The History of Photography Archive is a private collection, owned by archivist Patrick Montgomery, of original 19th and 20th century photographs, books and related artifacts that traces the technical and artistic development of photography and photo-mechanical printing from their origins in England and France in the early 19th century up through worldwide use in the mid-20th century.
Here below is an amazing photo set from this archieve that shows life of the U.S in the 1850s.
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| American farm, circa late 1850s |
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| Associate Presbyterian Church, July 1854. (Photo by Frederick DeBourg Richards) |
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| RR track over Niagara Suspension Bridge, 1854. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim ) |
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| Trenton Falls, New York, circa 1855. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim ) |
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| Butler Mansion House, Philadelphia, 1856. (Photo by James Earl McClees) |
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| Battle Monument, Baltimore, circa 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim ) |
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| General view of Niagara Falls, from American side, 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim) |
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| Girard College, Philadelphia, circa 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim) |
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| Kaaterskill Falls, Catskill Mountains, New York, circa 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim ) |
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| Near Delaware Water Gap, 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim) |
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| Niagara Falls from the American side, 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim) |
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| Philadelphia from Independence Hall, 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim) |
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| Terrapin Tower, from Goat Island, Niagara, 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim) |
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| Willey House, White Mountains, New Hampshire, circa 1858. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim ) |
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| Free Quaker's Meeting House, Philadelphia, March 1859. (Photo by Frederick DeBourg Richards) |
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| Garden scene in Philadelphia, 1859 |
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| House in Philadelphia, 1859 |
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| Ledger Building, Philadelphia, circa late 1850s. (Photo by Bartlett, French & Smith) |
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| Niagara Falls from Point Prospect, 1859. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim) |
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| Niagara Suspension Bridge, circa 1859. (Photo by Langenheim & Loyd Co) |
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| On Indian Creek, opposite West Point, NY, circa 1859. (Photo by Friedrich Langenheim & Wilhelm Langenheim) |
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| St. Michael's Church, Philadelphia, 1859. (Photo by Frederick DeBourg Richards) |
