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19th Century Actors Photographs

From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. The collection consists of 610 cartes-de-visite studio portraits of entertainers, actors, and actresses who performed on the American stage in the mid- to late 1800s.

Ancestor Archive Genetic Image Gallery

A repository of vintage photographs from around the world. Building the largest photographic reference collection of the following types of images: Ambrotypes, Daguerreotypes, Carte de visite (CDV), Cabinet cards, etc., one picture at a time. Great genealogy reference. Some information is free, but most of the information on the site can be accessed with a paid subscription.

Arizona State Library and Archives Photographs Collection

Archives' photographs focus upon the unique cultural heritage of the state and territory of Arizona, beginning in 1863. The collection includes about 90,000 images, including photographs, slides, negatives, glass plate negatives, tintypes, transparencies, postcards and others. Of these 90,000 images, about 9,000 are currently digitized and available to be searched on this site.

Arkansas Digital Archives - Photographs New!

The Arkansas State Archives' collections contain over a half-million photographic images of Arkansas and its people throughout history. The collections consists of black-and-white prints, negatives, daguerreotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes, and cyanotypes. Line drawings, postcards, engravings, and portraits are also included. Large collections such as the Ernie Deane photographs, Shrader negatives, Ozark Cultural Resource Center images, and the Thomas Harding photographs make up a significant portion of our holdings.

Australasia Church Albums

Aims to provide unique images of the churches of Australia and New Zealand, both past and present, with a description or history of each.

Australian War Graves Photographic Archive

A project that will have photographs of headstones of all A.I.F. service personnel who died during World War One and World War Two.

Baltimore City Nineteenth-Century Photos

Presents nineteenth-century photographs made by Baltimore photo studios or of Baltimore residents.

Bentley Image Bank, Bentley Historical Library

The Bentley Image Bank includes images from the holdings of the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. The collection is open to the public.

Berrien County, Georgia - Historical Photos Collection

A collection of historical photos of Berrien County, Georgia, including families, towns, county history, churches, schools, and commerce and trade.

Brady-Hughes-Beasley Archives

Tennessee. Photos of school teams, groups and vintage portrates from McMinnville's longest operating photo studio.

Britain from Above

Images from the Aerofilms collection, a unique aerial photographic archive of international importance. The collection includes 1.26 million negatives and more than 2000 photograph albums, dating from 1919 to 2006. Part of Historic Environment Scotland.

British Columbia Historical Photographs Online

Contains annotated links to online historical photograph databases and galleries mounted on archival web sites in British Columbia, Canada.

Brooklyn Visual Heritage

19th and 20th century photographs and other visual materials from the collections of the Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Public Library.

Chester Image Bank

A searchable database of historical images of Chester City in the UK and surrounding disrict. Perfect for illustrating family history and local history research. The images date back to about 1750 in the form of sketchs and 1860 in the form of photographs. There are people in some of the pictures though these are not always named.

Chicago Imagebase

Find a wealth of information at this site from before the Great Fire of 1871 to the present including the Fire Insurance Maps of Chicago, Robinson Atlases of Downtown Chicago (ca. 1886), Sanborn Atlas Maps, Rand McNally's Bird's-Eye Views and Guide to Chicago (ca. 1893), Historical View Books, and much more! Browse the imagebase collection by artist/architect, building and era. Find information on Using Historical Maps and Dating Buildings by Stylistic Analysis. View contemporary aerial views (ca. 1986) and photographs 1970-1990's of Chicago.

Christchurch City Libraries Photograph Collection

New Zealand. This online collection contains a selection of historical images of Christchurch and Canterbury. The photographs depict local people, places and events and are dated from approximately 1860 to 1975. They have been reproduced from historical newspapers, archival sources, early books and reports.

Clark Kinsey Photographs Collection

Clark Kinsey's work as a photographer documented the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest. From shortly before World War I, spent his career documenting the logging and milling camps and other forest related activities in Washington, Oregon, California, and British Columbia. This collection consists of photographs of loggers and logging life in Washington State.

Columbus Metropolitan Library: Columbus In Historic Photographs

Ohio.

Dalhousie University Libraries

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

DeadFred Genealogy Photo Archive

Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. More than 124,000 searchable photo records in our database. More than 19,000 surnames. Over 2,500 orphaned photos. Fast, reliable database, keyword search, easy viewing, vintage yearbooks, vintage photo albums.