The Earliest Photographs of the United States of America: Part 1 (1840's)

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Photography was introduced to the world in 1839 in France by Louis Daguerre and quickly spread throughout Europe, the United States, and the rest of the world. Surviving photographs taken of human subjects outside over the next decade in the United States in the 1840's are some of the most scarce in existence. This video attempts to assemble the largest collection of such photos taken between 1842 and the early 1850's.These are all either daguerreotypes or calotype salted paper prints.
Chestnut and 3rd Streets, Philadelphia, by George Read, 1842: www.geh.org/fm/mismis/htmlsrc2...
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, possibly by Mathew Brady, 1843.
Chestnut Street shops, Philadelphia, by William G. Mason, 1843: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004...
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, by William G. Mason, 1843: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004...
Girard Bank, Nativist Riots, Philadelphia, by W. & F. Langenheim, 1844: explorepahistory.com/displayim...
Ulysses S. Grant and Alexander Hays, Camp Salubrity, Louisiana, 1845: www.vahistorical.org/collectio...
Grist mill, c. 1845: www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/a...
"Plymouth and Kingston Express Wagon," Massachusetts, c. 1846.
Mexican-American War parade, Dayton, Ohio, c. 1846.
Mexican-American War parade, Exeter New Hampshire, c. 1846.
Mexican American War funeral, Wilmington, North Carolina, c. 1848: susan747.wordpress.com/2010/07...
Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia, c. 1846: www.librarycompany.org/catchin...
Arch and 8th Streets, Philadelphia, 1847: libwww.freelibrary.org/diglib/...
Tom Thumb's visit, St. Louis, by Thomas Easterly, 1848: collections.mohistory.org/reso...
California pioneers in Columbus, Ohio, 1849: www.flickr.com/photos/cbustap...
Union Fire Company firefighters, St. Louis, by Thomas Easterly, 1848: collections.mohistory.org/reso...
Cincinnati riverfront view, by Charles Fontayne and William Porter, 1848: 1848.cincinnatilibrary.org/sho...
Montgomery County Courthouse, Dayton, Ohio, 1848.
Confectionery shop, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1849: www.flickr.com/photos/cbustape...
California pioneers in Columbus, Ohio, 1849: www.flickr.com/photos/cbustap...
Carysfort Reef Florida lighthouse in Philadelphia, by Frederick and William Langenheim 1849: www.christies.com/lotfinder/ph...
Canal locks under construction, c. 1849: www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/a...
www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/a...
African American man and steer, c. 1850: www.germainewilliams.com/2013/...
Man on horse-drawn buggy with dog, c. 1849.
American Hotel fire aftermath, Buffalo, New York, 1850.
Cazenovia Fugitive Slave Law Convention, Cazenovia, New York, by Ezra Greenleaf Weld, 1850: www.syracuse.com/news/index.ss...
A busy Montgomery Street, San Francisco, by Frederick Coombs, 1850.
General Tom Thumb and his miniature carriage. (Correction: Tom Thumb is not in the photograph and it was actually taken sometime in the 1850's as it is an ambrotype.)
A group of men posing on a sidewalk, c. 1850.
Ohio Star newspaper buggy, Ravenna, Ohio, c. 1850: www.flickr.com/photos/cbustape...
Stagecoach service between Rome and Hamilton, New York, c. 1850.
Steam locomotive Tioga, Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, c. 1850: explorepahistory.com/displayim...
Man with an elephant, by Thomas Easterly, c. 1850: artblart.com/tag/daguerreotypi...
Horse-drawn sleigh, c. 1850.
Men posing with a prized bull, c. 1850: www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/a...
College students portrait, Bethany College, West Virginia, c. 1850: www.finedags.com/archives/salo...
School group portrait, c. 1850.
Peddler's wagon, c. 1850.
A family in Cincinnati, by Charles Fontayne and William Porter, c. 1850.
People on a bridge over the Seneca River, Seneca Falls, New York c. 1850: americanart.si.edu/helios/amer...
Four men and a dog, c. 1850.
Union Hotel under construction, San Francisco, c. 1850: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/...
Independence Square entrance, Philadelphia, c. 1850: Library of Congress
Customs House, Philadelphia, by Frederick Langenheim, c. 1850:
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/9940...

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  • @Chubachus
    @Chubachus6 жыл бұрын

    Part 2: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lG1h27qjqay5m8Y.html The earliest 3D photos of the United States: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3-A2I-weKebkZs.html

  • @billsamuls7620

    @billsamuls7620

    6 жыл бұрын

    looks the same as england does now

  • @bracken1000
    @bracken10006 жыл бұрын

    Black and white photos make the past look dreary but the reality is that it was just as colorful as it is today. Trees were green, the sky was blue, and tomatoes were red.

