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40 Interesting Photos That Shed A New Light On The Victorian And Edwardian Eras, As Shared On This Instagram Page
The Victorian and Edwardian eras, which saw tremendous industrialization, technological development, and social transformation, are known as the two of the most revolutionary times in British history. These two periods were a time of great cultural richness and diversity, with art, literature, and music flourishing.
That's why, an Instagram page by the name of "Victorian chronicles" is sure to take you back in time to the said eras. This account is a historical and photographic treasure trove, bringing up a visual feast of photos and even facts that might interest you. So why not take a break, pour yourself a cup of tea, and lose yourself in a world of history?
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#1
Rare Picture Of A Black Female Union Soldier 1862
Her name was Cathy Williams and she had to pose as a MALE to be enlisted at the Time..She was part of the 38 Regiment,Infantry Division and was called a Buffalo Soldier.
Rae The Elf 2 years ago
They were pretty desperate for men back then and I don't think she would have that hard of a time fitting in.
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Aria the Dog Lover 2 years ago
Wow. See we are never taught this stuff in the US. This stuff is actually incredible and interesting, should be taught.
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
She was originally a slave and first served as a laundress with the Union Army. She then posed as a man to enlist as a soldier and served for two years. Some scholars say that her decision to enlist was to mantain her own financial independence.
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago (edited)
"Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock Rasta. There was a Buffalo Soldier, In the heart of America. Stolen from Africa, brought to America. Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival" :(
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Petz Sos 2 years ago
Her name was Cathay Williams & she was NOT a soldier in 1862. She did not enlist in army until 1866(Indian Wars) using the name William Cathay. Prior to then she was 'voluntarily' encouraged as a contraband to begin service with Union forces as a cook around 1861. Obviously medical enlistment exams weren't that thorough at the time so her true identity was not discovered until she contracted smallpox & was frequently hospitalized until she was eventually discovered a female then discharged honorably. She was denied pension, I believe
Margaret H 2 years ago
My education was sadly lacking - I'd never heard of a female Buffalo Soldier.
The page offers a new viewpoint on history, whether it be a woman dressed as Batgirl in 1904 or a rare image of a black female Union soldier from 1862. "Victorian Chronicles" is the ideal place for anyone who enjoys history, vintage photography, or just wants to see something new and intriguing because of its well-chosen selection of photos!
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#2
Portrait Of Ah-Weh-Eyu (Pretty Flower), Of The Seneca Nation, 1908. Photo By J.l. Blessing
Scrapiechick 2 years ago
She was working as a model for an American cutlery company when this picture was taken, sadly very little is known about her life
#3
Unidentified African-American Family Prairie Settlers From The 1880s
ShriSha Kamboj 2 years ago
such a beautiful family....too bad they probably experienced some s**t
R Dennis 2 years ago
I think you accidentally hit a key... somehow the word "probably" was inserted...
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Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
A roving professional photographer, most likely. They were fairly common.
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As you may have noticed, the page also offers descriptions and background information in addition to the pictures itself, which helps to make the pictures come to life. These specifics provide a greater understanding of the people, places, and events shown in each photograph as well as the historical setting in which they were taken.
#4
Portrait Of Hattie Tom, An Apache Native American, 1899
Scrapiechick 2 years ago
I'm struck by how many people are commenting on these women's looks, they were more than their physical appearance
Kim Chi 2 years ago
Agreed. They should be appreciated for their hardships and what they could've endured during the time period instead of commenting on beauty. What, everyone looked like ogres back then and theses are the exceptions?
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Mick Casey 2 years ago
I find myself very uncomfortable looking at this comment section, it feels like they're dehumanizing this young woman.
Maltaros 2 years ago
It would be better if they had given some context for the photos.
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Heffalump 2 years ago
I was struck by the opposite: how very real she looks.
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#5
Two Ladies Making A Snow Lady. This Photo Was Originally Printed In Strand Magazine, Volume III 1892
Kate Jones 2 years ago
The most impressive part of this is that those woman did this while wearing a corset and heels.
Marie G. 2 years ago
You can actually move pretty freely in a corset, or at least well enough to build one of those
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David 2 years ago
That fateful day when two of the triplets had finally had enough of their bossy sister.
The inventiveness and vigor of the Victorian and Edwardian eras are bound to excite you, whether you're drawn to their avant-garde inventions or their daring dress choices there is something just so fascinating about being able to take a look at these old photographs and learn something new about our world's history in that one particular time period.
#6
A Kitty Basking In The Beard Of Louis Coulon, A French Metallurgist, Taken In 1890
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
I love this photograph. That had to be one long, impressive beard.
dancebe4thestorm 2 years ago
Monsieur Coulon: "Hey kids, do you wanna meet my Beard Cat?" Le kids: "Yeeeeeeeey!" Le cat: "Oh, fück"
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
Cats like "help! I'm 3rd generation beard cat and the first to escape the whiskers"
#7
This Photograph Shows A Young Mother, Exhausted From Spending Hours Making Matchboxes, A Pile Of Which Can Be Seen On The Table
At her feet is a young, sleeping baby covered by a blanket. Picture taken In Whitechapel, London circa 1890. For such homeworkers engaged in the sweated industries there was no division between work and home life. Match-box making was amongst the lowest paid work. The industry primarily employed women and children who could expect to work an average of 16 hours per day. For every 144 boxes made they received 2 pennies. This photograph appears in an album with a number of other prints depicting sweated labourers and London's poor. Such albums were often compiled by charities to raise funds and inform the public about the plight of those living and working in London's poorest areas, such as the East End
Nor 2 years ago
And a 133 years later, it still hasn't gotten any better around the world. he poor have become poorer and the middle class have become poor and the rich have just remained rich
Ben Cor 2 years ago (edited)
Seriously, this is just wrong. Things are better for a lot of people. Please look at real world data on poverty evolution: https://ourworldindata.org/poverty. I'm not saying things are perfect, and income inequality is a big problem. But in general, less people are poor then before.
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Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
These are the good old times, back when the world was a better place with decency and morals, with men being the bread winners, women staying home housewifing and harmony all round. /S ------ People who idolize the past long for an ideal that never (or very rarely) existed in the first place.
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
There's a Facebook page I used to get messages from-it was old photographs of my local town going back to the 1870s or so. It was a fairly deprived area for a lot of its history, and many of the photos show children in the streets, or sitting on their doorstep. There's always some total idiot who makes a fatuous comment about look how happy and carefree they are, out playing in the fresh air, not fixated on their mobile phone, kids today don't know how to be happy...The kids in the photos are inevitably barefoot, look filthy, dressed in raggedy clothes, aren't smiling or playing, just standing there warily eyeing up the photographer, and looking hungry. They might not have phones, but they don't have anything else either. There was no such thing as the good old days.
Load More Replies... Mabelbabel 2 years ago
Working from home isn't a new thing-my grandmother was a piece worker working in the woolen industry in West Yorkshire. From the late 1940s to the early 1980s, she had a huge bolt of woven wool fabric delivered each week to her home-her job was to go through it, fixing any knots or broken threads, sorting out pulls etc to make it as smooth as possible for tailoring. She had it laid out on the dining room table, a room that we weren't allowed to enter unless we'd washed our hands. It allowed her to look after us whilst our parents were at work, but it was poorly paid and really heavy work-she was constantly bent over and moving the huge roll of cloth took effort. The woolen industry in West Yorkshire collapsed in the late 70s/early 80s due to cheaper imports from overseas, but I don't think she minded too much.
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 2 years ago
Just two years since Jack the Ripper terrorized that same district
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
That reminds me of the poor uranium girls who suffered extremely painful and slow deaths as many would like the hairs of the paintbrushes to make a sharper point thus ingesting the uranium paint.
