Wikimedia Commons photos from the 1840s

Slaves picking cotton in the United States, 1840

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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

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

Hippolyte Bayard Molinos Montmartre c.1842

Mysteres de paris 1

Paris Theatre Italien c1840

ATSF California Limited at Los Angeles circa 1899 William Henry Jackson photo

1844 Paris à Rouen 111-Buddicom No. 33 St. Pierre photo 5

Louisa Bevan c.1890s

Portrait of a woman possibly related to the McMicken family, n.d.

Elihu Root (1845-1937) 1933 12

Pioneer Group at the Red Rock Line--1845 (mural study, Knoxville, Iowa Post Office) SAAM-1962.8.48 1

Abraham Lincoln O-1 by Shepherd, 1846, clipping

Abraham Lincoln O-1 by Shepherd, 1846, clipping (cropped)

Portrait of Frank Elmore Saxon Personal author: Harper, Alvan S., 1847-1911 Date: Between 1885 and 1910 Physical descrip: 1 glass photonegative; b&w; 7 x 5 in. Series Title: Alvan S. Harper collection General note: Frank Elmore Saxon was born in 1841 in Alabama, Georgia. His family moved to Florida

Photograph of a child, likely of William Parker and Julia Johnson, 1848-1870 - DPLA - 9d2c9ae774b5a1fabc1d3f2a0c9c5dad (page 1)

Photograph of a child, likely of William Parker and Julia Johnson, 1848-1870 - DPLA - 9d2c9ae774b5a1fabc1d3f2a0c9c5dad (page 2)

Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848-1936) 1933 11