Antique
Stereoview, Photography, Research, and Miscellaneous Links.
This site is for antique photography
related and selected antique links only. I personally
review every site on this list for relevance, content,
and reputability and order them in a way that hopefully makes
sense. It is my intention to make this the best antique
photography links page on planet earth! Let me know if I have
missed something important. See the email policy at
the bottom of the page.
Photography Research
Links
|
-
American
Memory Collections and Topics
A list of subjects
from the Library of Congress including daguerreotypes, Civil
War, W.H. Jackson, others.
-
Luminous-Lint.com
This site is creating the world?ading collaborative
knowledge-base for the history of photography showing
significant vintage and contemporary photography.
-
American
Indians, American
West: 1861-1912, Civil
War, photography from the National Archives and Records
Administration. (NARA).
-
Bancroft
Library More photography from U. Cal. Berkeley including
the Mark Twain Project.
-
Mathew
Brady's National Portrait Gallery. A Virtual Tour.
-
George
Eastman House A variety of exhibits and resources.
-
Time
Life Photo Sight Home Page
-
National
Museum of Photography, Film & Televi...
Visit the
U.K.! Imax information, links, etc.
-
The
Daguerreian Society: welcome to our site!
Daguerreotype
information, society membership, and links.
-
The Daguerreian
Registry of Photographers John Craig's list of
Daguerreian photographers. A tremendous resource. Buy the
book!
-
NMAA
Presents: Secrets of the Dark Chamber
National Museum of
American Art's daguerreotype exhibition with links.
-
The
Invention of Photography
Maison
Nicephore Niepce. The reference site about the inventor of
photography.
-
Albumen
Photography
Albumen
Photographs: History, Science, and Preservation.
-
Lumiere
Autochromes
Musee
Autochromes Lumiere.
-
Color
Theory-Autochrome
How autochromes were made.
-
The
Woodburytype Resource Site
Invented in the 1860's
and used only for a few decades, Woodburytype is an obsolete
photomechanical process originally developed to create true
continuous-tone images.
-
Time
Exposure / William Henry Jackson
-
Eadweard
Muybridge of Kingston Upon Thames
-
Photograph
Archives, Univ. Utah
-
Alinari
The oldest photographic archive and
picture library in the world.
-
Timeline
of Photography A timeline of photographic history from
Photo.net.
-
CivilWar.com
the home of the Civil War.
-
Ulysses
S. Grant Home Page Ulysses S. Grant site with rare
photographs and excellent information.
-
International
Railway Links Lots of varied links here.
-
The
National Portrait Gallery The Smithsonian's
National Portrait Gallery. A great resource.
-
The
Museum of Bad Art Is it art? A truly irrelevant
question! Art is made by an artist. Check this out.
-
Biography.com
An excellent biographical resource.
-
U.S.
Copyright Office, Circular1 "Copyright Basics"
Find out the facts on copyright from the source!
-
Lee
Gallery: Fine Vintage Photographs
-
Greg
French Early Photography FEATURING
GALLERY 21 A showcase and marketplace for antique
photographs. There will be a continuous flow of 21 items
available for purchase. -
Steven
Evans Vintage Photographs -
DanielCooneyFineArt.com
Daniel has an excellent site of vintage and contemporary
fine art photographs. Be sure to check his auctions at
Igavel.com. .
-
Sakura-do
Sakura-do is a Tokyo based dealer specializing in fine
vintage Japanese photographs since 1995. Inventory includes
historic nineteenth century Japan images and twentieth
century Japanese art photography.
-
Old
Photos of Japan shows photos of Japan between the 1860s
and 1930s. In 1854, Japan opened its doors to the outside
world for the first time in more than 200 years. Discover
what life was like with their rare and precious photographs
of old Japan.
-
M&E Fine
Photographic Images A nice site of quality images in
many formats from Zurich Switzerland.
-
PaulFrecker.com
Nineteenth Century Photography
Paul Frecker, London. Ambrotypes, stereoviews,
cartes-de-visite, cabinet prints, other formats.
-
J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, Daguerreotypes, CDV's
-
MyDags.com
Daguerreotypes & Other Antique Photographs, Frames, & Cases
-
Ireland Then and Now. Images of Cork, Past and Present
NEW! 1-27-15 -
Half
Pond Antiques Nice site of various vintage photographs.
-
The
Burns Archive Medical and related photographs from Dr
Burns huge archive.
-
Daguerreian
Broadside Mark Koenigsberg's excellent daguerreotype
site with links.
-
Jeremy
Rowe Vintage Photography Excellent site from a true
expert.
-
The
American Museum of Photography The collection of Wm.
