François Arago, 1839, 10 August (event) 1864 (published), Fig. 12 Arago annonce la découverte de Daguerre, Engraving, Google Books, LL/34344

Alois Löcherer, 1998, Book cover for "Alois Löcherer. Photographien 1845 - 1855" (Schirmer /Mosel Verlag Gm, 1998), Book cover, Amazon - Germany, LL/38194

Alois Löcherer, 1850, Transporting the Bavaria Statue to Theresienwiese [Die Bearbeitung der BAVARIA nach dem Guss, München], Salt print, from calotype negative, Museum Ludwig, LL/7714

A.J. Russell, 1869 (?), Album cover for "Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad.", Album cover, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38183

A.J. Russell, 1869 (?), Title page for "Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad.", Album title page, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38184

A.J. Russell, 1869 (?, album), The last rail; or, Joining the U.P. and C.P.R.R.'s., [Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad], Album page, with tipped in albumen print, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38185

A.J. Russell, 1869 (?, album), The last rail; or, Joining the U.P. and C.P.R.R.'s., [Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad], Album page, with tipped in albumen print, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38186

Justin Kozlowski, 1860s, Dredgers at work in the Suez Canal, Albumen print, British Library, LL/6501

Zangaki Brothers, 1880 (ca), Dredging Machine, Suez Canal, Albumen print, Archive Farms, LL/38905

Adolphe Braun, 1869, Groupe de voyageurs européens visitant les monuments égyptiens au moment de l'inauguration du canal de Suez, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie, LL/7845

Zangaki Brothers, 1875 (ca), [Sailing down the Suez canal], Albumen print, Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, LL/30088

Edourd-Charles-Romain Collignon (Editor), 1878-1882, Book cover for Edourd-Charles-Romain Collignon " Les travaux publics de la France. Chemins de fer" (Paris, J. Rothschild, 1878-1882), [Travaux Publics de la France], Book cover, Musée français de la Photographie, LL/42310

J. Duclos, 1870s (ca), Phare de la Palmyre, [Travaux Publics de la France], Collotype, Musée français de la Photographie, LL/42311

Louis-Emile Durandelle, 1867, Threshold of the Main Entrance; Construction of the Paris Opéra, Albumen print, from a collodion on glass negative, Victoria and Albert Museum, LL/36341

Louis-Emile Durandelle, 1879, Bronzes, Albumen print, Lee Gallery, LL/13378

Louis-Emile Durandelle, 1875-1881, Le Nouvel Opera de Paris. Sculpture Ornementale, Albumen print, Lee Gallery, LL/13379

William Notman, 1859 (taken) 1971 (print), Men destroying coffer dam crib, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on film (safety) - Gelatin silver process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38909

William Notman, 1859, Laying the foundation stone of no. 11 pier, Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, [Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC], Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/38914

Boehl & Koenig , 1873, August (earlier), (St. Louis, Missouri), Stereoview, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/13873

Boehl & Koenig , 1873, August, #80 General View of Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri), Stereoview, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/13872

Boehl & Koenig , 1874, January, #98 View of Bridge in Construction (St. Louis, Missouri), Stereoview, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/13871

John Fergus, 1889, 9 July, Cantilevers Complete, Photogravure, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/7369

J. Duclos, 1862 (ca), Bridge under construction on the Loire, Albumen print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/19976

Emilio Biel, 1877, 27 August, Construction of the "Ponte Maria Pia" in Porto [Portugal], [Construção da "Ponte Maria Pia", no Porto], Albumen print, Private collection of Manuel Magalhaes, LL/45685

Robert Howlett, 1857, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Albumen print, from collodion negative, Source requested, LL/29077

Robert Howlett, 1857, The Great Eastern, Albumen print, Victoria and Albert Museum, LL/33792

Underwood & Underwood, n.d., "Cedric" the World's largest ship (21,000 tons) two days before launching, Belfast, Ireland., Stereocard, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, LL/11689

Thomas Easterly, 1869, Destruction of Big Mound, Daguerreotype, Missouri Historical Society, LL/36411

Thomas Easterly, 1869, Big Mound During Destruction, Daguerreotype, Missouri Historical Society, LL/36412

