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50 Interesting Historical Pics From “History Lovers” That May Change Your Perspective On Things
I’ve always been amazed by families that somehow have photos of their great-grandparents’ wedding days or baby pics of their grandparents. I can’t even remember ever seeing a photo of my grandparents when they were younger than 50. But lucky for me, there are plenty of photographs floating around the internet that can give me a blast from the past when I’m looking to learn more about the history of our world.
We took a trip to the History Lovers Facebook page and gathered some of their most captivating pics down below. Some might make you nostalgic for a time period you never experienced, while others might make you appreciative of modern technology, but they’re certainly all entertaining. Enjoy scrolling through these photos, and be sure to upvote the ones that you’d like to have hanging on the wall in your home!
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#1
Portrait Of Hattie Tom, An Apache Native American, 1899
flower petals 1 year ago
A shout out to all the Native peoples around the world: you rock, and have thought the rest of us so much about Mother Earth and how to live a life of respecting Her. Love you all! 🌎🌝🌍🌵🌏
Thom Serveaux 1 year ago
I have an ancestor whose first name is in the records as "Native American". Her name, her whole identity, has been lost to time. She married a white man and nothing else mattered.
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A Japanese Postcard Of A ‘Bijin’ (Beautiful Person) With Her Kitten. Circa 1907
#3
Three Women In Marshall, Texas C. 1899. Photographed By Gabriele Munter
Ephemera Image 1 year ago
Those dresses... I know they were a pain to wear, but they do look lovely.
Amanda Turner 1 year ago
You never see women of color dressed like this from that time; history wanted us to remember them as lower class
Casey Smith 1 year ago
I am 55 and had that impression. Watching The Gilded Age opened my eyes.
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Skp2MyLou 1 year ago
Up to this point this was a nice post to read but then the politically rabid hijack the whole thibg sucking the fun out of the post. Everything doesn't have to be political, for goodness sake! And anyone who can't take a single breath without making thy vs political needs mental health assistance.
MsPlants 1 year ago
ok can we just say wow look at those tiny waists and those pretty hats! the whole outfits are amazing but I am so glad we dont have to dress like this anymore cus I live in texas (it was over 96 degrees with 87% humidity today) so looking at these clothes is giving me heat stroke especially remembering most of their closing wasnt made breathable or washed that often so think of the smell.....
For the vast majority of human history, we have no photos to show us what life was really like. We have books, artifacts, paintings, mummies and more. But we can’t really see the world through the eyes of those who were there. Until the 1800s. According to the Nashville Film Institute, the first camera was developed in 1816 by the Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, and life has never been the same since.
Obviously, cameras back then were very different from the ones we use today, especially considering that most of us are shooting from our phones nowadays. But thanks to the invention, and innovation, of cameras over the past couple of centuries, we’re now able to document almost everything. And we’re lucky to be able to look back on the past 200 years and see in vivid detail what the world was like.
#4
Winner Of The Most Scary Woman In The UK Award In 1883
Was Hattie ‘the Mad Hatter’ Madders - the only woman ever to hold the boxing heavyweight championship of the world title. She won the belt in 1883, stopping Scottish pugilist Wee Willy Harris in the first round of their bout. A gentle woman at heart, Hattie later retired to Ireland where she became a dairy farmer
Surenu 1 year ago
Honestly I'd like to see her pummel Andrew Tate into submission.
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Leslie Cookietown 1 year ago
It's actually EASIER to be a Heavyweight Boxing Champion than to be a dairy farmer!! That's a fact. 🇺🇸
#5
Royal Artillery Private Posing With His Little Friend, During WW1
Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
haunted stares by both soldier and cat. I hope both survived the war.
Couragetcd 1 year ago
The first pictures emotional support animal. Not sure which it is, though...
#6
‘Antarctica'. By Herbert George Ponting. Circa 1911
Megan Morgan 1 year ago
This could be Shackleton’s expedition, the Nimrod- 1907-1909 (if the date of the photo is out a little) my Grandfather was part of that expedition
If you’re interested in learning more about the history of our world through the lens of a camera, the History Lovers Facebook page is a great place for you to check out. This account, which has amassed an impressive 87K followers since its inception in September 2022, is all about sharing moments from the past that most of us have never seen before.
A quick scroll through this page will show Norwegians in 1895 smiling for the camera, Edwardian youth playing outside, a troupe of Australian clowns in 1917, Dutch shopkeepers from 1906 and much, much more. We’ve all seen snapshots of some of the most iconic moments in history, but these scenes of everyday life are arguably just as fascinating! These are the moments that most of us normal people would have experienced had we been around back then.