  • @joeymama4666

    @joeymama4666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jason Smedley Nuh uh, Walt Disney invented color in 1929. Before that everything was grey.

  • @justjess-zl3pm

    @justjess-zl3pm

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ummmm I'm sorry but no shit dude. Lol did u really think u needed to remind us that the sky was actually blue and grass and trees green? ROFL

  • @BamberdittoPingpong

    @BamberdittoPingpong

    5 жыл бұрын

    And people did not dress in all black.

  • @HawkinaBox

    @HawkinaBox

    5 жыл бұрын

    I always think about that.

  • @meem1731

    @meem1731

    5 жыл бұрын

    People didn't understood your metaphor

  • @cmay878
    @cmay8788 жыл бұрын

    in a time when taking a photograph was an event.

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @pezzi3277

    @pezzi3277

    6 жыл бұрын

    C May yes 😀

  • @ianclarke5404

    @ianclarke5404

    5 жыл бұрын

    And you didn't have to ID yourself

  • @MiguelHernandez-rw4xu

    @MiguelHernandez-rw4xu

    4 жыл бұрын

    True that, up until 40 years ago

  • @simonabustea1150

    @simonabustea1150

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's an event for boys

  • @FORRESTJASPER
    @FORRESTJASPER6 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid in the 1970's, I bought a book published in 1816, at a flea market. Inside one of the pages, I found part of a very ancient ticket stub to a 'dance' ball with a tiny green fragment of a stenciled/printed woman in a huge hoop skirt.

  • @wokeeye6441

    @wokeeye6441

    4 жыл бұрын

    Addisons' Spectator? Johnson's Tattler? The Works of Oliver Goldsmith? The Vicar of Wakefield? Johnson's lives of the poets?

  • @mrmann5053

    @mrmann5053

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wokeeye6441 why are you saying all that?

  • @westcarter3862

    @westcarter3862

    Жыл бұрын

    ..Take it to Either and or Both'.. Antique's Roadshow and Pawn Stars Rick Harrison'.. But NOT TO CHUMLEE !! 😹

  • @chriss1519
    @chriss15197 жыл бұрын

    Is it ok if I have more than 2 seconds to look at the photo?

  • @ahmoseh3718

    @ahmoseh3718

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Macho Man when I push pause my screen darkens the pic

  • @xpeeriments6452

    @xpeeriments6452

    5 жыл бұрын

    Christopher Milo no it is not sorry

  • @qworky902

    @qworky902

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it was way too fast

  • @oveidasinclair982

    @oveidasinclair982

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's called the pause button, lower left hand corner of the video and when you're done looking at the picture you can click it one more time and the video restarts where it left off at. Modern technology, isn't it wonderful Milo.

  • @markwarren7116

    @markwarren7116

    4 жыл бұрын

    You know how to pause the video?

  • @dtadeo2006
    @dtadeo20066 жыл бұрын

    the frikkin captions stays on longer than the pics!!

  • @mysticalmargaret6105

    @mysticalmargaret6105

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can slow the speed down in the settings a tad if you want.

  • @oiudatropen9548

    @oiudatropen9548

    3 жыл бұрын

    this is not very well done.

  • @pobunny508

    @pobunny508

    3 жыл бұрын

    And on the eighth day, God created the pause button.

  • @charlesronk2989

    @charlesronk2989

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is what I thought. I could look at eachphoto for a few minutes. Heck they are only up for a few seconds.

  • @johnstanton5164
    @johnstanton51648 жыл бұрын

    Would love to time travel.....Just imagine......

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** You mean: Nevermind. Not Nevermine.

  • @johnstanton5164

    @johnstanton5164

    8 жыл бұрын

    +CA Catr .....No....He meant...nevermine....you silly boy.

  • @GamePlayWithNolan

    @GamePlayWithNolan

    8 жыл бұрын

    I would go to the 1800's and just be like, "Sup, I got some inventions, this is a refrigerator, I just call it a fridge, this is a cell phone, I just call it a phone, this is a television set, I just call it tv or hd tv, this is my Lamborghini, I just call it lambo, this is my computer, but I just call it pc or gaming rig, this is my trumpet, you guys already know what a trumpet is, these are my Sony headphones, I just call them headphones, and this is my drone, I just call it quad copter, I use it to get good videos of you guys and yeah, that's about it."

