#albumen prints

A collection of photographs of Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), and the Potomac River taken between 1859 and 1861. These are some of the earliest photographs taken in Harpers Ferry. The photos were published by Edward Anthony and the New York Stereoscopic Company.

A collection of early Kodak snapshots of western Florida taken by amateur photographer Joseph John Kirkbride in 1889 and 1890.

Source: Library of Congress.

A collection of mugshots of serious criminal offenders including a number of American Civil War veterans who were incarcerated at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Ireland, taken in November 1866.

Source: New York Public Library.