#7
A Bride Leaving Her Recently Bombed Home To Get Married In London. November 4th, 1940
PFD 1 year ago
Anyone want some backstory? If the info I've found is correct, this is cabaret dancer Edna Squire-Brown. The Getty description says she was famed for her Dove Dance, which appears to have been a show where she used live doves to... achieve requisite modesty. Men used to try and sneak bird seed into the show because of course they did. There's a Pathe film of another dance on YT. She married Flying Officer JC Martin, who did not survive the war. I'm a bit sceptical of this as a "real" photo not propaganda but who knows.
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
The show must go on, nobody and nothing is stopping this bride from getting her groom. ❤️
Barbara Wilcock 1 year ago
Is that her father next to her? All those medals. I hope her husband came back home
Auntriarch 1 year ago
It will be her father, giving her away, first world war medals
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Savage Susan 1 year ago (edited)
The strength and determination of Londoners during the Blitz was incredible.
#8
A Somewhat Rare Picture Of Laughing Victorian Woman, Believed Circa 1880s!
Paula or Matt Land Becker (LA LA Land) 1 year ago
She makes me think if Audrey Hepburn hadn't played Eliza Doolittle this woman would have worked. Lots of chocolates fur ma tu aet!
Joanne Earle 1 year ago
Back in those days they had to keep the shutter open a really long time and it was hard for people to maintain a natural smile for that long.
MyName'sLisaMontoyaYouKiltMyPa 1 year ago
A Somewhat Rare Picture Of Laughing Victorian Woman because her corset was loose.
#9
Double-Exposed Photograph Of French Illusionist Henri Robin With A Ghost. Photo: Eugène Thiébault, 1863
flower petals 1 year ago
I don’t know if I see this correctly but there seems to be a nice detail on the table: the hourglass on the table showing he’s out of time ⌛️
WindySwede 1 year ago
They could do quit much, whilst exposure or development. 👍
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james stevenson 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure what they did is take the photo with just the guy and then take a shorter exposure photo of the skeleton. (you can tell me how they actually did it if I'm wrong.)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
There's more to it than that. See how one of the ghost's arms is behind him and the other is in front?
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It’s difficult to imagine living in a time when there weren’t cameras in everyone’s homes (or pockets), so there’s no question that the advent of the camera changed the world. Great Big Photography World explains that, along with the invention of taking photos, came the ability to freeze moments in time. Never before could people take a snapshot to perfectly preserve a moment, document their lives and share experiences with others who weren’t around to see them with their own eyes. We no longer had to solely rely on oral and written storytelling.
#10
Female Firefighters In Action In London Circa 1916
Jodie daubenmire 1 year ago
Actually, as a 4 th. generation Irish Nurse.. We were in the trenches as well...We have proven we can do anything a man can do, in heels, stockings and corsets.
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Nickie LaRue 1 year ago
Could you imagine being a firefighter *in a dress*? Talk about being a badass..
robin aldrich 1 year ago
And they're still expected to wear skirts and dress shoes in that line of work.
Cat Chat 1 year ago
I had a friend who was a training firefighter our senior year of highschool. Some school days she was on-call and all the teachers were told about it. But our English teacher forgot was was all confused when her walkie sounded and she just jumped up and ran out. I had to remind him before he went chasing after her.
Jennifer Checki 1 year ago
And in those shoes! (I know this is almost certainly a training photo, but I doubt it was any different in the field!)
Anne Roberts 1 year ago
And yet, they still had to wear long dresses. Clothes looked so uncomfortable in these photos
#11
Young English Victorian Lady Posing With Her Pet Cat C1890s
Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
historical pet photos are among my favourites <3 such love in them
Amber White 1 year ago
Most posed faces were hard to hold in this era of photography - except for this one. This one was clearly easy.
The Bearded Viking 1 year ago (edited)
She's so pretty...and,..I'm also noticing a real trend to the fact that posing with cats in photos for posterity is not as much a new phenomenon as I thought it was LOL...this thread is full of them, and from all nationalities too 😊
#12
"The Kiss Of Peace” Tatler, London, England, September 27, 1905
Rebekah Fuentes 1 year ago
Never underestimate a parrot. They are small but fierce LOL!
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Mrs. Dearly Regret 1 year ago
It's not a pigeon, it looks an african grey parrot, better not mess with them!
sharron lynn parsons 1 year ago
Cats are unpredictable, more so than dogs, I have had both, love both !!!
Photography has also had a major impact on social events. Pictures are now essential for capturing important moments in history, as well as things we experience in our day to day lives. Pics or it didn’t happen, right? You can share photos of your recent vacation with loved ones who couldn’t come along, and journalists can snap pics during political protests to prove how impactful they were. It’s a lot harder to get away with lying when there’s photographic evidence of everything nowadays, but this accountability can be a good thing.
