Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg, 1865 (ca), Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Albumen print, 27,6 x 31,3 cm, Ader Nordmann, Courtesy of Ader Nordmann (Auction, Photographs, 16 November 2014, Lot: 10), LL/56214

Dixon & Son, 1882 (ca), Ashburnham House - The Staircase, [Society for Photographing Relics of Old London], Carbon print, Royal Academy of Arts, LL/50337

Frederick H. Evans, 1903 (ca), A Sea of Steps, Wells Cathedral, Platinum print, 9 1/4 x 7 5/8 in, Lee Gallery, Courtesy of Lee Gallery (T1503), LL/12867

Eugène Atget, 1905, 7 Rue de l'Estrapade, 5th Arrondissement, Albumen silver print, 21.4 x 17.7 cm, National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada (no. 21173), Purchased 1974, LL/6689

Carlo Naya, 1875 (ca), Entrée de Palais à Venise, Italie, Albumen print, 26 x 34 cm, Photo Verdeau, LL/40048

G.E. Chauffourier, 1875 (ca), [Spanish Steps, Rome], Albumen silver print, 27.5 x 21 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/4 ins), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.147, LL/40515

Wilhelm von Gloeden, 1880s, Taormina, Albumen print, 22 x 15.5 cm, Bassenge Photography Auctions, (88 / 4031), LL/15712

Eugène Atget, 1912, Junk Dealer, Porte d'Asnieres, Albumen print, 8 3/4 x 7 ins, J. Paul Getty Museum, 94.XM.108.5, LL/43677

Eugène Atget, 1912-1913, Cour à Asnières, Albumen print, 21.6 x 18 cm, Sotheby's - Paris, Courtesy of Sotheby's Paris (Photographs, Fri, 20 Nov 09, 4:00 PM, PF9027, Lot 20), LL/33721

Ben Hains, 1889 (copyright), 21. Entrance to Gothic Avenue, [Views of Mammoth Cave and vicinity], Stereocard, detail, NYPL - New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Record ID: 654419, LL/42255

Heinz Hajek-Halke, 1946, Gläsernes Monument, Gelatin silver print, photomontage, 31.5 x 25.7 cm, Soler y LLach, Photographs and Photobooks Auction, 7 June 2012, Lot: 146, LL/48099

Herbert Bayer, 1928, Pont Transbordeur, Marseilles, Gelatin silver print, 25.0 x 17.0 cm (9 13/16 x 6 11/16 ins), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987, Accession Number: 1987.1100.345, Rights and Reproduction: © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, LL/58912

László Moholy-Nagy, 1929, Pont Transbordeur, Marseilles, Gelatin silver print, 23.7 x 17.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 ins) (image) 25.3 x 19.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 9/16 ins) (mount), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.298, Rights and Reproduction: © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, LL/58908

Julius Shulman, 1935, Spiral Staircase, Gelatin silver print, h: 3.4 x w: 2.1 in / h: 8.6 x w: 5.3 cm, Craig Krull Gallery, LL/8375

Edward Dimsdale, 2001, Autumn, Pebble steps, Gelatin silver print, toned, from paper negative, 8 x 10, HackelBury Fine Art Ltd, LL/1556

Vilém Reichmann, 1963-1967, Absteig, Gelatin silver print, 23 x 17 cm, Soler y LLach, Photographs and Photobooks Auction, 7 June 2012, Lot: 149, LL/48101

Charles Sheeler, 1917, Doylestown House - Stairs from Below, Gelatin silver print, 21 x 15 cm (8 1/4 x 5 15/16 in), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933 (33.43.343), LL/6345

Unidentified photographer, 1958, Spring, untitled [Man carrying a bucket of water upstairs], [Redevelopment.Downtown North (R-8)], Black and white image, scanned from negative, NHRA - Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, LL/44453

Phil Palmer, 1950s (ca), Iron Balustrade, San Francisco, [Carpenter's Gothic], Gelatin silver print, Barry Singer Gallery, LL/2930

Volmer, 1953, 5 December, Stairway to the Stars. Olney Road W of Cooke Street - 3rd house in - 100 block. Atlantic City Demolition, [Redevelopment Atlantic City (R-1)], Black and white image, scanned from negative, NHRA - Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Ledger-Dispatch. Neg #: 187, LL/44451

Willy Maywald, 1948-1950 (taken) 1970s (print), Dior, Gelatin silver print, 40.5 x 30.5 cm, Piasa, Photographies, 28 October 2011, Lot 69, LL/44436

André Kertész, 1926, Chez Mondrian, Gelatin silver print, Peter Fetterman Gallery, LL/508

John Dugdale, n.d., The Clandestine Mind, Photogravure, 21st Editions, LL/808

Unidentified photographer, n.d., A young woman posing in a photographer's studio amongst a "rustic" setting, Tintype, 1/6 plate, J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, LL/31981

René-Jacques, 1939, L'Homme de la Nuit, Gelatin silver print, 58.7 x 40.5 cm (image) 59.8 x 40.5 cm (sheet), Sotheby's - Paris, Courtesy of Sotheby's Paris (Photographs, Fri, 20 Nov 09, 4:00 PM, PF9027, Lot 52), LL/33728

Paul Wolff, 1926, Reisender mit zwei Koffern, 17.8 x 23.8 cm, Gallery argus fotokunst, LL/2283

Clem Albers, 1942, 11 April, Los Angeles, California. Going home to a hotel under new management in "Little Tokyo" after residents of Japanese ancestry were ordered to evacuate this neighborhood near the Civic Center in Los Angeles., [War Relocation Authority], Black and white image, National Archives and Records Administration, NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-B58, LL/47362