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D Peterson 2 years ago
This is where we would still be in the US if not for unions & the scores of both men & women who died fighting for the rights the GOP wants to eliminate.
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
I thought you got phossy jaw from making matchsticks, not matchboxes 🤔
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LittleWombat 2 years ago
Yes, poor people, just work harder...pull yourself up...blah blah... s/
So, Pandas, what was your favorite photo or fact about the Victorian and Edwardian eras from this post? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below! We're eager to hear what stood out to you the most and why. Also, don't forget to check out the page itself for more interesting images and facts.
#8
Young English Victorian Lady Posing With Her Pet Cat C1890s
#9
Unknown Victorian Woman In A More Unusual Pose At The Time, Having A Good Ol’ Chuckle
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
I have a photograph of my great-grandparents in which both of them are cracking up. It's obviously the kind of laughter where you can't even look at the other person. I cherish it.
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Group Of Debutante Ladies, Washington, Dc, Circa 1910 - Colorized By Olga Shirniba
Sheila Stamey 2 years ago
" I say, Felicia, is that a marriageable fellow over there or a cat? I cannot see without my eyeglasses and mummy will not let me wear them!"
BenMaharaj 2 years ago
This looks like the body type we’ve swung back towards. We’re just not using corsets to get there.
Sturgeon 2 years ago
Oppressed women conforming to the prevalent preferred body image brutal corseterie.
Marie G. 2 years ago
COSETRY. WAS. NOT. OPRESSING. WOMEN. By doing that you're actually spreading the words of 19th century men who wanted to make women look stupid. The vast majority of corsets are not damaging in any way, nor painful to wear. If a corset is fitted right (and in that time most were custom made because that's how clothes worked), even a tight-lacing one is comfortable
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Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Debutante? How old were debutante Ladies back then? I thought you debu at around 17. Those Ladies look older to me. Does anyone know more about this?
#11
Portrait Of A Cat Entitled “Pussy” Photographed By Edward And Henry T. Anthony & Co. Circa 1869-1875
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
Fortunately, there are quite a few kitties in this listicle.
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Appalachian Panda 2 years ago
Knowing Bored Panda as we do, I'm surprised they didn't censor the title of the photo.
Hugo Santos 2 years ago
Commenting only to see if bp will censor it but not the title: Such a nice pussy....
#12
Vintage Studio Portrait Of Girl A With Cat, Circa 1913
#13
Amelia Van Buren With Friend Photographed By Thomas Eakins, Late 1880s, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Photography
RafCo (he/him/ele) 2 years ago
She was a famous portrait photographer, and according to Eakins, his brightest student. He painted a number of pictures of her as well.
Cat_Whisperer 1 year ago
Amelia Van Buren? Fancy name…and nice of her friend to let her sit on her shoulder
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Her face looks so young while her hair looks so white. But maybe it‘s just a very light blond.
#14
Portrait Of Actresses Maude Adams And Ethel Barrymore, Taken In New York, Circa 1897
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Ethel Barrymore was the sister of actors John and Lionel Barrymore, the aunt of actor John Drew Barrymore and grand-aunt of actress Drew Barrymore. - Google search
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
Maude Addams was an amazing lesbian actress who received renown for her role as Peter in Peter Pan. Youtube historian Kaz Rowe has a wonderful essay about Maude Addams on her Youtube channel.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
How young they were. By the time we got to see them in the movies—-because they were originally stage actresses—-they were old women.
Gossameringue 2 years ago
At her peak in the early 20th century, Maude Adams was making about $1 million a year - that's about $33 million in 2023 American dollars
Hugo Santos 2 years ago
I confess I never heard about Ethel Barrymore before, and as I read the title, I was thinking if she was related to Drew. Then I scrolled down and WTF!!!! Even more impressive now that I found out she wasn't even her grandmother, but her grand-aunt instead...
Gossameringue 2 years ago
Although Maude had several long term (and short term) female romantic relationships, no evidence exists that she and Ethel were an item. When this photo was taken in 1897, Maude was in a deep relationship with Lillie Florence.
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Alice Doherty - The Minnesota Woolly Girl - Poses With Her Family In A Typically Dour Victorian Photograph Circa Early 1900s
She suffered from “dog-faced” hypertrichosis, a rare condition that wasn't an uncommon sight in the world of Victorian-era so called ‘freak’ shows. Alice and her mum toured with Professor Weller’s One-Man Band from the age of five, and was exhibited in shop windows and other small venues. Other hypertrichosis sufferers made a small fortune touring in Europe, but Alice never reached their heights of fame. In 1915, aged 28, she retired in Dallas, Texas where she died in 1933
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
I feel so bad for her. She was probably horribly stigmatized and ridiculed.
VonBlade 2 years ago
That's what you get for laying in bed and thinking of Mr Darcy. You're lucky you didn't go blind. (and I hope the onanism = hairy isn't a concept unique to the UK else this joke makes no sense)
Seth 2 years ago
I love that thinking of Mr Darcy is your erotic placeholder.
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Roman Hans 2 years ago (edited)
"The Minnesota Woolly Girl." They have to say that because otherwise you'd confuse her with the Alabama, Florida, or Tennessee Woolly Girls.
Shishal Asaurus 2 years ago
I bet (looking at siblings) she was gorgeous under all of that extra hair
Alleman Jennifer 2 years ago
I watched a documentary probably 20 years ago abt the rise and full of freak shows. It was interesting in that when society became more concerned about the freak shows they essentially became out of fashion. The people who were the ““ freaks in the freak shows were left without employment or the sense of community they felt with others who faced the same type of societal stigma. Essentially the folks who were concerned about the carnival workers did not take the carnival workers position into consideration and ultimately made life more difficult for them. They had a loss of earnings and the loss of a sense of community. Regardless of whether or not they were in a freak show, they were going to be ridiculed and laughed at and ostracized so if that was going to be the case anyway why not let them decide if they wanted to earn a wage and have a family of people who understood and shared their plight.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I highly recommend the book The Museum of Extraordinary Things. It's one of my favorites. There's a character with the same condition who is exhibited in a side show. It's set in turn of the century Coney Island.
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jjdubs W 2 years ago
Also those "dour" faces were a requirement due to technology at the time. They had to sit still for several minutes to take one photograph.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I highly recommend the book The Museum of Extraordinary Things. It's one of my favorites. There's a character with the same condition who is exhibited in a side show. It's set in turn of the century Coney Island.
The Cute Cat 2 years ago
I am not sure that someone can have hypertichosis to this extend. Possible that its is fake..
#16
A Young Victorian Lady Photographing A Mirror Selfie. Circa 1900
Scrapiechick 2 years ago
Must have been well off, having a camera and the leisure time to use it
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 2 years ago
Oh she would definitely be a selfie queen if she was a lady of our times.
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
Or catching them on fire near every oil lamp and candle.
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Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
My mother, born 1920, became a newspaper photographer and editor, passing in 1981. I have NO photographs of her because she was always behind the camera!
#17
Portrait Of Another Victorian Batwoman, Shown As Marie Schleinzer, Taken At Adele Kuk Hof-Atelier, Vienna Circa 1890
Christof Irran 2 years ago
Only there was nothing "Edwardian" or "Victorian" about Vienna in the 1890. Those terms only apply in an anglo-centric sub-culture rife with a great deal of cultural self-over-estimation and jingoism. That era would have been referred to, on the contiguous continent, as "fin-de-siècle" and had its own, distinct flavor. An era marked by an unbelievable creativity in the arts and an increasing political instability of a moth-eaten Hapsburg monarchy that eventually triggered the first World War.