Becker.
-
California views :
The Pat Hathaway Collection of Historical Photographs.
-
The Denver
South Park & Pacific Group Page Ted Kierscey's
collection of historic Colorado train and other photographs
is your main quarry on this very interesting group site.
-
Kitetrack.com
Great images and information related to harness racing. This
is a "Must See" site.
-
Kenrick
Claflin & Son Nautical Antiques Emphasis on
lighthouses and the U.S. Lifesaving Service.
-
The Yacht Photography of J. S. Johnston
This website is
dedicated to the work of 19th century photographer John S.
Johnston of New York City.
-
William
Roe Howell was a prominent New York City portrait
photographer who took many celebrity photos during the
1870s.
-
George
Rockwood George Gardner Rockwood was a
19th-century New York City photographer.
-
Gunsight
Antiques Janet and Bedford Hayes' nice Civil War site
with many types of merchandise for sale including
photography.
-
Stewarts
Military Antiques.com Some nice 19th Century photographs
in many formats.
-
Minnesooota.com
Home of Gilbert Valley Antiques. This site has photographs
in most formats. It is definitely worth a look.
-
MagicLanternShows.com
America's only professional magic-lantern theater covering a
10-show repertoire, schedule, etc. Information about lantern
history, and Joseph Boggs Beale, America's foremost
magic-lantern artist.
-
Oldpostcards.com Vintage
postcard store for collectors.
-
VintagePostcards.com
Vintage postcards for collectors of antiques
and old collectibles.
-
Real
Photo Stamp Boxes Real photo postcards can often be
dated by the style of stamp box on the back. A great
resource from Ron Playle's postcard website.
-
DeadFred.com
Offering thousands of
identified photos for people searching for long-lost
relatives.
-
Online
Museum of Old Family Photographs
-
XTREME
PHILATELY Find information on photographic revenue
tax stamps here.
-
PictureHistory.com
Find
the pictures you need in this easy to use digital library of
high quality images and footage illustrating more than 200
years of American history.
-
Century
Images is One of the largest web sites in the world for
antique photo images offering thousands of
photo images in many different topics of interest.
-
Vintage
Camera Online Links, eBooks, information about
collecting vintage and antique cameras.
-
Antique and
Classic Camera Web Site for Collectors This is Dan
Colucci's web site is devoted to Antique and Classic
Cameras. Excellent site!
-
Vintagephoto.tv
Scott's
photographica Collection. (mostly camera related)
-
OldtimePhotos.org.
Antique & Amusement Photographers, International.
-
Just
Black and White Just Black & White is a photo lab
that specializes in photographic restorations for
genealogists, museums and photographic enhancements for
genealogists. We are specialists at copying and enhancing
faded salt and albumen prints as well as daguerreotypes,
tintypes, ambrotypes or any other types. We are one of the
only labs in the United States that can provide copies of
your faded originals and make them look almost brand new.
-
Black-and-White-to-Color.com
Colorize your black and white images and photographs.
-
Head's Phototouch
Quality photo restoration, retouching, and special effects.
-
Art-Studio
Photo 911: photo restoration & photo collage service
Would you like to bring your old family photos back to life? Or make a dramatic change to your modern pictures?
Photo 911 is at your service then.
-
Carl Mautz
Publishing Images for sale, books, sleeves, links
etc
-
PhotoLinks.net
Nice links site with much modern photographic information
and resources.
-
Astronomy
Magazine Some 3D and other interesting astronomy info.
Nice site.
-
National
Geographic Interactive features, photography, news,
maps, kids, etc.
-
http://blog.42photo.com/-42nd Street Photo is
an active participant in social media and a top New York camera store.
-
Antique-Photography.com
Vintage and fine art photography auction
-
Jefferson
Stereoptics John Saddy's 3D auctions. John is a
great person to do business with!
-
Stereographica.com
Bryan Ginns' online auction site in catalogue format. All
types of quality images and equipment are listed.
-
igavel.com
Real nice fine art auction.
-
Be-hold Larry Gottheim's excellent photographica
auction catalogue with subscription info.
Other
Important Resources
|
Recommended
Reading from Amazon.com
|
Stereo Views; An Illustrated History and Price Guide
by
John Waldsmith. This is a must have book for
collectors!
|
The
World of Stereographs
William C. Darrah. Great scholarly info on
stereoviews. No prices but..........
|
Stereoscopes
: The First One Hundred Years by Paul
Wing. The only book on stereoscopes. A really great
book.
|
Catalogue
of Philippine Stereoviews by
Christian Perez
|
John
Carbutt on the Frontiers of Photography by
John Brey
|
Alfred
A. Hart, Artist
by Mead Kibbey, Peter Palmquist (Editor)
|
Carleton
Watkins (In Focus)
by Carleton E. Watkins, J. Paul Getty Museum
(Photographer). Paperback (July 1997)
|
F.