  • @JohnnyReb

    @JohnnyReb

    7 жыл бұрын

    The 1938 Gettysburg Civil War Veterans Reunion.

  • @JohnnyReb

    @JohnnyReb

    7 жыл бұрын

    You might win a shit load of awards from the sientific community of the 1840's.

  • @ktkat1949
    @ktkat19498 жыл бұрын

    Love photos like this. I look at the people and wonder what their lives were like and if their descendants are alive and maybe watching the photos and don't even know that they are related to them. It is hard to imagine that this took place some 15 years before the US civil war (give or take) Really fascinating.

  • @irisheyesofbelfast

    @irisheyesofbelfast

    4 жыл бұрын

    Naturally they have descendants alive today.

  • @mikaeladonges9102

    @mikaeladonges9102

    4 жыл бұрын

    I always try and picture their personalities. You know the silly one, the thinker, the serious one, etc. 😍

  • @mikaeladonges9102

    @mikaeladonges9102

    4 жыл бұрын

    Especially the guys at 7:38

  • @Nullybk

    @Nullybk

    Жыл бұрын

    Proof that slavery and shit wasn’t as ago as people make it seem it’s recent enough to be photographed.

  • @karenharrison885

    @karenharrison885

    11 ай бұрын

    I love the silence too. No annoying trashy tacky music. Adds to the reality of the past; silent.

  • @joansmith6092
    @joansmith60927 жыл бұрын

    The oldest American photograph taken was in 1839.

  • @chewyduck1355
    @chewyduck13554 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful content. I love this. Would it be possible to leave the photos up for a few seconds longer so we could enjoy them properly😊

  • @badgeneration2007

    @badgeneration2007

    Жыл бұрын

    pause button

  • @longdogt6724

    @longdogt6724

    Жыл бұрын

    @@badgeneration2007 annoying

  • @mindofmayhem.
    @mindofmayhem.5 жыл бұрын

    The descriptions are up forever, but the actual pictures no more then 1 second. Crazy!!

  • @NoCreativeNameGirl

    @NoCreativeNameGirl

    4 жыл бұрын

    Looking for this comment! That was so annoying and thought only I noticed. WTF, putting up the stupid description for 10 minutes and picture for 1 second. lol

  • @JostVanWair

    @JostVanWair

    Жыл бұрын

    Pause the video when you see the photo then

  • @irishtino1595
    @irishtino15956 жыл бұрын

    Great photos, many of where I live. One suggestion, slow down the time between photos. I wanted to view details, but 5 seconds was frustrating. Thanks again.

  • @ALRIGHTYTHEN.
    @ALRIGHTYTHEN.5 жыл бұрын

    If time travel was ever discovered, I always thought it’d be interesting to go back 200 years and grab a couple of my great grandparents and bring them back to now and give them a tour. Their heads would probably explode.

  • @rinamuliawan9905

    @rinamuliawan9905

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @ALRIGHTYTHEN.

    @ALRIGHTYTHEN.

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kennewts9902 well crap, I'd better grab your great grandparents instead. They just can't talk to mine when they get back.

  • @gouravtiwari5985

    @gouravtiwari5985

    2 жыл бұрын

    I also

  • @alfredodistefanolaulhe2212

    @alfredodistefanolaulhe2212

    2 жыл бұрын

    They never watched a movie.

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    Жыл бұрын

    They'd grieve.

  • @Mr.56Goldtop
    @Mr.56Goldtop9 жыл бұрын

    This is really awsome stuff! Some of these photos are crystal clear. And some were taken only a few years after the Alamo! Unbeliveable!

  • @platter1000

    @platter1000

    7 жыл бұрын

    THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TOUCHED UP PHOTOS. THINK ABOUT IT

  • @arias6720

    @arias6720

    5 жыл бұрын

    Damn you Austin and his American followers , traitor to the Mexican Government.

  • @corygriffiths4394

    @corygriffiths4394

    Жыл бұрын

    I have some pictures of some of my ancestors that would’ve been probably in their 40s whenever the Battle of the Alamo was because they were born in the 1780s and 1790s.

  • @Mr.56Goldtop

    @Mr.56Goldtop

    Жыл бұрын

    @@corygriffiths4394 1836.

  • @klmullins65
    @klmullins656 жыл бұрын

    Great photographs! But I do wish the images were shown longer, so we could check them out without having to pause. And maybe some music from that time period, like Steven Foster would be cool!

  • @martinjavinez9389
    @martinjavinez93895 жыл бұрын

    Some Bowhead whales from that time are still alive and kicking.