#13
Portrait Of Young Girl With Her Pet Cat In Pram And Doggie, Liking On, Sunbathing. This Photo Was Taken In Cleveland, Ohio, USA Circa Early 1900′s
cugel. 1 year ago
The name of the dog is Liking On. "Here Liking On, come on boy"
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Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
the cat looks very unamused xD but it's surprising the things some cats will let kids do. my daughter made little crowns for our cats one day. she put them on the cats no problem, i tried again later and got bopped in the face
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
The cat is thinking, "There better be tuna for this."
Ann Dennis 1 year ago
I think the dog really is "liking" it. Look at the expression on the cat.
The Bearded Viking 1 year ago
Geez, if ever there's a photograph that you just KNOW proves pets speak, it's this one! Lol...that dog is mocking that cat for all he's worth and the cat, in turn, is repying back that he better enjoy his mocking while he can because the moment she gets the chance she is going to knock over that new vase on the entrance table and then skedaddle toot suite so that the dog gets the blame, because "revenge is a dish best served cold, my canine counterpart, a dish best served cold, I tell ya!" 🤣
#14
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
Sandy D 1 year ago
A long poofy full skirt seems like a terribly unsafe th thing to wear for that kind of work
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
If she fell, it would probably make a decent parachute.
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Working a lot harder than a man since she has to make sure her skirt doesn't get in the way or hang up and kill her.
Nickie LaRue 1 year ago
Again, she's doing this *in a dress*! I couldn't imagine climbing up there in a dress..
AlienBarbu 1 year ago
I'm impressed that they do all this work while wearing all thosell layers if clothes. It must be a bit difficult to move freely.
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
The German language capitalises all nouns, so it seems weirdly appropriate.
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#15
Poe, 1912 - By Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894 - 1986), French
Anna Boes 1 year ago
I love that there are cat-pictures through the ages, from drawings and paintings to earliest - and most expensive- photography... plus. Toe beans. 😍
Khall Khall 1 year ago
It's crazy to think someone born in 1894 lived to 1986. I mean I know it's not a crazy long lifespan. But 1986 seems pretty recent whereas 1894 seems so long ago.
Even the art world has changed since photography has become such an important part of our lives. Prior to the advent of photography, art was typically used to transcend reality and portray aspects of the human experience without necessarily being literal or extremely accurate, Great Big Photography World notes. But once artists had access to cameras, a new sense of realism and authenticity emerged in the art world. Capturing moments and people as they truly are became the goal of many photographers.
#16
A Victorian Lass With Rather Long Hair In A Fashionable Pic C1890s
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago (edited)
Wow, I wonder how much work goes into washing,drying and combing all that hair. When she says shes busy washing her hair she really means it.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
If she was a lady being well groomed would be considered part of her job , she would have had plenty of time, and a lady's maid to help. The hundred brushes a night helped to remove dirt and take the scalp oils further down the hair. It would not have been washed as often as we do now, and would have taken a considerable part of the day to dry (sorry I'm a bit of a geek about this, I recommend "How to be a Victorian" by Ruth Goodman if anyone is interested in the detail of daily life in this period)
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SpirklePlatz 1 year ago
So I'm perceiving her as not caucasian. I wonder if she was photographed for / made a living through being a "curiosity" with her hair. There was a huge trend in the UK & US for all "exotic" things & people at the time.
Frogspawn 1 year ago
Flower gleam and glow, let your powers shine.... 🌻👸🏼
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tony field 1 year ago
This is the only known photo of Rapunzel, before she was locked in the castle tower.
#17
French Postcard Of Edwardian Era Lady With Her 2 Puddy Cats
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Was going to say, I'm finding that French wording really easy to understand
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Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
Seems like a picture sent to someone whose experienced a heartache prior to their birthday. Very thoughtful.
Parmeisan 1 year ago (edited)
I struggled with the edges of that text. Here it is: "Bright hours upon your Birthday. Free from all care and sorrow May this Birthday find you And every hour be brighter Than the one you leave behind." source: https://www.heritage-print.com/bright-hours-birthday-early-20th-century-14929395.html
#18
A Kitty Basking In The Beard Of Louis Coulon, A French Metallurgist, Taken In 1890
Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
the cat almost looks like he's only just found his way out of that beard into civilization again
Son of Philosoraptor 1 year ago
After searching three months and giving him up for dead, Mister Taters was found hiding in Louis' beard.
Photography also democratized art in a new way. Before, paintings and sculptures required plenty of skill and resources to be able to create. And typically, only people of a certain class had access to even be able to see and experience these pieces. But with cameras, creating visual art became much more accessible. Plus, anyone can look at a photo and interpret it however they like. This empowered many more people to get into the art game, as they might not have had the money or resources to do so prior.
