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743 historic pictures in the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection, in 2 sections, part of Vintage Art & Photography. Each one can be ordered as a print or licensed, and the collection is a starting point for telling stories about the past.

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Daguerreotypes

[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth][Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seat ([between 1844 and 18)[John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left][John M. Clayton, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Jeremiah Clemens, half-length portrait, facing front][Jeremiah Clemens, half-length portrait, facing front] ([between 1844 and 18)[Cardinal John McCloskey, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left][Cardinal John McCloskey, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, three-quarter length portrait, seated in armchair, three-quarters to the left, in clerical robe][Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, three-quarter length portrait, seated in armchair, three-quarte ([between 1844 and 18)Daguerreotype portrait of a clergyman in robes holding a bookDaguerreotype portrait of a clergyman in robes holding a book (1840)[Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, three-quarter length portrait, seated in armchair, three-quarters to the left, in clerical robe][Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, three-quarter length portrait, seated in armchair, three-quarte ([between 1851 and 18)[Statue of DeWitt Clinton by Henry K. Brown][Statue of DeWitt Clinton by Henry K. Brown] ([between 1851 and 18)Daguerreotype portrait of a seated man with pocket watchesDaguerreotype portrait of a seated man with pocket watches (1840)Halflength portrait of a man in dark coat and white bibHalflength portrait of a man in dark coat and white bib (1844)Half-length daguerreotype portrait of a man in dark coatHalf-length daguerreotype portrait of a man in dark coat (1844)[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, wearing spectacles][Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, wearing spectacles] ([between 1856 and 18)[Thomas Cole, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left][Thomas Cole, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Jacob Collamer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left][Jacob Collamer, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Edward Knight Collins, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left][Edward Knight Collins, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)View of No. 48 and 46 Chestnut StreetView of No. 48 and 46 Chestnut Street (1854 Dec. 12.)[No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania][No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] (1843, June 17.)Daguerreotype street scene with brick buildings and a horse cartDaguerreotype street scene with brick buildings and a horse cart (1842)Daguerreotype of a city street with shops and carriagesDaguerreotype of a city street with shops and carriages (1842)North side of ChestnutNorth side of Chestnut (1842)Daguerreotype of a city street with shop awningsDaguerreotype of a city street with shop awnings (1842)[View of intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street, Philadelphia][View of intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street, Philadelphia] ([1840])[Erasmus Darwin and Emily Cooper, three-quarter length portrait, seated][Erasmus Darwin and Emily Cooper, three-quarter length portrait, seated] ([between 1840 and 18)Daguerreotype portrait of a man with a barrelDaguerreotype portrait of a man with a barrel (1840)[Robert Cornelius, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with arms crossed][Robert Cornelius, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with arms crossed] (1839 [Oct. or Nov.])[Thomas Corwin, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, standing by table with tablecloth, backdrop or reflector screen prominent on left][Thomas Corwin, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, standing by table with t ([between 1850 and 18)[Thomas Corwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left][Thomas Corwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Samuel Hanson Cox, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left][Samuel Hanson Cox, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[William Cranch, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left][William Cranch, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Ichabod B. Crane, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right][Ichabod B. Crane, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right] ([between 1844 and 18)[George Washington Crawford, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left][George Washington Crawford, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Elliott Cresson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front][Elliott Cresson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] (1840, May 30.)Emlen Cresson & son Willie Prichett CressonEmlen Cresson & son Willie Prichett Cresson (1858 March 13.)[Emlen Cresson, bust, facing slightly left][Emlen Cresson, bust, facing slightly left] (1853)[Emlen Cresson, his mother Sarah Emlen Cresson, his wife Priscilla Prichett Cresson, and his mother-in-law Mrs. Edith Hatten Prichett in a group family portrait][Emlen Cresson, his mother Sarah Emlen Cresson, his wife Priscilla Prichett Cresson, and h (1844 March.)[Emlen Cresson, three-quarters length portrait, facing front, with arm resting on table with tablecloth][Emlen Cresson, three-quarters length portrait, facing front, with arm resting on table wi (1858 March 12.)