  • @abc64pan
    @abc64pan8 жыл бұрын

    One man watching early American photographs uploaded to KZread and enjoying the experience! (2016)

  • @BamberdittoPingpong

    @BamberdittoPingpong

    6 жыл бұрын

    And I'm reading your comment in the future. (2017)

  • @cassidy99ful

    @cassidy99ful

    6 жыл бұрын

    And I'm Reading Your comment in the Future. (July 20, 2017)

  • @thecritigamer4321

    @thecritigamer4321

    6 жыл бұрын

    Fuck you. (9th feb, 2018)

  • @MichaelFay63
    @MichaelFay637 жыл бұрын

    Love old photos. I live in New Zealand and I'ts amazing how in such a short period the USA became so sophisticated and vigorous. Oh that we could go back further. Mustn't grumble though!

  • @Happy_Potato0

    @Happy_Potato0

    2 жыл бұрын

    By invading middle east destroying countries for Oil and power.

  • @alfredodistefanolaulhe2212

    @alfredodistefanolaulhe2212

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Happy_Potato0 Leftist statement.

  • @d.chance
    @d.chance4 жыл бұрын

    These photos are really fabulous! This set has been posted for quite a while, but I just found it. Glad I did!

  • @wandacarpenter4555
    @wandacarpenter45558 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos!!!❤

  • @swampratsrants501
    @swampratsrants5014 жыл бұрын

    Wow. This is now one of my favorite videos ever. Thank you for keeping history alive.

  • @corygriffiths4394

    @corygriffiths4394

    Жыл бұрын

    A few of my ancestors that I have pictures of would’ve been old whenever these photos were taken because they were born in the 1780s.

  • @romevicki1
    @romevicki17 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for putting this video together....I enjoyed it very much.

  • @shadygrady3030
    @shadygrady30307 жыл бұрын

    Great photos! I suggest you upload this with accompanying music of the period.

  • @MrPolandball
    @MrPolandball6 жыл бұрын

    Kinda even more interesting how you can actually see bit of color in these photos.

  • @ki-adimundi8695
    @ki-adimundi86952 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Chubachus for posting these video's. I have almost watched all of them and am seriously hooked on these old foto's! My kindest regards to you my friend

  • @wolfpak8228
    @wolfpak82287 жыл бұрын

    Real history for the few of us left who love America

  • @kimsteinke713

    @kimsteinke713

    5 жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @jasonraczkowski6001

    @jasonraczkowski6001

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wolf Pak I'm a democrat and I love this country

  • @RichWeigel

    @RichWeigel

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ideal of a human being LOL. OK Jim.

  • @arias6720

    @arias6720

    5 жыл бұрын

    jim n. wei Submissive.

  • @mr12aT

    @mr12aT

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are you referring to Native Americans?

  • @filip4900
    @filip49008 жыл бұрын

    3:45 amazing quality

  • @bentleyr00d
    @bentleyr00d6 жыл бұрын

    One thing Americans seem to have lost is a certain aesthetic sensibility. In old photos like these, homes and other buildings are almost always symmetrical (or at least balanced) in their fenestration, and they're generally neat and we'll kept.

  • @ALRIGHTYTHEN.

    @ALRIGHTYTHEN.

    5 жыл бұрын

    They didn’t have you tube to consume all their time.

  • @htown2898

    @htown2898

    4 жыл бұрын

    The beer cans are symmetric on my street

  • @BamberdittoPingpong

    @BamberdittoPingpong

    4 жыл бұрын

    The architecture and fashion was definitely more fancy and better looking than what we have today.

  • @automnejoy5308

    @automnejoy5308

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have no clue what you are talking about. New buildings and homes today are symmetrical to a robotic degree. I can't think of a single new building that is asymmetrical. We can argue style, but symmetry? You're wrong.

  • @kkarllwt

    @kkarllwt

    8 ай бұрын

    Fenestration. I know, what is the point of having an education unless you use it once in a while.

  • @cathyburns750
    @cathyburns7503 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful old pictures of a simpler time. Thank you so much for sharing! Really interesting!

  • @bruceduece1
    @bruceduece18 жыл бұрын

    Daguerreotypes can reveal remarkable detail. I have a small collection, and when I show them to people, I put them under a powerful magnifying glass. They are more precise than a digital photo. Magnify them enough and you can see button holes and even the pores on peoples skins. Photography has improved through the years, but the very first ones produced the greatest detail!

