Frances Johnston, born 1864, was a photographer whose career spanned six decades and covered a vast array of topics. She is commonly considered the first female photojournalist and was also a charter member of the Photo-Secession. She was a...
Title is in English. The eighteen vessels are, from top to bottom, in numerical order: Number 1, Festivale, Carnival Cruise Lines, starboard view; Number 2, Coral Princess, China Navigation Company, starboard view; Number 3, Fairstar, Sitmar Line,...
Robert and Brereton Catton left their native Scotland and arrived in Hawaii in 1878. They had six children: Margaret Mary Louise (known as "Mary"), Janet Renny (known as "Renny"), John Herbert, Robert Redford, Andrew Allen, and Richard Belmont....
The Herbert William Singleton Collection is an outstanding group of Civil War photographs that includes the work of noted photographers Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, William H. Tipton, and George S. Cook. Lindsey M. Gould, a Civil War veteran,...
Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, from a lookout point near High Rock where people in formal dress talk and look at the view; 8 references printed in margin and a small vignette with the city's seal in the...
Image of three views: an elevated landscape view of Newburgh, New York, from across the Hudson River with steam ferry and sailboats in the foreground in lower half; an eye-level view of American Revolutionary War General Henry Knox's military...
Image of an elevated landscape view of the residence of Sheldon Purdy Pharis (born 1828) in San Mateo County, California, showing farmers harvesting hay with horse drawn carts, and rolling hills and the Pacific Ocean in the distance; four corner...
After working as a draftsman for the U.S. Navy and the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, J. Goldsborough Bruff went to California to seek gold. He was the leader of the Washington City and California Mining Association wagon traincompany, which...
Image of a birds eye view map of the Seat of War, showing Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia; battleships in Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay and Rivers, railroads, and symbols for cityscapes; notes distance from notable cities.
Image of an elevated landscape view of the town of Galena, Illinois, shown from a hillside with a family and dog in the foreground, and the city and the Mississippi River with steamboats, below; location key printed in margin.
Image of five eye-level street views of commercial buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Granite, Walnut, Dock, and Front Streets composed as architectural drawings.
Image of an aerial landscape view of Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, showing the Provincetown Harbor, ships in the water, the shoreline, the town with buildings, streets, docks, and beaches, and the Atlantic Ocean in the distance;...