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This is a self-made résumé of the history of the photography ilustrated with some of my personal photos (**Text in Spanish).

Pequeño resumen de la evolución de la fotografía antígua ejemplificado con fotos de muchos autores. Centrado en la evolución de la misma en España.

This  is not the aim of my collection, but these collections of the Spanish national Patronage of Information and Turism and the Ministerio de Interior (1938-1939) are a great lot of Spanish monuments and people of the early-mid XX century images.

- Spanish patronage of information and Turism (1930-1960)

(274 scans)   (Patronato de Información y Turismo)

- Ministerio de interior: Junta técnica (1938-1939)

(63 scans) Paisajes y tipos populares. 

Fotógrafo: Marqués de Santa María del Villar

(**Text in Spanish)

Agency photographs and WWII (1920-1950) (119 scans)

Vintage photographs of journalim. Here is a compilation of antique pictures of photo agency. Mainly with vintage pictures of the WWII (World War II) and pictures of famous people like Ava Gardner, Groucho Marx or John Glenn.

Fotografías de agencias de fotoperiodismo. Fotografía principalmente de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y también fotografía antigua de la guerra civil española (**Text in Spanish and English)

Cartes de visite (1860-1880) (34 scans)

The cartes de visite were invented by Disderi in 1854. This size (9x6 cm) easily became popular all around the world.

Any kind of vintage photography collection has this type of photographies as they are the easiest photos to find in the shops due to the big amount of pieces made. 

Cartas de visita antiguas.  (**Text in Spanish)

Cabinet Cards (32 scans)

This kind of photos were the substitute of the Cartes the Visite during the 1880's due to their bigger size (14x10 cm). Their life span in the markets was very short as many different formats for portraits appeared shortly after. As in many of the cartes de visite, these photos have at their back the name of the photographer along with the prizes won on international competitions. 

Fotos de Gabinete antiguas. (**Text in Spanish)

Rare pieces of photography (33 scans)

This is a compilation of several photos we could consider rare photos due to their size, style, composition or just because of their rare beauty.

Fotografía de gran tamaño antigua (**Text in Spanish)

"L'Architecture americaine", by Albert Levy (40 scans)

Deuxieme serie of a magnificent serie of three photo books by Albert Levy. Buildings of cities like New York, Chicago or Boston have been photographed for this 40 albumen photo album published in 1886.

"Villas et chalets pittoresques", by Albert Levy (36 scans)

Magnificent albumen photo album by Albert Levy. Villas of the rich people from Paris and North America who had their summer residence in towns like Houlgate, Trouvilles or Deauville.

"Façades de maisons, villas et hôtels à Paris et aux environs", by Pierre Lampué (40 scans)

This is one of the oldest architectural album in this web (c.1870). It has the same edition style as "L'architecture americaine", including the cover. The photos are in perfect conditions. The photographer, Lampue, belongs to the "École the Beax-Arts the Paris".

"Pompei", by Robert Rive (20 scans)

Very antique photo album (c.1860) by Robert Rive. Very well known images from Pompei's ruins have been photographed. Every photo is identified and some of them have people to complete the history.

"Scottish scenery", by Georges W. Wilson (11 scans)

Great album of the classic photographer Georges Wilson. He did a great job to collect this home scenery photo album, with landscapes, cities and castles from Scotland circa 1870's.

"Tours in Scotland", by Georges W. Wilson (27 scans)

Another great album of Georges Washington Wilson c.1870. This album has 93 photos of several sizes gathered in an album with the abreviatons G.J.S. on its cover. Here you have photos of lochs (Ness), castles (Balmoral), landscapes (Glencoe) and cities (Edinburgh).

"Recuerdo de la visita de S.A.R el infante D. Fdo. María de Baviera y Borbón y de la embajada española en el año de 1921, durante la administración del Benemérito General Juan Vicente Gómez", by Pedro Ignacio Manrique (27 scans)

This album is a present of Venezuela to D. Fernado María de Baviera y Borbón (brother-in-law of Spanish King Alfonso XIII) as a souvenir of his official visit to Venezuela in 1921.  The photographer is one of the greatest in Venezuela's history (**Text in Spanish).

"Fábrica de conservas Albo" (fotógrafo desconocido) (12 scans)

Photography of workers in Galicia (Northern Spain). Albo is an important factory of conserves that was photographed by an unknown photographer (maybe Pacheco) in 1935. Album with 16 gelatin bromide photographs. (**Text in Spanish).

"Le XXIII Congrès Eucharistique International", Vienne 1912 (Wilhem Muller) (26 scans)

25 photos of the procession around Vienne of the attendees at the Congres Eucharistique in 1912. The album is in very good condition. Not only religious people were photographied, but also important figures from Austria, with the streets really crowed (**Text in Spanish).

Roma (unknown photographer) (12 scans)

30 photos of very well known places in Rome like the Colisseum or ruins on the surroundings circa 1890's. Every photo of the album has the description of  the place.

Photography album of the visit of Franco to one of the most important factories in Spain for the production of trains. This is a great example of photoperiodism compiled in a very well preserved album of 1947. (**Text in Spanish).

1860's photography album of one of the greatest monestries of Italy. Many of the images have monks in it, with vintages photos of the inside and the outside of the monestry.   (**Text in Spanish).

The SS Faith was the first ship made of concrete and iron. This 100 photos album shows all the steps of its construction during the three months it took in 1918. Workers, insights, engineers, travellers and first trip are in this album.  (**Text in Spanish and English). 

The Columbia river Highway is an US National Landmark considered a scenic highway. These vintage images of the highway (c.1917) were made by the photographer Arthur Prentiss just after the construction. All the images are referenced in this high quality images album. It also includes 5 images of the John Day highway.

This album, by the photographer Oriol, shows 20 vintage pictures of Barcelona c. 1915 in a luxury album. The photos are signed with a bird and in very good condition. (**Text in Spanish)

Album c.1890 of Seville, completely in French. This is a reason why the photographer may be Emilio Beauchy. All the photos, many with people, describe the place they represent in French. (**Text in Spanish)

This album is probably a present of Alfred G. Vanderbilt to his friends. It shows his personal trip in 1911 from London to Brighton riding the coach known as Venture. This coach still exists nowadays, and the trip was reported even in newspapers like the New York Times.

Album de fotografías realizado por el Instituto Nacional de Colonización mostrando las nuevas construcciones realizadas a lo largo de España

Album de fotografías antiguas del Asilo Durán de Barcelona, escuela de reforma, mostrando tanto las instalaciones como los trabajos de los niños.

Grand tour (several photographers) (160 scans)

Album con gran cantidad de fotos de un viajero que recorrió Italia, Francia, Montecarlo, España e Inglaterra guardando fotos de los más importantes fotógrafos de cada lugar.