Jay Haynes, Photographer
by Montana Historical Society Editors. Hardcover
(September 1981)
|
Muybridge's
Complete Human and Animal Locomotion : All 781 Plates
from the 1887 Animal Locomotion Volumes 1-4) by
Eadweard Muybridge, Anita V. Mozley (Designer)
(Hardcover - July 1979)
|
Colorado,
1870-2000
by William Henry Jackson, John Fielder (Photographer).
Hardcover (August 1999)
|
An
American Journey : The Photography of William England
by Ian Jeffrey. Hardcover (October 1999)
|
Early
Days in the Adirondacks : The Photographs of Seneca Ray
Stoddard
by Seneca Ray Stoddard, et al. Hardcover (September
1997)
|
Egypt
and the Holy Land in Historic Photographs :
Seventy-Seven Views
by Francis Frith, Julia Van Haaften (Editor). Paperback
(May 1985)
|
Britain
Then & Now : The Francis Frith Collection
by Philip Ziegler. Hardcover (October 1999)
|
Photographers
in Arizona 1850-1920 : A History & Directory
by Jeremy Rowe, et al. Hardcover (June 1998)
|
Kinsey
Photographer : A Half Century of Negatives by Darius and
Tabitha May Kinsey : With Contributions by Son and
Daughter Darius, Jr. and Dorothea
by Dave Bohn(Contributor), Rodolfo Petschek. Hardcover
(October 1995)
|
Collector's
Guide to Early Photographs (Collectors Guide Series) by
O. Henry Mace. A good book for beginning collectors (and
advanced) detailing the many different formats and
processes.
|
Photography
and the American Scene; A Social History, 1839-1889.
by Robert Taft. This is a really great book which
gives a broad, but detailed and authoritative overview
of the first 100 years of photography. It was published
in 1938 and is still in print. This is a must for the
serious collector's library. Simply the best.
|
The
Civil War in Depth : History in 3-D/With Viewer by
Bob Zeller
|
Early
Photography at Gettysburg
by William A. Frassanito
|
Mathew
Brady: Civil War Photographer
by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth Van Steenwyk.
Paperback (September 1997)
|
Witness
to an Era : The Life and Photographs of Alexander
Gardner : The Civil War, Lincoln, and the West
by D. Mark Katz, Mark Katz. Hardcover (April 1999)
|
Nineteenth
Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames
by Paul K. Berg
|
Union
Cases : A Collector's Guide to the Art of America's
First Plastics by Clifford Krainik
and Carl Walvoord
|
The
Scenic Daguerreotype : Romanticism and Early Photography
by John Wood, John R. Stilgoe. Truly
great outdoor daguerreotypes are shown in this book.
|
The
Silver Canvas : Daguerreotypes Masterpieces from
the J. Paul Getty Museum
by Bates Lowry, Isabel Lowry, J. Paul Getty
|
American
Daguerreotypes : From the Matthew R. Isenburg Collection
by Alan Trachtenberg. Hardcover (November 1989)
|
The
Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes
by Robert A. Sobieszek, et al. Paperback (April 1980)
|
J.P.
Ball : Daguerrean and Studio Photographer
by Deborah Willis (Editor). Hardcover (April 1993)
|
Dictionary
of American Portraits : 4000 Pictures of Important
Americans from Earliest Times to the Beginning of the
Twentieth Century by Hayward Circer |
Some
More Contemporary Masters of Photography
|
Andre
Kertesz (Aperture Masters of Photography, No 11)
by Carole Kismaric, Andre Kertesz (Photographer). Hardcover
(November 1993)
|
Brassai
: Images of Culture and the Surrealist Observer (Modernist
Studies)
by Marja Warehime. Hardcover (March 1996)
|
Diane
Arbus : An Aperture Monograph
by Diane Arbus, Stan Grossfeld. Paperback (April 1997)
|
Dorothea
Lange : Photographs of a Lifetime
by Dorothea Lange(Photographer), et al. Hardcover (February
1996)
|
Edward
Weston : 1886-1958 (Photo Book Series)
by Edward Weston, et al. Hardcover (April 1999)
|
Edward
Weston : Forms of Passion
by Gilles Mora (Editor), et al. Hardcover (October 1995)
|
Eikoh
Hosoe (Masters of Photography)
by Eiko Hosoe, et al. Hardcover (June 1999)
|
Elliott
Erwitt : On the Beach
by Elliott Erwitt (Photographer). Hardcover (October 1991)
|
The
Essential Duane Michals
by Marco Livingstone, Duane Michals. Hardcover (October 1997)
|
Eugene
Atget : Paris (Masters of the Camera)
by Eugene Atget (Photographer), et al. Hardcover (December 1998)
|
Henri
Cartier-Bresson : Mexican Notebooks 1934-1964
by Henri Cartier-Bresson (Photographer), et al. Hardcover (April
1996)
|
Henri
Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art
by Jean-Pierre Montier, Henri Cartier-Bresson (Photographer).