Thomas Easterly, 1869, Big Mound during destruction. the last of the Big Mound, Daguerreotype, Missouri Historical Society, LL/36413

Albert Fernique, 1883, [Construction of the skeleton and plaster surface of the left arm and hand of the Statue of Liberty.], [Album de la construction de la Statue de la Liberté], Albumen print, NYPL - New York Public Library, LL/39630

Albert Fernique, 1883, [Assemblage of the Statue of Liberty in Paris.], [Album de la construction de la Statue de la Liberté], Albumen print, NYPL - New York Public Library, LL/39628

Louis-Emile Durandelle, 1887, 18 July, Gustave Eiffel in front of pier 4 on 18 July 1887, Albumen print, from a collodion glass negative, glued on card, Musée d'Orsay, LL/37322

Unidentified photographer, 1890 (ca), Base of Eiffel Tower, Paris, with view of Trocadero, Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius), LL/33873

Evelyn George Carey, 1879-1890, Album "Forth Bridge". Engineers. John Fowler. - Engineer in Chief. Benjamin Baker., Album cover, CCA: Canadian Centre for Architecture, LL/44123

Evelyn George Carey, 1887, 23 May - 1888, 10 May, Queensferry Cantilever As Seen From the South Approach Viaduct, Forth Bridge, Scotland, [Forth Bridge, Scotland], Cyanotype, CCA: Canadian Centre for Architecture, LL/44122

Southworth & Hawes, 1847, Early Operation using ether, Massachusetts General Hospital, Daguerreotype, Massachusetts General Hospital, Archives and Special Collections, LL/6945

Guillaume-Amant Duchenne de Boulogne, 1862, The facial expression of terror on the human face being induced by electrical currents., Book illustration, Wellcome Collection, LL/36752

Platt D. Babbitt, 1853, July, [Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River], Daguerreotype, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/7320

J. McPherson, n.d., Blondin crossing Niagara Falls on the high wire, Stereoview, glass, detail, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37838

William Henry Jackson, 1876 (album), Album cover for W.H. Jackson "Portraits of American Indians" (1876), [Portraits of American Indians], Front cover, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38187

William Henry Jackson, 1876 (album), Title page for W.H. Jackson "Portraits of American Indians" (1876), [Portraits of American Indians], Title page, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38188

Unidentified photographers, 1876 (album), Apache, [Portraits of American Indians, p.1], Album page, with six tipped-in albumen prints, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38189

Unidentified photographers, 1876 (album), Crow and Blackfoot, [Portraits of American Indians, p.21], Album page, with five tipped-in albumen prints, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38190

Alexander Gardner, 1872, May, Cover, [Ogallalla Sioux], Albumen print, Etherton Gallery, LL/22751

Alexander Gardner, 1872, May, Contents, [Ogallalla Sioux], Albumen print, Etherton Gallery, LL/22752

Alexander Gardner, 1872, May, 01 Red Cloud, [Ogallalla Sioux], Albumen print, Etherton Gallery, LL/22753

Alexander Gardner, 1872, May, 01 Red Cloud b, [Ogallalla Sioux], Albumen print, Etherton Gallery, LL/22754

William Carrick, 1870, 1 October, A Few Russian Photographs, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/36145

William Carrick, 1860s (ca), Winter costumes, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/12098

William Carrick, 1860s (ca), Policeman, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/12089

William Carrick, 1860s (ca), Peasant, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/12094

John Thomson, n.d., Book cover for "Street Life in London. Volume I." by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith (London: Sampson Lowe, Marston Searle & Rivington, nd), Book cover, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/15974

John Thomson, 1877, The London boardmen, [Street Life in London], Woodburytype, Pierre Spake Fine Art, LL/7530

John Thomson, 1881 (published), Book cover for John Thomson & Adolphe Smith "Street Incidents" (London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1881), [Street Incidents], Book cover, Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, LL/30117

John Thomson, 1877 (ca, taken) 1881 (published), The Crawlers, [Street Incidents], Woodburytype, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, LL/30080

Charles Marville, 1865-1869, Rue de la Harpe, partie nord, Albumen print, from wet collodion negative, Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc, LL/4180

