1. Notes: 746 / 11 months ago 
    Mlle. Edith Clifford, “Champion Sword Swallower of the World” ca. 1900  via adski_kafeteri info from  Sword Swallowers Association International 

    Mlle. Edith Clifford, “Champion Sword Swallower of the World” ca. 1900

     via adski_kafeteri

    info from  Sword Swallowers Association International 

     
  2. Notes: 115 / 11 months ago  from bookmarklet
    Edwardian-Bohemian New York circa 1909. “Bacchus Dance — Miss Grace Walters, Mrs. A.S. Burden, Miss M.R. White, Alfred Hester, Mrs. James B. Eustis, Miss Martha White.” 8x10 glass negative, Bain News Service  I love that you can buy prints now @ Shorpy, hate that I can’t since i live in paypallless country but still, go grab yourself some! 

    Edwardian-Bohemian New York circa 1909. “Bacchus Dance — Miss Grace Walters, Mrs. A.S. Burden, Miss M.R. White, Alfred Hester, Mrs. James B. Eustis, Miss Martha White.” 8x10 glass negative, Bain News Service

     I love that you can buy prints now @ Shorpy, hate that I can’t since i live in paypallless country but still, go grab yourself some! 

     
  3. Notes: 320 / 12 months ago  from bookmarklet
     Statue of Liberty in Paris, 1877-1885  Retronaut

     Statue of Liberty in Paris, 1877-1885

     Retronaut

     
  4. Notes: 261 / 12 months ago  from bookmarklet
    Indira and Amrita 1924, autochrome by Umrao Singh Sher-Gil from Retronaut

    Indira and Amrita 1924, autochrome by Umrao Singh Sher-Gil

    from Retronaut

     
  5. Notes: 73 / 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
    Paul BurtyHaviland ,  Portrait de femme, New York,1900s   from RMN

    Paul BurtyHaviland ,  Portrait de femme, New York,1900s 

     from RMN

     
  6. Notes: 303 / 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
    Anonyme, Algérie, Jeune Femme aux voiles, c.1870 via Verdeau

    Anonyme, Algérie, Jeune Femme aux voiles, c.1870

    via Verdeau

     
  7. Notes: 183 / 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
    John William Draper -Dorothy Catherine Draper, 1840 The first portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper was originally made in 1840 by her brother, Dr. John William Draper, as a daguerreotype. This was the earliest successful photograph made of the human face.

    John William Draper -Dorothy Catherine Draper, 1840

    The first portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper was originally made in 1840 by her brother, Dr. John William Draper, as a daguerreotype. This was the earliest successful photograph made of the human face.

     
  8. Notes: 79 / 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
     Carolyn Huestis from  NYPL

     Carolyn Huestis

    from  NYPL

     
  9. Notes: 696 / 1 year ago  from realityayslum
    Lewis Carroll - Alice Jane Donkin, 1862. from realityayslum

    Lewis Carroll - Alice Jane Donkin, 1862.

    from realityayslum

     
  10. Notes: 285 / 1 year ago  from turnofthecentury
    Henri Chouanard ~ Portrait de jeune fille,autochrome 1907-1910 via RMN

    Henri Chouanard ~ Portrait de jeune fille,autochrome 1907-1910

    via RMN

     
  11. Notes: 341 / 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
    Ludo Vanden Haute, Fenêtre, c.1910

    Ludo Vanden Haute, Fenêtre, c.1910

     
  12. Notes: 1766 / 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
    Night goddess nude, standing on crescent moon with a pole, balanced by an owl and night hawk, c.1895 from Early Pictures, originally from LOC

    Night goddess nude, standing on crescent moon with a pole, balanced by an owl and night hawk, c.1895

    from Early Pictures, originally from LOC

     
  13. Notes: 261 / 1 year ago  from oldbookillustrations
    oldbookillustrations:A bookplate for Georgie Evelyn Cave Gaskin Arthur Gaskin, from The yellow book vol. 9, London, Boston, April 1896. (Source archive.org.)

    oldbookillustrations:A bookplate for Georgie Evelyn Cave Gaskin

    Arthur Gaskin, from The yellow book vol. 9, London, Boston, April 1896.

    (Source archive.org.)

     
  14. Notes: 220 / 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
    Spades and Hearts by unexpectedtales

    Spades and Hearts by unexpectedtales

     
  15. Notes: 99 / 1 year ago  from bookmarklet
    Sicilianerin, 1901 by Wilhelm von Gloeden

    Sicilianerin, 1901 by Wilhelm von Gloeden

     
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