Photo Images from the 1800s

      version of 11/01/96

  • Scene Daguerreotype of Babek, Constantinople,Turkey ( now Istanbul) in about 1843. Candidate for earliest scene Dag. of Turkey. Building is ABCFM for Armenians in area. ABCFM is for American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Research data is ready for article that include litho cuts of same building. This building was forunner of Roberts College. This image resides in Andover Newton Theological Seminary near Boston, MA. in their Tasker Library collection.
  • Salt Prints of railroad engines, My collection.
    • Woodford engine from M. Baldwin & Co. locomotive works in Philadelphia, PA. Specifications for engine released 8-31-1863.
    • Same shop, another as of yet unidentified engine.
    • Same shop, another engine.
  • Talbot print of 1840 of Laycock Abbey. My collection.
  • Daguerreotype, whole plate of group of men. My collection.
  • Early trolly car city scene ,horse cars converted to electric. City still unidentified, but narrowed down list from trolly service.