Hardcover (February 1997)
|
Imogen
Cunningham : The Poetry of Form/Die Poesie Der Form
by Imogen Cunningham, et al. Hardcover (June 1994)
|
In
Focus : Laszlo Moholy-Nagy : Photographs from the J. Paul Getty
Museum
by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Paperback (August 1995)
|
In
Focus : Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum
by Andre Kertesz. Paperback (September 1994)
|
In
Focus: Man Ray
Paperback (February 1999)
|
Jeanloup
Sieff 1950-1990 : Time Will Pass Like Rain
by Jeanloup Sieff. Hardcover (November 1996)
|
Jerry
Uelsmann : Photo Synthesis
by Jerry N. Uelsmann (Photographer), A. D. Coleman. Hardcover
(August 1992)
|
Karsh
: A Sixty-Year Retrospective
by Yousuf Karsh. Hardcover (September 1996)
|
The
Last Years of Walker Evans : A First-Hand Account
by Jerry L. Thompson, Walker Evans. Hardcover (November 1997)
|
Lee
Friedlander
by Lee Friedlander (Photographer). Paperback
|
Lewis
W. Hine : Children at Work
by Vicki Goldberg. Hardcover (September 1999)
|
Man
Ray : 1890-1976
by Kate Ware, et al. Hardcover (May 2000)
|
Mapplethorpe
by Robert Mapplethorpe, Arthur Coleman Danto (Introduction).
Hardcover (October 1992)
|
Margaret
Bourke-White: Her Pictures Were Her Life
by Susan Goldman Rubin, Margaret Bourke-White. Hardcover
(November 1999)
|
Mary
Ellen Mark : American Odyssey, 1963-1999
by Mary Ellen Mark (Photographer). Hardcover (October 1999)
|
Minor
White : Rites and Passages : His Photographs Accompanied by
Excerpts from His Diaries and Letters
by Minor White (Photographer), James Baker Hall (Photographer).
Paperback (August 1992)
|
Philippe
Halsman's Jump Book
by Philippe Halsman, et al. Paperback (October 1986)
|
Portraits
by Bruce Davidson (Photographer). Hardcover (June 1999)
|
Portraits
by Edward Weston (Photographer), et al. Hardcover (October 1995)
|
Robert
Capa/ Photographs : Photographs
by Henri Cartier-Bresson, et al. Hardcover (October 1996)
|
Roger
Fenton : Pasha and Bayadere (Getty Museum Studies on Art)
by Gordon Baldwin, Roger Fenton. Paperback (October 1996)
|
Scavullo
: Photographs 50 Years
by Francesco Scavullo, et al. Hardcover (October 1997) |
Skrebneski
: The First Fifty Years Photographs : 1949-1999
by Victor Skrebneski (Photographer), Robert A. Sobieszek.
Hardcover (December 1999) |
Stieglitz
: A Memoir/Biography
by Sue Davidson Lowe. Hardcover (February 1983)
|
Suburbia
by Bill Owens, et al. Hardcover
|
Tete
a Tete : Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson
by Henri Cartier-Bresson, E. H. Gombrich (Introduction).
Hardcover (September 1998)
|
Untitled
by Diane Arbus (Photographer), et al. Hardcover (September 1995)
|
Us
and Them
by Helmut Newton (Photographer), Alice Springs. Hardcover (June
1999)
|
W.
Eugene Smith : Photographs 1934-1975
by W. Eugene Smith (Photographer), et al. Hardcover (October
1998)
|
Walker
Evans
by Walker Evans, et al. Hardcover (March 2000)
|
Weegee
: Naked New York
by Weegee, et al. Hardcover (October 1997)
|
Women
by Annie Leibovitz, Susan Sontag. Hardcover (November 1999)
|
Wynn
Bullock (Aperture Masters of Photography)
by Wynn Bullock (Photographer), David Fuess. Hardcover (May 1999)
|
|
|
This
site was created on May 27th, 1997 and is updated regularly.
Send mail to: dspahr3d@stereoviews.com
Return to www.stereoviews.com
home
|