Tight Corset: Indispensable Undergarment of Victorian Women During the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe corset has been an important article of clothing for several centuries in Europe, evolving as fashion trends […]
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19 Amazing Vintage Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in Paris From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteEugène Atget (1857–1927) was a French photographer best known for his photographs of the architecture and streets of […]
42 Amazing Colorized Pictures That Show Everyday Life of Japan in the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteFelice Beato (1832-1909) was an Italian–British photographer. He was one of the first people to take photographs in […]
30 Vintage Photographs of Fisher People Around the Small North Yorkshire Town of Whitby in the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteFrank Meadow Sutcliffe was born in Leeds in 1853, just 14 years after the birth of photography. He […]
36 Found Pics That Show How Victorian and Edwardian Women Enjoyed Their Lives
This post was originally published on this siteBy the late 19th and early 20th centuries, all kinds of people lived in the cities. Laborers and […]
Stereographs of Love: 22 Hilarious and Romantic Vintage Photos of Victorian Couples During Their Most Intimate Moments
This post was originally published on this siteThe stereograph, otherwise known as the stereogram, stereoptican, or stereo view, was the nineteenth-century predecessor of the Polaroid, […]
24 Shocking Runaway Slave Ads From the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThroughout the 250-year history of slavery in North America, enslaved people tried to escape. Once newspapers were common, […]
38 Amazing Pictures of Hungarian Newlyweds From the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteWhat did brides and grooms wear to their weddings in the 19th century? In most cases, not what […]
Stunning Portrait Photography From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1839 a new means of visual representation was announced to a startled world: photography. Although the medium […]
Rare Photographs of Edinburgh, Scotland From the 1840s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1840s Edinburgh, painter David Octavius Hill and engineer Robert Adamson formed the city’s first photography studio, which […]
Beauty and the Beast
This post was originally published on this siteThis image is one of a pair of stereoscopic photographs produced by the London Stereoscopic Company. Viewed with […]
20 Historic Photos of Africans in European Zoos From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteOnly in 1935-36 in Europe were closed the last cells with blacks in zoos – in Basle and […]
The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Who Was the First U.S President to Be Photographed While in Office
This post was originally published on this site“There are many pictures of Lincoln; there is no portrait of him.” — John George Nicolay, Secretary to […]
Conrad Heyer, Born 1749, Was the Earliest-Born American To Ever Be Photographed
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in 1749, New Englander Conrad Heyer was a veteran of the American Revolution. He was there in […]
30 Hilarious Photographs Capture Canadians Have Fun While at Work and Play From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteReuben R. Sallows (1855-1937) was born and raised on a Huron County farm in Canada. He moved to […]
Stunning Photos of Stylish Girls That You Won’t Believe They Came From 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteWomen’s fashion of the 19th century is renowned for its corsets, bonnets, top hats, bustles and petticoats. It […]
Decayed Daguerreotype Portraits of Americans in the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe daguerreotype, invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre in 1837, was the first commercially successful photographic process and was popular […]
The Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, a Hilarious Collection of Slang Terms Used Among the Working Population of London in the 18th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThirty years after Dr Johnson published his great Dictionary of the English Language (1755), Francis Grose put out […]
History of Madame Tussaud and Some Creepy Historic Photos From the ‘Chamber of Horrors’
This post was originally published on this siteMadame Tussaud was born in Strasburg late in 1761. Her father was a German soldier named Grosholtz, who […]
29 Amazing Vintage Photographs of London From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the 19th century, London was transformed into the world’s largest city and capital of the British Empire. […]
Rare Portraits From the Smith and Telfer Studio in Cooperstown, New York, 1865-1885
This post was originally published on this siteWashington G. Smith (1828-1893) and Arthur J. Telfer (1859-1954) spent almost one hundred years photographing people, events, and […]
44 Breathtaking Color Photos of Scotland in the Victorian Age
This post was originally published on this siteThe following images show Scottish cities, towns and attractions during the 1890s – and in color. They were […]
Remarkable Black and White Photographs Show 19th Century Youngsters Acting Just Like Teenagers of the 21st Century
This post was originally published on this siteTeens will be teens, as photographs of youths puffing on cigarettes, goofing around with pals and underage drinking […]
Fascinating Vintage Pictures Show Victorian Female Fighters Got in the Ring for Fun and Freedom
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage photos reveal the bizarre history of female boxing where women fought their opponents in full Victorian […]
40 Amazing Portraits of People Who Lived in and Visited Scotland During the 1840s
This post was originally published on this siteThe partnership of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson is unequalled in the history of photography for its […]