Mid-nineteenth century example of a panoramic photograph of the Louvre Museum in Paris
Von Martens, FriedrichView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryA Friedrich von Martens panoramic silver albumen print looking across the River Seine to the Louvre ca. 1844-1856. There is construction being done on the same bank as the Louvre. A barge floating on…
View of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem taken by Francis Frith, who created some of the first photo-illustrated travel books
Frith, FrancisView Full Item in University of PennsylvaniaPhotograph of the ruins of a building, likely in England, by Roger Fenton
Roger FentonView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Photograph of the Great Sphinx of Giza by Felix Bonfils, a travel photographer whose images became famous when they were sold as souvenirs
Bonfils, Felix, EgyptianView Full Item in Washington University, St. LouisWashington University: 19th Century Architectural Photography Collection; This Egyptian governorate just west of Cairo, is the site of a major royal necropolis of the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis. T…
Early architectural photograph of Chateau Chambord in France
Peigne, C., FrenchView Full Item in Washington University, St. LouisWashington University: 19th Century Architectural Photography Collection; French royal château near Blois, Loir-et-Cher. It was built by Francis I. Construction started in 1519 and speeded up after 15…
A stereograph card, a popular format in the 19th century, showing a scene in the burgeoning American West
Watkins, Carleton E. (1829-1916)View Full Item in The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. The New York Public LibraryEarly landscape photograph of Mount Lincoln in California
Lawrence & Houseworth, publisherView Full Item in Society of California PioneersGift of Florence V. Flinn to the Society of California Pioneers
A photograph of vehicles in the sand dunes by Timothy O’Sullivan, the official photographer of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882View Full Item in University of Nevada, Reno, University LibrariesCaption on image: Timothy O'Sullivan's ambulance wagon and portable darkroom used during the King Survey rolls across the sand dunes of the Carson Desert, Nevada; photographic print
Andrew J. Russell’s photograph of the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad
Russell, Andrew JView Full Item in Department of Heritage and ArtsPhoto by Andrew J. Russell. Purchased from Am. Geographic. Soc.(N.Y.)
Photograph of Inscription Rock in New Mexico taken in the early 1870s as part of a survey of territory west of the 100th meridian
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), O'Sullivan, Timothy H. (1840-1882)View Full Item in The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. The New York Public LibraryTimothy O’Sullivan’s photograph of the Church of San Miguel, the oldest church in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), O'Sullivan, Timothy H. (1840-1882)View Full Item in The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. The New York Public LibraryPhotograph of a railroad bridge in the Royal Gorge in Colorado
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942View Full Item in Brigham Young University - Harold B. Lee LibraryA photograph of a railroad bridge in a canyon. Albumen on cardstock, oval, height 9. Electronic reproduction
Photograph by Edward Curtis of a Blackfoot camp in 1899
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952View Full Item in The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. The New York Public LibrarySame image as "Piegan encampment" in Edward S. Curtis The North American Indian, vol. VI : the Piegan, the Cheyenne, the Arapaho [portfolio] ; plate no. 207. No. 47.
A portrait of John K. Hillers, a photographer of many western survey expeditions in the nineteenth century
View Full Item in National Portrait GalleryThe photographic equipment that John K. Hillers used during John Wesley Powell's western surveys included cameras, a portable darkroom, and glass-plate negatives that together weighed more than a thou…
Photograph of Stirling Castle by the pictorialist photographer James Craig Annan
Photographer: James Craig AnnanView Full Item in Minneapolis Institute of ArtsPhotograph of Half Dome in the Yosemite Valley, done in the pictorialist style
Dassonville, William E., 1879-1957View Full Item in California State Library2008-1794 PHOTO: PHOTO-VAULT: YOSEMITE VALLEY: HALF DOME Merced River with Half Dome in background. Signed W. E. Dassonville in lower right corner, recto. San Francisco fine art photographer active in…
View of a Paris street by one of the first prominent photographers of architecture, Jean Eugene Atget
Photographer: Jean-Eugène-Auguste AtgetView Full Item in Minneapolis Institute of Artsaristotype
One of a series of influential photographs by Jean Eugene Atget emphasizing details of the built environment rather than the larger scene
Eugène AtgetView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Photograph entitled “A Sea of Steps” by English architectural photographer Frederick H. Evans
Frederick H. EvansView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
An international boat race in the San Francisco Bay in 1884
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912View Full Item in California State LibraryPlates in photograph album : California views: [photograph album]. Plate B 875, page 138. 2009-1399. View of many small manned sailboats with sails furled, and one row boat, all headed away from the c…
Scene showing the devastating effects of the San Francisco fire of 1906 by Arnold Genthe
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942View Full Item in UC Berkeley, Bancroft LibraryPanoramic view of mountains and road in China from 1902
View Full Item in The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research CenterPanoramic view of mountains and roads. China. Title from item or accompanying materials. Date from item or accompanying materials.
