ca. 1880, [La Douche en Cercle de l’Etablissement Thermal d’Aix-les-Bains]
via Photo Verdeau
ca. 1911, “Good morning”, George B. Petty
via the Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand
ca. 1890, Henri Oltramer
via Photo Verdeau
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ca. 1870, “Benjamin Franklin”, Bailey and Magraw
[Portrait of a Civil War veteran who lost his limbs and the tip of his nose to frostbite while marching across the Dakota Territory Plains. He was the only soldier in his Company to survive]
via Ebay Auction
[Late 19th cent. portrait of a gentleman with an eye-patch], O.H. Park
via Ebay Auction
ca. 1865, [Unidentified Girl with Hydrocephalus]
ca. 1870, [daguerreotype portrait of a woman looking into mirror]
via the George Eastman House Collection, Still Photograph Archive
ca. 1860’s, [carte de visite portrait of a bearded lady], Wenderoth & Co.
via Cornell University, “Dawn’s Early Light: The First 50 Years of American Photography” Exhibition
ca. 1850, [daguerreotype portrait of a blind gentleman holding a cat]
via the George Eastman House Collection, Still Photograph Archive