Penguins in Antarctica

1947

Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian’s first photographer and curator of photography. He and his studio staff re-shot many of the photographs collected by the institution’s scientists, including documentation of Smithsonian-sponsored expeditions as well as images of scientific phenomena.

1890

Highland cow, somewhere in Scotland, 13 or 14 August 1958.

BLACK CAT AUDITIONS IN HOLLYWOOD, 1961

Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Girl on Horseback], ca. 1909

Caparisoned Elephant

Artist: Bourne and Shepherd
Artist Bio: Indian photography studio, established 1866
Creation Date: 1874-1876

Marine Life Is Taken From Water near the P.H. Robinson Generating Plant. This Crayfish, Which Has Been Exposed to Thermal Pollution, Will Be Studied by Biologists From Texas a & M University 07/1972

Photographer: Olive, Jim

My Uncle Herman Holmberg with a Elephant of the Cole Brothers Circus.

“Best Easter Wishes.” Chick pulling flowers in small wagon. Rotograph Company of New York, 1908.

At Sklinna

A seal has been shot at Sklinna lighthouse in Nord-Trøndelag. Anders Folkestadås worked as foremann at Sklinna during the construction of the lighthouse in 1910.

Photographer: Anders Folkestadås

Date: 1910