Shankshaw Redeemer 2 years ago
I only see two, but there could be another one or two hidden...
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peithecelt 2 years ago
It was an advertising about for a stage production... Lol not her usual dress..:D
#18
A Female Mason Perched High Above Berlin (C. 1910)
With the rise of industrialization, the number of German women who worked outside the home also increased. This usually meant factory work. But in some families with their own businesses, daughters also learned a trade so that they could help out: here, we see a master-mason’s daughter during the renovation work on the old city hall tower in Berlin
Luna Crow 2 years ago
Amazing that they wouldn't make an exception for wardrobe as well as roll, that's got to be incredibly dangerous. It's still cool to see women in trades this far back
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#19
Unknown Victorian Lady Pulling A Face For The Camera
Kim Landfather 2 years ago
I’m sure she’d be glad to know that picture is still making people smile. I did.
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
She must have been a hoot to be around. Victorians often get a bad rap of being seen as dour and macabre, and then we see fun images like this.
Scrapiechick 2 years ago
You're bang on. We always imagine victoriana people as plain and dower but their homes were full of colour and they lived in an age of incredible technological advancement.
Load More Replies... Shishal Asaurus 2 years ago
This is probably where "ur face will get stuck that way!" originated :'))
#20
A Victorian Lass With Rather Long Hair In A Fashionable Pic C1890s
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
10 days to dry and 10,000 strokes with the brush and not a stroke more lol
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tee-lena 2 years ago
So did my great grandma. She was Cherokee and wore it in two braids down her back
Load More Replies... Kate Jones 2 years ago
My hair is around my mid-back and it annoys me. I couldn't imagine this, lol.
#21
‘Blackbirds’, A Group Of Men And Women Sitting In A Fallen Tree. Photograph By Louis Milton Thiers C1910
Bryn 2 years ago
You can probably order a digital file of the print from here: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AHNE3SBDJ66DTU83 then you can take that digital file and print it anywhere you'd like.
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Taryn Wallace 2 years ago
This legit looks like they are either in the Degoba system or The Bog of Eternal Stench
#22
A Woman Dressed Up As Batgirl In 1904, 35 Years Before The Creation Of Batman In 1939, And 57 Years Before The Creation Of Batgirl In 1961
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago
This is my next Halloween costume for sure 😍
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Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
Those Victorians were definitely trend setters. This seems to be a recurring theme. Batgirl-63...eeb6d3.jpg 
Lori T Wisconsin 2 years ago
I'll take Ben Affleck any day over Jennifer Lopez!
Load More Replies... BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
so many times it isn't the person who first did or invented a thing that gets the credit, but the one with the best marketing.
Hańka 2 years ago
According to her make up and short hair hidden under a mask (fragments are visible) it is rather 1924, I presume.
Scrapiechick 2 years ago
Nah, I have waist length hair but you'd never know when it's tucked into a swimming cap
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#23
"A Fine Day In London" Photographed By Hector Colard C.1898
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
No, the horse s**t is afoot mostly ..... as an additional fun fact, the old silent film era gag about slipping on a banana peel actually alludes to people slipping on horse s**t during this time (it is astonishingly slippery - try it sometime, you'll be amazed)
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Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
It reminds me of a painting with the same subject, by Caillebotte.
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#24
Portrait Of Actress Evelyn Nesbit Photographed By Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr., 1901
Adam King 2 years ago
The kind of beauty you'd shoot another man in public over!
Load More Replies... Eastendbird 2 years ago (edited)
L.M.Montgomery had a picture of Evelyn Nesbit above her desk as she wrote Anne of Green Gables. This is how she imagined Anne looked!
Debby Keir 2 years ago
That's a pretty woman - no lip plumps, butt or boob jobs, just as she is. (and yes, I think some have a warped sense of 'beauty' these days)
Marc Booker 2 years ago
Watch the movie "Ragtime" and you learn a bit about Evelyn Nesbitt, or look up Harry K. Thaw and Stanford White.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
she was the original gibson girl and infamously "the girl in the red velvet swing"
#25
A Couple Of Victorian Travellers Looking Rather Dandy Taken Around 1890s
GoGoPDX 2 years ago (edited)
I believe they were Romani, also known as the racial slur Gypsy. They were nomadic people they were also highly persecuted by so many.
Isabella 2 years ago
Nope. Travellers are of Irish descendant, not Romani.
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JoJo Anisko 2 years ago
Reminds me of Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Not a strong resemblance, just a vague impression.
Timea Jones 2 years ago
Big difference between Roma and "Irish Travellers." Very different cultures, beliefs, & ethos. Travelers are just another "white" group taking a culture & appropriating it, doing a very s****y job at it per usual. If you haven't lived as a Roma or been invited in to live with us, you have zero business talking about us bc you will never know the real us unless we see you trustworthy enough to let you experience it. We've been persecuted far too long to trust outsiders with what our culture truly is.
Timea Jones 2 years ago
Hi, actual Roma here 🙋🏽♀️ For the racists in these comments, you're truly disgusting and being hateful towards a group of ppl with truly amazing spirits who continue to survive and maintain their cultural and ethnic identities while continuously being persecuted and discriminated against to this day! Roma ppl originate from the Punjabi region of India from which they were forcefully expelled due to living a nomadic lifestyle that wasn't viewed as civilized once the Indiana's fell under the spell of the West. So, in order to survive and just live, they headed North. During this forced migration, Roma continued to be expelled and forced out of many different countries until they were able to settle in any country where they could at least eat and live, however we're still exterminated, enslaved, discriminated against, and hated. However, many ppl enjoyed their music, crafts, food, and especially the women! "Untouchables" yet y'all love raping them!
#26
Blanche Allarty Excited Circus Crowds In The Late 1890s With Her Superior Equestrian Abilities
A born crowd-pleaser, she continually innovated new tricks to keep her fans yearning for more. In a male-dominated world, Blanche Allarty became famous for gracefully executing death-defying tricks. According to Hilda Nelson, author of Great Horsewomen of the 19th Century in the Circus Allarty became one of France’s “most famous and admired ecuyère of haute école (a female rider of the upper school). She was among the first women in history to perform virtuoso dressage and she was highly respected for it
Kate Jones 2 years ago
I get we want to praise her, but lets also praise the impressive horse. I hate when people take credit for something an animal did almost entirely, and probably got abused on top of it. This horse managed to understand a language it didn't know how to speak in order to perform tricks with a 130 pounds sitting on his back while tied up and being hit with a stick at the same time. Praise to the horse who didn't get a say in anything.
dancebe4thestorm 2 years ago
Let's not forget the technical prowess of the photographer, capturing the split second in the 1890's
Helen Jane Witten 2 years ago
Doing it all side saddle with a completely composed, confident expression. That is really impressive.
Persephone 2 years ago
They look like this when concentrating, and these are some of the most highly trained, conditioned, experienced, and well cared for horses in the world. They don't even start riding them until 8-10. They are considered in their prime when most racehorses are used up and dead at the same age. Those are the horses that are abused.
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Mother And Daughter Watch A Tall Ship Navigate The Thames Assisted By A Steam Tug, London, Ca. 1880 - Sunderland Antiquarian Society
Beruthiel45 2 years ago (edited)
Sunderland is up north, not London. Are they sure this is the Thames? Could be a northern tidal river. Hint hint, nudge nudge, Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea...
Bookworm 2 years ago
That might just be the group that wound up with the picture. Who knows how it got there.
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This thread makes me want to rewatch Penny Dreadful. It really was filmed so well and spoke to this time.