Photograph of Mt. San Antonio taken using a telephoto lens in 1919
Martin, Frederick W., 1878-1949View Full Item in California State LibraryMARTIN-5308. PHOTO-B-CAB: MARTIN-5308 View of Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) through a telephoto lens; shows rugged snowcapped mountain in background, evergreen trees in foreground, right and left. S…
A famous book by one of the first wildlife photographers, Cherry Kearton, written by his brother Richard
Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928View Full Item in American Museum of Natural History LibraryPostcard showing a group of young screech owls from the New York Zoo in 1905
View Full Item in Wildlife Conservation SocietyDigitized by Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
Photograph of the Seattle Camera Club on a photographic outing to Mt. Ranier
Rainier National Park CompanyView Full Image in University of WashingtonFiled in Box 12/1
Image from a lantern slide of Mt. Conness taken during a Sierra Club outing in 1931
View Full Item in University of Nevada, Reno, University LibrariesPhotograph from the 1931 Sierra Club Outing; Title taken from image. Caption on image: Mt. Conness and northern crag of Cathedral Peak, telephotograph from highest point of Cathedral Peak; 1931 Sierra…
Application, commission, and renewal papers for Ansel Adams as a member of the civil service in the 1930s and 1940s
U.S. Civil Service Commission. 1883-1/1/1979View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Textual ReferencePhotograph of Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park by Ansel Adams
Adams, AnselView Full Item in National Museum of American HistorySilver gelatin, mounted. View of water fall from river below. Mist from waterfall makes middle ground hazy. Foreground of river with rocks and trees on both sides. Signed, ink (recto: bottom right cor…
A run-down church and gravestone, taken by Willard Van Dyke, member of the influential Group f/64
Willard Van DykeView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Photograph of sand dune in the “straight” style of Group f/64
French, Gerald L. (photographer)View Full Item in San José State University, Special Collections and ArchivesAerial view of midtown Manhattan at night in the 1930s
Abbott, BereniceView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryUnmounted silver print by Berenice Abbott, "Night Aerial View, Midtown Manhattan." Aerial view of city at night, emphasis on crisscrossing diagonal lines in composition. Buildings in bottom left creat…
Photograph by architectural photographer Clark Stoller of a residence in Lake Placid, New York
Stoller, Ezra (photographer)View Full Item in California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoPhotograph of mid-century modern architecture and lanscape by Julius Shulman
Julius ShulmanView Full Item in California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoView of the courtyard and swimming pool at the L'Horizon Hotel.
