Early Photography Archive

Name: Early Photography Archive
Creator: Analog Photo Today
License: Open-access data is CC0; public-domain images are served via IIIF links without redistribution.

The Early Photography Archive presents public-domain photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago photography and media collection, with artist, process and dating context, drawn from the CC0 API and refreshed monthly. Every record links the museum page and adds technique family, origin region and era labels from our pipeline.

Records: 4,070
Last changed: 09/02/2026
Update schedule: 27 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage: 03/03/2026–09/02/2026
Method: Methodology

Photograph	Artist	Date	Technique	Origin	On view
Setting the Bow-Net	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Broadman's Cottage	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Village of Horning	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
An Eel-Catcher's Home	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Taking up the Eel-Net	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Ruined Water-Mill	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Old Order and the New	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Norfolk Boat-Yard	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The First Frost	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Quanting the Marsh Hay	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Setting Up the Bow-Net	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Gunner Working Up to Fowl	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Rowing Home the Schoof-Stuff	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Marshman Going to Cut Schoof-Stuff	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The River Bure at Coltishall	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cantley: Wherries Waiting for the Turn of the Tide	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Reed-Cutter at Work	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
During the Reed Harvest	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Marsh Farm	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cattle on the Marshes	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Reed Boat-House	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cutting the Gladdon	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Gladdon-Cutter's Return	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Quanting the Gladdon	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Rushy Shore	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
'Twixt Land and Water	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Evening	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
An Autumn Morning	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Fringe of the Marsh	Peter Henry Emerson English, born Cuba, 1856–1936	1886	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: West Tower from the Gallery	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Lady Chapel, details	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Galilee Porch, Door into Nave	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Nave from under West Tower	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Presbytery, from an Engraving	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Choir from an Engraving	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Prior's Door, Side Details	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Nave, Southwest Corner	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Octagon from North Aisle	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Southwest Transept into Nave	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: North Transept into North Aisle	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Prior's Doors: Calilals West Side	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Lady Chapel, Details	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Octagon from South Aisle	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: West End of South Aisle	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Choir Triforium, North Side	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Head in South Nave Triforium	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Octagon into Choir	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: From Br. West's Chapel into South Choir Aisle	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Galilee Porch from Nave	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false
Ely Cathedral: Octagon into Nave and North Transept	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	c. 1891	other	Europe	false