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

[@Chubachus]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGqQqougrq6GocU The earliest 3D photos of the United States: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3yvp2Ctfalol5o

[@billsamuls7620]

looks the same as england does now

[@bracken1000]

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]

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

[@justjess-zl3pm]

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]

And people did not dress in all black.

[@HawkinaBox]

I always think about that.

[@meem1731]

People didn't understood your metaphor

[@cmay878]

in a time when taking a photograph was an event.

[@cacatr4495]

Yes.

[@pezzi3277]

C May yes 😀

[@ianclarke5404]

And you didn't have to ID yourself

[@MiguelHernandez-rw4xu]

True that, up until 40 years ago

[@Raftheeditor]

It's an event for boys

[@FORRESTJASPER]

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]

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

Take it to Rick on Pawn Stars, Forrest. After he calls a buddy down to look at it, he'll offer you a pittance of what it's worth.

[@mrmann5053]

@@wokeeye6441 why are you saying all that?

[@westcarter3862]

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

[@chriss1519]

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

[@ahmoseh3718]

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

[@xpeeriments6452]

Christopher Milo no it is not sorry

[@qworky902]

Yeah, it was way too fast

[@oveidasinclair982]

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]

You know how to pause the video?

[@dtadeo2006]

the frikkin captions stays on longer than the pics!!

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

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

[@oiudatropen9548]

this is not very well done.

[@pobunny508]

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

[@charlesronk2989]

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

[@chewyduck1355]

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]

pause button

[@longdogt6724]

@@badgeneration2007 annoying

[@irishtino1595]

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.

[@ktkat1949]

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]

Naturally they have descendants alive today.

[@mikaeladonges9102]

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

[@mikaeladonges9102]

Especially the guys at 7:38

[@Nullybk]

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

[@karenharrison885]

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

[@johnstanton5164]

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

[@cacatr4495]

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

[@johnstanton5164]

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

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

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]

The 1938 Gettysburg Civil War Veterans Reunion.

[@JohnnyReb]

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

[@joansmith6092]

The oldest American photograph taken was in 1839.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

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]

THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TOUCHED UP PHOTOS. THINK ABOUT IT

[@arias6720]

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

[@corygriffiths4394]

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]

@@corygriffiths4394 1836.

[@mindofmayhem.]

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

[@NoCreativeNameGirl]

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]

Pause the video when you see the photo then

[@martinjavinez9389]

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

[@klmullins65]

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!

[@swampratsrants501]

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

[@corygriffiths4394]

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.

[@wolfpak8228]

Real history for the few of us left who love America

[@kimsteinke713]

Love it

[@jasonraczkowski6001]

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

[@RichWeigel]

Ideal of a human being LOL. OK Jim.

[@arias6720]

jim n. wei Submissive.

[@mr12aT]

Are you referring to Native Americans?

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

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]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

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

[@gouravtiwari5985]

I also

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

They never watched a movie.

[@cacatr4495]

They'd grieve.

[@filip4900]

3:45 amazing quality

[@MichaelFay63]

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]

By invading middle east destroying countries for Oil and power.

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

@@Happy_Potato0 Leftist statement.

[@MrPolandball]

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

[@shadygrady3030]

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

[@wandacarpenter4555]

Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos!!!❤

[@bentleyr00d]

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.]

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

[@htown2898]

The beer cans are symmetric on my street

[@BamberdittoPingpong]

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

[@automnejoy5308]

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]

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

[@abc64pan]

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

[@BamberdittoPingpong]

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

[@cassidy99ful]

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

[@thecritigamer4321]

Fuck you. (9th feb, 2018)

[@wdd3141]

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.

[@deniset2115]

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.

[@jeffreyd508]

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

[@tjw3999]

and in 100 years no one will give a shit

[@Chrai0n]

Duck face > Top hats and canes

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

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

[@HawkinaBox]

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

[@stlbusker3025]

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!

[@bruceduece1]

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]

+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]

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

[@Frodojack]

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

[@cacatr4495]

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]

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

[@TheRhNegative]

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

[@Keisha7612]

yes very different

[@cacatr4495]

It was an entirely different world 104 years ago.

[@Keisha7612]

CA Catr very

[@cacatr4495]

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]

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

[@seanmc7128]

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

[@RedcoatsReturn]

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

[@ihopcsx]

Same here

[@tinydancergirl4598]

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!

[@Lord_Kratos69]

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

[@NUSORCA]

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

[@Michael-it6gb]

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.

[@bracken1000]

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.

[@maxbluto]

Very impressed by the picture quality

[@suzycreamchez123]

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

[@edgarallanpoe1822]

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

[@cathyburns750]

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

[@wholeNwon]

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

[@IrisBatDavid]

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]

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]

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.

[@dededenver9560]

All I can think of is how badly everyone smelled.

[@milo5524]

Ah ah! I was thinkin' the same

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

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

[@jejfcjsksksw1209]

Not respect our great great great grandpa or grandma

[@0tt0z]

Kinda like now. Nothing changes.