#19
Portrait Of Amelia Van Buren, Photographer, With Her Cat Taken Circa 1880s - By Her Tutor, Fellow American Photographer Thomas Eakins
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
When I see historical photos of people with kitties or doggos, I always wish that the names of the kitties/doggos were also listed XD It's unlikely that the names of the animals would have been recorded for posterity, except in photos of very famous people and their pets, but still XD
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
I might have to get a copy of this for the old photo collection, something about this one is captivating. the cats gaze, the peaceful expression on the womans face, absorbed in her book. lovely.
Philippa Davies 1 year ago
This cat looks like my boy Tom 😍 Similar markings on the face and back
#20
Portrait Of “Child With Cat”, C.1890. By John A. Wheeler, Photographer
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
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Norm Gilmore 1 year ago
There now needs to be a post of just people from that era with cats! (And dogs)😁
#21
Late Victorian Mountaineers, Including A Lady Fully Dressed And Corseted, Cross A Crevasse In The Alps, 1900
John Dilligaf 1 year ago
Ginger Rodgers did everything Fred Astaire did backwards and in heels. This lady is like "friggen amateur, hold my beer darling"
flower petals 1 year ago
“Let’s all appreciate what a great dancer Fred Astaire was- he was able to do the same things that she was, although forward and without the heels!” (From the turning the tables world)
Load More Replies... CheshirePhrogg 1 year ago
Properly fitted normally laced corsets still allow the wearer to be very active. Sports corsets were a thing.
Omni Unicorn 1 year ago
Corsets aside, the skirts are a major risk when crossing crevasses. This outfit is not a good idea.
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Negatoris Wrecks 1 year ago
I hate to break this to you, but most women in Europe did labor in some form of corset before the brassiere was invented. It supported the breasts and spine as well as helped to distribute the weight of the skirts. During the Victorian-Edwardian Era women wore corsets while: farming, baking, nursing, biking, boxing, fencing, equestrian trick riding, sports shooting, tending livestock fighting fires working in factories, all house labor..... woe to her spine if she didn't.
I just work here 1 year ago
All these very unsafe things were doing IN DRESSES! Nope, sorry. I'm putting on pants.
Rebecca Taylor 1 year ago
To cold to high and well you would never see me out in it. Althoug I would love to wear that periods clotheing
I would be remiss to talk about the ways in which photography has transformed our world without mentioning the fact that it has had a significant political and cultural impact. War time photographers, for example, allowed the general public to see for the first time some of the horrors of war. It’s one thing to hear about brutal violence (or to have it kept under wraps by your government), but it’s a completely different experience to witness these atrocities with your own eyes.
#22
Portrait Of Another Victorian Batwoman, Shown As Marie Schleinzer, Taken At Adele Kuk Hof-Atelier, Vienna Circa 1890
flower petals 1 year ago
I love this lady’s vibe.. like there’s a side to her that’s bat c**p crazy (I know..) but in a cool way! 🦇😜🤎
flower petals 1 year ago
And I understand that the Swedish word for cook (the person cooking) is pronounced like the English word for c*ck..? I keep waiting for a Swedish adult film to be made, called “Swedish Masterchef- exploring the deep secrets to good Cooking”.. 😉
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#23
A Couple Of Victorian Travellers Looking Rather Dandy Taken Around 1890s
flower petals 1 year ago
This one comes quite close: the couple (especially the lady) remind me of some of my family members from many years ago- Romani musicians, one of them, a violinist 🎻 🧡🎶
Foffy Skrimshaw 1 year ago
Is it me or have cloths in general just gotten less creative and uglier.
flower petals 1 year ago
No, I agree. There’s often a dull conformity to the more modern clothing that most people can afford.
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Lori Lathrom 1 year ago
That's political correctness for you. Not many people know what a "Traveler" is, but if you say Gypsy, which is what they called themselves, everyone has a fit. Gypsy is derived from the word Egypt, BTW.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
It's just common courtesy to avoid insulting language. The word "gypsy" is indeed derived from "Egypt", on the false assumption that is where Romani people come from. They've never used the word to describe themselves. Where I come from, pretty much everyone knows what a "traveller" is - the term's been in general use for at least 40 years. In any case, it's not hard to work out even if you've never met the term before.
Load More Replies... tony field 1 year ago
To Mary’s great satisfaction, Michael had a bath every year, whether he needed one or not.
#24
A Line Up Of Men Dressed As Ladies In Brazil C 1913
Sebby's Mama 1 year ago
Ah, yes, those are what the GOP boomers call "the good old days," back when "men were men!" 😂
Purple_bio 1 year ago
it was common during the 17th and 18th century for men to wear; make-up, dresses, stockings and high heels some times, it's funny how things change, lol
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Hiram's Friend 1 year ago
The Brits have always enjoyed a good cross dressing act.
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Hannah Taylor 1 year ago
Or his undergarments are cutting his crown jewels.
