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
Close No. 61 Saltmarket	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Closes 97 and 103 Saltmarket	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Close No. 122 Saltmarket	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Close No. 128 Saltmarket	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Close No. 136 Saltmarket	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Close No. 139 Saltmarket	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Saltmarket from Bridgegate	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Close No. 157 Bridgegate	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Low Green Street	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Main Street, Gorbals, Looking South	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Main Street, Gorbals, Looking North	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Elphinstone Tower Main Street, Gorbals	Thomas Annan Scottish, 1829–1887	1868	other	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	other	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	other	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	other	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	other	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	other	Europe	false
Untitled	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1868	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Boy)	Langenheimer & Weimer American, 19th century	1867	photography	Americas	false
Thomas Carlyle	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	1867, printed c. 1893	other	Europe	false
Sir John Herschel	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	1867, printed c. 1893	other	Europe	false
Portrait of The Hon. Frank Charteris	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	1867	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Mary Fisher	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	1867/67	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Thomas Carlyle	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	1867, printed 1875	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
Julia Jackson ("Saint Julia", "My Niece Julia", "My Favorite Picture")	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	1867	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Mrs. Herbert Duckworth	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	April 1867	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false