[@d.chance]

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

[@romevicki1]

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

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

A moment in time frozen forever. Absolutely brilliant thanks.

[@braddelany6234]

at 9:23, obviously New Hay, South Carolina

[@maryfuller8598]

Photo is display too fast to see it

[@musgrave6886]

...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]

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

[@josephineroe8424]

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

[@bobbyfrancis8957]

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

[@bobbyfrancis8957]

I meant 1838...

[@henryosborne7052]

uncle ruckus Man, You’re obsessed

[@regandevereaux5079]

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

[@reginahagel6035]

7:03..anyone notice his height???against an elephant whith huge tusks???

[@lisathuban8969]

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

[@karalianisthmus8548]

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

[@savedbygodsgrace.9058]

Thank you for sharing. .i enjoyed it. .

[@stephaniefrazee3955]

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.

[@billbrimmer1739]

I'm happy to be living in this modern era.

[@nymuseum4918]

I agree. Do not now have the same levels of diseases, concentrated political power, widespread gang power, inherited social placement by birth as the only means to education military and political power, ad nauseam

[@jeffreyd508]

All eras were modern for their day. This era is an 8 track 200 years from now. Jealous of people 30,000+ years from now. Imagine being able to see vids and pics from that long ago!

[@eloyex]

very smart comment Mr !!! my dad lost his mother when kid for a terrible outbreak ... saw the war. the famine in europe. Had to emigrate with no money at all and had a terrible time for many years. He thinks like you.. He is 85 He say modern times, are by FAR better than the best old times. a true believer of the future.

[@martinezroger9862]

Mr McMahon ,FDR proved that Socialism destroys a third world country! Know your history!

[@whiff1962]

None Given Your history of America at the time, with notions of "concentrated political power" (whatever that is supposed to communicate), "widespread" gang power, etc., is no more true for then, as it is, today, with a federal govt. that has grown many fold, and which controls more of our lives than ever before. Moreover, America had never been about "inherited social placement", like it was in the old world, with its class system.

[@roseypeach8363]

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.

[@ChildOL]

Also, never seen so many people wearing top hats before

[@dennythomas8887]

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

[@albertmiller3082]

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]

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

[@albertmiller3082]

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

[@ososwamp]

The odors of that era were probably awful.

[@lephilosopheinconnu3952]

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

[@raymondbarr4854]

@DuncanAndFriends Pranks 9o

[@caspence56]

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

[@wanderinghistorian]

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]

no worse than a bunch of hippies

[@omegaman1409]

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.

[@harryjames3905]

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

[@todd8781]

1:05 Hill Valley Clock Tower

[@ki-adimundi8695]

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

[@gasaholic47]

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]

True, but they would have been built considerably earlier.

[@garymorris1856]

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

[@thefreedomlass]

Amazing journey through time.

[@amisstew3]

Edit; At 5:45 I believe the man standing behind the seated man is actually Frederick Douglass.

[@TayDays1128]

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.

[@incogneto3645]

Hidden hand 6:18. I would take all of these pictures with a grain of salt tbh.

[@Damidas]

Facts. these are 100% not the first photos of America

[@castorkat4868]

The text is on screen longer than the picture itself ....Geeeeeez

[@michaelmichael9940]

Amazing!! I love these old photos

[@Lord_Kratos69]

This is just too crazy i knew that cameras were in like 1890 But 1840?!

[@jimmymags6516]

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

[@longdogt6724]

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

[@Appleholic1]

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

[@BrandyTexas214]

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

[@grifce]

love historic photo but you move to fast through to the next you dont have time to really look at them

[@aaronhurst4379]

You can pause the video to look at the photos for longer

[@thewiseone629]

grifce There's a pause button ya know lol

[@shantolion1576]

Slowdown the speed

[@cancergurl6998]

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

[@kesmarn]

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.

[@MichaelAuthorAllAges]

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. :-)

[@scotnick59]

"fascinating" would be an understatement here!

[@williamwyer8520]

Thanks being into photography myself found this very interesting

[@dynodon8592]

Great post

[@blasterelforg7276]

Cool pic of the Grand Junction Railway locomotive

[@rickilynnwolfe8357]

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

[@patgreenfield405]

Flipping the pictures too fast

[@dudleydoright9473]

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.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

At 5:05 is a cow, not "deer."

[@thetyleraugust]

Interesting photos but hard to watch. The description screens are wayyyy too long and pictures barely last 2 seconds.

[@peteandrepete528]

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

[@ableone7855]

Great site. Well done!

[@robinblankenship9234]

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]

Check out JonLevi KZbin videos and find out!

[@waterheaterservices]

The music is too loud and distracting.

[@amisstew3]

Find the Jason Schwartzman doppelgänger at 7:38 ☺️

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Great video, Frederick Douglass photo is fantastic 👍👍

[@CosmicJas]

Video has no sound?

[@francinevanzanten8368]

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

[@sharendonnelly7770]

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

[@s1234pro]

I love the fashions. Those hats!

[@Dani92670]

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.