  • @Frodojack

    @Frodojack

    8 жыл бұрын

    +bruceduece1 I was noticing how the background was as sharp and detailed as the foreground. If we could only get modern security photography to be that detailed, think of all the crimes that could be solved!

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    8 жыл бұрын

    Frodojack Off-topic: you wouldn't have to solve so many crimes if you just taught people and their youngsters MORALS.

  • @Frodojack

    @Frodojack

    8 жыл бұрын

    CA Catr That goes without saying, but often even when taught morals they don't necessarily listen.

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    8 жыл бұрын

    Frodojack The social pressure (sometimes called "the social girdle") that used to be in place that helped people adhere to morals is now gone. -- That goes without saying too.

  • @Frodojack

    @Frodojack

    8 жыл бұрын

    CA Catr And when kids go to college their morals get thrown under bus anyways.

  • @lisathuban8969
    @lisathuban89697 жыл бұрын

    Nice job! I have not seen many of these photos.

  • @jeffreyd508
    @jeffreyd5087 жыл бұрын

    I read that more pics are taken every MINUTE today than all of the 1800s. ...probably 85% selfies.....sigh..

  • @tjw3999

    @tjw3999

    6 жыл бұрын

    and in 100 years no one will give a shit

  • @Chrai0n

    @Chrai0n

    5 жыл бұрын

    Duck face > Top hats and canes

  • @ALRIGHTYTHEN.

    @ALRIGHTYTHEN.

    5 жыл бұрын

    The remaining 15% are probably worthless as well. Food, idiots at Walmart, etc.

  • @HawkinaBox

    @HawkinaBox

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ALRIGHTYTHEN. But food selfies are better than stupid people selfies. lmao

  • @stlbusker3025

    @stlbusker3025

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, some people take alot of selfies, but many do not. I have never taken a selfie once in my lifetime. I would suppose that if a person were insecure, they have to try and convince themselves that they have something to offer the opposite sex. Of course, if an individual is well grounded, and has a solid education, their maturity, and standing, along with their well earned fortunes, such as a nice house, automobile, and hefty bank account, will attract the opposite a whole lot faster, than trying to convince someone how attractive they are. A secure individual doesn't have time for such nonsense as taking selfies!

  • @seanmc7128
    @seanmc7128 Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to go back and see in person how things really were back then

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn5 жыл бұрын

    Incredible, before our very eyes, images from 170 years ago! I would love to go back and see these things.....live!

  • @ihopcsx

    @ihopcsx

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @tinydancergirl4598

    @tinydancergirl4598

    Жыл бұрын

    One of my most constant wishes, to be able to do that for any period in history- as long as I always knew I’d be able to get back!

  • @Miki_big_red_machine

    @Miki_big_red_machine

    6 ай бұрын

    Some oldest photos are 180+ years ago thats before many technologies was invited photos and camera are too old

  • @rickilynnwolfe8357
    @rickilynnwolfe83573 жыл бұрын

    I love looking at history and these photos are lovely .Thanks so much for posting

  • @edgarallanpoe1822
    @edgarallanpoe18224 жыл бұрын

    Unbelievable that’s incredible how daguerreotype footage can be that handy and US at that remote period of time so fabulous

  • @wdd3141
    @wdd31416 жыл бұрын

    What's remarkable to me is that while photography began in the 1820s in France, by 1850 apparently photosensitive emulsions were sensitive enough to take pictures even of animals that were in motion, without a blur of motion. Not much earlier, photographic plates had to be left exposing for hours to preserve an image, and people couldn't be photographed.

  • @TheRhNegative
    @TheRhNegative8 жыл бұрын

    Wow! These are utterly beautiful pictures. So fascinating. I watched this twice!!! An entirely different world just under 2 hundred years ago...

  • @Keisha7612

    @Keisha7612

    8 жыл бұрын

    yes very different

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    8 жыл бұрын

    It was an entirely different world 104 years ago.

  • @Keisha7612

    @Keisha7612

    8 жыл бұрын

    CA Catr very

  • @cacatr4495

    @cacatr4495

    8 жыл бұрын

    Keisha Cole​ I can relate to the era of my parent's young adulthood, the 1940's. But going further back than that, especially as far back as the Twenties, is too difficult "to see" in my mind's eye. I know things about the Twenties, but I can't relate to it, except for the tremendous economic pride the people had in their new-found affluence, and how it changed their attitudes, demeanor, and morals. That I can relate to, because it happened in the Eighties too. We thought we were "SO HOT"/"Cool"/financially empowered, and when people have that attitude, they let their false pride take their morals into the gutter. Before the Twenties, everything was different. And especially before 1912.