Photograph by Julius Shulman of the Academy Theater in Inglewood, California
View Full Item in UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library33.959813 -118.326798 Current master is 300dpi reference image. The Academy Theatre was Leeýs most fully realized design in the Streamline Moderne mode. The extensive use of glass block, stainless ste…
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum photographed by Ezra Stoller
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Goldsmith, Myron)View Full Item in University of Illinois at ChicagoSkidmore, Owings & Merrill (Myron Goldsmith), Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, 1966. Documentation Photograph courtesy of Ezra Stoller. See more at http://gallery400.uic.edu/exhibitions/the-myron-gold…
Night scene of a busy highway on-ramp in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pugh, Charles R., JrView Full Item in Georgia State University. LibrariesPrint verso inscribed: "10" telephoto Schneider lens 4 x 5 Speed Graphic Commerical ortho film 1 minute-F16 Exposure Developed 5 min. DK60-a at Varsity-North Avenue at Expressway." Photographer: Charl…
Photograph of downtown Los Angeles at dusk showing several buildings
Leonard, GaryView Full Item in Los Angeles Public LibraryBeautiful view of Downtown Los Angeles, showing various buildings; among them are Biltmore Hotel, Southern California Gas Company, SBC building, Deloitte & Touche, 1st Business Bank, Mellon Bank and K…
Photograph of a ruby-crowned kinglet by pioneering nature photographer Eliot Porter
Eliot PorterView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Extreme closeup of the head of an unidentified insect
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionView Full Item in Georgia State University. LibrariesPrint verso inscribed: "Dr. R. E. Serfling, 1574 Scott Circle, Decatur, Georgia." Robert E. Serfling was the Chief of the Statistics Section, Epidemiology Branch, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta,…
Smithsonian botany photographer Kjell Sandved taking a close-up of vegetation
Wapinski, DaveView Full Item in Smithsonian Archives - History DivHistoric Images of the Smithsonian Featured in TORCH, November 1977 Kjell Sandved, Department of Botany photographer, chest deep in water taking a close-up shot of plants. Smithsonian Institution Arch…
A nighttime photograph of a doe in the wild in 1938
Pagan, FrankView Full Item in Temple University"Self-Portrait--This doe took this picture of herself at night when she stepped on a hidden wire which snapped the shutter. Won first prize in the Wild Animals division for Frank Pakan, of Wellsboro,…
Trees in the fog in Chastain Park in Atlanta
Lease, Alan J. 1938-2003View Full Item in Georgia Council for the ArtsArtist's statement: "Fog has the effect of greatly enhancing the effect and mood of a nature photograph, as well as hiding the evidence of man?s interference with nature.
View of an ice-breaking ship in the Antarctic with a penguin in the foreground
View Full Item in University of Southern California. LibrariesPhotograph of the icebreaker "Nathanial B. Palmer", in the Antarctic, ca.1998. A penguin stands on the snow in the foreground. The "Nathaniel B. Palmer" is a modern (built 1991) American Icebreaker an…
Close-up of lily pads and a flower
Darden, TomView Full Item in Maryland State ArchivesPhotograph of Lily Pad Flowers on August 11, 2006.
A scene at an alpine lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness area in California
Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesThe original finding aid described this photograph as: Keywords: Mountains, lake, vegetation Credit: K. Mirza/S. Olson
A woman photographing the view on a scenic byway in Utah
Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty. Office of Natural and Human Environment. National Scenic Byways Program. 1991View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesThe original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: From this overlook, visitors can see enough square mileage to fill Connecticut. Location: Utah (38.101° N 111.436° W) Status: P…
Sand dunes in Death Valley, California by Ken Gonzales-Day
Gonzales-Day, KenView Full Item in Claremont Colleges LibraryLarge photographic print of sand dunes in Death Valley, California, as shown at "Ken Gonzales-Day: Physiognomy and the Love of Mankind" at Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles. In this series Gonz…
Aerial photograph showing an oil spill in Panama, 1989
Hansen, Carl CView Full Item in Smithsonian Institution ArchivesSIA Acc. 11-009 - Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Photographic Services, Photographic Collection, 1971-2006, Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Sui…
Photograph showing the devastating effects of drought on soil, 1981
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-View Full Item in UNT Libraries Special CollectionsPhotograph of a dry bank on Lake Weatherford, during a drought. 1 photograph : negative, b 8 x 10 in.
The Manhattan skyline at sunset in 1975
Mayer, HaroldView Full Item in University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeLower Manhattan sunset silhouette from 23rd St. and First Ave, New York City Color
Panoramic view of Seattle at night, 2009
Chris MountView Full Image in University of WashingtonView from North Lake Union
Image of Earth above the lunar horizon, 1968
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesThe original database describes this as: Description: Apollo 8, the rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft near 110 degree…