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Touching And Final Photograph Of A Young Girl, Who Became Terminally Ill And Shortly After Was Taken
Daguerrotype photography was taken around 1850 by the wishes of her family who wanted to keep her memories alive, frozen in time. But there is not only a mystery of who and where this photo was taken but whether it was 1850s and whether she was dying or already dead when taken
Chonky Panda 2 years ago
No really no. Not all black and white photos of children have to be haunting or creepy. Am I the only one who's only seeing a much loved and missed child, and nothing more? Idk it's about some level of respect I think. It's just a little girl.
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Helen Bennett 2 years ago
She does look suspiciously dead in that photo; it's that right eye. Photographing the dead was a pretty common practice.
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
On the other hand, her left pupil isn’t dilated, suggesting she’s still alive.
Load More Replies... JoJo Anisko 2 years ago (edited)
The silliness of her eyes is certainly suggestive. Edit: I forget what word I meant, but I was referring to the milkiness of her eyes, a condition associated with cadavers. (As well as cataracts)
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
This looks like a post-mortem photgraph, which were tragically quite popular in Victorian times due to the high rate of mortality. Many times photographer would even pose the person who had passed away. The poor little girls eyes are what makes me think she has already passed away in the photo.
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I remember searching post-mortem photography a while back when I first heard about it. Since family pictures were likely expensive, it allowed loved ones a permanent memory. Anyways, I'm sure you all know this. My point is, this photo came up on post-mortem sites repeatedly. It is very haunting.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Memento Mori photographs were very common. photography was still new, and evolving, but expensive, though less expensive than sitting for a painted portrait. So people didn’t have a lot of pictures of themselves. But if a child or young person died—-someone not around long enough to be remembered—-the family would pool money together to pay for a remembrance picture of them, sometimes by themselves, other times propped up in a family portrait (yeah, I know…).
Lou Cam 2 years ago
Quite often the deceased would be propped up, have their eyes painted over and dressed as if alive and awake. Sometimes the persons family would be present in the photo too.
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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Probably already dead. A healthy child of that age would be wiggly= blurry photo. Not used to seeing them with the eyes left open though. Usually they're "asleep".
Happiness is Hippo 2 years ago
She wasn't healthy though, she was terminally ill so probably not so "wiggly". I don't know whether the photo was taken just before or just after death, but it was close to her death and that's sad enough
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‘New Woman’, (A Self-Portrait), 1896 Photographed By Frances Benjamin Johnston
She was one of the first female press photographers in the United States, a significant contributor in the documentation efforts of architecture in the American south, and the beating heart of every party she attended
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
If you are looking for gorgeous reproduction shoes, can I recommend the online shoe store, American Duchess: https://www.americanduchess.com/
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Female Japanese School Students, They Were Wearing Edo Period Uniforms Consisting Of A 'Hakama' (Skirts Worn Over A Short-Sleeved 'Furisode Kimono', In The Tokyo Prefecture, Meiji Era, Imperial Japan, C. Early 1910s
PandaGoPanda 2 years ago
That’s not an Edo period uniform … hakama for female students didn’t come into being until the Meiji period.
Hilary Mol 2 years ago
The title specifically says "Meiji Era". So is it right or is it wrong? I'm thoroughly confused now.
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Roman Hans 2 years ago
Right after this she snuck a cigarette behind the pagoda.
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🎶 Three little maids from school are we; pert as a school girl well can be; filled to the brim of girlish glee; Three little maids from school! 🎶 (from *The Mikado* by Gilbert and Sullivan)
Scrapiechick 2 years ago
Not strictly true, Hakama was adopted by Japanese noblemen over a thousand years ago, and while not universally worn, women of the court as far back as the Heian period would wear Hakama while studying because it was far more comfortable and amenable to bending over in comparison to formal wear.
Fiery Llama 2 years ago
It is Meji period, as it says in the title- the clothing is 'Edo period' clothing, as in they are wearing clothing from another era. If you and I dressed up in Victorian clothing, we would be dressing in 'Victorian period' clothes.
DarcyRose 2 years ago
Thank you. Explains many comments I didn't understand
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Portrait Of Victorian Bird-Man In Norway, Robert Collett (1842-1913) Taken C. 1910
Lee Banks 2 years ago
I was literally in the middle of singing that when this came up!
Load More Replies... Mickysixxx 2 years ago
Generations on his descendant help Macaulay Caulkin out of a real pickle in NYC after some neglectful patenting practices had taken place
Tina Harnish 2 years ago
I once had a whole lot of pigeons on me. I didn't know they liked peanuts. I had bought a packet of salted roasted nuts. Opened it and got mobbed. I didn't have too much money on me and could only get a couple more packets. But it felt so cool, all those little feet. This was before cell phones. A group of Japanese were there and asked if they could take my picture. That makes me laugh, as I haven't travelled but my photo is in Japan. This was at Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.
#32
Autremagazine 1890s, An Inuit Man Warms His Wife’s Feet. Greenland
Trillian 2 years ago
They are Inuit. I am pretty sure they know more about living in cold conditions than any of us here.
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Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
I always loved this photo--there is a real tenderness to it.
gotham-panda 2 years ago
Since there seems to be some confusion every time this picture is posted, here's what's happening: the woman has taken off her boots and trousers so that her husband can warm her feet by his groin (which would be very warm). One assumes once her feet were warm (and possibly dry) again, she put the garments back on and continued doing whatever they were doing. She wasn't freezing to death or anything. He was just doing his wife a kindness to alleviate some discomfort.
#33
The Smallest Shop In London, Occupied By A Cobbler, At 4 Bateman Street, Soho. The Shop Is Six Feet Long, Five Feet High And Two Feet Deep, The Rent Three Pounds A Week, It Has Been Occupied For Over Twenty Years. C.1910
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 2 years ago
We have a lot of stores smaller than that in Israel; it continues to astound me that someone can run a business from a "box" that measures one meter by two.
#34
Vintage “Selfie” Photo Set With Unknown Female Couple Either As Lovers Or Possibly Sisters ( Due To Likeness) Circa 1900
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Historic text - they were friends who lived together and did everything together until they died, such good friends.
#35
Rather Creepy Victorian Humpty Dumpty Adaptation From Alice Through The Looking Glass Circa 1873
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
I would love to know how we settled on Humpty Dumpty being an egg, as in the rhyme, nowhere does it say he’s an egg.
Firstname Lastname 2 years ago
I am imagine that was the look on the bird's face too, before pushing out an egg that big.
#36
Victorian Woman Dressed As A Witch Or A High Priestess, Taken At Emil H. Klemke's Photographic Studio In Scribner, Nebraska (Population, 827) In Around 1900
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
I should just dress up like this for Valentine's Day tomorrow. I'm already half-way to eccentric spinster woman who dances under pale light of the moon according to my mum.
Pangoro 2 years ago
This whole time I thought you were a man. Don't ask me why, because I have no idea.
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Kerry R Walton 2 years ago
Actually I think this may be a costume and the wearer is dressed as the Queen of the Night from The Magic Flute
Thomas E S Thomas 2 years ago
Nope. That's Cinderella's fairy godmother from broadway, circa 1900.
#37
Street Vendor Selling Mummies In Egypt, 1875
Unfortunately the Europeans at this time (1890s) had an almost insatiable appetite for purchasing these "mummies". There was a thriving black market in mummies, which resulted in many being "faked" by digging up more recent burials and selling them, as in the hot dry atmosphere of the Egyptian deserts it was relatively easy to bury a recent corpse and let it "dry out" naturally in the sand! Mummies were also still being used in medicine, and at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries there were many new "fads" and taking ground/powdered mummy was considered by some as very beneficial!
Lord of the laserprinter. 2 years ago
Also painters used „mummy brown“ paint made from… mummies.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
And ground up mummies were used for fertilizer. Since the stock came from grave robbers, just imaging all the loss of valuable historical artifacts and information. Because of all this looting of graves, we’re still going to have large gaps in understanding of the Egyptians.
