Jefferson Davis, 1859

Jefferson Davis, 1859 

(senator Mississippi, USA; later president Confederacy) 

Photographer: James McClees

Reading in sunlight, 1930s

Reading in sunlight, 1930s
(photogravure)

Photographer: F. Tillmanns, Mailand (Italy)

Return of the gunners, 1870s, Shanghai - China

Return of the gunners, 1870s, Shanghai - China

Photographer unknown 

Gustave le Gray, selfportrait, 1847

Gustave le Gray, selfportrait, 1847

- with his Daguerreotype camera -

(modern copy of daguerreotype)

Belgian mechanics, 1890

Belgian mechanics, 1890 

Photographer: Ch. Lallement, Paris

Photo journalists, Korea 1952

Photo journalists, Korea 1952 

Photographer: Werner Bischof 

Mujer de Bohoyo (Gredos), Spain 1920s

Mujer de Bohoyo (Gredos), Spain 1920s 

Photographer: Otto Wunderlich (signed) 

Girl washing her wooden shoes (Spakenburg 1920s)

Girl washing her wooden shoes (Spakenburg 1920s)

Photographer: Adriaan Boer, The Netherlands 

Applying electrodes for EEG, 1969 (NL)

Applying electrodes for EEG, 1969 (NL)  

Photographer unknown 

Hand support (1975)

Hand support (1975) 

Photographer: Joop Bos, Netherlands 

Young Japanese dancers (ca 1890)

Young Japanese dancers (ca 1890) 

Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei (?)

First Bikini, 1936 (Ruth Langer)

First Bikini, 1936 (Ruth Langer)

* 10 years before the presentation by Louis Réard *

Photographer unknown 

Venus de Milo, made "alive" (1938)

Venus de Milo, made "alive" (1938) 

Photographer unknown