James P. Walter, 1889 (ca), Florence Walter putting eggs in basket, [Untitled Walter family album of portraits], Albumen print cabinet card, 14.8 x 9.9 cm, George Eastman Museum, Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Edna L. Tichenor (85:0972:0007), LL/6937

Knowlton Brothers, 1870s, Duck Hawk's Eggs, and Eyire, Mt Tom Mass., Stereocard, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29552

Knowlton Brothers, 1870s, Duck Hawk's Eggs, and Eyire, Mt Tom Mass., Stereocard, detail, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29553

Unknown (probably American), 1850s (late) - 1860s (early), Untitled #32, Stereocard, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29548

Unknown (probably American), 1850s (late) - 1860s (early), Untitled #32, Stereocard, detail, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29549

W.H. Mason, 1860s, Untitled [Birds nest with eggs), Stereocard, hand-painted, detail, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/30068

Keystone View Company, 1900-1910 (ca), #12338 - (a) Stealing My Eggs Are You?, Stereocard, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29542

Keystone View Company, 1900-1910 (ca), #12338 - (a) Stealing My Eggs Are You?, Stereocard, detail, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29543

Keystone View Company, 1900-1910 (ca), #12339 - (b) Pa, Don‘t You Know Your Own Daughter?, Stereocard, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29544

Keystone View Company, 1900-1910 (ca), #12339 - (b) Pa, Don‘t You Know Your Own Daughter?, Stereocard, detail, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29545

Keystone View Company, 1900-1910 (ca), #10567 - Look Out, Johnny, You‘ll Break the Eggs!, Stereocard, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29546

Keystone View Company, 1900-1910 (ca), #10567 - Look Out, Johnny, You‘ll Break the Eggs!, Stereocard, detail, Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs, Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com), LL/29547

Margaret Watkins, 1921, Domestic Symphony., Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Warren and Margot Coville Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LL/15500

Paul Outerbridge, 1921, Kitchen Table, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Warren and Margot Coville Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LL/15525

John P. Heins, 1919 (ca), Egg Cup Abstraction, Platinum print, 4 11/16 x 3 13/16 in, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Warren and Margot Coville Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress [LC-USZC4-9773], LL/15572

Unidentified photographer, 1930s, Eggs, Gelatin silver print, 30 x 40cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4in), Bloomsbury Auctions - London, Auction, Photographs, 23 November 2012, Lot 42, LL/49342

Ion Zupcu, 2003, 3 February, Untitled [February 3], Gelatin silver print, sepia-toned, 10 x 10 in, Provided by the artist - Ion Zupcu, LL/5465

Ralph Steiner, 1929, Ham and Eggs, Barry Singer Gallery, LL/3005

Josef Sudek, 1950s (ca), (Eggs in Basket), Gelatin silver print, 4 3/16 x 6 7/16, Barry Singer Gallery, LL/3029

Walter Peterhans, 1930 (ca), Stilleben mit schwebendem Ei, Gelatin silver print, 20,2 x 21,3 cm (22,9 x 23,9 cm), Van Ham Fine Art Auctions, Van Ham - Contemporary Photographs, Literature on Photography (June 14, 2008) Lot: 259, LL/29197

Carlotta M. Corpron, 1948, Eggs Reflected and Multiplied, Gelatin silver print, PDNB Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, © 1988 Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, LL/26558

Man Ray, 1931 (taken) 1986 (print), Composition avec l'oeuf, Gelatin silver print, 28.7 x 19.9 cm, Lempertz - Cologne, Auction 1012, May 24, 2013, Lot: 46, LL/50739

Unidentified photographer, n.d., Fixing Eggs in the Spud Locke, Gelatin silver print, Select Vernacular Photographs / Norman Kulkin, LL/30011

Gerlovin & Gerlovina, 2002, Two Eggs, [Perhappiness], C-print, 40 x 30, Flomenhaft Gallery, LL/1343

Laszlo Layton, 2003, Emu (Egg), [Cabinet of Curiosities], Cyanotype, toned, hand-coloured, 11 x 14 in, Peter Fetterman Gallery, LL/660

Mikhail Kudish, n.d., #8, [Still life], Provided by the artist - Mikhail Kudish, LL/27014

Burton Pritzker, 2004, April, Chicken Egg, [Artifacts], Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Burton Pritzker, LL/18109

Anne Arden McDonald, 1992, Self portrait with an egg, [Self portraits], Gelatin silver print, 5 x 5 in, Provided by the artist - Anne Arden McDonald, Courtesy of the artist, LL/29401

György Kepes, n.d., Egg and Silkscreen, Gelatin silver print, Barry Singer Gallery, LL/2896

Alfons Himmelreich, 1944, August, Egg composition, Gelatin silver print, Silver Print Gallery and Archive, LL/29414

Alfons Himmelreich, 1950s, Eggs, Gelatin silver print, Silver Print Gallery and Archive, LL/29415

Kenji Nakahashi, 1984, Two Eggs, Gelatin silver print, 19.8 x 31.7 cm, Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Id number: 1989.0068, LL/57973

David C. Halliday, n.d., Breadsticks and Eggs - included in the Perfect World of David Halliday with hand-printed photographs by David Halliday, Gelatin silver print, 21st Editions, LL/1392

Josef Sudek, 1960, Egg, Silver print, 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 ins (8.3 x 8.9 cm), Swann Galleries - New York, Sale 2325 Lot 188, LL/51411

Mariana Cook, 1999, 23 September, 5:10 pm, Egg, NYC, [Cloe at Hand], Gelatin silver print, 4 x 4 in (image) 14 x 11 (mount) / 36 x 36 in (image) 46 x 40 in (mount), Lee Marks Fine Art, LL/29537

William Coupon, 2000, Untitled [Still life with racoon skull, clock and egg - blue], Archival inkjet print, Various sizes, Provided by the artist - William Coupon, LL/29403

Jefferson Hayman, 2003, Fertility Talisman, Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in, Provided by the artist - Jefferson Hayman, LL/29406

Jefferson Hayman, 2004, Still Life, Gelatin silver print, 5 x 6 in, Provided by the artist - Jefferson Hayman, LL/29407

Anne Arden McDonald, 2008, May, Untitled, 2.5 x 2.5 in, Provided by the artist - Anne Arden McDonald, LL/29405

Jerry N. Uelsmann, 2007, Untitled, Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in, Provided by the artist - Jerry Uelsmann, Courtesy of the artist, LL/29418

Maggie Taylor, 1999, Small possibility, Inkjet print, 15 x 15 in, Provided by the artist - Maggie Taylor, LL/29412

Maggie Taylor, 2001, Small home, Inkjet print, 15 x 15 in, Provided by the artist - Maggie Taylor, LL/29413

Ron Reeder, 2007, Hatch, Palladium print, on Arches Platine paper, 15 x 17 in, Provided by the artist - Ron Reeder, LL/29408

Tracey Holland, 1998, Panel 40, [Vessel], Color print, Provided by the artist - Tracey Holland, Courtesy of Tracey Holland, © Tracey Holland, LL/10328

Nickolas Muray, 1922 (ca) - 1961, Unbtitled [Eggs], George Eastman Museum, © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives, Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray (71:0048:0057), LL/30807