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, 1920s, Figures in the Castle, Gelatin silver print, Asociación Manuel Álvarez Bravo AC, © Asociación Manuel Álvarez Bravo AC, LL/29645

Jerry N. Uelsmann, 1996, Untitled, Gelatin silver print, 13 x 10, Afterimage Gallery, LL/1514

Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1910, On the Embankment, [London], Photogravure, 16.4 x 22.1 cm, Private collection, LL/13770

Rudolf Eickemeyer, 1894, En descendant les marches, [Photo-Club de Paris / 1894, Pl. VI], Heliogravure / Photogravure, 15.4 x 12.4 cm, Photoseed, Photograph courtesy PhotoSeed.com, LL/14065

Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1926-1944, Blount House, Haddock, Jones County, Georgia, Negative, safety film, 8 x 10 ins, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-csas-01072 (digital file from original negative), LL/37090

Karl Hugo Schmölz, 1957, Staircase interior, Cologne, Gelatin silver print, 22 x 16 cm, Bassenge Photography Auctions, Auction 4 June 2014, 19th-21st Century Photography, Lot: 4240, LL/54685

Edwin Smith, 1970 (taken) 2010 (print), Queen's House, Greenwich, London, The Tulip Staircase, Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 ins, Chris Beetles, © Edwin Smith / RIBA British Architectural Library Photographs Collection, LL/38579

Mark Citret, 1986, Tower Stairs, Scotty's Castle, Gelatin silver print, 8 1/2 x 11, Catherine Edelman Gallery, LL/3834

Helmut Gernsheim, 1943, Spiral Staircase at St. Paul's Cathedral: Looking Down, Gelatin silver print, 38.0 x 29.7 cm, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, LL/39163

Harold Chapman, 1950s, Stair Case, Beat Hotel. Paris, Gelatin silver print, OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, © Harold Chapman, Courtesy of OMC Gallery, LL/16479

Margaret Bourke-White, 1936 (taken) 1990s (print), Elliptical Stairway, Supreme Court Building, Washington D.C., Gelatin silver print, 9 1/8 x 12 ins (23.2 x 30.5 cm), Swann Galleries - New York, Fine Photographers, 19 February 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 47, LL/57663

A. Pettitt, 1868, 13 June (hand-written on reverse), Bowder Stone [Lake District, England], Carte de visite, Collection of Michael G. Jacob, LL/53341

Eugène Atget, 1909-1910, Folie thoinard - 9 rue Coq-Heron (1e arr), Albumen print, 18.0 x 21.6 cm (trimmed), George Eastman Museum, George Eastman House Collection - Accession Number: 1981:0950:0013.0001, LL/32730

Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1899-1900, Stairway of Treasurer's Residence: Students at Work. Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, Platinum print, 7 9/16 x 9 9/16 (19.2 x 24.3 cm), MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, LL/1977

Max Baur, 1950s, Untitled [Stairway of the Theological Academy Paderborn], Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped, 17 x 23 cm, Lempertz - Cologne, Auction 1021, November 26, 2013, Lot: 60, LL/52093

André Kertész, 1960, 2 March, Landing Pigeon, NY, Gelatin silver print, 9 5/8 x 7 +, Silverstein Photography, LL/304

Todd Webb, 1946 (taken) 1970s (print), Mr. Perkins‘ Pierce Arrow, Harlem, Gelatin silver print, 7 x 8.5 in, Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs, LL/25853

Marion Post Wolcott, n.d., Man using outside stairway for "colored" to enter theater, Gelatin silver print, Stephen Bulger Gallery, LL/2181

Edward Weston, 1943, Charis, Silver print, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins (19.1 x 24.1 cm), Swann Galleries - New York, Auction, 12 Dec 2013, Sale no: 2335, Lot: 71, LL/52268

Douglas Ethridge, 2002, Almost Home, [Urban Observations], Archival pigment ink print, 10 x 15 in / 14 x 21 in, Verve Gallery of Photography (CLOSED - 2017), LL/26366

Todd Webb, 1946, Harlem, Gelatin silver print, 4.75 x 4. 75 in, Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs, LL/25846

Philip Trager, 1979, New York, [New York], Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Philip Trager, Courtesy of the artist, LL/14969

Alexander Rodchenko, 1930 (taken) 1978-1978 (print), Stairs, Gelatin silver print, 27 x 40 cm, Museum Ludwig, LL/45779

Rae Russel, 1948, Chicago Tree and Fence, Gelatin silver print, 7 3/8 x 8 1/16, Barry Singer Gallery, LL/2965

George Krause, 1961, Stairs, Columbia, S.C., Gelatin silver print, toned, 16.1 x 10.7 cm, Leonard Joel, Sale LJ5801, Lot 187, LL/52397

Andrej Glusgold, 2000, Antlers, [Fairytales], Archival pigment print, on cotton paper, 16 cmx20 cm, Provided by the artist - Andrej Glusgold, LL/21144

Cig Harvey, n.d., Untitled #18, [Archeology], Watermark Fine Art Photographs & Books (CLOSED), LL/22948

Volker Seding, 1997, Painted Wall, College St. Toronto, [Mainstreets], Chromogenic print, 28 x 32, Stephen Bulger Gallery, LL/2204

Gregory Popovitch, 2009, Escaliers et arbres taillés dans les jardins de Versailles, [Daguerreian Homage to Eugène Atget], Daguerreotype, 6.5 x 8.5 ins, Provided by the artist - Gregory Popovitch, LL/33466