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Little Wonder 2 years ago
They used to have "unwrapping" parties, buy a mummy and invite people around to unwrap it. Weird.
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
The practise of consuming mummies can be traced back hundreds of years but was said to have peaked in the 16th and 17th centuries. Many Europeans during this time would routinely ingest remedies containing human remains as cures for everything from epilepsy to the common headache. (Look up the German -Swiss physician Phillipus Theoprastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim aka Paracelsus for a wild ride about using human remains). A German catalogue from the late 19th century sold mummia (powdered mummy remains). Some Victorians were said to have hosted mummy unwrapping parties and the gorgeous amulets that covered the mummies were often kept as trinkets: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/
Wyn Williams 2 years ago
Or to put it another way Europeans are cannibals who brought dead bodies from Egypt to consume.
Mick Casey 2 years ago
Europeans unfortunatley had an obsession with "exotic" culture that wasn't their own and would reap countries of their artifacts. People would grind up parts of mummies into medicines and paint because the "mystical" mummies would cure their sickness. Well, sorry Europe, you just disrespected culture and ate human remains... the world is strange!
#38
Another Saucy Edwardian Era Woman Posing On A French Postcard. Circa Early 1910s
Jo Slatermill 2 years ago
AH, those good old days when onlyfans pictures were sent to you via mail
Luna Crow 2 years ago
Surely in those days this would've been considered fully pornographic. Even the bathing suits in that era covered more skin
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Debby Keir 2 years ago
It was the p*rn of the time - guys queued to buy the 'saucy pictures' from under the counter.
Hutt'nKloas 2 years ago
The ones you find on [post]cards. Genuine pron was as available, but idd...............mostly in smudge corners
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Apparent Photo Of 2 Drunken Women Fighting On A Rooftop
London, circa 1902, taken by American photographer Jack London. He was using a handheld Kodak Folding Camera, which used roll film, and with a shutter speed that was perfectly capable of capturing movement. His photographs were published in 1903 in his book ‘The People of the Abyss,’ a photojournalistic narrative of poverty in London’s East End.
London disguised himself as a runaway American sailor, rented a small room, bought some used clothes, and walked the streets.
This disguise enabled him to capture a unique record of candid images such as drunken women fighting, children dancing to a street organ, and men sleeping under the arches of bridges in the raw cold
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
Yes indeed. In addition to being a great adventure writer, Jack London was also a journalist, photographer, and activist.
Load More Replies... Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Not much has changed in London over the last 120 years ... especially drunken fighting women and the homeless sleeping rough.
#40
Having A Tooth Taken Out At The Dentist In The UK In The 1870s
Daniel 2 years ago
That was "modern" in those times. Who knows we might just take a pill in 100 years that will fix everything. From broken bones to migraines to even old age.
Load More Replies... Kharyss 2 years ago
Given the current state of dentistry in the uk, this could be modern day. Chronic shortage of dentists offering NHS care means many are resorting to home dentistry.
Hutt'nKloas 2 years ago
LOL my dad had a similar experience mid 80's in a small Maroccan town. No licensed dentist available in 500-700km radius and the pain was excruciating. Sit in the chair, in the midst of a market square. Mouth open, no anesthetics but a quick and decisive pull. He was horrified in the beginning but in the end the dentist/barber did a good job.
Lou Cam 2 years ago (edited)
When I had my upper wisdom tooth out 20 years ago the dentist had his foot up next to my head and the assistant was holding my head back pretty much just like this photo. Takes a lot of brute strength to pull a molar out. Unless you have an operation to extract the tooth sideways out of a gum incision this is how all teeth are pulled.
#41
Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934), Miss N (Portrait Of Evelyn Nesbit) - 1903
Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
This picture was used as the cover of my edition of "Madame Bovary"
Seymoura Butts 2 years ago
Look at that oh-so-subtle symbolism - a softly open flower pitcher open and ready to receive. And the not-so-subtle do-me.eyes.
#42
Titanic Survivors Marjorie And Charlotte Collyer In New York Immediately Following The Sinking Of The Liner In 1912
Potty pagan panda 2 years ago
She looks grief stricken. Doubt the lady and daughter were travelling on their own :(
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
And traumatized. PTSD. Survivors reported never forgetting the sounds of the ship sinking, and survivors in the water calling for help and for the lifeboats to come pick them up. Then everything going eerily silent. Many had nightmares about it the rest of their lives.
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Amanita Virosa 2 years ago
I googled them, they were second class passengers. Husband Harvey did not survive.
Anne Jones 2 years ago
Despair in the poor woman’s eyes..😢. In those days her future would have been very bleak without a breadwinner and a child to feed.
BewilderedBanana 2 years ago
not sure that qualifies as fun for the people on the boat
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1895: Angie Means Stands On A Giant Amazonian Water Lily Pad, Victoria Regia, In The Phipps Conservatory’s Victoria Room, Pittsburgh, USA
2x4b523p 2 years ago
When I was little mom took me to a park showing me lily pads and telling me there are really big ones that can support a human. I always thought she was pulling my leg. Well sorry mom.
Druklet 2 years ago
Yes and no. Your foot would go straight though unless there was some sort of extra board or container in the lily, though a little kid might be ok.
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#44
Woman In Black Taffeta Dress And Lace Shawl C. 1850
#45
A Group Of Breaker Boys At The Woodward Coal Mines In Kingston, Pennsylvania, Pose For A Photograph Taken In C. 1900
A breaker boy was a coal-mining worker whose job was to separate impurities from coal by hand in a coal breaker. Breaker boys were primarily children, and the practice of employing children for this job did not end until the early 1920s
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Yet there are those who would love to bring back child labor like this. Republicans. And recently. Here are some links to reports about it, some of which go back into the drumpf years: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/us-child-labor-laws-violations . And another: https://www.newsweek.com/iowa-bill-relaxing-back-child-labor-laws-sparks-outrage-this-just-crazy-1779821 . And another: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/02/rather-pass-wage-increases-gop-legislatures-move-weaken-child-labor-laws . And this one from the drumpf era: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/30/gop-lawmaker-wants-repeal-child-labor-laws-his-state-he-employs-hundreds-minors/ .
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
Guess who wants to bring back child labour? I'll give you a hint: the first letter is R.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 2 years ago
I wish they would show the original photos. For me the colorizing obscures some of the details and contrasts.
#46
Four Ladies Going For A Stroll In Budapest, Hungary Circa 1900
#47
Phyllis Monkman (1892-1976), Actress And Dancer In “The Butterflies” By Foulsham. C.1910
#48
Special Donkey Transport For Two Victorian Babies . Unknown Location And Photographer. Circa Late 1890s To 1900s
bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 2 years ago
Why not some sort of saddle? Babies be whackin in to everything.
#49
Curious Outfit, Rullatyttö, 1894, Kuopio , Finland
Ed Brandon 2 years ago
Looks like it, doesn't it. She must have had a reel good night.
Load More Replies... Wyn Williams 2 years ago (edited)
For the curious 'Rullatyttö' means roller girl and it was taken by Victor Barsokevitsch, it is currently in the Kuopio cultural museum
#50
Mathilde Weil. Portrait Of Of Rosa Rosarum, 1901. Mathilde Was An American Editor, Literary Agent, And Portrait Photographer Based In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#51
Portrait Of Young Lady Reading A Book In Copenhagen, Denmark Circa 1905 Taken By Niels Fischer
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
I would give my right arm to have thick curly hair like hers. Of course, without my right arm, I’d have a helluva time styling it….
Chyna Thom-Taylor 2 years ago
The same look we still get when our husbands interrupt our reading for the 11 billionth time!
