Mathew Brady 1861-1865

Civil War Photographer He employed Alexander Gardner, James Gardner, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, William Pywell, George N. Barnard, Thomas C. Roche, and seventeen other men, each of whom was given a traveling darkroom, to go out and photograph the Civil War.

Lincoln and his Commanders 1863

The Devil’s Den

Timothy O’Sullivan 1861-1869

Civil War Photographer 1861-1865

Dead Boy at Fredericksburg December 1862

Harvest of Death 1863

Official Photographer on the U.S. Geological Exploration 1867-1869 He photographed the west to attract settlers.

Mojave Men Southwest Indian 1871

Black Canyon Colorado River 1871

Shoshone Falls Snake River, Idaho 1874

Will Soule 1869-1874

Spent a lot of time photographing at Fort Sill Oklahoma A Photographer of Native Americans Spent a lot of time photographing at Fort Sill Oklahoma

Scalped Hunter Near Fort Dodge, Kansas December 7, 1868

Lone bear, Kiowa 1868

Native American silversmith from Navajo tribe sitting with his wares

Asa-to-yet, Native American Comanche chief, sitting with arms crossed & gun in hand. 1870

William Henry Jackson mid 1800’s - early 1900’s

High Bridge in Loop 1828, Colorado Photograph Date = 1885 as he was born in 1843!  The number, 1828, is a little tricky in the titles given to this image for it is the number of the train engine.

This image comes from the Denver Public Library Digital collection……. Notice the date crossed off!

Photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey during 1871 He photographed the west to attract settlers.

Liberty Cap Mammoth Hot Springs YNP 1871

The Beehive Group of Geysers Yellowstone Park

Tower Falls Yellowstone National Park 1892

Flexible roll film was created to replace the heavy glass plates

In 1885, George Eastman designed a roll holder for sensitized strips of paper as an alternative to glass plates. In 1888 he designed a hand camera called the Kodak to use his specially produced roll film. In 1889 he introduced cellulose nitrate roll film ………highly flammable! 1934 – the safer film base cellulose acetate introduced 1940’s – cellulose triacetate was introduced 1980’s – polyester film bases became the norm Since 1889, a large number of roll film formats and lengths have been introduced

Jacob Riis late 1880’s-1890’s

Famous for recording the poverty in New York City Streets

Five Cents Lodging Bayard Street 1889

Children sleeping in Mulberry Street 1890

Minding Baby 1890

Young Boys Asleep In Street

The Kodak “Brownie” (1900, 1952-1967) Known as the first common household camera