19th Century

Historic 19th century Cabinet Cards with reverse side (1870s to 1880s)

16 June 2015 0

Collection of historic 19th century Victorian Era Cabinet Cards with reverse side (1870s to 1880s). The cabinet card was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm.

Warsaw in the late 19th Century

3 March 2015 0

Warsaw flourished in the late 19th century under Mayor Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1875–92), a Russian-born general appointed by Tsar Alexander III. Under Starynkiewicz Warsaw saw its first water and sewer systems designed and built by the English engineer William Lindley and his son, William Heerlein Lindley, as well as the expansion and modernization of horsecars, street lighting and gas works. Starynkiewicz…