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 Man with Headdress)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1855	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Man)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1855	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman and a Girl)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1855	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Circus Performer)	Jesse Harrison Whitehurst American, 1819–1875	1855	photography	Americas	false
Champfleury (born Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson, French critic and novelist, 1821-1889)	Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon) French, 1820–1910	c. 1855/59	woodwork	Europe	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man)	Marcus Aurelius Root American, 1808-1888	1855	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Unidentified Woman)	Artist unknown British, 19th century	c. 1860	other	Europe	false
Auld Lang Syne Album	Georgina Cowper, attributed English, mid 19th century	1855/68	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man with Top Hat)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1855	photography	Americas	false
Wall of Solomon's Temple, Jews' Wailing Place	Artist unknown 19th century	c. 1860	printing_dyeing photography	other	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Man and Woman)	Artist unknown 19th century	1855/75	other	other	false
The Valley of the Shadow of Death	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Artist unknown 19th century	1855/75	other	other	false
Sebastopol from Cathcart's Hill	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cavalry Camp, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Valley of the Shadow of Death	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Encampment of Horse Artillery	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Cavalry Camp, looking towards Kadikoi	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Interior of the (Russian) Barrack Battery, Showing Mantelets	James Robertson Scottish, active c.1850 Associate: Roger Fenton English, 1819 - 1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Quiet Day in the Mortar Battery	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Group at Head Quarters	Roger Fenton English, 1819-1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Group of Croat Chiefs	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The French Redoubt at Inkermann	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Artillery Waggons, Balaklava in the Distance	Roger Fenton English, 1819-1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Old Post Office, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
A Quiet Day in the Mortar Battery	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Sanitary Commission	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Major Gen'l Charles Ashe Windham	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Lieutenant General Sir de Lacy Evans, G.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Genoese Castle, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Tombs of the Generals on Cathcart's Hill	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Camp of the 5th Dragoon Guards	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Balaklava, from Guard's Hill	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Officers of the 71st Highlanders	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Officers of the 42nd Highlanders	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Men of the 77th ready for the Trenches	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Marshal Pélissier	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Zouaves	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
L'Entente Cordiale	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The British Head Quarters	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Russian Church & Town of Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
The Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, convivial party, French & English	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Lieutenant General Sir George Brown, G.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Omar Pacha	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Zouaves	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Untitled	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Lieutenant General Sir Richard England, K.C.B.	Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869	1855	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false