100 Year Perspective - Then and now photos of Colorado by pioneer photographer Joseph Collier and his great-great grandson Grant Collier.A History of Photography - Contains an extensive history, from earliest times to the 1920s. Includes information on all significant photographers with biographical data.
Albumen Photographs - Presents the art and science of albumen printing, contemporary research, conservation and treatment of images.
American Museum of Photography - Covers daguerreotypes to modernism. Research center features a guide early photo processes, book reviews and information on preserving/protecting valuable photographs.
American Museum of Photography, The - features information on a privately-held collection of images from the first 75 years of photography, a web contest, and an interactive exhibit.
American Photographic Historical Society - An American society for photographs.
American Photography: A Century of Images - companion site to the PBS series capturing the images of a century of change and the role the camera has played both in creating and documenting it. Includes an interactive multimedia image lab and teaching lesson plans.
Arab Foundation for the Image - A non-profit association that collaborates with Elysée Foundation in Lausanne to promote photography in the Middle East and the North Africa by locating, collecting and preserving the photographic heritage of that region.
Bill Riley's Antique Camera's and Photographica - Contains information and articles on historical photographers and groups.
Bob's Photo Page - Contains a brief history of photography, profiles the development of modern photography, and has biographies of early photographers.
BoxCameras.com - antique cameras, accesssories, ads, and ephemera.
Central Pacific Railroad - Has a photographic history museum; also stereoviews of the first transcontinental railroad. Contains nineteenth century photography by A.A. Hart, A.J. Russell, C.R. Savage, and E. Muybridge.
Chronophotographical Projections - The history of chronophotography and photographers is located here.
City-Gallery.com - Information on photography, family photographs and images, and genealogy. Focus is on 19th century photography.
Civil War Photography Center - devoted to the history and presentation of original Civil War photography and methods including ambrotypes, ferrotypes, and stereographs.
Collodions and Clopinettes - Articles by Pierre G. Harmant, Paul Marillier, R. Derek Wood, and Jacques Roquencourt on Niépce, Daguerre, and other pioneer photographers.
Encounters with Photography - archive of papers from a 1999 conference which examined photography in southern Africa, 1860 to 1999.
Georgian Museum of Photography - Virtual museum of images from photography, including portraits, architecture, cultural and historical monuments.
Get The Picture: Thinking About Photographs - featuring the work and commentary of photographers who are in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts.
History of Photography - by Dr. Robert Leggat; hypertext history of photography from earliest times to the 1920s.
Land, Edwin Herbert (1909-1991) - American physicist and inventor of the Polaroid Land Camera in 1947.
Magic Lanterns - Description of the medium plus information on optical systems, components, lanterns types and slide identification.
Maitani, Yoshihisa - outlines the chief camera designer's work, the cameras he produced, and more.
Midley History of Photography - Presents essays by R. Derek Wood on the history of early photography, the daguerreotype and diorama.
Nineteenth Century Stereoscopes - Contains the history of stereoscopes.
Old Cameras
Photographs: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Images, history, and technical information about their extensive collection of photographs.
PhotoHistory - chronological history of photography in Japan.
Stereoviews of the 19th Century - includes original stereoviews, annotated links, and a monthly theme in the world of stereoviews.
Tbilisi House of Photography - Contains historical photographs.
Victorian Magic Lanterns - offers information about this device which consists of a light source, an image painted on glass, and a system of lenses to focus the image onto a screen.
Wetplate Photography - Details the making of photogrpahic negatives by wetplates.
Women in Photography International Archive - two historical essay-galleries by Peter Palmquist on California photographers and women who photographed Native American Indians.