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Historic B&W photos of Florence, Italy in the 19th Century

21 April 2017 0

Florence replaced Turin as Italy’s capital in 1865 and, in an effort to modernise the city, the old market in the Piazza del Mercato Vecchio and many medieval houses were pulled down and replaced by a more formal street plan…

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Vintage Black and White photos of German Castles

13 April 2017 0

The centuries of invasive enterprises of the Romans from the South, Vikings from the North, and the multitude of marauding tribes and nomads from the East, each wreaking their own special brand of terror, necessitated construction of border, royal and…

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Vintage: Rio de Janeiro (1880s-1910s)

31 March 2017 0

When Prince Pedro proclaimed the independence of Brazil in 1822, he decided to keep Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire. Rio continued as the capital of Brazil after 1889, when the monarchy was replaced by a…

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Vintage: Early Days of the London Underground

28 March 2017 0

The idea of an underground railway linking the City of London with some of the railway termini in its urban centre was proposed in the 1830s, and the Metropolitan Railway was granted permission to build such a line in 1854.…

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Vintage: Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotives (1880s)

23 March 2017 0

The construction of the national railway by the Canadian Pacific Railway company in the 1880s is inextricably linked with the settlement and development of Western Canada. Glenbow Museum has an extensive collection of more than 6000 railway-related historic photographs, which…

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Vintage: Victorian Era Portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron (1860s-1870s)

21 March 2017 0

In 1863, when Cameron was 48 years old, her daughter gave her a camera as a present, thereby starting her career as a photographer. Within a year, Cameron became a member of the Photographic Societies of London and Scotland. She…

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Vintage: Niagara Falls during Winter (19th Century)

17 March 2017 0

There are differing theories as to the origin of the name of the falls. According to Iroquoian scholar Bruce Trigger, “Niagara” is derived from the name given to a branch of the local native Neutral Confederacy, who are described as…

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Vintage: Early Bicycles in the 19th Century (1850s – 1890s)

11 March 2017 0

The first verifiable claim for a practically used bicycle belongs to German Baron Karl von Drais, a civil servant to the Grand Duke of Baden in Germany. Drais invented his Laufmaschine (German for “running machine”) of 1817 that was called…

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Vintage: Mugshots of Prisoners in West London (1890s)

5 March 2017 0

These photographs were taken in 1880 and 1890 at Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London by unknown photographer. These portraits are unusual compared with the standard of prison photography at the time, in that they combine the profile and frontal…

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Vintage: Portraits of the First Nations People by Alex Ross (1880s)

23 February 2017 0

Alex Ross, 1851-1894, came to Calgary, Alberta in 1884 and set up a photographic studio at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Osler Street. He had previously worked for a photographer in Winnipeg, but felt the time was right to…

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Vintage: Historic views of Melbourne (1800s)

10 February 2017 0

The decade of the 1880s was one of extraordinary growth, when consumer confidence, easy access to credit, and steep increases in the price of land, led to an enormous amount of construction. This ‘land boom’ was followed by a severe…

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Vintage: Swedish churches (1100-1900 AD)

10 January 2017 0

This set shows photos of Swedish churches from 1100-1900 AD – a mix of stone and wooden churches, cathedrals and chapels – country churches as well as city churches. We think that these pictures well describe the wide range of…

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Victorian Era Ambrotype Portraits of Children (1850s and 1860s)

7 January 2017 0

Photo collection of mid XIX century Victorian Era Ambrotype Portraits of Children (1850s and 1860s). From the collection of Lisby @ Flickr.

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Vintage: London Underground Construction (Victorian Era)

26 December 2016 0

In the first half of the 19th century, London had grown greatly and the development of a commuting population arriving by train each day led to traffic congestion with carts, cabs and omnibuses filling the roads. By 1850 there were…

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Vintage: Father Christmas in the Victorian Era (19th Century)

17 December 2016 0

At the start of Victoria’s reign, children’s toys tended to be handmade and hence expensive, generally restricting availability to those “rich folk” again. With factories however came mass production, which brought with it games, dolls, books and clockwork toys all…

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Vintage: London in the 1860s and 1870s by James Hedderly

29 November 2016 0

James Hedderly (1815 – 1885) was a painter and signwriter until the mid-1860s, when he became a photographer. He lived in Duke Street, only a short distance from Whistler’s house at 7 Lindsey Row, from 1841 until the 1870s, when…

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Vintage: Bedouins in Egypt, the Sinai, Palestine and Jerusalem from 1898

25 November 2016 0

Photo collection of black and white glass-plate photographs of Bedouins in Egypt, the Sinai, Palestine and Jerusalem from 1898 taken by American Colony Photo Department. The American Colony Photo Department began in 1898, under the eye of its founder Elijah…

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Vintage: Victor Hugo’s Funeral (1885)

18 November 2016 0

Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Victor Hugo’s death from pneumonia at the age of 83, generated intense national mourning. He was not only revered…

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Historic B&W photos of Moscow, Russia in the 19th Century

5 November 2016 0

In the 1830s, general Alexander Bashilov planned the first regular grid of city streets north from Petrovsky Palace. Khodynka field south of the highway was used for military training. Smolensky Rail station (forerunner of present-day Belorussky Rail Terminal) was inaugurated…

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Late 19th century Victorian Era Cabinet Cards (1880s to 1890s)

2 November 2016 0

Historic Victorian Era Cabinet Cards (1870s to 1880s) from the collection of John S. Rochon @ flickr. The cabinet card was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph…

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