[William Penn Cresson, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with ornate chair and balustrade][William Penn Cresson, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with ornate chair and ([between 1847 and 18)[John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front][John J. Crittendon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] ([between 1844 and 18)Faint standing figure on a damaged early photographic plateFaint standing figure on a damaged early photographic plate (1844)Crystal Palace, LondonCrystal Palace, London ([between 1851 and 18)[George Washington Parke Custis, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing white waistcoat][George Washington Parke Custis, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing ([between 1844 and 18)[F.B. Cutting, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, seated in chair][F.B. Cutting, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, seated in chair] ([between 1851 and 18)[A. Oakey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes front][A. Oakey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes front] ([between 1844 and 18)[A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform][A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform] ([between 1848 and 18)[Aaron Vanderpoel, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, with side whiskers][Aaron Vanderpoel, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, with side whiskers] ([between 1844 and 18)[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front][Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] ([1846 or 1847])[Albert Gallatin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with walking stick][Albert Gallatin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with walking stick] ([between 1844 and 18)[Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, full-length portrait, standing slightly to the left, one hand resting on the back of a chair; studio background showing prominently][Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, full-length portrait, standing slightly to the left, one ha ([between 1844 and 18)[Alexander William Doniphan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front][Alexander William Doniphan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] ([between 1844 and 18)[Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left][Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Andrew Jackson, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right][Andrew Jackson, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right] ([1845])[Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly in profile to left, leaning against pillow of which ticking appears in lower left corner][Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly in profile to left, leaning against p ([between 1844 and 18)Seated woman in ruffled dress, daguerreotype portraitSeated woman in ruffled dress, daguerreotype portrait (1850)[Anne Dudley Roberts, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, as a girl][Anne Dudley Roberts, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, as a girl] ([between 1840 and 18)[Asher Brown Durand, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, head three-quarters to the left, with both hands resting on cane, at right][Asher Brown Durand, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, head three-quarter ([between 1845 and 18)[Asher Brown Durand, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, head three-quarters to the left][Asher Brown Durand, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, head three- ([between 1845 and 18)[Azariah C. Flagg, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left][Azariah C. Flagg, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Balie Peyton, half-length portrait, face nearly in profile to the left][Balie Peyton, half-length portrait, face nearly in profile to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Benjamin B. French, half-length portrait, facing left][Benjamin B. French, half-length portrait, facing left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Benjamin Fitzpatrick, half-length portrait, slightly to left][Benjamin Fitzpatrick, half-length portrait, slightly to left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Benjamin Perley Poore, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right][Benjamin Perley Poore, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] ([ca. 1850])[Caleb Lyon, head-and shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, with beard][Caleb Lyon, head-and shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, with beard] ([between 1844 and 18)[Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, half-length portrait, facing slightly right][Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, half-length portrait, facing slightly right] ([1846?])[Charles Edwards Lester, half length portrait, facing left][Charles Edwards Lester, half length portrait, facing left] ([between 1848 and 18)[Charles Edwin West, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front][Charles Edwin West, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] ([between 1844 and 18)[Charles Hazen Peaslee, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, eyes front][Charles Hazen Peaslee, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, eyes front] ([between 1848 and 18)Chestnut St. south side west of 2dChestnut St. south side west of 2d ([1844 or 1845])[Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, in military uniform][Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, in milit ([between 1844 and 18)Copy of a painting of aCopy of a painting of a (1840)[Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front][Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] ([between 1842 and 18)Black-and-white photograph of a framed miniature portrait of a womanBlack-and-white photograph of a framed miniature portrait of a woman (1840)[Cornelius Mathews, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing spectacles][Cornelius Mathews, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing spectacles] ([between 1844 and 18)[Cornelius Vanderbilt, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, with side whiskers][Cornelius Vanderbilt, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, with side whiskers] ([between 1844 and 18)[Daniel Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, facing front][Daniel Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, facing front] ([between 1844 and 18)[Daniel Sturgeon, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left][Daniel Sturgeon, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Daniel Webster, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right][Daniel Webster, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] ([between 1845 and 18)[Distant view of a house and yard][Distant view of a house and yard] ([between 1840 and 18)[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated][Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated] ([1848])[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated][Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated] ([1848])[Editorial staff of the New York Tribune][Editorial staff of the New York Tribune] ([between 1844 and 18)[Edward John Phelps, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, arms folded][Edward John Phelps, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, arms folded] ([between 1844 and 18)Profile portrait of a man in dark coat and white collarProfile portrait of a man in dark coat and white collar (1844)Edwards Amasa Park halfEdwards Amasa Park half (1844)Daguerreotype head and shoulders portrait of a man in profileDaguerreotype