agoniada: Portrait of a young woman, ca. 1856-1900. by Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane on Flickr.
biomedicalephemera: Mystacina tuberculata and Molossus norfolcensis [now Mormopterus norfolkensis?] - The New Zealand Lesser Short-Tailed Bat and East-Coast Free-Tailed Bat (?) These scientific names...
Norwegian Harbour under the Midnight Sun - Magic Lantern Glass Slide by James Valentine - c1900
London Street Scene - photographed by John Galt on the corner of Poultry and King William Street, the building far left in the background is the Royal Exchange - c1900
‘The Best French Folders - Spectacles to suit all Sights’ - Optician’s Advert published in London - 1882
kateoplis: Construction of the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi’s studio, Paris, 1882-1883
my-ear-trumpet: questionableadvice: ~ Price List and Barber’s Reference Book of Gust. Knecht Mfg. Co., 1889 I’ve often thought that I needed a two handed hairbrush.
Heroic lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis, photographed after rescuing two Union Civil War veterans from the waters off Newport, Rhode Island.“During a snowstorm on March 29, 1869 Ida ran to her boat withou...
Booklet advertising Fairbank’s Gold Dust Washing Powder - published in 1908
John Harvey Kellogg’s Battle Creek Sanitarium in Winter - Postcard published in the early 1900s
The archetypal Gentleman - posing with fez, guitar, potted plant and the indispensably manly spittoon - plus, his read glows in the dark… Photo by Pratt of Aurora, Illinois - late 1800s
‘Hires Puzzle Book of Unnatural History - Do I like it? Well-!!!’ Leaflet advertising root beer published in the late 1800s or early 1900s
justsomebroad: This woman is so striking and impressive, I love her style. But her eyes are so sad, I wish we could know more about her and what her life story was.
stilllifequickheart: Willard Metcalf Au Cafe 1888
Charles Ross Gibson of Hickory Flat, Kentucky - photographed at Franklin’s Studio on November 10, 1908
‘Deaf and Dumb Alphabet. For the use of Deaf Mutes, and for the amusement and convenience of those who wish to Speak with the Hand and Hear with the Eye. “Manusvicaria Linguæ,” the hand performs the ...
arsvitaest: Jan van Kessel I, Insects, 17th century
Dapper young Lad posing for a Portrait - Sixteenth Plate Ambrotype taken in the United States - 1850s
Octopus from Conradi Gesneri’s Historiae Animalium - published in 1551
lostsplendor: Helter Skelter, Coney Island c. 1905 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)
Today’s Google Doodle - celebrating Louis Daguerre’s 224th Birthday I love the e’s impish smile…
Portrait of an Irish Lass - Gelatin Silver Print taken around 1910 via okinawasoba
‘The great Temple of Abu Simbel’ - Illustration by David Roberts, R.A. From ‘Eygpt and Nubia’, published in 1842
rhamphotheca: dendroica: Red-shouldered hawk with Ribbon Snake n224_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr. Via Flickr:Birds and nature in natural colors. v.1.Chicago :A.W. Mumford, Publisher,1913-1914.bio...
Abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld (1803 - 1895) sits for a portrait with his Granddaughter - at Pelham’s Studio, 44 Boylston Street in Boston - late 1800s
‘Auld Reekie’ (Edinburgh) - Frontispiece from ‘In Search of Scotland’, published in London - 1929
unnaturalist: by Alexandre-Isidore Leroy de Barbe (1777-1828)
Two Brothers in chequered Pants - Sixth Plate Ambrotype taken in the United States - mid 1800s
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