Tina Girard 2 years ago
The photographer is probably telling her "smile, it can't be that bad!"
Load More Replies... Alison Long 2 years ago
If any of you watch "1923", she looks like Spencer's now wife, Alixe. The actress' name is Julia Schlaepfer.
Shishal Asaurus 2 years ago
This looks like shes trying out for a role on Doctor Who as the next companion
#52
Interior Of A Lounge Car Of The Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Montréal, Circa 1884
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
I like this. No shared seats, so no one else can monopolize on your space. And it also looks like they swivel, so if some obnoxious a*****e sits in the chair next to yours, you can swivel around and avoid them.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
Last train trip I took, the lounge car did have well spaced, swivel seats. After I discovered that I never went back to my assigned seat 😅
Load More Replies... Helen Jane Witten 2 years ago
If only commercial travel these days afforded it's customers such space and style. I do realise this is the equivalent of first class but still the spaciousness in itself is amazing.
#53
Stylish Edwardian Couple Taking Their Pup For A Walk In New York Circa 1900s
#54
Construction Of The Statue Of Liberty In France About 1885
#55
The Actress Stephanie Stephens Playing The Title Role In A Revival Of J.m. Barrie's Play Peter Pan. Circa 1906
Saint Thomas 2 years ago
In the context of theater, a 'revival' is a a restaging of a stage production after its original run has closed.
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Duane Perkins 2 years ago (edited)
The play started in 1906 by select British touring companies. The photo is from 1916. She was the 7th person who played Peter Pan. All the photos of this wrongly say 1906 but she didn't play Peter until 1916. Information from the book "Peter Pan on stage and screen".
#56
Fancy Dress Ready For A Ball, In Russia, Circa 1886
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago (edited)
Would win my work’s Halloween costume contest every time, hands down (although I would have to ask “so….what are you supposed to be?” 😅)
Load More Replies... Downunderdude 2 years ago
Absolutely shocking how they amputated children's legs just for a party.
Little Wonder 2 years ago
Fancy Dress is another name for a costume party, so yes :)
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Roman Hans 2 years ago
I'll bet this guy has said, "You balls hold still!" more than the rest of us.
michael Chock 2 years ago
I can just picture his wife shaking her head (men and their hobbies)
rs_adahl1971 2 years ago
Does anyone else think that the guy looks like Tim Curry? Or am I just going crazy 😧😧
#57
Portrait Of Eva Palmer Sikelianos, Taken Circa 1907. She Was A Prominent Figure In The Movement Toward Reviving Ancient Greek Artistic And Cultural Practices During The Early Twentieth Century
Sikelianos is remembered for her love of Greece and her decision to embrace a lifestyle that mirrored the country’s ancient history. A New York debutante, she studied ancient Greek and Latin briefly at Bryn Mawr College but left school to pursue an unconventional artistic life. She became a crucial member of the lesbian circle of Natalie Clifford Barney but then moved to Greece and married Angelos Sikelianos
#58
The Gardener’s Daughter (Mary Ryan), 1870, From Julia Margaret Cameron’s “Women” Series
#59
Young Man Wearing Takypod Roller Skates
The Takypod is a machine driven by pedaling, but unlike a bicycle the rider sits on, takypods are attached to the feet. The inventor was Edward Petrini. From the George Grantham Bain Collection November 8, 1910
Mick Casey 2 years ago (edited)
I would have a hard time remembering to pedal AND steer with my feet at the same time.
Kevin Humble 2 years ago
You just know somewhere - some hipster is crying out for a pair of these.
#60
Daguerreotype Photo Of A Victorian Family At Play C1850s
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Couple of the kids had a hard time staying still—-as kids generally can’t do. Must’ve been nearly impossible to get a good family portrait done in those days if you had young children.
#61
Victorian Gramps Playing With A Few Of His Grandchildren C 1890s
Image has also been compared to Krampus: the old man was some sort of fear figure used by parents to discipline/put the fear in their unruly children. He came by the house and put naughty children in his bin and pretended to carry them off, usually around Xmas time. A tradition in Germany and neighbouring countries
#62
Group Of Plaistow Children, London Circa 1904
Helen Jane Witten 2 years ago
For such young kids they almost have adult faces. Guess that's from having child labor back in the day. Sad when I think about it.
#63
Victorian / Edwardian Era Lady With An Unusual Pose For The Time Circa Early 1900 S
#64
Naughty But Nice Risqué Edwardian Era Pose Of Young Woman From A French Postcard Circa 1910s
Debby Keir 2 years ago
'French postcard' was a pseudonym for risque, and nothing to do with France.
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#65
Geisha Girls As A Femme And Her Mr. Dandy | Found In An Old Shoebox In Japan In The 2000s, With Other Photos From The Late-Meiji And Early-Taisho Era 1910s
Liz Clarke 2 years ago
Geisha wouldn't have dressed like this, Japanese women dressing up would be more accurate.
#66
Samurai In Yokohama Japan, By Photographer Felice Beato, 1864–65, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Photography
#67
Evelyn Nesbit, Famous Edwardian American Actress. Photographed By Otto Sarony Circa 1901
Jo Slatermill 2 years ago
Seems like the "unachievable beauty standards" aren't a modern invention by movies and media.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Nearly all early portrait photography is "filtered" in a manner of speaking by the slow film speeds and intentional soft focus. Retouching a negative to remove blemishes or other features was also quite common, though it required significantly more skill than modern digital methods.
Load More Replies... Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 2 years ago
I believe that time period is called the gilded age in America
#68
Cabinet Card Portrait Of Lady Edna Clarke Hall, Taken By John Caswall Smith At The Gainsborough Studio, London - Circa 1895
#69
A Victorian Stroll In The Park During The Paris Exposition / World Fair C. 1900
Sue Wade-Walters 2 years ago
"Victorian" was an era not limited by geography.
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#70
Unidentified Woman Standing Outside With Her Cat In Her Arms, Ca. 1905-1910. Photographer: Jessie Tarbox Beals
#71
A Mother And Her 2 Children With Their Belongings Turfed Out Into The Street In East London In 1890 Because They Hadn’t Paid The Rent. They Were Later Saved By The Charity Dr Bernardo’s
XenoMurph 2 years ago
26 years later that lad was probably in a trench, conscription for everyone under 41.
Load More Replies... Annabelle 2 years ago
Hope they were actually saved by Dr Bernardo’s Charity? There is a lot of controversy around his charity. On one hand he tried to help people. On the other hand there were children abused (physically and sexually), children kidnapped from parents and claims of slavery.
Load More Replies... Helen Jane Witten 2 years ago
To think people bemoan the loss of the so called "good ol' days".
Russell Tilling 2 years ago
No welfare state back then, but thankfully they got picked-up by a charity. Tbh 'poor' Indian families now have a similar amount of 'stuff' plus cooking pots & utensils. It doesn't make them automatically unhappy. on the other hand, a western family with tons of 'stuff', cars, houses, etc might also not be happy. Not a 1:1 correlation but I accept it helps.
#72
Actress Sarah Bernhardt In The Living Room Of Her Mansion House In Paris On 27th February 1896 By French Photographer Paul Nadar, From Ministere De La Culture
#73
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. With Eli Yale, A Hyacinth Macaw, In The White House Conservatory. 1902
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
In WWII he’d be relieved of command by General Patton for lack of aggression (actually for being too careful not getting his men killed needlessly). Died of a heart attack soon after D-Day.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago (edited)
Patton wanted to relieve him in North Africa, but it was Omar Bradley who actually did so,. He was the only US General who went ashore in the first wave on D-Day, on Utah Beach, and is credited with saving that landing, which was sent ashore some distance away from the planned landing zone. Roosevelt went up and down the beach putting confused soldiers into units and sending them inland to match up with the airborne troops who'd landed the night before. He was awarded to Medal of Honor for that day's work, but did in fact die on July 12, 1944, of a heart attack, after a day of conversation with his son Captain Quentin Roosevelt II.