Charles Marville, 1865-1869, Rue de Poissy de la rue St. Victor, Albumen print, from wet collodion negative, Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc, LL/4182

Thomas Annan, n.d., Title page for "the Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow", [The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow (1900 edition)], Letterpress, Photoseed, LL/12200

Thomas Annan, 1868, 9 Close No. 193 High Street, [The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow (1900 edition)], Photogravure, Photoseed, LL/12216

Thomas Annan, 1868, 28 Closes No. 97 and 103 Saltmarket, [The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow (1900 edition)], Photogravure, Photoseed, LL/12237

Archibald Burns, 1868, Cardinal Beaton's House, the Cowgate, Edinburgh, [Picturesque Bits from Old Edinburgh], Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7670

Archibald Burns, 1871, The Cowgate, Edinburgh, Salt print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7669

Jacob A. Riis, 1890, Book cover for Jacob August Riis "How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York" (New York: Charles Scribners's Sons, 1890), Book cover, Christie's - New York, LL/28339

Jacob A. Riis, 1890, Book cover for Jacob August Riis "How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York" by Jacob A. Riis (Charles Schribners Publishers, 1890), Book cover, Private collection of Edward Grazda, LL/16693

Jacob A. Riis, 1890 (ca), [Untitled], [How the Other Half Lives], Museum Dr. Guislain, LL/7734

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1842, View of the Conflagration of the City of Hamburg, Engraving, Source requested, LL/6201

Hermann Biow, 1842, [The destruction of the Hamburg fire of 1842], Daguerreotype, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/33112

George N. Barnard, 1853, July 5, Fire in the Ames Mills, Oswego, New York, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, with applied colour, George Eastman Museum, LL/7389

George N. Barnard, 1853, July 5, Burning Mills at Oswego, New York, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, with applied colour, George Eastman Museum, LL/7390

F. Robbins, 1875, 10 September, No. 82. Burning of the Imperial Refinery, [Views of the Penna. Oil Region], Stereoview, detail, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37848

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1864, Sheffield Flood, Bachelor Joseph Chapman, tailor of Hillsbrough survived by getting in this box, Sheffield City Council, Library Service, LL/7710

B.D. Jackson, 1884, February, Cincinnati Flood, Smith Street, Looking South February 1884, Albumen print, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/10935

B.D. Jackson, 1884, February, Cincinnati Flood, Relief Boat taking provisions to sufferers on Water St. February 1884, Albumen print, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/10937

B.D. Jackson, 1884, February, Cincinnati Flood, Scene near the Gas Works; Front Street, Looking West February 1884, Albumen print, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/10938

Langill & Darling, 1889, Johnstown Flood, General View looking South, Albumen print, American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, LL/7586

George Barker, 1889, A Slightly Damaged House, Johnstown, Pa., U.S.A., Gelatin silver print, stereograph, George Eastman Museum, LL/6895

George Barker, 1889, The Johnstown Calamity. Searching for bodies and clearing the wreck (Detail), Stereocard, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/11870

Robert K. Bonine, 1889 (ca), 25 this is the famous dog, Romey, owned by the Kress family of Johnstown (Detail), Stereocard, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/11868

William Shew, 1868, Court House at San Leandro, Cal., Destroyed by the great Earthquake Oct 21st, 1868. The Clerk of the Court was buried under the walls, Stereoview, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/13799

Carleton E. Watkins, 1868, #985 Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Market and First Streets (Detail), [Taber Pacific Coast Views], Stereocard, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/11697

Kazumasa Ogawa, 1892 (print), Book cover for John Milne, W.K. Burton & Ogawa Kazumasa (Plates), 1892, The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891, (Yokohama: Lane, Crawford & Co), [The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891], Book cover, Private collection, LL/30058

Kazumasa Ogawa, 1891 (taken) 1892 (print), XXII. Nagara Gawa Railway Bridge, [The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891], Halftone, possibly the Meisenbach process, Private collection, LL/30060

Kazumasa Ogawa, 1891 (taken) 1892 (print), XXIII. Nagara Gawa Railway Bridge, [The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891], Halftone, possibly the Meisenbach process, Private collection, LL/30061

