Historical Scientific Photography

Old photographs depicting cross-sections of biological materials and wood anatomy showcasing historical scientific documentation.

Wood Anatomy - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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Bone of a deer; Fragment De Bois de Cervus Canadensis 1/2 Nature. .

$Excised Knee-joint. A Round Musket Ball in the Inner Condyle of the Right Femur. Possibly William H. Bell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1910) about 1864 Portrait of a knee joint suspended on two rods attached to a wooden base. (Recto, mount) upper center, handwritten in pencil: "12" Lower center, handwritten in faded pencil: "104" (Verso, mount) center, printed on paper affixed to mount: "Surgeon General's Office. / ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM. / PHOTOGRAPH SERIES NO. 104. Excised Knee-joint. A Musket Ball in the Inner Condyle of the Right Femur italicized. \ Private Gardner Lewis,...complete description" Lower left, handwritten in pencil: "IB 24.12 (Bell)"$

$Photograph of the Moon captured with the large refractor telescope at the Potsdam Observatory by Johannes Hartmann around 1900 on silver gelatin paper in stereo format.$

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Collection of head studies by Heinrich Friedrich Füger, created between 1770 and 1900, showing facial anatomy, expressions, and variations among subjects.

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$Lunar Photograph, South Pole 1890 Paul Henry French In 1885 the Henry brothers, astronomers at the Paris Observatory, built a refractor telescope with a sophisticated clock drive designed specifically for photography. They used the instrument to photograph the surface of the moon, as seen here, along with many other astronomical objects, including planets, asteroids, nebulae, and star fields.. Lunar Photograph, South Pole. Paul Henry (French, Nancy 1848-1905 Paris). 1890. Albumen silver print from glass negative. Photographs$

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