Vintage Daguerreotypes of widows in mourning (Victorian era, 1800s)
Amazing collection of Victorian Era Daguerreotype portraits of women in mourning and widows from Lisby @ Flickr.
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Behind the Scenes: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British epic adventure drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. The film stars Peter O’Toole in the title role. It is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential films…
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Historic B&W photos of Venice, Italy (19th century)
Venice became Austrian territory when Napoleon signed the Treaty of Campo Formio on 12 October 1797. The Austrians took control of the city on 18 January 1798. It was taken from Austria by the Treaty of Pressburg in 1805 and…
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Vintage Postcards of actress Miss Maude Fealy (1900s)
Photo collection of early XX century Vintage Postcards of actress Miss Maude Fealy (1900s). Maude Fealy (1883 – 1971) was an American stage and silent film actress who survived into the talkie era. At the age of three, she performed…
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Vintage: Laura (1944)
Laura is a 1944 American film noir produced and directed by Otto Preminger. It stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb along with Vincent Price and Judith Anderson. The screenplay by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Betty Reinhardt is…
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Vintage: Norwegian Weddings from the Early 20th Century
Collection of vintage glass plate negatives presenting Norwegian weddings from the early 20th century by Knut Aaning (born in Stryn, Norway on April 23rd, 1880). From the collection of Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane.
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Vintage: Women at work during World War I
With men recruited for the armed forces, the industrial workforce changed. Women took on previously male-dominated roles in industry during the war, working alongside men in reserved occupations. Women made an increasingly varied contribution, working in labs, mills and factories,…
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Vintage: Swedish churches from 1100-1900 AD
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: First Atomic Bomb Tested (July 16, 1945)
Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The exact origin of the code name “Trinity” for the test…
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Vintage: postcards of People from Britain (early XX century)
Millions of postcards were produced in Britain between 1903 and the 1914-1918 war, providing some of the most vivid documents in social history available. The majority here are by anonymous photographers. Among other themes, they depict work, leisure, amateur theatre,…
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Vintage: Russian Peasants and Their Craft Jobs (early 20th century)
Sometimes now you might hear the word “artisan” which often said to make things look skillfully made and good. However hundred something years ago all over the world things mainly were “artisan” – made by local craftsman. If we know some traditional…
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Historic B&W photos of Kiev, Russia (Ukraine) in the 19th Century
During the Russian industrial revolution in the late 19th century, Kiev became an important trade and transportation centre of the Russian Empire, specialising in sugar and grain export by railway and on the Dnieper river. By 1900, the city had…
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Vintage: Circus Performers in Strabane (1910-1911)
The three main circus shows photographed by Herbert Cooper were Duffy’s Circus, Buff Bill’s American Circus and Hanneford’s Canadian Circus. A few circuses toured Ireland in the years before 1914 and it was the heyday for these travelling shows. Big Tops…
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Vintage: Texan Portraits by Julius Born (Early XX Century)
Photographer Julius Born (1879-1962) took thousands of photographs of the people, land and community in Hemphill county located in the Texas panhandle. In thousands of portrait photographs taken during the first half of the twentieth century, Born forever documented Texas’…
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Vintage: historic photos of Frankfurt am Main, Germany in the late 19th Century
Frankfurt lost its independence after the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 when Prussia annexed several smaller states, among them the Free City of Frankfurt. Frankfurt had stayed neutral in the war, but its free press was a thorn in the eye…
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Vintage: Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions…
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Historic B&W photos of Riga, Russia (Latvia) late 19th Century
During many centuries of war and changes of power in the Baltic, and despite demographic changes, the Baltic Germans in Riga had maintained a dominant position. By 1867 Riga’s population was 42.9% German. Riga employed German as its official language…
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Vintage: The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush is a 1925 American silent comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. Though it was a silent film, it received Academy Award nominations for Best Music and Best Sound Recording upon its re-release in 1942.
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Behind the Scenes: Zulu (1964)
Zulu is a 1964 epic war film depicting the Battle of Rorke’s Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War. It depicts 150 British soldiers, many of whom were sick and wounded patients…
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Historic B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Late in the 19th century, Paris hosted two major international expositions: the 1889 Universal Exposition, was held to mark the centennial of the French Revolution and featured the new Eiffel Tower; and the 1900 Universal Exposition, which gave Paris the…
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