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
Arikara Medicine Ceremony - Dance of the Fraternity	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1908	other	Americas	false
Arikara Medicine Ceremony - the Ducks	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1908	other	Americas	false
Arikara Girl	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1908	other	Americas	false
Wolf - Apsaroke	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1908	other	Americas	false
Red Whip - Atsina	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1908	other	Americas	false
Boys in Packing Room, Brown Mfg. Company, Evansville, Ind.	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	October 1908	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Morgantown, West Virginia	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	October 1908	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Fish Shows-Apsaroke	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1908	other	Americas	false
Traveling by the Underwood Travel System - Stereographs, Guide-Books Patent Map System	Underwood & Underwood American, active 1881-1920	1908	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Frank Eugene Seated at Table	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1907	other	Americas	false
Child with Striped Dress (Younger Raab Child)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1907	other	Americas	false
Hollow Horn Bear	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1907	other	Americas	false
Porte de Gentilly, Bd Kellermann	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1907	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Two Strike	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1907	other	Americas	false
The Steerage	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1907, printed 1920/39	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Steerage	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1907, printed 1915	other	Americas	false
The Steerage	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864-1946	1907, printed in or before 1913	other	Americas	false
Dr. Fritz Raab: Sunspots	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1907	other	Americas	false
Mrs. Edward Stieglitz	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1907	other	Americas	false
San Francisco Earthquake	Arnold Genthe American, born Germany, 1869–1942	April 1906	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Girl with Muff	Clarence H. White American, 1871–1925	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
At Home, Pittsburgh	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1906	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Newboys, Brooklyn Bridge	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1906	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Versailles, Le Parc	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Vase (Detail)	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Le Parc	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Les Marmousets	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Vase (Detail)	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Vase	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906/07	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Le Parc	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Vase (Detail)	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Le Parc	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Le Parc	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Vase (Detail)	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Vase	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Les Marmousets	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Grille du Chateau	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Le Parc	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906/07	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Vase	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Le Parc	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Les Marmousets	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Versailles, Vase, (Detail)	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	1906/07	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Watching the Dancers	Edward S. Curtis American, 1868–1952	1906	other	Americas	false
Gang Rendevous, Yonkers	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1906	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Lovely Lake Louise one of nature's most perfect gems, Rocky Mts., Alberta, Canada	H. C. White Company American, active 1890s–1910s	1906	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Evening—Mother and Boys	Clarence H. White American, 1871–1925	1905	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Immigrant Mother And Child	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1905	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Russian Family, Ellis Island	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1905	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Fountain	Clarence H. White American, 1871–1925	1905/1906	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Fresh Air for the Baby, New York East Side	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1910	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false