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 (Portrait of a Woman holding a Child)	Charles DeForest Fredricks American, 1823-1894	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Baby and Dog)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Three Woman and a Man)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Girl and Two Boys)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Two Boys)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Man Holding a Violin)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Boy Holding a Mortar)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Man)	Rufus Anson American, active 1851-1867	1858	photography	Americas	false
Charles Baudelaire (French poet, critic, and writer, 1821-1867)	Etienne Carjat French 1828–1906	c. 1863	woodwork	Europe	false
Miss Brown's house and curious elm cross.	H. O. Bly German, 1838–1903	n.d.	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Rouen Cathedral	Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900)	1858	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Panshanger)	Artist unknown English	1858	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man in Military Uniform)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Three Standing Men)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Arcade in Quadrangle	Linnaeus Tripe English, 1822-1902	1858	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Nile from the Quarries of Joura	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1858/62	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Rameseum	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1858/62	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Group of Palms	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1858/62	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Portico of the Temple of Goorneh	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1858/62	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot	Etienne Carjat French, 1828–1906	c. 1863	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Model of Brookline Steam Engine)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman Reading)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled	Artist unknown English	1858	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Graham Vivian English, 1827-1912	1858	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Portrait of Two Girls)	Benjamin Franklin Upton American, 1818-?	1858	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man with a Top Hat)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1857	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1857	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Three Men and One Woman)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1857	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Girl)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1857	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Carpenter)	Boston School (attributed) American, 19th century	1857	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Two Seated Men)	Abraham G. Demarest American, active 1850s	1857	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Man)	George D. Hamilton American, 19th century	1857	photography	Americas	false
Untitled	B & G Moses American, active 1850s–1860s	1857/60	other	Americas	false
Chartres Cathedral, West Facade; Royal Portal, Central Bay	Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900)	1857, printed 1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Portrait, Turkish Summer Costume	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Raised Flag of the Zouave Regiment, Camp de Châlons	Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Tents and Military Gear, Camp de Châlons	Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Sculptures from the Outer Wall, Dendera	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Largest of the Cedars, Mount Lebanon	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
View at Karnac, from the Granite Pylon	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Great Pylon at Edfou, Upper Egypt	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Wady Kardassy, Nubia	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Distant View of Damascus	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Pharoah's Bed, Philæ, from the Great Temple	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Circular Temple, Baalbec	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Court of Shishak	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Approach to Philæ	Francis Frith English, 1822–1898	1857	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false