  • @justathought973

    @justathought973

    7 жыл бұрын

    Duh! of course things were different but that doesn't equate to "better". Why are you so hung up on "morals" whose "morals", yours?

  • @savedbygodsgrace.9058
    @savedbygodsgrace.90585 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. .i enjoyed it. .

  • @IrisBatDavid
    @IrisBatDavid9 жыл бұрын

    Nice! It would be really cool if you could compare "past and present" if some of those streets or buildings still exist. A few have been done from Gettysburg ambro/dags...really nice, too.

  • @platter1000

    @platter1000

    7 жыл бұрын

    THAT IS EASY ENOUGH TO DO. SOMEONE JUST NEEDS TO TAKE SOME MODERN DAY PHOTOS AND PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE BUT WHO HAS THE TIME THESE DAYS

  • @irisheyesofbelfast

    @irisheyesofbelfast

    4 жыл бұрын

    The St. Louis photos I can vouch that those buildings still exist and I live right around the corner from that first St. Louis photo. How cool to see that! I'm an RN and kind of slammed at work right now, but next off day if it isn't raining I will try to get photos of those same areas and show comparisons in a video.

  • @Michael-it6gb
    @Michael-it6gb Жыл бұрын

    These are the photos I'm interested in finding. Mostly we see Photographs of portraits where the person sat for 40 seconds from 1840s. Here we see a glimpse of the past captured on a regular street of that time. It's amazing. Great video.

  • @NUSORCA
    @NUSORCA6 жыл бұрын

    A description reading task...plz slow down in the images part

  • @maxbluto
    @maxbluto3 жыл бұрын

    Very impressed by the picture quality

  • @michaelmichael9940
    @michaelmichael99406 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!! I love these old photos

  • @MichaelAuthorAllAges
    @MichaelAuthorAllAges3 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Very coo! My dad and my brother are big history buffs. I enjoy history too. Also, I make daily recordings for the elderly, featuring wonderful old songs. And that's history, too. I will really look forward to watching this video in its entirety tonight, after I finish my errands and musical recordings. Thank you so much for posting. Like, shared and subscribed. :-)

  • @dynodon8592
    @dynodon85928 жыл бұрын

    Great post

  • @regandevereaux5079
    @regandevereaux50797 жыл бұрын

    Wow! What an amazing collection. Thank you so much for gathering /composing /posting these wonderful frozen windows into our country's past. The Frederick Douglas with the Abolitionists at convention was very special. I know he was born in rural, eastern Maryland, where one can still visit his birthplace & farmhouse. In your picture (daguerreotype?) he looks remarkably Native American. I wonder if anyone has done a serious genetic-ancestral history of Frederick Douglas' family? Thanks again! Regan Devereaux

  • @deniset2115
    @deniset21156 жыл бұрын

    At 5:43 the man standing behind Fredrick Douglas is Quaker abolitionist and humanitarian Levi Coffin aka Grandfather of the Underground Railroad. Also notice the Quaker women, it appears to be a notable Quaker Monthly Meeting.

  • @bracken1000
    @bracken10006 жыл бұрын

    At 7:38, you can see that young men in the 1840's had long hair. Long hair on men was common then. In fact, much more common than today.

  • @wholeNwon
    @wholeNwon7 жыл бұрын

    Some of the locations in Phila. were still recognizable when I lived there.

  • @jimmymags6516
    @jimmymags6516 Жыл бұрын

    What a privilege to view these photos . Thank you for sharing .

  • @ableone7855
    @ableone78553 жыл бұрын

    Great site. Well done!

  • @williamwyer8520
    @williamwyer85206 жыл бұрын

    Thanks being into photography myself found this very interesting

  • @garymorris1856
    @garymorris18562 жыл бұрын

    It is fascinating and wonderful to view these photos from over 170 years ago. Thank you for posting this

  • @ChildOL
    @ChildOL7 жыл бұрын

    Also, never seen so many people wearing top hats before

  • @dennythomas8887

    @dennythomas8887

    6 жыл бұрын

    they were the "baseball caps" of the period. ;-p

  • @blasterelforg7276
    @blasterelforg72765 жыл бұрын

    Cool pic of the Grand Junction Railway locomotive

  • @omegaman1409
    @omegaman14093 жыл бұрын

    I have seen civil war pictures but these predate that. I can only imagine 180 years ago the place where I live was a wilderness. Remarkable.

  • @dededenver9560
    @dededenver95606 жыл бұрын

    All I can think of is how badly everyone smelled.

