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
Untitled (Georgia E. with teddy bear)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	c. 1916	other	Americas	false
Untitled (Stieglitz's mother Hedwig with grandchildren on Oaklawn steps)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	c. 1916	other	Americas	false
Outward Bound, The Mauretania	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1910, printed 1918/32	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
John Marin	Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946) and Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973) printed by Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)	1910	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
The City of Ambitions	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1910	other	Americas	false
Outward Bound, The Mauretania	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1910	other	Americas	false
Old and New New York	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1910	other	Americas	false
Chicago Slums	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Italian Family, Chicago	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Woman Garment Worker	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Old-Time Spinner in Southern Cotton Mill	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
First Work in America, Italian Immigrant Carries Garments To The Tenement Home	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Guns for Sale, Nashville	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Family Making Flowers	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Workman)	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Pennsylvania Coal Mine	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
"Follow The Gleam", Welsh Miner in Pa. Coal Mine A Mile From Daylight	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Industrial Hazard, Steel Worker	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1915	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 a.m.	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	May 9, 1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Bleach Room Boy, Leon Halcourt, 16 Years Old, Lawrence, Massachusetts	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	November 1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Tenement	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Wishham Girl, Profile	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1910	other	Americas	false
New Chest-Piegan	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1910	other	Americas	false
On the Shore of the Lake - Kutenai	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1910	other	Americas	false
Luqaíôt - Kittitas	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1910	other	Americas	false
Untitled (Stieglitz, Agnes, mother Hedwig, Julius, Selma, and Lee on Oaklawn steps)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1910 or 1912	other	Americas	false
Untitled (Howard with fishing pole)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1910 or 1912	other	Americas	false
Little Girl Standing At Entrance To A Gallery	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Little Mother, Pittsburgh	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Motor for Coal Train, West Virginia	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Deep Down In A West Virginia Coal Mine, Miners Going Home	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
West Virgina, Driver, Hours 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Breaker Boys	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Negro Alley Housing Whites, Washington, D.C.	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Old Timers, Pennsylvania Miners, (West Virginia)	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Driver in Pennsylvania Coal Mine	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Welsh Coal Miner, West Virginia Mine	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Noon Hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Georgia	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	January 1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Somersworth, New Hampshire	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	May 18, 1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Warren, Rhode Island	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1909	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Kashhila-Wishham	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1909	other	Americas	false
Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1908	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Coal cars in mine)	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1908	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Young Trapper Boy in West Virginia Coal Mine)	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1908	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Young Driver In West Virginia Coal Mine	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1908	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1908	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false