Tintype of an unknown young man, c. 1850. Submitted by Sarah Nehama
Émile Nelligan, age 20 in 1899. First published at 16, this French-Canadian poet suffered a mental breakdown the same year this photograph was taken. He never recovered. Submitted by Anna
This fellow would like to crash in your Bushwick loft. tuesday-johnson: ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier wearing a plaid shirt and a holstered pistol. He carries a large bedro...
Unidentified man wearing an “unusual hat,” c. 1855. Historians (and armchair historians), any thoughts about the origins of this awesome patent-leather cap? (George Eastman House) Submitted by Liz
Ask an Archivist: "How do you find the hot old-picture guys?": The wonderful Ask an Archivist over at The Hairpin answers the essential question of our age: “Since archivists try to keep the ...
Harry Houdini, age 25, 1899. Because…well, you know. Chains.
Sioux Indian smoking a cigarette, 1908. (via Shorpy)
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1850’s, [portrait of a gentleman wearing an Odd Fellows apron] via the Daguerreian Society, Grant Dinsmore Collection
Love us some Pierre Curie… theremina: Pierre Curie, being hot as fuck. (Lecture on radium, Paris, c. 1900. photo by Henri Roger-Viollet.) via Russell Joslin
Mike Tiernan, 1867-1918, (The A.G. Spalding Baseball Collection, NYPL)
Lionel Logue, age 26. Australian speech therapist responsible for the un-stammering of King George VI. Here he is with his future wife, 21-year-old Myrtle Gruenert. Suggestion by ljvera
fuckyeahhistorycrushes: John George “Jack” Phillips was born 11 April 1887 in Godalming, Surrey, England. In 1902, at age fifteen, he became employed at the Post Office where he began training on the...
lostsplendor: Western High Football, c. 1905 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)
Tintype of an unknown young man Submitted by Steve
Seriously, we did not know Bucky was a babe. fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American inventor, systems theorist, designer, author, e...
Sometimes a Daguerreotype boyfriend distinguishes himself with a killer mustache or a pair of winsome plaid pants. Or sometimes they just live through the most famous maritime disaster of the twentie...
Alfred Stieglitz self-portrait, c. 1894, age 30. Stieglitz began an affair with Georgia O’Keefe in 1918. He took nude photos of her in his apartment, where his wife eventually found them, so Stieglit...
Hottest blind-gentleman-holding-a cat daguerreotype you will see all day. tuesday-johnson: ca. 1850, [daguerreotype portrait of a blind gentleman holding a cat] via the George Eastman House Collectio...
Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with forage cap, Library of Congress (1861-1865) A ninteenth-century Jesse Eisenberg anyone?
fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Yonejirō Noguchi, (1875-1947) Japanese poet and essayist. Father of artist Isamu Noguchi, from whom he was estranged.
Gustave Caillebotte, age 30, c. 1878. French Impressionist boyfriend who came from lots and lots of money and who used it wisely, buying up Monet’s work and helping him survive financially. Submitte...
MDB just hit 50,000 followers!: And there’s absolutely no way we could have gotten there without your stunningly handsome submissions. Why not celebrate by imagining our archives are your new desktop...
From submitter Miriam J. Robbins: My great-great-great-grandfather, Sylvester Fredenburg (1844 - 1879), who served in Co. A, 50th New York Engineers; Co. I, 33rd New York Infantry (twice); and Co. L,...
Unknown man, daguerreotype, ca 1850-58. Nice plaid pants, my friend. Submitted by decrepit-telephone
fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Young Modigliani, around 1904.
James Brownlee, wounded during the Civil War, c. 1861-1872. (NYPL Digital Gallery) Submitted by Ashley B.
deviatesinc: Composer Alban Berg, 1909 photos by Madame d’Ora
From the submitter lizeatsdirt: This nineteenth century photograph of an unidentified soldier belongs to the costume and textile library at the museum I work in. No one knows who he is, what his unif...
John Griffith “Jack” London age 24, 1903. American author best known for his novel Call of the Wild. Seriously, what kind of tie is that? See me after class, Jack. Submitted by jljarvis-blog
Mihai Eminescu, age 19, 1860. Somewhat unstable Romantic Romanian poet. Submitted by sehenswuerdigkeiten
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