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Eric Williams 1 year ago
Yep. When men were men and women were women and you could tell the difference.
Jodie daubenmire 1 year ago
Somewhere a magat cult party member is realizing his great grandfather was A QUEEN.. seriously people, you worship a 'man' in makeup and heels..
Photography also keeps politicians accountable. Unfortunately, it’s easy for photos to be manipulated nowadays, but in theory, keeping accurate photos of events allows the public to know what really happened. While politicians or news outlets might try to bend the truth about what occurred at a protest, rally, etc., it’s much harder to deny the truth when hundreds of people at the event captured it on their phones.
#25
Women In Virginia, C, 1909-1912 By Hugh Mangum- And No Duckface In Sight!
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
But what if (hear me out here) putting your finger in someones mouth was trend then like the duckface or fishmouth is trend now? How will we know?
The Other Guest 1 year ago
Easy. Look at other photos of the era and see how often the subjects have their fingers in another person's mouth. Lots = trend, few = not trend.
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Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Anyone else seeing a young Molly Sugden in the middle of the top row?
Cat Chat 1 year ago
There's no denigrating going on here. If you mean "duckface" it's a tending pose people do on purpose. Being opposed to it isn't denigrating. If you mean what they are doing to each other, they're just having fun.
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French Postcard Of Arlette Dorgère (Born Anna Mathilde Irma Jouve, 8 June 1880 – 1965)
She was a French actress, dancer and singer. Dorgère appeared in dozens of plays throughout her career. She is represented on a large number of postcards of the belle époque. Picture taken circa 1900s
Anna Boes 1 year ago
It's probably edited, I think a lot of her pictures were... There are sharp edges at the smallest point of her waist that the other lines don't show, so it's likely they painted or re-took the picture with black paper cinching her waist just that little bit more. A common technique at the time, Photoshop didn't wait for the digital age. But yeah, her torso is pretty squishy.
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flower petals 1 year ago
This is gorgeous, but her waist has been edited (photo editing is not a new thing).
ME BEAN 1 year ago
If you are referring to a corset, which I’m sure you are, they are not in fact, torture devices. They’re just an undergarment which was quite necessary for the outfits and ensembles worn in many time periods. They supported the back, bosom, and outer garments, and never displaced ribs, squished organs, or caused any sort of difficulty, unless they were worn incorrectly. Most arguments and articles against corsets from this time period were written by men, who either didn’t know enough, or didn’t listen to women. The old equivalent of the podcast men who go “makeup is lying” today. Corsets were worn by working women and and aristocracy alike, and many people “edited” their photographs. Look up “Victorian photoshop” it’s super interesting!
Load More Replies... ME BEAN 1 year ago (edited)
If you are referring to a corset, which I’m sure you are, they are not in fact, some sort of torture device. They’re just an undergarment which was quite necessary for the outfits and ensembles worn in many time periods. They supported the back, bosom, and outer garments, and never displaced ribs, squished organs, or caused any sort of difficulty breathing, unless worn incorrectly. Tightlacing, the practice of lacing a corset tight enough to actually dramatically reduce waist size, was not used regularly by most if not all woman, and was usually frowned upon, since often used by performers or ladies looking to cause a shock. Most arguments and articles against corsets from this time period were written by men, who either didn’t know enough, or didn’t listen to women. The old equivalent of the podcast men who go “makeup is lying” today. Corsets were worn by working women and and aristocracy alike, and many people “edited” their photographs. Look up “Victorian photoshop” it’s super interesting!
Load More Replies... The Bearded Viking 1 year ago (edited)
Stunning, but cripes!..that waist is uber small! I'd be scared if she turned around too quickly, and her legs didn't follow quick enough, that she'd snap in half! But you can tell...that girl got some sass! 🤌 >clicks fingers
#27
Late Victorian / Edwardian Family Frolics
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
I'm not loving the spanking with a hairbrush part of it.
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Sarah Jones 1 year ago
Wow, that’s a lot of chintzy patterns. I wonder what it looked like in colour
Kelsie Marx 1 year ago
I love how the dad is reading the paper, while mom is spanking the hell out of the child😂😃
Thom Serveaux 1 year ago
Dad is patiently putting up with the daughters shenanigans, too. Seems like he was a good dad.
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He was probably the previous victim of the hairbrush.
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We hope you’re enjoying this blast from the past pandas. Keep upvoting the pics that you find particularly fascinating, and let us know in the comments below if you have any favorite historical photos. Then, if you’re interested in checking out even more pics that could have been included on this list, we recommend reading this Bored Panda article next!
#28
Unknown Couple Posing By A Lake Circa, 1899, Sweden
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Is that a Green Gables reference? Blast from my past...
Load More Replies... Kerry Ericksson 1 year ago (edited)
He has the kind of Fiddler cap that I wear...but I like his better than the ones I have.
