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Eugène Atget, 1899-1900, Marchard d'abat-jour, rue Lepic, Albumen print, George Eastman Museum, LL/32727
Unidentified photographer, 1854 (ca), Portrait of a gentleman, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada, LL/11404
Hank Walker, 1950, 1 August, Dazed US Army Corporal Roy Day Jr., with his hand to his throat, surviving massacre of 26 of his American fellow-prisoners after playing dead, Gelatin silver print, LIFE, LL/32234
Unidentified photographer, 1850 (ca), Portrait of a fisherman, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada, LL/11410
John Heartfield, 1932, The Meaning of the Hitler Salute: Little Man Asks for Big Gifts, [From AIZ (October 16, 1932), vol. 11, no. 42, front cover], Copper-plate photogravure, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/8474
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Portrait of an elderly man sitting amidst a group of boulders at the base of a tree, Tintype, 1/2 plate, J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, LL/32642
William Carrick, 1860s (ca), Beggar, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/12101
Erwin Olaf, 2000, Marie-Antoinette + 1793, [Royal Blood], Digital Print on Kodak Professional Digital Paper, OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, LL/31087
Erwin E. Smith, 1908-1909, Waking a Night Rider. this duty of the early day cowpuncher, like many other, went out of practice with the coming of barbed wire and large pastures for holding the herd. [The "sleeping" cowboy is George Patullo.] Three Block Ranch, New Mexico, Gelatin dry plate negative, Amon Carter Museum, LL/11535
Moses Chapin, 1849 (or later), Frederick Warren, Worcester City Marshall, with handcuffed prisoner, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, American Antiquarian Society, LL/32376
Roger Ballen, 1992, Sgt de Bruin, Department of Prisons Employee, OFS, Catherine Edelman Gallery, LL/3808
Lewis W. Hine, 1920, Brakeman on Coal Train, Pennsylvania, Gelatin silver print, Lee Gallery, LL/3229
Margaret Bourke-White, 1952, 17 November, Decapitated North Korean Communist, Gelatin silver print, LIFE, LL/32228
Gabriele & Helmut Nothhelfer, 1974, Father and son at the Industrial Fair, Berlin [Besucher der Industrieausstellung 74], [Exhibition at "Bali-Kinoö in Berlin (Oct 1974)], Gelatin silver print, gold-toned, Provided by the artists - Gabriele and Helmut Nothhelfer, LL/15788
Charles Nègre, 1853, Mar (before), Organ Grinder at 21, quai Bourbon, Salt print, from paper negative, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/7362
Wilhelm Höffert, 1894 (autographed), Therese Malten, German soprano as Brunnhilde - "Der Ring des Nibelungen", Cabinet card, Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler, LL/29175
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Young Hunter with Dog, Rifle and Rabbit, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, LL/22292
Keir Dullea, 1968, Astronauts, "2001: A Space Odyssey", Gelatin silver print, Monroe Gallery Of Photography, LL/30431
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1971, 3 astronauts leaving the building to enter the vehicle that will take them to the capsule, [Apollo 15 NASA photographs], Color print, Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, LL/27754
Paul Strand, 1917, Photograph - New York, [Camera Work, no. 49/50, pl. 06], Photogravure, Hand-pulled, Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd, LL/2022
George Anderson, n.d., Hilton's Corn Exterminator, Carte de visite, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30961
Steve Schapiro, 1968, Photographing protestors at Anti-Nixon rally, Washington, DC, Gelatin silver print, Monroe Gallery Of Photography, LL/30413
C.A. Gandy, n.d., Two British soldiers with a Gardner Machine Gun, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32124
Unidentified photographer (French), n.d., French military portrait, Cabinet card, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/31529
Gaulard (Marseille), 1920s-1930s (ca), Photomontage (multiple portrait), Gelatin silver print, Vintage-Photos, LL/32623
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1944, December (ca), Howard A. Wooten. (Graduated December 1944 from Air Corps School, Tuskegee, AL.), National Archives and Records Administration, LL/1645
Gillian Laub, 2002, Aliza at Friends Memorial, Tiberias, Israel, Chromogenic print, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, LL/3554
Shane A. Cuomo, 2004, 21 December, A Soldier from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, guards suspected insurgents after an early morning raid in Al Shahabi, Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil., Digital photograph, U.S. Army, LL/2061
Ellen Susan, 2007, 2LT Justin Roman, [Soldier Portraits], Ambrotype, Provided by the artist - Ellen Susan, LL/29816
Thomas Smillie, 1890 (ca), Untitled [Portrait of a man wearing a helmet], Cyanotype, Smithsonian Institution Archives, LL/32248
