Along the Mississippi River circa 1890. "Cotton on the levee at New Orleans." 5x7 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

New Orleans circa 1890. "St. Charles Hotel from Canal Street." 5x7 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

1890s. "The French Quarter, New Orleans." Its carbon arc lamps lighting the way to an electrified future. Glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Along Florida's Indian River circa 1890. "Wood landing in Jupiter Narrows." 5x7 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

"Street in the French Quarter, New Orleans." At left, the portrait studio of photographer Louis Interguglielmi, 227 Royal Street. 5x7 glass negative, taken sometime between 1880 and 1898 by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

New Orleans circa 1890s. "The old French Market." Home to the German Grocery. 5x7 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1894. "St. George Street." Our second look today at this bustling thoroughfare. Photo by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1894. "St. George Street." Trading in paint, window glass and wallpaper for the old houses in the nation's oldest city. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Richmond, Va., circa 1900. "St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ninth & Grace Streets." The so-called "Cathedral of the Confederacy," attended by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. 8x10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Circa 1900. "Ebbitt House, Washington, D.C." The hotel, at 14th and F Streets NW before being torn down in 1925, lives on in the name of the Old Ebbitt Grill a block away. 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1897. "Lake Worth, south from the Royal Poinciana Hotel." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Florida circa 1897. "Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

1902. "Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.

New York circa 1901. "Fifth Avenue Hotel, southwest corner of Madison Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Mexico circa 1897. "Stairway and shrines of Sacromonte, near Amecameca de Juárez." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.