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#74
Portrait Of Actress Fern Andra. Taken Late 1910s
#75
A Couple Of Vintage Clowns Having A Singalongadoo C1905. Published By Albert Bergeret & Cie, Nancy, France
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago (edited)
Singalongadoo is an amazing word and I think we should bring it back. These clowns though are pure nightmare fuel.
#76
Two College Students In Their Dorm Room At The University Of Illinois, 1910
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Just wait long enough. Some or all of it could all come back.
Load More Replies... Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
The more I look at it the more I want to know about the background: who is that female fencer or who is she supposed to be an why are there spoons hanging fom that rope/net (to name but two). Also: a tennis net for storing pictures looks like an idea from 5-minute-crafts
#77
Victorian Stereograph Card Photo Of A Couple Giving Little Albert A Bath In Their Casserole Pot! Circa 1860s
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Not a casserole pot - a tin bath - galvanised steel would burn through too easily.
#78
More Naughty But Nice French Postcard Of Edwardian Era Lady Risqué At Time
Luna Crow 2 years ago
I've been noticing that too. There are a handful in this collection that were surely considered immodest at the time, but they're all very artful in that they seem to be indicating moods or ideas in a candid way, rather than going for overt sex appeal
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Air Balloons, Paris, 1914. Auto-Chrome
Downunderdude 2 years ago
Pro tip: don't fly them over America. They're a little touchy just now.
#80
A Victorian Stereo-View Card Entitled “The Night Before Christmas” Circa 1898
Synsepalum 2 years ago
Well, they're all dead now, so I guess it is a death portrait.
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Brian Irby 2 years ago
All the nightmares. From the creepy santa coming in from hiding in the curtains to the porcelain doll looking blankly across the room, most likely thinking of murder.
#81
A Couple Of Tall Edwardian Ladies ( Possibly Sisters) Wearing The Latest Finery Of That Period: Les Modes (Paris) April 1909 “Promenade Toilet And Shopping Dress By Bernard”. Circa 1910
#82
Couple Posing With An Ostrich In Paris Circa 1910
Chonky Panda 2 years ago
Can someone please Photoshop so it looks like the woman has ostrich legs? 😂
Anne Jones 2 years ago
It looks like a fake, or stuffed ostrich. I think a real one would run if someone sat on it.
#83
Edwardian Exotic Dancer From The 1900s Entertaining Ladies And Gentlemen Alike
Mari Murphy 2 years ago
She looks wonderful, but it's freaking me out that I can't see a bellybutton lmao. I'm sure she's just wearing a bodysuit or something, or it's smudged, etc but I can't stop looking for it 😂
Luna Crow 2 years ago
Something about this seemed "off" to me, but couldn't place it until I saw your comment. Bodysuit would make sense, as this would be a lot of skin to show in that era
Load More Replies... Debby Keir 2 years ago
She weither wore some form of body suit, OR they blurred the image and 'glossed over' certain body parts - ie not feature it at all. They could fake photos even then - think Conan Doyle's fairies.
#84
Classic Victorian French Postcard For Halloween Of Witch Circa 1890s
Debby Keir 2 years ago
'French' postcards are a 'polite' name for the p*rn of those days. Nothing to do with France at all.
Alecto76 2 years ago
Thanks for the explanation! I took it literally and thought it strange people mailed porn to each other when in France.
Load More Replies... Bryn 2 years ago
Because Victorian refers to the time period, not location. Things in the US at this time were also called Victorian
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Portrait Of Ginette Lantelme, Was A French Stage Actress, Socialite, Fashion Icon, And Courtesan
Considered by her contemporaries to be one of the most beautiful women of the Belle Époque. This picture was taken in 1910. Sadly she died the following year: In early July 1911, Lantelme, her husband Edwards, and a few of their friends boarded Edwards’ yacht, L’Aimée. On the night of July 24/25, Lantelme disappeared, and a few days later her body was discovered in the waters of the Rhine River. The official verdict was that the actress had drowned as the result of a tragic accident. Lantelme was also most likely under the influence of cocaine at the time of her death. However, many people speculated that Edwards had murdered his wife, though never proven
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
BenyA., and I bet she STILL wouldn’t let you come anywhere near her.
#86
An Unknown Group Of Women, Possible Friends Or Fellow Students Pose For An Undated Photograph, With One Clearly Keen To Show Of Her Chunky Hairbrush. Possibly Late 1890s To 1900
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Maybe a “getting ready for bed” picture? They’re all in their bathrobes (or wrappers, as I think they were called back then). One’s brushing her hair, one’s pointing at a clock (I think it reads quarter after ten, which would make sense), four of them are holding towels, and one looks like she’s already asleep sitting up.
#87
Tourists Peer Over A Cliff Into The Grand Canyon, Circa 1880
V33333P 2 years ago
I've sat with my feet over the edge, it's unlike anything else xD
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#88
Stage Actress Betty Lindley, Bassano Studio, 1914, National Portrait Gallery
#89
Bizarre Grus Vom Krampus, Postcard, Circa 1900. Possible From Germany Or Austria
#90
The Parting Of Lancelot And Guinevere By Julia Margaret Cameron, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Photography C. 1874
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
She really does look like a young Meryl Streep! Didn’t see it until I read your comment.
Load More Replies... Seymoura Butts 2 years ago
Is this a depiction of an interracial couple from the 1800s?? Amazing!
#91
Susannah Graham Menzies (Née Wilson, Later Lady Holford) As Titania, Queen Of The Fairies, By Alice Hughes, Photogravure, 1897
#92
This Is Dowager Empress Marija Fjodorovna Of Russia (Or Princess Dagmar In Denmark) And Queen Alexandra Of The United Kingdom At Their Home Hvidøre In Denmark Which They Didn't Acquire Until 1906. Photo Possibly Late 1900s
Chewie Baron 2 years ago (edited)
The woman facing the camera is Queen Alexandra. She was married to Edward VII.
Andy 2 years ago
Yeah, it's not the clearest of titles. They were sisters and both had originally been Danish princesses. They bought Hvidøre as a home near Copenhagen so they could stay there when visiting thier family, with the Maria moving there full time after the revolution
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“Toast To The Bride” Unknown Photographer C. 1905
Debby Keir 2 years ago
what woman would be in those days - you became his property....
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Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Looks like they're toasting to the one of them who won the short straw for sacrificial lamb of the month.
#94
Autochrome Picture Of Lady Chilling In The Meadows By Paul Bergson C 1910
#95
Postcard Of Victorian Lady In A Risqué And Provocative Pose In The Bath. Circa Late 1890s
#96
A Young Lady Posing In Croydon Road, Caterham, England Circa 1894
Jo Slatermill 2 years ago
This looks like in the movies there's a ghost, and the next time you turn around she's already near you
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Edwardian Era French Postcard Of Young Lady Posing In Her Undergarments Considered Risqué At The Time
martin734 2 years ago
Of course, there has been "erotic art" for as long as there has been art. Pornography was very popular in pre-CE Rome, Greece, China, Japan and India.
Load More Replies... Hańka 2 years ago
This is definitely not from Edwardian times. Make up style, short hair, type of underwear... It's the Roaring Twenties.
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago (edited)
I doubt it's "Edwardian" in any case if it's French - or maybe it's "French" because of lack of clothing?
