Nagasaki, with harbor, 1870s Japan.

 Nagasaki, with harbor, 1870s Japan.

Photographer unknown.

Street in Canton, China (now Guangzhou), 1870s (Shuangmendi Street)

 Street in Canton, China (now Guangzhou), 1870s

(Shuangmendi Street)

Photographer unknown

Lighthouse at the mouth of the Danube River, Sulina, Romania, 1860s

Lighthouse at the mouth of the Danube River, Sulina, Romania, 1860

Photographer unknown

Mr Flynns Royal American Midgets, c1890 (General Mite and Miss Edwards)

 Mr Flynns Royal American Midgets, c1890

(General Mite and Miss Edwards)

Photographer: Pflaum, Berlin, Germany

"Chercheuses des cigarettes", Egypt 1890s (by Zangaki or H. Arnoux)

 "Chercheuses des cigarettes", Egypt 1890s

Photographer: Zangaki (signed)

(Some historians say that this photo was made by Hyppolite Arnoux)

Boy learning to write Japanese characters. 1890s

 Boy learning to write Japanese characters. 1890s

Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei

Kitchenware, Paris c1905, Photographer: Eugène Atget (later print by Berenice Abbott, New York)

  Kitchenware, Paris c1905 (photogravure)

Photographer: Eugène Atget (later print by Berenice Abbott, New York)