Reichard (Alliance, Ohio), 1890 (ca), Alliance Ohio police force, Gelatin silver print or platinotype, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/32306
Unidentified photographer, 1900-1927, Photograph shows a group of Sudanese(?) warriors standing next to a seated officer., Photographic print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/29785
Herb Snitzer, 1960, (Policeman and Boy and Girl), [New York], Gelatin silver print, Barry Singer Gallery, LL/2997
J. Monstein, 1860s (ca), Fireman, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/12078
Dillon, 1870s, Fireman, Carte de visite, Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs, LL/11988
A. Aubrey Bodine, 1936, Five Fireman, Chloride print, Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, LL/32272
Unidentified photographer, 1939, Firewoman with oxygen mask. The Netherlands, The Hague, Gelatin silver print, Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands / National Archive of the Netherlands, LL/32741
Photographer‘s Mate 2nd Class Jim Watson, 2001, 14 September, New York, N.Y. (Sept. 14, 2001) -- A fire fighter emerges from the smoke and debris of the World Trade Center., Color, U.S. Navy, LL/2078
Unidentified photographer, 1848 (ca), Sister of Charity Serving Patient at the Hospice de Beaune, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, hand-coloured, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/7506
Lewis W. Hine, 1934, Red Cross Madona, Flood Relief, Gelatin silver print, Andrew Smith Gallery, LL/2591
Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1954, Nurses, Roosevelt Hospital [NYC], Gelatin silver print, Galerie Johannes Faber, LL/1729
Tyler & Co. (Boston, MA), 1854 (ca), Portrait of a butcher, Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada, LL/11406
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1860 (ca), Butcher with Rabbits, Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/32287
Wells (Canton, NY), n.d., A butcher, Cabinet card, Capitol Gallery, LL/17783
J.J. Reilly, n.d., #115 Chinese Butcher Shop, Sacramento Street, San Francisco., Stereocard, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/15809
Peter Henry Emerson, 1888 (ca), In the Barley Harvest, [Pictures of East Anglian Life, [no. 7]], Photogravure, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, LL/32385
Irving Penn, 1971, Young Berber Shepherdess, Morocco, Gelatin silver print, Afterimage Gallery, LL/1465
Hill & Adamson, 1844-1846, Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay and John Linton, Newhaven, Scotland, Salt print, paper negative, Lee Gallery, LL/3227
Douglas (Edinburgh), 1870 (ca), Newhaven Fishwife (detail), Carte de visite, detail, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/32294
E.J. Bellocq, 1912 (ca), Untitled, [Storyville Portraits], Fraenkel Gallery, LL/4233
Charles Leinack, 1860 (ca), Black boy being blessed by a priest [Garçon noir béni par un prêtre], Carte de visite, Private collection of Michel Mégnin, LL/29487
Unidentified photographer, 1905-1915 (ca), [Woman working machine tools], Real photo postcard, Private collection of Brian Smolens, LL/30551
Unidentified photographer, 1905-1915 (ca), [Man and machine], Real photo postcard, Private collection of Brian Smolens, LL/30200
Lewis W. Hine, 1925 (print) 2007 (publication), Powerhouse Mechanic, [An American Gallery], Book plate, Lumiere Press, LL/27648
Bill Brandt, 1937, Northumbrian Miner at His Evening Meal, England, Gelatin silver print, Barry Singer Gallery, LL/2775
Marion Post Wolcott, 1938, Coal Miner Waiting For A Ride. Each Pays 25 Cents A Week To Car Owner. WV, Gelatin silver print, Andrew Smith Gallery, LL/2435
Alfred T. Palmer, 1942, October, This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, California, Color digital copy file from original transparency, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/1661
Alfred T. Palmer, 1942, October, Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant, Color digital copy file from original transparency, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/1663
Lewis W. Hine, 1930 (ca), Surveyor, Maintenance of way (Empire State Building)., Silver print, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/28816
Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1932 (taken) 1990s (print), Ice Skating Waiter, St. Moritz, Silver print, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/23165
Lesthevenon (Macon), 1860 (ca), Ferret Macon, Carte de visite, Vintage-Photos, LL/32635
Marc Riboud, 1955, Porteur de Bidons (Can Messanger), Beyrouth, Lebanon, Barry Singer Gallery, LL/2937
G. Eason & Co. (76 High St., Walthamstow), 1880s (ca), British Postman / [Mailman], Carte de visite, Private collection of Laurie Minor, LL/31387
Unidentified photographer, 1920 (ca), Berlin Tram Conductor: A young woman working as a tram conductor, Berlin, Gelatin silver print, LIFE, LL/32221
   
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