Unidentified photographer, 1890s, The tulafale (spokesperson) of Lufilufi [Samoa], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45073

Unidentified photographer, 1890s, Probably the daughter of the tulafale (orator/spokesperson) of Lufilufi [Samoa], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45074

Unidentified photographer, 1905 (ca), Boryslaw, Wooden oil rig with a wooden cistern [Galicia], Collodion paper, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45075

Johnston & Hoffmann, 1885 (ca), Agony Point at the Darjeeling railway near Tindharia, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45076

Detroit Photographic Co., 1898, Portal of the Grand River Canyon, Colorado, Photochrom, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45077

Photochrom Company, 1898, Railway at Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, Photochrom, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45078

Into Konrad Inha, 1894, Mountain guides in Kuusamo [Finland], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45079

Into Konrad Inha, 1894, Evocation, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45080

Into Konrad Inha, 1894, National customs in Finland: the engagement chant, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45081

Photostudio Lai Afong, 1874, Quarter of Canton [Guangzhou] after a typhoon, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45082

W.P. Floyd, 1872 (ca), Five-storied pagoda in Canton [Guangzhou], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45083

Lala Deen Dayal, 1895, Palace of the Winds (Hawa Mahal), Jaipur, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45084

Samuel Bourne, 1860s, First Gallery of the Kutab Minar, Delhi, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45085

Samuel Bourne, 1860s, Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid), Agra, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45086

Unidentified photographer, 1890 (ca), "Revolution in Asuncion", Collodion paper, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45087

Unidentified photographer, 1890 (ca), "Revolution in Asuncion", Collodion paper, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45088

Photo Studio CALM, 1885 (ca), Cucaracha [Construction of the Panama Canal, 1st attempt], Gelatin silver print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45089

Unidentified photographer, 1885 (ca), Untitled [Construction of the Panama Canal, 1st attempt], Gelatin silver print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45090

Unidentified photographer, 1905 (ca), Untitled [Construction of the Panama Canal, 2nd attempt], Gelatin silver print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45091

Unidentified photographer, 1905 (ca), Mindi [Construction of the Panama Canal, 2nd attempt - partially finished section], Gelatin silver print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45092

C.J. Kleingrothe, 1898 (before), Rainforest in Sumatra, Collodion paper, mate, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45093

C.J. Kleingrothe, 1898 (before), Rainforest in Sumatra, Collodion paper, mate, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45094

C.J. Kleingrothe, 1898 (before), Rainforest in Sumatra, Collodion paper, mate, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45095

Unidentified photographer, 1895 (ca), Tea drinkers, Istanbul, Photochrom, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45096

Unidentified photographer, 1895 (ca), In front of a mosque, Istanbul, Photochrom, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45097

A. Duperly & Sons, 1904, Working on a sugarcane plantation [Jamaica], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45098

Unidentified photographer, 1880s, Woman washing laundry [Jamaica], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45099

Unidentified photographer, 1880s, Worker's houses near a sugarcane plantation [Jamaica], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45100

A. Duperly & Sons, 1890s, Workers on a sugarcane plantation, Jamaica ['Negertypen'], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45101

Unidentified photographer, n.d., -lvkarleby waterfall [Sweden], Collodion paper, mate, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45102

Unidentified photographer, n.d., Waterfall at the mountain Oviksfjõll, close to Mörsil [Sweden], Collodion paper, mate, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45103

Dmitry Ermakov, 1880s, Market place on the banks of the Kura, Tiflis [Georgia], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45104

Dmitry Ermakov, 1880s, Town quarter with baths, Tiflis [Georgia], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45105

Alexander Roinashvili, 1880s, Ruins of the fortress Nariquala, Tiflis [Georgia], Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45106

Sophus Williams, 1880, At the St. Catherine's chapel, Hamburg, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45107

Sophus Williams, 1880 (ca), Harbor with ships, Hamburg, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45108

Sophus Williams, 1880 (ca), Northern Elbe bridge, Hamburg, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45109

Sophus Williams, 1880 (ca), Steam crane, Hamburg, Albumen print, Photoinstitut Bonartes, © Photoinstitut Bonartes, LL/45110