364 Foreground, 19th century Images: NYPL's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 17, Nov. 13, 1876. View ne...

Boston Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yo... More

[Connecticut River Dam with bridge beyond (shadow of photographer in f...

Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[View of large beach houses, headstones in foreground.]

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

[Farm land and fences in foreground.]

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

Union Square looking North towards 4th Ave. [Wagon with campaign sign ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Issuing rations. (Showing an Indian with a pipe in his hand in the for...

South Dakota stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Multi-generation male and female family members, wearing suits and dar...

Pennsylvania stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

[Civil war mounument in Clinton, decorated with garlands, 2 girls sitt...

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

[View of a large house, white picket fence in foreground.]

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

Roadside café, Damascus. The man in the foreground is selling thin lo...

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Mt. Watkins, from So. Dome, Mt. Raymond in distance, perpetual snow in...

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Sarcophagi among the ruins of Kedesh Naphtali. The one in the foregro...

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Baltimore street[street tracks, pole in foreground].

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[General view of Athol with fountain in the foreground.]

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

Washington Street. [intact commercial building in foreground.]

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Mountain landscape (with fences seen in the foreground).]

New Hampshire stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

Castle Garden, now the aquarium, with a very interesting foreground [l...

New York stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Bowling Green, foot of Broadway [horse drawn carriages in foreground].

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roman Catholic church, Plaza of Guadeloupe, Gouadeloupe Co., Colorado....

Colorado stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Roman Catholic church, Plaza of Guadeloupe, Gouadeloupe Co., Colorado....

Colorado stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Looking acros...

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A Galilean hamlet near Nazareth. A garden-house in the foreground, wi...

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First glimpse of the Lebanon range from the south, with the ruined for...

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Street in Masr El-Atîkah. The man in the foreground is selling water f...

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View from foot of Whitehall street, looking towards south Brooklyn. Th...

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis, Mo. Two long brick buildings, one with...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Mt. Watkins, from So. Dome, Mt. Raymond in distance, perpetual snow in...

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The hills of Samaria from Sûlem, the ancient Shunem. Zerîn (Jezreel) ...

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The Well at Kefr Kenna. The sculptured sarcophagus in the foreground ...

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U.S. Naval Academy [cadets in foreground].

Maryland stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Mt. Vernon Place, southwest from Washington Monument[carriage in foreg...

Maryland stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

[Civil war mounument in Clinton, decorated with garlands, 2 girls sitt...

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Greenhouse with flower beds inthe foreground.

Boston Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yo... More

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 17, Nov. 13, 1876. View ne...

Boston Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yo... More

[Windsor hotel and bridge in foreground.]

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View from the Hog's Back, Upper Taughannock Ravine, top of the main fa...

Maine stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assemb... More

View on Fifth Avenue, New York[carriage in front of houses, trees in f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of trees, forest, park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Battery Place looking from Castle Garden [man in foreground].

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

View from foot of Whitehall street, looking towards south Brooklyn. Th...

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suspension Bridge, Niagara. [J. W. Atwood's Joiner Shop in foreground....

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A view taken from the rear of the P. R. R. depot. In the middle ground...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A view taken from the rear of the P. R. R. depot. In the middle ground...

Pennsylvania stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

South battery, Charleston, S. C., looking n. e. ruins of Blakely gun i...

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

Little Bo-Peep. [Group of men and women seated outside, child peeking ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The Tripoli Monument with cadets in foreground.]

Maryland stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

[Industrial building with buggy in the foreground in Clinton.]

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[View of Barre in the distance with rock fence in foreground.]

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

[Farm land and fences in foreground.]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

View of Owl's Head, from forest near Laird's Ledge. Lake and Long Isla...

New York stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Southeast corner of First and Burnside. Constructed in 1874 by S.G. Re...

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Jefferson Barracks [Two long wooden single-story buildings, large tree...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Issuing rations. (Showing an Indian with a pipe in his hand in the for...

South Dakota stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Sculptured niches dedicated to Pan, at Cæsarea Philippi, in the face o...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

One of the 'Tombs of the Memlûks.' On Mount Mukattam. In the foregroun...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

[Street view in Clinton showing book store, ice cream shop buggies, an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Battery Place looking from Castle Garden [man in foreground].

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A view taken from the rear of the P. R. R. depot. In the middle ground...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Breasting an oar, just to steady her. Coil of rope on the raft in the ...

Wisconsin stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

Roman Catholic church, Plaza of Guadeloupe, Gouadeloupe Co., Colorado....

Colorado stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Head quarters, Platte City, Oct. 25th, 1866 [photographer's shadow in ...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

United States Capitol, with Statue of Washington in the foreground.

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Gold and Silver Smiths' Bazaar, Damascus. A large nearly square court...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Bridge in the Shoemakers' Bazaar, Damascus. A camel and a little grou...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

[Church bordered with trees, road in foreground.]

Maryland stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Baltimore street[street tracks, pole in foreground].

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Field scenery in foreground with houses in background.]

Maryland stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

[View of people in Boston Common including a man in a tophat in the fo...

Boston Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yo... More

[View of town with trees in foreground.]

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

[View of large beach houses, headstones in foreground.]

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

[View of town with dam in foreground, churches, homes, other buildings...

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

View from the Hog's Back, Upper Taughannock Ravine, top of main fall i...

Maine stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assemb... More

View from foot of Whitehall street, looking towards south Brooklyn. Th...

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view taken from the rear of the P. R. R. depot. In the middle ground...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

South Front of the White House, Fountain in the foreground.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Roman Catholic church, Plaza of Guadeloupe, Gouadeloupe Co., Colorado....

Colorado stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Washington Street. [intact commercial building in foreground.]

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aswân, the Syene of Juvenal. The chief entrance to the town is beneat...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 17, Nov. 13, 1876. View ne...

Boston Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yo... More

Suspension Bridge, Niagara. [Distant view, with river in foreground.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wreck of a lumber schooner. Remains of old wreck in foreground, San Fr...

California Stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who a... More

The mosque of Jenîn. Surrounded by gardens; an aqueduct and fountain ...

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[Interior of a large hall showing booths set up for a fair. (Dining ta...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Beidhat umm Tâkhah, a neighbor of Mount Serbál. In the foreground is ...

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View of a log raft in the foreground with a building far behind, Dubuq...

Iowa stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembl... More

City of the dead, St. Louis No. 2, showing the fine marble tomb of Cab...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Street scene with wagons, buildings. A sign advertising liquor,cigars ...

Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Landing of the French Atlantic telegraph cable on Duxbury Beach, with ...

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

[View of people in Boston Common including a man in a tophat in the fo...

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[The railroad station, man with dog in foreground.]

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Veiw of a lighthouse with a man standing in the foreground.]

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

Battle Ground, monument in foreground, on spot where British soldiers ...

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

[Small village at foot of hill; small tree and railroad car in foregro...

Pennsylvania stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Little Round Top. Swamp and breastworks in foreground.

Pennsylvania stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

United States Capitol, with Statue of Washington in the foreground.

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Cotton picking no. 3. [Group posing in the field with bale of cotton i...

Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of mo... More

[Wharves showing ships moored, barrels in foreground.]

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Mosque and tomb at Er Ram, the Ramah of Benjamin. A group of peasants...

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City Market House. Watermelon wagons standing in the foreground.

Georgia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who asse... More

View of a greenhouse with flower beds in the foreground.

Boston Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yo... More

Beit 'ur-et-Tahta, on the site of lower Beth-Horon, a Bedouin tent in ...

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19th century

robert dennis collection of stereoscopic views

united states

stereoscopic views

new york public library

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foreground, 19th century