Unidentified photographer, 1876-1878, Famine in India: a group of emaciated young men wearing loin cloths and a woman wearing a sari, Print, Wellcome Collection, LL/36792

Unidentified photographer, 1876-1878, Famine in India: five emaciated children; a girl sitting and four boys lying on a mat., Print, Wellcome Collection, LL/36791

W. Stuber & Bro., n.d., No. 5. Twelfth and Jefferson Streets-Baxter Park, back, [Tornado Views of Louisville, KY, March 27th, 1890], Stereoview, back, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37837

W. Stuber & Bro., n.d., No. 5. Twelfth and Jefferson Streets-Baxter Park, [Tornado Views of Louisville, KY, March 27th, 1890], Stereoview, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37835

W. Stuber & Bro., n.d., No. 5. Twelfth and Jefferson Streets-Baxter Park, [Tornado Views of Louisville, KY, March 27th, 1890], Stereoview, detail, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37836

Unidentified photographer, 1846 (ca), Exeter, N.H. [Exeter, New Hampshire, volunteers leaving for the Mexican War], [Mexican-American War], Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Amon Carter Museum, LL/38724

Unidentified photographer, 1847-1848 (ca), Gen. Wool & Staff, Calle Real to South, Daguerreotype, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, LL/38171

William Edward Kilburn, 1848, 10 April, Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common, Daguerreotype, Royal Photograph Collection, LL/38850

Charles-François Thibault, 1848, Barricades Before the Attack, Rue Saint-Maur (French: Barricades avant l'attaque, Rue Saint-Maur), Daguerreotype, Musée Carnavalet, LL/6256

Charles-François Thibault, 1848, 26 June, The Barricade in rue Saint-Maur-Popincourt after the attack by General Lamoricière's troops, Daguerreotype, Source requested, LL/6255

Roger Fenton, 1855, Valley of the Shadow of Death, Salt print, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/7333

Roger Fenton, 1855, Valley of the Shadow of Death, Salt print, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, LL/23469

Alexander Gardner, 1863, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, [Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War. Incidents of the War, pl. 41], Albumen print, Lee Gallery, LL/13908

Adolphe Braun, 1871, Ruines du Château de St Cloud [Ruins of the Château of St Cloud], [Paris - 1871], Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/17191

Adolphe Braun, 1871, St Cloud, rue de l'Eglise, [Paris - 1871], Albumen print, Paul Frecker, LL/17205

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1840, Place de la Colonne Vendome, Book plate, Google Books, LL/35148

Édouard Baldus, n.d., Vendome Column, Place Vendome, Paris, France, Albumen print, The Courtauld Institute of Art, LL/36682

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1871 (ca), Place Vendome, [Album Photographique des Ruines de Paris], Albumen print, tipped in, Antiq-Photo, LL/9287

Pignolet, 1871, Paris, Place Vendome, Cabinet card, Vintage-Photos, LL/35753

Alexander Gardner, 1865, 7 July, Execution of the four persons condemned as conspirators, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt., National Archives and Records Administration, LL/1633

Keystone View Company, n.d., 9956. Execution by the Garrote in the Yard of the City Prison, Havana, Cuba, Stereoview, detail, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, LL/37843

Felice Beato, 1868, Post-Mortem of Lieutenant Camus, [Post-Mortem of Lieutenant Camus; Foreigners Assassinated by Japanese Samurai; Imprisonment and Punishment of Japanese Assassins], Albumen print, Charles Schwartz Ltd, LL/9511

Unidentified photographer, 1868, Assassins of Sir Henry Parkes, [Post-Mortem of Lieutenant Camus; Foreigners Assassinated by Japanese Samurai; Imprisonment and Punishment of Japanese Assassins], Albumen print, Charles Schwartz Ltd, LL/9513

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1865, April, [Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's box at Ford's theater], Glass negative wet collodion (part of stereograph), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/6512

Unidentified photographer, 1865 (ca), One of the Boots worn by Wilkes Booth at the Assassination of President Lincoln, 1865, Cabinet card, Private collection of Graham Pilecki, LL/35130