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10,716 photos in the index, by decade:
- 1830s (21)
- 1840s (19)
- 1850s (28)
- 1860s (609)
- 1870s (26)
- 1880s (64)
- 1890s (574)
- 1900s (442)
- 1910s (1,467)
- 1920s (1,165)
- 1930s (2,021)
- 1940s (879)
- 1950s (356)
- 1960s (994)
- 1970s (352)
- 1980s (44)
- 1990s (193)
- 2000s (180)
- 2010s (452)
- 2020s (830)
The 1830s
All 21 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1830s

De afbeeldsels, hier in prent vertoond Doen zien dat mode in alles woont
1830 · print

Révolution de 1830 - Combat de la Porte Saint-Denis - 28.07.1830
1830 · painting

Révolution de 1830 - Attaque du Louvre - 29.07.1830
1830 · painting

Le duc d'Orléans quitte le Palais-Royal, pour se rendre à l'Hôtel de ville. 31 juillet 1830.
1830 · painting

Brisé Fan And Case, 1820–1830
1830

Révolution de 1830 - Combat de la rue de Rohan - 29.07.1830
1831 · painting

Révolution de 1830 - Combat devant l'hôtel de ville - 28.07.1830
1833 · painting

Cold Bath Fields Public Meeting 1833-05-13 National Union of the Working Classes, Poster
1833-04-30 · poster
The 1840s
All 19 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1840s

Slaves picking cotton in the United States, 1840
1840

Retour des Cendres - 3
1840 · drawing

Portrait of Confederate Midshipman Joseph David Wilson: Tallahassee, Florida Date: 18-- Physical descrip: 1 photoprint; b&w; 7 x 5 in. Series Title: Print collection General note: Wilson was born in 1841 in Tallahassee, Florida. He was accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he resigned on Ap
1841

Portrait of Richard B. Waller Date: 18-- Physical descrip: 1 photonegative; b&w; 5 x 4 in. General note: Waller was born July 5, 1842, in Nolansville, Tennessee. He joined the CSA on July 9, 1861, and was in Captain Breverd's Company, 2nd Regiment Florida Infantry, 2nd Infantry, Company D, Leon Rifl
1842

Hippolyte Bayard Molinos Montmartre c.1842
1842

Mysteres de paris 1
1843

Paris Theatre Italien c1840
1843 · painting

ATSF California Limited at Los Angeles circa 1899 William Henry Jackson photo
1843–1942
The 1850s
All 28 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1850s

Una samba limeña a cavallo - Pancho Fierro
1850–1860 · painting

Group of 11 Early Stereograph Views of British Landscapes
1850

No.IV. Map and profile of the route from construction of a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Across the Isthmus in the State of Nicaragua, Central America. Surveyed for American Atlantic & Pacific Ship Canal Company, by O.W. Childs. 1850-51. Bowen & Co. Lith. Philada. "To accompany
1850 · map

Suffrage universel 1848
1850 · painting

George Elgar Hicks - The Parish Soup Kitchen
1851 · painting
1852 Paris-Strasbourg Railway 4-2-0 No 80 La Continent photo 2
1852
1852 Paris-Strasbourg Railway 4-2-0 No 80 La Continent photo 5
1852

A young woman in the 1920s to 1930s
1854
The 1860s
All 609 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1860s

Picture Gallery Photographs
1860

Photograph of Adela Boice, born Adela Johnson, circa 1860-1880 - DPLA - 304e442ec63103ea2ef6684d7f8cb9fd (page 1)
1860

Photograph of Adela Boice, born Adela Johnson, circa 1860-1880 - DPLA - 304e442ec63103ea2ef6684d7f8cb9fd (page 2)
1860

William Parker Johnson wearing a suit, head and shoulders photograph, circa 1860-1880 - DPLA - b7dd919adca099b483a2b03b913d3d24 (page 1)
1860

William Parker Johnson wearing a suit, head and shoulders photograph, circa 1860-1880 - DPLA - b7dd919adca099b483a2b03b913d3d24 (page 2)
1860

