert, Nev., National Archives and Records Administration, LL/35226
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1869, June, Shifting Sand-Mounds, Magazine illustration, Google Books, LL/34787
T.A. Aldrich, n.d., Backmark on a stereocard showing a photographic waggon., Stereoview, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/13882
H. Gurlitz, 1860s (ca), Harry Gurlitz's Photograph Gallery, Carte de visite, Private collection of Laddy Kite, LL/35887
Carleton E. Watkins, n.d., B 3542. Primitive Mining. the Rocker. Calaveras Co., Cal., [New Boudoir Series], Boudoir card, Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, LL/11455
Carleton E. Watkins, n.d., Railroad Ferry "Solano" with Watkin's Photo Wagon, Albumen print, mammoth, Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, LL/27725
Carleton E. Watkins, n.d., Railroad Ferry "Solano" with Watkin's Photo Wagon (detail), Albumen print, mammoth, Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, LL/27726
C.R. Savage, 1860s (?), C.R. Savage's photo wagon in the desert, south of St. George Utah, Stereocard, Private collection of Bill Lee, LL/37141
C.R. Savage, 1860s (?), C.R. Savage's photo wagon in the desert, south of St. George Utah., Stereocard, detail, Private collection of Bill Lee, LL/37142
William Henry Jackson, n.d., 104. Rocks near Platte Canyon., [Hayden Geological Survey of the Territories], Stereoview, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37788
William Henry Jackson, n.d., 104. Rocks near Platte Canyon., [Hayden Geological Survey of the Territories], Stereoview, detail, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37789
William Henry Jackson, 1870, 621. Red Sandstones near Platte Canon., Carte de visite, detail, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37871
William Henry Jackson, 1870, 621. Red Sandstones near Platte Canon., Carte de visite, detail, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37872
Alexander Gardner, 1867 (published), Photographic outfit, 309 miles west of St. Louis, Mo., [Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division], Stereocard, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/61347
Alexander Gardner, 1867 (published), Photographic outfit, 309 miles west of St. Louis, Mo., [Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division], Stereocard, detail, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/61348
Theodore Lilienthal, n.d., Theo. Lilienthal Photo Wagon on Canal Street, New Orleans, [New Orleans Scenery], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58642
Theodore Lilienthal, n.d., Theo. Lilienthal Photo Wagon on Canal Street, New Orleans, [New Orleans Scenery], Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58643
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., Photographer's dark wagon with black boy standing by its side, Stereoview, hand-tinted, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37800
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., Photographer's dark wagon with black boy standing by its side, Stereoview, detail, hand-tinted, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37801
H.H. Bennett, 1870s, No. 135 Gates Ravine, [A Trip Through the Dells of the Wisconsin River], Stereoview, Private collection of Ken Burkhart, LL/39411
H.H. Bennett, 1870s, No. 135 Gates Ravine, [A Trip Through the Dells of the Wisconsin River], Stereoview, half, Private collection of Ken Burkhart, LL/39412
H.H. Bennett, 1870s, No. 135 Gates Ravine, [A Trip Through the Dells of the Wisconsin River], Stereoview, detail, Private collection of Ken Burkhart, LL/39413
H.H. Bennett, 19th century, H.H. Bennett With Wet Plate Outfit, Gelatin silver print, Museum of Photographic Arts - MOPA, LL/45342
Unidentified photographer, n.d., R.R. Bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio., [American Views. Peoples' Series], Stereoview, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37826
Unidentified photographer, n.d., R.R. Bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio., [American Views. Peoples' Series], Stereoview, detail, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37827
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, National Library of Australia, LL/39402
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, National Library of Australia, LL/39403
A. Nott, n.d., Back of carte de visite from A. Nott's, Photograph Car, Carte de visite, back, Private collection of Alan Griffiths, LL/36598
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, LL/36599
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, LL/36840
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1863, 15 December, Photographic van - British Army, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/35167
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1863, 15 December, Dark tent designed by Mr. Smartt - British Army, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/35168
James Mudd, 1860, 15 March, Mr James Mudd encounters a photographic van in Wales, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/35169
Unknown author, 1875, 26 February, A photographic van or house on wheels, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/35170
Mathew Brady's Studio, 1863, Mr Brady's Photographic Van in the panic from Centreville, Book page, Google Books, LL/35171
Unknown author, 1861, 2 December, Poisoning by Cyanide of Potassium, within a Photographic Van, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/35172
Thomas Sutton, 1874, 7 August, Wanted, a good strong photographic van upon four wheels, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/35173
   
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