
Handstands on a Slope, 1898

images that haunt us


Thomas E.
Askew :: Nine African American women (sic), full-length portrait, seated on steps of a building at Atlanta University, Georgia,
1899-1900.
Untitled photo in album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 341.
/ src: Library of Congress

James Gibson :: Cumberland Landing, Va. Federal encampment on Pamunkey River, Va. [1 negative (2 plates, this is the right plate): glass, stereograph, wet collodion.], May
1862 / src: Library of Congress

Edmund
Kesting
:: Female nude and profile (negative montage). 1930′s, printed later. Gelatin silver contact print.
/ src: Galerie Bassenge

Vittorio Sella :: Man standing at glacier crack,
1890′s. Mammoth vintage collodion paper print.
/ src: liveauctioneers
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From a selection of views of China, mostly Canton and Hong Kong. 1880′s. Albumen prints. / source, here

Avenue of banyan trees, Ceylon, 1880′s. Albumen print. / src: Live Auctioneers

Auguste Belloc ::
Reclining female nude on chaise longue, ca. 1853.
Lightly albumenized salt print.
/ src: Live auctioneers