Early Photography Archive
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.
| Photograph | Artist | Date | Technique | Origin | On view |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Family Seeking Lost Baggage, Ellis Island | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | 1905 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Men With Dog Sitting On Bench In Front Of General Store | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Down On The Wharf, New York | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Versailles, Vase | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Italian Immigrant | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | 1905 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910, printed later |
| Americas | false |
| Italian Family Seeking Lost Baggage, Ellis Island | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | 1905 |
| Americas | false |
| Versailles, Vase | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Grand Trianon | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase par Ballin | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Grand Trianon (Le Buffet) | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase par Ballin | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase par Ballin | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase par Ballin | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase par Ballin | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Grand Trianon | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Grand Trianon | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Grand Trianon (Le Parc) | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase par Ballin | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, (Vase) | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, (Vase) | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Grille du Chateau | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Grand Trianon | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase par Ballin | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Vase | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Cotton Mill Workers | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | 1905/10, possibly printed c. 1930 |
| Americas | false |
| Bosquet de la Colonnade, les vasques | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Parc de Versaille bosquet de la Colonnade | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1905 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Jacksonville, Florida | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Leslie Cooper | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Factory Workers | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | c. 1910 |
| Americas | false |
| Printer and Craftsman | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | 1905 |
| Americas | false |
| The trials of the day are over | Underwood & Underwood American, active 1881-1920 | 1905 |
| Americas | false |
| Going to the Post, Morris Park | Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946 | 1904 |
| Americas | false |
| A Madonna of the Tenements | Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940 | 1904 |
| Americas | false |
| Versailles, Coin de Parc | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1904 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Coin de Parc | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1904 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Bosquet de l' Arc de Triomphe | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1904 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Bosquet de la Colonnade | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1904 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Bosquet de l'Arc de Triomphe | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1904 |
| Europe | false |
| Versailles, Bosquet de l'Arc de Triomphe | Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927 | 1904 |
| Europe | false |