  • @milo5524

    @milo5524

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ah ah! I was thinkin' the same

  • @ALRIGHTYTHEN.

    @ALRIGHTYTHEN.

    5 жыл бұрын

    We smell the same. Our noses haven’t evolved that much in 150 years, nor learned how to use them better.

  • @jejfcjsksksw1209

    @jejfcjsksksw1209

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not respect our great great great grandpa or grandma

  • @Dani92670
    @Dani926704 жыл бұрын

    What do you think of Joe Orbin's video with World's Oldest photos, referring to 1823 through 1839 as "discovery years"? I see you have 1839 as the year for photography being introduced to the world, but I realize that probably means to the public at large.

  • @gasaholic47
    @gasaholic476 жыл бұрын

    The canal lock looks exactly like the type used along the Erie Canal I live in Syracuse, and Rochester prior to that, and these types of locks are a common sight along parts of the canal.

  • @josephineroe8424

    @josephineroe8424

    6 жыл бұрын

    True, but they would have been built considerably earlier.

  • @harryjames3905
    @harryjames39055 жыл бұрын

    The Tioga train at six minutes and 54 seconds of the video is on Richmond Street in Philadelphia south or east of Allegheny Avenue.

  • @stephaniefrazee3955
    @stephaniefrazee39552 жыл бұрын

    Love the photos but the descriptions are up longer than the photos are in this montage and it's hard to even get a decent look at the photo before it flashes to the next description without hitting pause on each one.

  • @musgrave6886
    @musgrave68867 жыл бұрын

    ...superbly crafted presentation of how people really looked like 160+ years ago...i'm most fascinated with 1840s photos because they are so rare & eerie...

  • @uncleruckus1160

    @uncleruckus1160

    6 жыл бұрын

    Future Marine if you're a person of color you wouldn't 😂

  • @josephineroe8424

    @josephineroe8424

    6 жыл бұрын

    uncle ruckus Frederick Douglass and other black people are pictured here, and they actually appear relatively happy.

  • @bobbyfrancis8957

    @bobbyfrancis8957

    4 жыл бұрын

    My 1938 big penny is older than these photos...

  • @bobbyfrancis8957

    @bobbyfrancis8957

    4 жыл бұрын

    I meant 1838...

  • @henryosborne7052

    @henryosborne7052

    4 жыл бұрын

    uncle ruckus Man, You’re obsessed

  • @MissCane9
    @MissCane92 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @sharendonnelly7770
    @sharendonnelly7770 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing how just 10 years (previous video) later photography improved so much!

  • @thefreedomlass
    @thefreedomlass6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing journey through time.

  • @peteandrepete528
    @peteandrepete5285 жыл бұрын

    Some of these pictures turned out pretty good for the time they were made.I enjoy these pre automobile photos.

  • @karalianisthmus8548
    @karalianisthmus85483 жыл бұрын

    Why not have the captions beneath the photos at the same time? And leave the pics up twice as long to really observe them.

  • @sdgakatbk
    @sdgakatbk3 жыл бұрын

    These are absolutely awesome. They give something of a view into the times and places they were taken.

  • @ronnydee2
    @ronnydee23 жыл бұрын

    Great photos!

  • @ballinglikechoji6558
    @ballinglikechoji65587 жыл бұрын

    @0:20 I skateboard on that street weekly and it's so damn weird to think that I skateboard where every president and lawmaker has walked...

  • @gloriahanes6490
    @gloriahanes64903 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know if this beautiful Grecian style building (Girard Bank) still exists in Philadelphia?

  • @francinevanzanten8368
    @francinevanzanten83685 жыл бұрын

    The steam locomotive Tioga is leaving the Norris Brothers’ factory in Philadelphia. It was purchased by the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. Taken in May 1848.

  • @CosmicJas
    @CosmicJas2 жыл бұрын

    Video has no sound?

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick596 жыл бұрын

    "fascinating" would be an understatement here!

  • @cancergurl6998
    @cancergurl69982 жыл бұрын

    Imagine seeing yourself in a past life in an old photo.

  • @dudleydoright9473
    @dudleydoright94733 жыл бұрын

    1848 is right before my great great grandparents left Pennsylvania and head to Chicago were they settled and it's been 170 years and family still lives there.

  • @braddelany6234
    @braddelany62345 жыл бұрын

    at 9:23, obviously New Hay, South Carolina

  • @roseypeach8363
    @roseypeach83633 жыл бұрын

    The picture at 5:47 shows Frederick Douglass at a Quaker monthly meeting. The man and woman sitting at the table are taking the minutes of the monthly meeting. The man standing behind Frederick Douglass is Levi Coffin aka the grandfather of the underground railroad.