The Seceding South Carolina Delegation Photographed by Brady (from Harper's Weekly, Vol. IV)
1860-12-22 · print

The Potter House, Atlanta
1860

Nashville from the Capitol
1860
The 1870s
All 26 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1870s

Photograph of a child, possibly Louis Johnson, circa 1870 - DPLA - f47a4cf26602d1bb2ccea6874f7be82a (page 1)
1870

Photo stéréoscopique d'une groupe de filles devant une église (C Bretagne, ca 1870)
c. 1870

Meindert Zegel, the Great immigrant, who arrived in the United States in 1872
1870

ExteriorViewOfBrooklynBridgeCaisson HarpersWeekly 1870
1870-03-19

Harmon Percy Marble -, two silver gelatin photographs depicting a Native American woman dancing, ca
1870

Harmon Percy Marble -, eight silver gelatin photographs depicting Native American cultural activities and sites, ca
1870

South Australian Railways' O class steam locomotive, ca. 1870 - copy photograph (1940s?)
c. 1870

Victorian Railways' Beyer Peacock Q class steam locomotive, ca. 1870 - copy photograph (1940s?)
c. 1870
The 1880s
All 64 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1880s

Rafael Chacon
c. 1880

Newly arrived indentured immigrants assemble outside the main dormitory on Nelson Island for a group photo in 1880
1880

Jean Béraud La Modiste Sur Les Champs Elysees
1880 · painting

Lechner Mining Machine Company employees photograph
1880

George Hendrik Breitner - Stadsgezicht in Den Haag (?)
1880 · painting

Robert Giffin Stuart
1880

Abbie Howard Hunt and Robert Giffin Stuart home
1880

Die Gartenlaube (1881) b 797
1881
The 1890s
All 574 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1890s

Civil war veteran reunion at Lee Square: Pensacola, Florida Date: 18-- Physical descrip: 1 photoprint; b&w; 8 x 10 in. Series Title: Print collection Repository: 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us Persistent URL
1890

Portrait of Confederate General Edmund Kirby-Smith and his wife with all their children but the youngest Date: ca. late 1800s General note: General Smith is seated, with a child standing before him. Physical descrip: 1 photoprint; b&w; 10 x 8 in. Series Title: Print collections Repository: 500 S. Br
1890

Civil war veteran reunion at Forty Oaks Date: 189- Physical descrip: 1 photoprint; b&w; 8 x 10 in. Series Title: Reference collection General note: In the back row on the left is William Moses Brantley, commander of the 2nd Florida Cavalry from Umatilla. Repository: 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee
1890

Density of population of the principal countries of the world, 1890. Number and nationality of immigrants arrived in the United States during the ten fiscal years. 1882-1891. Number of immigrants by periods arrived in the United Sates during the 103 years, 1789-1891. Rand, McNally & Co., Engra
1890 · map

Reflex Inverted Gas Light Catalog
1890–1930

Set of Postcards depicting the Welsbach Factory in Gloucester, New Jersey
1890–1930

Carl Auer von Welsbach Cigarette Trading Card
1890–1930

Exterior of Mayor William D. Wood house, 1890
1890
The 1900s
All 442 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1900s

General" Marion Hughes - Veteran of the 66th Indiana Infantry - Pictured with wife, Mary Jane Wheeler, in the late 19th or early 20th century
1900

Picking cotton, Angola State Farm (circa 1900)
c. 1900

Exposition universelle de Paris, 1900
1900 · map

View in City Park, photograph
c. 1900

Photo of the Bristol Hotel in Bucharest, in December 1916, 1917 or 1918, when it was the headquarter of Ottoman soldiers
c. 1900

Lewis W. Hine - Man with amputated arm - Google Art Project
1900

Lincoln assassination slide c1900 - Restoration
c. 1900

Wilbur Wright lors d'un vol de 10 km
1900
The 1910s
All 1,467 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1910s

