A man on a makeshift bed made of a plank across two barrels, 1890. New York City

A young girl examines the window display of a city shop selling fresh vegetables, 1850

A Jewish cobbler in a coal cellar where he is living with his family in New York, 1887

Widows selling old furniture London 1876

Cleveland Public Library,1900s

Two men standing on a high catwalk, surveying the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, with Manhattan in the background, New York City, 1877.

Crowds outside the Kremlin during the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in Moscow, 1896. On the left is the huge bronze Tsar Bell.

Boy selling at market 1876

Sikh officers of the British 15th Punjab Infantry regiment, shortly after the Indian Rebellion 1857.

Garden laborers London 1877

George Sherwood Stratton, better known as General Tom Thumb standing on a chair between two Life Guards.1860

A group of Sikh sappers (combat engineers) of the Indian Army, 1858.

Central Park, 1862.

Alois Hitler, the father of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, wearing the uniform of an Austrian veteran. 1890

Construction of the cable road on Broadway in 1891

A mobile darkroom used by photographer Roger Fenton during the Crimean war, 1855

Samurai committing seppuku (hara-kiri) in Japan 1880

The soldiers of the Indian army who constitute the Viceroy of India's bodyguard.1880

Washington, D.C., circa 1914

Children’s Playground, 1892. New York

Kingsbury and Neasden station, about 1890

A Maharajah's tennis party at Kapurthla during the British Raj. 1890

Girl waiting to sell in a London market 1877