Genre (Kinds of Pictures)
A "big word" for different kinds of things is genre. Explore some here.
Stereographs
A century ago, people looked at double photos through a high-tech, now old-fashioned, viewer. Presto! 3-D! Even without the 3-D effect, stereographs delight the viewer.
Photochroms
Around 1900 the Detroit Photo Company made a series of color photograph/prints that they called photochroms. This selection includes pictures of the Bahamas, Cuba and Florida.
The Birds of America, by John James Audubon
Learn about Audubon's 1831-1832 trip to Florida, and brown prints of birds he saw and drew.