  • @Appleholic1
    @Appleholic14 жыл бұрын

    3:44 what an amazingly clear photograph that 1848 is.

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry9744 жыл бұрын

    Great video, Frederick Douglass photo is fantastic 👍👍

  • @todd8781
    @todd87815 жыл бұрын

    1:05 Hill Valley Clock Tower

  • @longdogt6724
    @longdogt6724 Жыл бұрын

    These photos are amazing, but please allow a longer time to view them, they seem to scroll to fast for a good look.

  • @TayDays1128
    @TayDays11287 жыл бұрын

    At 1:19,a photograph of Ulysses Grant and Alexander Hays is displayed. Not only were they friends then,meeting during their service in the Mexican-American war,but had continued to stay in contact even 20 years later during the civil war. Both men had served in the Union army together,but sadly,Hays was killed in service during battle.

  • @tymesho
    @tymesho7 жыл бұрын

    imagine the sheer enthusiasm of knowing your part of a great new "beginning"....

  • @melissanix2054
    @melissanix2054 Жыл бұрын

    Subtitle?

  • @ianclarke6953
    @ianclarke69533 жыл бұрын

    Appreciated the time given to read the captions accompanying the photos but there is not enough time to appreciate the actual photographs

  • @robinblankenship9234
    @robinblankenship92343 жыл бұрын

    It is really daunting to see the reality of what people were able and willing to do in the way of construction of buildings in a time before electric power equipment, precise measuring devices and other necessary items.

  • @nayah9423

    @nayah9423

    3 жыл бұрын

    Check out JonLevi KZread videos and find out!

  • @aimeeamigone2717
    @aimeeamigone271711 ай бұрын

    Absolutely AMAZING

  • @iamcarbonandotherbits.8039
    @iamcarbonandotherbits.80395 жыл бұрын

    A moment in time frozen forever. Absolutely brilliant thanks.

  • @kesmarn
    @kesmarn6 жыл бұрын

    I'm almost certain that Frederick Douglass is actually the man standing (behind the seated man on the right who is identified as Douglass) in the photo at about 5:40.

  • @jaskoe1
    @jaskoe17 жыл бұрын

    So cool!

  • @ih2022
    @ih20223 жыл бұрын

    Amazing to see history. Wish there were pictures of my ancestors like this.

  • @kentuckylady2990
    @kentuckylady29908 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @albertmiller3082
    @albertmiller30826 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating photos...the descriptions were onscreen at LEAST 2x as long as the actual images they describe. The photos are the point, & should have been visible 3x longer than they were. I did not need to spend seven minutes reading descriptions for images onscreen for three minutes total.

  • @ba1696

    @ba1696

    2 жыл бұрын

    bla bla bla, just enjoy the work the op has put into this vid

  • @albertmiller3082

    @albertmiller3082

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ba1696 constructive input from one is “blah blah blah” to another. As you will, Pilgrim.

  • @maryfuller8598
    @maryfuller85983 жыл бұрын

    Photo is display too fast to see it

  • @suzycreamchez123
    @suzycreamchez1233 жыл бұрын

    Cool vid, but please next time pause longer okkn the photos. Give us a chance to really look at them. Thanks

  • @s1234pro
    @s1234pro6 жыл бұрын

    I love the fashions. Those hats!

  • @BrandyTexas214
    @BrandyTexas2144 жыл бұрын

    We did a family tree and one of the ancestors fought in that war.. he survived.. 2:03

  • @ososwamp
    @ososwamp6 жыл бұрын

    The odors of that era were probably awful.

  • @lephilosopheinconnu3952

    @lephilosopheinconnu3952

    5 жыл бұрын

    @T OB Ok. When was the time when people would throw feces and garbage to the streets ?

  • @raymondbarr4854

    @raymondbarr4854

    4 жыл бұрын

    @DuncanAndFriends Pranks 9o

  • @caspence56

    @caspence56

    4 жыл бұрын

    Everyone smelled the same, so it probably didn't matter and probably wasn't as noticeable.

  • @wanderinghistorian

    @wanderinghistorian

    4 жыл бұрын

    Everywhere probably just smelled like a farm with lots of livestock. I grew up on one. You get used to the smells. To this day I'm not bothered by the smell of any animal we raised when I was growing up - but if it's an animal we didn't raise - the smell bothers me.

  • @ryann8680

    @ryann8680

    3 жыл бұрын

    no worse than a bunch of hippies