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Looks more like late 1910s (post WWI) to very early 1920s to me. More twenties than teens, because of the step-in (teddy), and the hair.
#98
Water Lilies In Tower Grove Park, St Louis, Missouri C 1901
#99
Victorian Portrait Of Unknown Woman Posing With Her Dog Outside Her Home, Believed To Be Part Of Collection Of East- Enders Of London In 1880 - 1890s
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I don't care why she is the size she is, she was a human being. And there are all sorts of things that can affect weight. I don't believe we have the right to shame anyone, especially not knowing circumstance. Show some maturity.
der sebbl 2 years ago
Having a pet doesn't mean you're rich. Same goes for her clothes
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Two Girls Under A Christmas Tree With Their Dolls, On Christmas Day Circa 1899
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
It should be such a joyous occasion, and yet they do not seem happy 🥺
der sebbl 2 years ago
Photos back then took a couple of minutes what may be the reason we don't see them smiling
Load More Replies... shawna Reich 2 years ago
no one seems to smile in the 1800s-1900s, i know that was not the best time but its so sad
un-izzy 2 years ago
They probably did smile a lot, but their photos would blur if they couldn't hold a smile for up to a few minutes, so they would have been happy but they couldn't smile for that long.
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Annik Perrot 2 years ago
Don't smile! It's Christmas morning and you're happy af but we're taking à photo so don't smile!
Little Wonder 2 years ago
More accurately "Don't smile, the shutter will be open for around a minute and a smile might blur if you can't hold it"
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Edwardian Chap Having A “Chill Out” Beside His Hookah Pipe! Caption Below Reads: “When Bachelors Dens Cast Over Waking Hours A Loneliness So Deep” Circa Late 1900s
#102
Rppc, Early 1900s, Production Of A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Featuring Nick Bottom Transformed
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
No. When it comes to Shakespeare, it HAS to be correct. Otherwise, the uninformed will come to accept the incorrect, and take us one step closer to living in a real life Idiocracy.
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“Osborne Auto Party”: A Group Of Ladies Riding In A Thomas Flyer In 643 East 100 South. Salt Lake Ciry, Utah, 7th April 1909
JoJo Anisko 2 years ago
Somehow, I never considered women drivers in that time period, since they were subject to so many other limitations. Short sighted of me.
M O'Connell 2 years ago
You can do anything you want if you're rich. The same was true then as it is now.
Load More Replies... Helen Jane Witten 2 years ago
Only the wealthy women would have been "afforded" driving privileges in those days.
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Sir Walter Raleigh's House At Blackwall, London. The House Was Demolished During Construction Of The Blackwall Tunnel. Circa Approx 1890
Gin Marie 2 years ago
That's because it was almost four hundred years old.
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Bitter Sweet Symphony. A Young Victorian/ Edwardian Girl Heading Up A Sidewalk In Notting Hill, Photographed By Edward Linley Sambourne, London Circa 1906
#106
The Nap. German Cabinet Card Composition ‘Frede Schlafend Auf Der Terasse No 165’ Circa 1900s
#107
Portrait Of Woman At Her Spinning Wheel, Titled “Spinning” By Emilie V. Clarkson, New York, Circa 1901
#108
Jane Morris Posing In The Garden Of The House Of Rossetti. Photographed By John Robert Parsons, Summer 1865
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Jane was married to William Morris (of the superb design fame) but was having an affaire with Dante Gabriel Rosetti - he painted her numerous times - Proserpine and The Daydream to name but two. He also did the illustrations to Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shallot'. They all lived together/near eachother and it was a hotbed of partner swapping.
#109
"Four Dancing Figures" Photographed By Benjamin Johnston, Circa 1915
Druklet 2 years ago
They look amazing but I can't help but think of the Grecian Urns from The Music Man
Upstaged75 2 years ago
LOL. I once played Ethel Tofflemeyer - the pianola girl. :D
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#110
Publicity Studio Shot Of Nadar With His Wife, Ernestine, In A Balloon Ca. 1865, Printed 1890s
Debby Keir 2 years ago
Studio picture - no drones in those days (and who'd put a drone by a fabric ballooon)
#111
Portrait Of ‘Woman With Lily’ Circa 1903 By Eva Watson-Schütze
#112
Portrait Composition Entitled “Fear” By Fear, Henry Peach Robinson, Ca. 1860
#113
1915 A Kodak Girl From Their Catalog, Kodaks And Supplies
#114
Edwardian Era Woman Posing Ballerina Style In Her Undergarments, Most Likely On Popular French Postcard C 1900s
Mulberry Juice 2 years ago
I hugged my waist and flinched looking at that
Load More Replies... Historyharlot93 2 years ago
That’s one of those S shaped corsets too. It pushes the bosom front and the bottom back!
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 2 years ago
Anyone else feeling the pain looking at this picture?
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Are these photos called French as a category (meant to "excite" the viewer) or are they actually from France - because in that case you could hardly call them "Edwardian".
#115
Mullen's Alley, Cherry Hill. New York, Circa 1888. By Jacob Riis
#116
Early Autochrome Picture Of A Family On The Beach In France Circa 1910s
#117
Very Early Victorian Photo, Taken C 1847 At Greyfriars Cemetery In Edinburgh. No Idea What That Chap Is Doing On The Left!
#118
Front Page Of The Illustrated London News January 22nd 1901. “Queen Victoria Died, Surrounded By Her Family, At The Osborne House On The Isle Of Wight At 6:30pm”
#119
Actress Mabel Amber (As Ophelia) In The Stage Production Of Hamlet, By Sarony And Co, Circa 1880s: The Billy Rose Theatre Division Of The New York Public Library
#120
Ulia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), “So Like A Shatter’d Column Lay The King”, 1875, Albumen Silver Print
#121
Wittelsbach Sisters : Queen Elisabeth Of Belgium (Seated) Posing With Her Sisters, Crownprincess Marie Gabrielle Of Bavaria (Standing Left) And Sophie,countess Zu Toerring Jettenbach (Standing Right). They Three Were Daughters Of Carl Theodor, Duke In Bavaria And His Second Spouse, Maria Jose, Neé Infanta Of Portugal. Circa 1900s
#122
Oscar Gustave Rejlander :: Grief, 1864 (Seated Woman With Long Hair, Head Bowed On Her Arms And Her Face Hidden)
#123
Hand-Coloured Daguerreotype Portrait Of Unknown Family Portrait C1850
Natalie H 2 years ago
Living with 6 girls, he probably hasn’t been able to get a turn in the bathroom for 5 yrs…😋
Liz Clarke 2 years ago
I think the youngest is a boy due to the short hair, boys wore dresses until 7/8 years old. Also, ew temper your internal misogyny, not all women spend all their time in the bathroom.
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Moos 2 years ago
It's the very long exposure that was needed. The kids are falling asleep :D
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Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
This was a really fascinating and fun thread. It makes the past come to life and seem a little closer.
Mani Lacao 2 years ago
I don't want to be annoying, but "Edwardian" or "Victorian" eras strictly applies to British history
Hańka 2 years ago
So what? We all know what lies behind these terms. BTW I am not British.
Load More Replies... Francesa Miller 2 years ago
Almost all of the photos in this collection are women. But it was very interesting. Show more interesting things Bored Panda!
Loki's_Lil_Butterknife 2 years ago
This was a really fascinating and fun thread. It makes the past come to life and seem a little closer.
Mani Lacao 2 years ago
I don't want to be annoying, but "Edwardian" or "Victorian" eras strictly applies to British history
Hańka 2 years ago
So what? We all know what lies behind these terms. BTW I am not British.
Load More Replies... Francesa Miller 2 years ago
Almost all of the photos in this collection are women. But it was very interesting. Show more interesting things Bored Panda!
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