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Vintage: historic photos of Bremen, Germany in the late 19th Century

13 January 2016 0

In 1827, Bremen, under Johann Smidt, its mayor at that time, purchased land from the Kingdom of Hanover, to establish the city of Bremerhaven (Port of Bremen) as an outpost of Bremen because of the increased silting up of the…

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Vintage: The Great Blizzard of 1888

1 January 2016 0

The Great Blizzard of 1888 was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in the history of the United States of America. The storm began in earnest shortly after midnight on March 12, and continued unabated for a full day…

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Vintage B&W photos of Venice, Italy (19th century)

27 December 2015 0

In the late 19th century Venice flourished as a port and a manufacturing center. The railway reached Venice in 1846. However Venice did not prosper under Austrian rule. In 1848 revolutions swept Europe and Venice rose in rebellion against the…

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Vintage: Sweden in 1880s and 1890s

30 November 2015 0

Carl Curman (1833–1913) was a physician and a scientist. He is mainly known as a pioneer in his commitment in public health care, especially in bathing. He founded two public indoor baths in Stockholm and developed a minor outdoor bath…

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Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Dutch Windmills in 19th Century

26 November 2015 0

The first windmills were invented in antiquity, but it was the Dutch who really hit it off with this wooden giant. In a flat country, where the wind always blows, windmills sprouted from the ground like mushrooms. They were used…

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Vintage Daguerreotypes of widows in mourning (Victorian era, 1800s)

2 October 2015 0

Amazing collection of Victorian Era Daguerreotype portraits of women in mourning and widows. Lisby @ Flickr.

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Vintage Daguerreotype portraits from XIX Century (1844 – 1860)

28 August 2015 0

Mathew B. Brady (1822 – 1896) was one of the first American photographers, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York in 1844, and photographed Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, among other…

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Vintage: The Civil War

16 August 2015 0

Here is a collection of photographs covering the places of the Civil War: the battleships, prisons, hospitals, urban centers, and rural pastures where history was made. via The Atlantic

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Vintage: B&W photos of German Castles

14 August 2015 0

Collection of historic late 19th century black and white photos of German Castles taken in circa 1890s.

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Vintage: Swedish churches from 1100-1900 AD

10 August 2015 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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Vintage: The American West in the 19th Century

24 July 2015 0

Timothy O’Sullivan (1840 – 1882) was official photographer on the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel under Clarence King. The expedition began at Virginia City, Nevada, where he photographed the mines, and worked eastward. His job was to…

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Historic B&W photos of Dublin, Ireland (19th century)

21 July 2015 0

Dublin suffered a period of political and economic decline during the 19th century following the Act of Union of 1800, under which the seat of government was transferred to the Westminster Parliament in London. The city played no major role…

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Milk sellers in Brussels, Belgium in the 19th Century

9 July 2015 0

Collection of historic photographs of Belgian milk sellers in the late 19th Century.

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Historic B&W photos of Naples, Italy (19th century)

6 July 2015 0

After the Expedition of the Thousand led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, which culminated in the controversial Siege of Gaeta, Naples became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 as part of the Italian unification, ending the era of Bourbon rule.…

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Historic B&W photos of Rotterdam, Holland (19th century)

29 June 2015 0

The port of Rotterdam grew slowly but steadily into a port of importance. The greatest spurt of growth, both in port activity and population, followed the completion of the Nieuwe Waterweg in 1872. The city and harbor started to expand…

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World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893

27 June 2015 0

The World’s Columbian Exposition was a World’s Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a…

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Vintage: Altstadt, Dresden, Saxony, Germany in the late 19th Century

18 June 2015 0

The city of Dresden had a distinctive silhouette, captured in famous paintings by Bernardo Bellotto and by Norwegian painter Johan Christian Dahl. Between 1806 and 1918 the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony (which was a part…

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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…

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Historic photos of China from 1889-1891

25 May 2015 0

In the 19th century, the great Chinese Diaspora began. Losses due to emigration were added to by conflicts and catastrophes such as the Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79, in which between 9 and 13 million people died. In 1898, the…

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Grant Park in Chicago

25 March 2015 0

The city officially designated the land as a park on April 29, 1844, naming it Lake Park. When the Illinois Central Railroad was built into Chicago in 1852, it was permitted to lay track along the lakefront on a causeway…

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