Rebecca Taylor 1 year ago
Ohh I think this is a cute picture and would make a great cake topper for a wedding cake
#29
Portrait Of 2 Lads With Their Baby Sibling Taken In Manhattan, New York Circa 1918
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Possibly this photo is a memento mori for the infant.
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PFD 1 year ago
"From 'Last Year's Work and This Year's Challenge, the 76th Annual Report of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor,' 1918-1919, p. Caption: Mulberry Community House. Alongside: Mulberry Community House is the center from which the Association's nurses and dietitians work in one of the most congested and neglected sections of the city. It is also planned to make it a neighborhood rallying place for recreation and education, a house near the edge of the curb, with the door always open to the men, women and children surging by." Photographer unknown.
CrazyYog 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully only asleep.
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tony field 1 year ago
They don’t look happy, understandably so as their daily food ration, such as it is, will be further reduced to cater for the new kid.
The Bearded Viking 1 year ago (edited)
Yet another photo here where their facial expressions yell loudly of lives lived so far in two so young. I'm thinking the boy holding the baby is about 7yo and his brother about 5yo, but the difference those two extra years of living life where they do, is written all over the older one's face, and it's palpable. While being kind of difficult to look at, as you just want to do what you can to take their pain away, at the same time, it's an incredibly powerful and skillfully taken photo and very poignant indeed.
#30
1890s Three Women On Bicycles (Photo By Jakob Ljungqvist), Helsinki, Finland
flower petals 1 year ago
If you look at the female history of different countries you might find out that women in Finland have a long and strong history of being awesome- in 1906, when Finland was still occupied by Russia (the country became independent in 1908), all Finnish women and men were eligible to both vote *and* run for political office. Finnish women were also the first women in the world to be elected to Parliament.
Lilith 1 year ago
Sorry to butt into your comment but as a finn, i wanted to let you know that we actually gained Independence on December 6th 1917. Also it is really nice to see someone that appreciates our country without making the igloos and polarbears jokes.
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Paul Aasajärv 1 year ago
Considering the inflatable tires and brake system only for the first wheels - the picture was taken after 1897. Freewheel and foot brake for the rear wheel were invented this year.
lol.litl.owl 1 year ago
Brings to mind... The scary lady in the wizard of oz that tried to get toto
Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
Again, in dresses. Anyone can climb ladders or ride bikes in a pair of pants.
#31
A Mother And Her Children Making Matchboxes
The children were sent to fetch the chip and paper from the match factory and to return the finished boxes. This was one of the lowest paid sweated industries with families earning just two pence for 144 boxes made, and normally buying their own paste and string for tying the bundles. Taken circa 1900 as part of the book Charles Booth's London Poverty Maps, a magnificently-illustrated tome which publishes the philanthropist's famous hand-coloured maps alongside anecdotes from the researchers, and contemporary photos, in one volume © Museum of London
flower petals 1 year ago
There are so many countries around the world where the evil that is child labor is still very much a routine, countries where it exists and countries (like the US) where some politicians that are trying to bring some version of it back.. Shame on all of them! 😡
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
I hope they are unionized! Just kidding but it's sad that poor people had to and still have to let their children work just to help the family survive.
Verena 1 year ago
That is true. But kids work traditionally in lots of family businesses, even though under better circumstances. I live in a farmer/fisher/tourist area, with lots of small, family run shops, too. All children are expected to help during holidays and in weekends, and some even after school. Those whose families don't have an own buiness, have jobs there, tol. Nobody is unhappy, they do it to earn money to buy nice, expensive things, save up for the driver's licence (training often costs €2.000), holiday, first own car/motorbike ...
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Verena 1 year ago
Yes, but today this is the payment the people making the dead-cheap stuff for Temu, AliExpress, Wish, Primark, Action etc receive, so the smart customers do not pay too much.
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Purple_bio 1 year ago
this is messed up, and they still do it today, it's actually disappointing to say the countries who are, "Advanced countries" do it the worst to non-advanced countries, looking at you Nike and nestle
I just work here 1 year ago
Oh look, the exploitation started way back when, and still going strong!
Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
And to think today, we often have to hire someone from south of the border to cut grass because a kid doesn't want to do it. Might cut into their game or gossip time.
#32
Yet More Creepy Victorian Santa Claus Circa 1900s
glowworm2 1 year ago
I was going to say that. What kind of possessed toys is this Santa giving them?
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Kyllein MacKellerann 1 year ago
That may not be "Santa"...it may be "Father Christmas", the British Victorian era version.