head and shoulders portrait of a man in profile (1844)Profile head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, early photographProfile head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, early photograph (1844)Daguerreotype portrait of a man, head and shouldersDaguerreotype portrait of a man, head and shoulders (1844)[Entrance to Independence Square, Philadelphia][Entrance to Independence Square, Philadelphia] ([between 1840 and 18)[Eunice Fiske Durfee, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated next to table with tablecloth; large book on table][Eunice Fiske Durfee, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated next ([between 1842 and 18)[Ezra Bartlett French, half-length portrait, facing front][Ezra Bartlett French, half-length portrait, facing front] ([between 1844 and 18)[Forbes Winslow, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, seated in chair at table with escritoire, holding quill pen][Forbes Winslow, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, s ([between 1844 and 18)[Framed painting of unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front][Framed painting of unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] ([between 1844 and 18)[Francis Lister Hawks, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front][Francis Lister Hawks, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front] ([between 1844 and 18)[Freeman Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to the left][Freeman Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[G.P.A. Healy, half-length portrait, facing front][G.P.A. Healy, half-length portrait, facing front] ([between 1844 and 18)[George Perkins Marsh family. Marsh seated beside a table with tablecloth, on the left, his head turned to the right, wearing spectacles, his wife seated on the right, her hand on his, her head slightly to the left, both holding papers; Caroline's sister, Lucy Crane, standing behind and between them, her hands on her brother-in-law's shoulder, her head three-quarters to the right][George Perkins Marsh family. Marsh seated beside a table with tablecloth, on the left, hi ([between 1844 and 18)[George Perkins Marsh, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to right, with spectacles][George Perkins Marsh, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to right, with spectacles ([ca. 1850])[George Wallace Jones, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front, with beard][George Wallace Jones, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front, with bear ([between 1844 and 18)[Gerard Hallock, half-length portrait, facing front, with chin whiskers][Gerard Hallock, half-length portrait, facing front, with chin whiskers] ([between 1844 and 18)[Giuseppe Garibaldi, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, with full beard][Giuseppe Garibaldi, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, with full beard] ([between 1844 and 18)[Group portrait of an unidentified boy and girl, three-quarter length, seated on upholstered bench, facing front, holding books][Group portrait of an unidentified boy and girl, three-quarter length, seated on upholster ([between 1840 and 18)[Group portrait of two unidentified girls, three-quarter length, seated, facing front][Group portrait of two unidentified girls, three-quarter length, seated, facing front] ([between 1840 and 18)[Hannibal Hamlin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly to left][Hannibal Hamlin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly to left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Henry and William Pinkney Rodgers, three-quarter length portrait, seated, holding hats][Henry and William Pinkney Rodgers, three-quarter length portrait, seated, holding hats] ([between 1840 and 18)Daguerreotype portrait of a man in profileDaguerreotype portrait of a man in profile (1844)Daguerreotype portrait of a man in dark coatDaguerreotype portrait of a man in dark coat (1844)[Henry Inman with walking stick, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to the right, seated, with a book on a small table covered with a tablecloth showing lyre ornament][Henry Inman with walking stick, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to the right, ([between 1844 and 18)[Henry Inman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left][Henry Inman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Henry J. Raymond, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right][Henry J. Raymond, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right] ([between 1844 and 18)[Henry Lawrence Kinney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right][Henry Lawrence Kinney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right] ([between 1844 and 18)[Henry Peters Gray, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to left][Henry Peters Gray, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Henry Rodgers, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right][Henry Rodgers, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] ([ca. 1850])[Henry S. Foote, half-length portrait, slightly to the right][Henry S. Foote, half-length portrait, slightly to the right] ([between 1844 and 18)[Henry William Herbert, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, with mustache and imperial][Henry William Herbert, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, with mustache ([between 1844 and 18)[Hickson W. and Mary Elizabeth Field, three-quarter length portrait of a man seated in a chair beside a woman with elaborate jewelry][Hickson W. and Mary Elizabeth Field, three-quarter length portrait of a man seated in a c ([between 1845 and 18)[Hopkins Lacey Turney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left][Hopkins Lacey Turney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] ([between 1844 and 18)[Horace Greeley, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated in chair, wearing tall hat, folded newspaper in lap, carpet on floor][Horace Greeley, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated in chair, weari ([between 1844 and 18)[Horace Mann, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right][Horace Mann, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right] ([between 1844 and 18)[Isaiah Lukens, half-length portrait, facing front][Isaiah Lukens, half-length portrait, facing front] ([1840 or 1841])[Isaiah Lukens, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][Isaiah Lukens, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] ([1840 or 1841])[Israel T. Hatch, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front][Israel T. Hatch, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front] ([between 1844 and 18)

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