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
Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe—Torso	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Untitled (World War I photographs)	Photographic Section, U.S. Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) assembled by Major Edward J. Steichen, A.S.A. (American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973)	1918/19, assembled 1919	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe—Hand	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe - Feet	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1918	printing_dyeing	Americas	false
West Virginia Coal Mine	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1917	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Lake George	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	c. 1922	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Marsden Hartley	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1916	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Mrs. Anne Rigby and Lady Elizabeth Eastlake	David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)	1843/47, printed c. 1916	printing_dyeing	Europe	false
From the Back-Window "291" Snow-Covered Tree, Back-Yard	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1915	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
From the Back-Window "291"	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1915	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Coal Miner	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1920	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1920	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Breaker Boy in Pennsylvania Coal Mine	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1920	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Lilie Stainers, 7 years old. Atlanta, Georgia	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Untitled, from the series "Southern Negroes"	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1920, printed later	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Lunchtime	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Seaweed Gatherer	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1915	other	Americas	false
The Bowman	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1915	other	Americas	false
The Whaler-Clayoquot	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1915	other	Americas	false
Ma	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1915/17	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Montogomery, Alabama	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	October 1914	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Masked Dancers in Canoes-Qagyuhl A	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1914	other	Americas	false
Mówakiu-Tsawatenok	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1914	other	Americas	false
All are Workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, Lafayette, Georgia	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1913	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Dannie Mercurio, 150 Schottes Alley, Washington D.C.	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	April 1912	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Young Worker in Paper Box Factory	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1912	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
One Spigot to a Floor. Old-Time Tenement In New York	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1912	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Old Time Garment Shop, New York City	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1912	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Quilcene Boy	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1912	other	Americas	false
Puget Sound Baskets	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1912	other	Americas	false
Cowichan Girl	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1912	other	Americas	false
Lake George, Oaklawn	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1912/13	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Suquamish Girl	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1912	other	Americas	false
Masked Dancer - Cowichan	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1912	other	Americas	false
A Mat House - Skokomish	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1912	other	Americas	false
Arthur G. Dove	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1912	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Nephew Edward with tennis racquet)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	c. 1917	other	Americas	false
Two Towers, New York	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1911	other	Americas	false
A View Of Workers In Ewen Breaker Of Pennsylvania Coal Company	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1911	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Breaker Boys In Coal Chute, South Pittston, Pennsylvania	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1911	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Biloxi, Mississippi	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1911	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Fries, Virginia	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	May 1911	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Boy Waiting for Coal to Come Thru	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1911	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false