#33
Group Photograph Of Members Of The Brighton Swimming Club. Brighton, England. Circa 1863
CD King 1 year ago (edited)
At least they were decent enough to have their hats on ( they guy in the second row seems to be showing off if you ask me) I had to come back to edit this comment because the irony of this photo being perfectly fine when you see how the poor women have to dress in the photos coming up. The woman climbing the mountain in a full length dress makes you view this pic a little differently.
Eunice Probert 1 year ago
That picture is hanging in the ladies' loos in the Glen, in Aberystwyth.
joann fielding 1 year ago
Did anyone notice that the guy second from the left appears to have a string around his neck that leads into the 'swim trunks' of the guy next to him? Or am I just a freak?
Chelsea Rowley 1 year ago
I can't speak to as whether or not you are a freak, but I am seeing what you are seeing as well!
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#34
Portrait Of Lady Kathleen Pilkington With 2 Dogs Circa 1903
Pyla 1 year ago
Please note they have snouts. Modern breeders eliminated that length. A real shame
TheAmericanAmerican 1 year ago
I rage internally every time I see a "true" breed German Shepard with "properly' sloped hips 😤
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#35
Portrait Of American Pioneering Female Photographer, Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870-1942) Posing With Her Camera On The Streets Of Manhattan, New York Circa .1901
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
"Jessie Tarbox Beals (December 23, 1870 – May 30, 1942) was an American photographer, the first published female photojournalist in the United States and the first female night photographer. She is best known for her freelance news photographs, particularly of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, and portraits of places such as Bohemian Greenwich Village. Her trademarks were her self-described "ability to hustle" and her tenacity in overcoming gender barriers in her profession." (Wikipedia)
Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
You go Girl!!! And to think she couldn't even vote then.
Load More Replies... LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
A little of both, as far as I can tell XD
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Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
A hundred from now, I imagine we have A LOT people will laugh at.
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Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna, Sister Of The Last Empress Of Russia. C 1890s
Andy 1 year ago (edited)
One of the saddest stories of the Russian revolution. After her husband was assassinated in 1905, she forgave his killer and campaigned for him to be pardoned. She then sold off all her belongings, became a nun, and set up a convent with hospital, school and orphanage, and dedicated herself to working in the slums of Moscow. In 1918 she was arrested and imprisoned with other members of the Romanov family. Along with the others she was beaten and thrown into a mine shaft. When it was found the fall hadn't killed them, grenades were thrown in. The soldiers then said they heard Elizabeth reciting hymns, so they plugged up the opening of the shaft with branches and wood, and set it on fire to make sure they died.
tony field 1 year ago
Russian plumbing ! This photo caught her in a state of dismay, as she realised she wasn’t going to make it to the outside privy on the other side of the courtyard.
The Bearded Viking 1 year ago
What a beautiful photograph and exquisite dress. Andy below tells the tale of this family well, so I urge you to read his post if you're not familiar. Another tragedy of royalty
#37
Victorian Stereograph Card Photo Of A Couple Giving Little Albert A Bath In Their Casserole Pot! Circa 1860s
Awkward lady 1 year ago
We think the Victorians were a solemn bunch, but pictures like this show that they had a sense of humour too.
tony field 1 year ago
Before detergent. This would have imparted a discernible tang to the stew next day.
David 1 year ago
That appears to be a galvanized bucket (tub), which became a thing in the 1830s. Note the vertical seam up the side and horizontal seam about 1 1/2" from the bottom. Many tubs had a stand off so only the outer rim sat on the ground. The bottom of the inside would stop at the seam. Thus it wouldn't work well on the stove due to the gap.
Barong 1 year ago
Yep. My grand mother had one and I remember sitting in it full of water during a hot summer. Your description is exactly as I remember. It worked well. Perhaps better than the cheap plastic one that were given for my son. No I’m not that old. My grandmother had a lot of antiques that were either passed down or she collected.
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Portrait Of Two Girls Washing Clothes In The Street In Spitalfields Area, East London, Circa 1901/2. Photograph: Horace Warner/The Religious Society Of Friends In Britain
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
The child on the right reminds me a bit of the little girl who played in the Harry Potter movies.
Linda Constantine 1 year ago
Yes, she does resemble her. Emma Watson, aka: Hermione
Load More Replies... Joanne Earle 1 year ago
Next time you complain about having to 'do laundry', think of this picture. We have it so good now!
Justin Tyme 1 year ago (edited)
There is nothing wrong with being barefoot. Shoes deform the feet and weaken the foot muscles.
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Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
They did. My mother's wringer washing machine was a blessing.
Load More Replies... The Bearded Viking 1 year ago
Already grown up mentally beyond what they should have had to. Girls as young as 8 were practically running households at times while their father was working and mother was dealing with their siblings, of which there were often many. They got time to play rarely but did so when they could, but their childhood years were often forsaken just to help the family survive. A lot of young Gen Z's etc. these days ridicule older generations and yes, the world at the moment has many, many issues facing it, but it doesn't mean our recent ancestors like these didn't have it just as tough, if not tougher in some aspects, and so respect should be granted.