Portrait of Confederate soldier John B. Fletcher: Tallahassee, Florida Date: ca. 1910 General note: Fletcher was a veteran of the Battle of Natural Bridge. He erected monuments on the road on the western side of the bridge. The first monument was brick and cement, with a cannon ball on top and set i
c. 1910

J. H. Breazeale Jr. Photograph Album- Mules of World War I
1910

Ottoman train system on the eve of WWI
1910 · map

Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon
1910

Maastricht, Heilige Geeststraatje, Momus Soepkokerij (ca 1910-1915)
1910–1915

Male Immigrants
1910-01-01

The Dance Problem
1910-10

Child Labor at Cotton Mill North Pownal Vermont by Lewis Hine
c. 1910
The 1920s
All 1,165 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1920s

Schleswig 25 Pfennig 1920
1920

Sergeants Ware and Miller of Columbus, Ohio photograph
1920

Dick Kennedy - Goin' to the Movies
1920-04-17 · drawing

PikiWiki Israel 52539 soup kitchen 1920
1920

Hermann Struck Grafik JMBerlin GDR 97 3 12
1920 · print

Albert Einstein photo 1920
c. 1920

Hermann Struck Bildnis Albert Einstein 1920
1920 · print

Berliner Physiker u Chemiker 1920
1920
The 1930s
All 2,021 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1930s

Photograph of the inscription on the First World War memorial dedicated to the 1st Chinese Regiment, Weihaiwei, China, ca.1930's
c. 1930

Albert Einstein met Paul en Galinka Ehrenfest
1930

Rabindranath with Einstein
1930

Page 78 einstein in his study (Albert Einstein, a biographical portrait - Anton Reiser)
1930

Einstein and Tagore Berlin 14 July 1930
1930-07-14

Albert Einstein, a biographical portrait - Anton Reiser, 1930 p75
1930

Albert Einstein Portrait
c. 1930

Albert Einstein Bohemia 1
1930-11-16
The 1940s
All 879 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1940s

USS Osceola (YT-129)
1940

Group photograph of Renwick, Cassidy, yours truly and Easter
c. 1940

Keel of USS San Juan (CL-54) at the Fore River Shipyard, in May 1940
1940-05

Rotterdam, Laurenskerk, na bombardement van mei 1940
1940

Bernard J. Curran DPAA
1940

U.S. Defence stamp album
1940

Robert Fred Sargent selective service registration
1940-10-16

Otvaranje narodnih kuhinja
1940
The 1950s
All 356 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1950s

Nellie Lutcher performing at Fort Lawton service club, February 9, 1950
1950-02-09

Ernestine Anderson singing at Fort Lawton service club, February 14, 1950
1950-02-14

Albert Einstein with J. Robert Oppenheimer
c. 1950

Albert Einstein declares his opposition to the atomic bomb
1950

IMMIGRANTS FROM IRAQ ARRIVING VIA NIICOSIA IN CYPRUS AT LOD AIRPORT
1950-09-11

4X-ADN Operation Magic Carpet1
1950-08-26

4X-ADN Operation Magic Carpet
1950-08-26

KoreanWar recover Seoul
1950-09
The 1960s
All 994 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1960s

North Vietnamese SA-2
1960

Da Nang Air Base during the Vietnam War
1960

Patient being unloaded from C-124 during Vietnam War
1960

P-3A Orions of VP-8 in flight off Vietnam in the 1960s
1960

Boycott and picketing of downtown stores: Tallahassee, Florida Date: December 1960 General note: Included in the photograph are Bill King and Patricia Stephens (later Mrs. John Due). Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in. Series Title: Reference collection Repository: State Library and Ar
1960-12

Civil Rights protesters and Woolworth's Sit-In, Durham, NC, 10 February 1960. From the N&O Negative Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC. Photos taken by The News &
1960-02-10

US Marshals with Young Ruby Bridges on School Steps - Original
c. 1960

US Marshals with Young Ruby Bridges on School Steps
c. 1960
The 1970s
All 352 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1970s

