A site created to help try to identify the people and locations in a collection of 19th Century round photographs. Identified views include Yosemite and Hotel Del Monte, a Victorian hotel in Monterey CA.
Online gallery of early stereoviews of Paris, Montmatre, Lyon, plus other areas of France and Egypt. Includes a brief history of photography, and links.
View rare and historic daguerreotypes and ambrotypes made between 1848 and 1860, presented by the Oakland Museum of California. Includes descriptive commentary for each image.
Offering images, history, and information on Stanhopes, the miniature microphotographic lenses incorporated into many novelty collectables produced from the mid-19th century onwards.