Company B, 20th Engineer Battalion soldier fuels his bulldozer
1970-06-25

USAF at Gia Lâm c1970
1970-03-01

Aerial view of Fire Support Base Thunder II
1970-02-11

Company A, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry (Mech) set up a night defensive position
1970-01-01

Signal site at Song Be South
1970-01-10

345th Aviation Detachment air traffic controllers in the Can Tho control tower
1970-04-29

F-8H Crusader of VF-111 in flight 1970
1970

Aerial view of the Phu Lam Signal Communications Site, Cholon
1970-02-19
The 1980s
All 44 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1980s

Douglas A-24B(SBD) of the Confederate Air Force at Ottumwa
1980

310th Fighter Squadron McDonnell F-4C-23-MC Phantom 64-0777
1980

Quinn Henderson Becker
c. 1980

Deer Mountain Trail SAAM-1980.133.8 2
1980 · painting

Clifton DeBerry
1980

Fish House SAAM-1980.133.7 1
1980 · painting

Fishing Boat SAAM-1980.128.1 1
1980 · painting

The Fisherman SAAM-1980.133.5 1
1980
The 1990s
All 193 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1990s

Chinese Third Phase Campaign map
1990 · map

Operations Rugged and Dauntless eastern front map
1990-01-02 · map

The Chinese Spring Offensive Eastern Front Korea April 1951
1990 · map

38th Infantry and Task Force Zebra positions, 16 May 1951
1990-01-02 · map

I and IX Corps withdrawal to Line D
1990-01-02 · map

Hungnam evacuation map
1990-01-02 · map

Wright Flyer III at Carillon Historical Park, c. 1990
1990

BROOKLYN BRIDGE, SHOWING APPROACH AND EXIT RAMPS LOOKING WEST - Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and Sands Street, Brooklyn, New York, New York County, NY
1991-10
The 2000s
All 180 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 2000s

Facility No. 158, partial view of northeast side - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Between Russell, South and Paul Hamilton Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
2000

Facility No. 158, view of southeast end - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Between Russell, South and Paul Hamilton Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
2000

Facility No. 158, oblique view with Facility No. 166 in background - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Between Russell, South and Paul Hamilton Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
2000

View of South Avenue ends of Facility Nos. 164, 165, and 166 (on right, middle, and left, respectively) - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Between Russell, South and Paul Hamilton Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
2000

View down Access Lane between Facility No. 158 on right and Facility No. 159 on left - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Between Russell, South and Paul Hamilton Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
2000

Interior of Facility No. 158, looking southeast through firewall opening - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1941 Type, Between Russell, South and Paul Hamilton Avenues, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
2000

K-17 and K-22 cameras on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
c. 2000

Paratroopers board C-119s for the Munsan-ni airdrop on 23 March, 1951
2000
The 2010s
All 452 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 2010s
Elizabeth soldier monument jeh
2010-04-29
Fort Phoenix
2010-06-05

Pearl Harbor
2010-07-16

Veterans at National World War II Memorial for premiere of The Pacific 2010-03-11 2
2010-03-11

Retired U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Vivien S. Crea speaks at the wreath-laying and remembrance ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., March 9, 2010
2010-03-09
MLK service obama
2010-01-18

Administration of the Juedische Volkskueche
2010

Timeline Display
2010-07-16
The 2020s
All 830 Wikimedia Commons photos from the 2020s

Surrealism in photography 05
2020

Colorized Photo of Life Guards, Lithuanian Regiment of the Russian Army
2020-05-01 · poster

SGT Colenda overall light winner
2020-03-06

Standing Tall
2020-01-27

Local German recognized for returning lost dog tags
2020-10-02

Modified Funeral Honors with Funeral Escort are Conducted for U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Pvt. 1st Class Charles Miller in Section 60
2020

Modified Military Funeral Honors with Funeral Escort are Conducted for U.S. Navy Lt. Demarest Lloyd in Section ML
2020

Airmen honor fallen; host Bataan Memorial Death March
2020-05-28
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