#39
Three Edwardian Couples Doing ‘Selfies’ In The Mirror. Location Unknown Circa 1900s
Maudelin 1 year ago
They are being creative with posing. A selfie means you took it yourself; none of them have a camera, someone else took it.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
That's why "selfies" is in quotes. It's not meant to be literal. Modern people understand a term like "selfies" and we modern humans often take ours in the mirror. Additionally, it could have been a camera with a timer function - the Kodak Box Brownie No. 2 was released in 1901 and had a timer function (set with a lever.) So this photo wasn't necessarily taken by "someone else" - one of the people in the photo could have set the timer and then ran into position. That WOULD make it a selfie ;)
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#40
Lovely Picture Of A Victorian Lass “Attempting” To Ski
Sanajah Rodriguez 1 year ago
Pizza and French fries. She doing pizza Thas how the teach you. Pizza open legs and. French fries close legs
#41
Tomigiku, 1910s, Japan
During the years Taisho 10 and Taisho 11 (1921 and 1922), Tomigiku was one of the great beauties of Kyoto. With her long eyelashes, and watery eyes reflecting the light, it is said that she was worth her weight in gold. She turned heads wherever she went. If anyone walking around the Maruyama and Gion areas happened to catch a glimpse of her walking by, just the mere sight of her stopped them in their tracks, and they saw her on her way as someone seeing off a person of high rank or great fame
David 1 year ago
Reading that makes me feel a bit sad for her. The pressure to always look perfect. And 'watery eyes' does not sound like a fun thing. It sounds more like an annoying medical condition.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I imagine this was poetic description, not literal description. It could be a poor translation of something similar to "liquid eyes" - which means eyes that are clear, shining, and deep - looking into them is like looking into a pool of deep water. It's a romanticized adjective term - Liz Taylor was said to have "liquid eyes". Since this photo's accompanying description expounds on Tomigiku's beauty, I imagine the "watery eyes" part was meant to describe her eyes in a poetic way.
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Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
AFAIK foot binding, aka lotus feet, was a Chinese tradition, not a Japanese one.
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Portrait Of An Unknown Woman With A Pigeon In Her Palm Taken By Photographer J.e. Williams In New Athens, Ohio In Late 1890s
HI, I'M A SHOUTY MAN 1 year ago
tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag (one of the composers died the other day, Richard Sherman... sad news)
Load More Replies... Khall Khall 1 year ago
She looks like she was a fun person. She's got a face that says mischief is afoot.
#43
Artists' Excursion On The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad], Unknown, 1858, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Photography
![Artists' Excursion On The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad], Unknown, 1858, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Photography](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/66-664c49ea0687b__700.jpg "Artists' Excursion On The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad], Unknown, 1858, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Photography")
tony field 1 year ago
They weren’t just free-riders. Their job was to scream at cattle wandering across the tracks.
#44
The Art Of Domestic Dentistry:
A mother helping her son with a loose tooth, taken by American photographer A. Granger in New York circa 1897. Photo originally a stereograph
badmotorfinger 1 year ago
My Dad pulled out my sister's loose tooth by tying a string around her tooth and then tying the other end of the string to a door k**b. He then slammed the door and out popped the tooth. My sister was totally down for it too. They were both having a good time.
Jess Smith 1 year ago (edited)
Wait, is k**b censored? K n o b? What the fuçk, Bored panda? Edit: I tried putting spaces between the letters in fuçk, it got censored anyway but looked really long, so I re-edited my censorship.
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Kelly H. Wilder 1 year ago
Not Rockwell, but Rockwell-esque: da9438419d...0d55e2.jpg 
StrangeOne 1 year ago
I don't know why parents did this. Mine fell out on their own for the first 8. Then when I started losing my canines and molars I had trouble with them. The nerves were still attached when my mom decided to pull one out. Made me scared after that to force them out. Made it impossible to eat anything.
flower petals 1 year ago
This actually reminds me of some America’s Funniest home Video clips of people using different smart ways to pull out lose teeth.. Check them out if you haven’t.. 😆
Rebecca Taylor 1 year ago
MY mom did this to my brother but it wouldn't come out.. Then we fed him a cake donut with sticky frosting came right out and he nearly swallowed it.
Becky Curtis 1 year ago
My daughter tied her tooth with a string to a door not really serious about closing it. I came in from outside unaware and annoyed that someone left the door open. Tooth popped right out😂
#45
A Young Lady Posing In Croydon Road, Caterham, England Circa 1894
Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
They probably counted blessings far more than we do today.
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Andy Frobig 1 year ago
They say she still looks exactly like this...if she wants you to see her
#46
Amateur Victorian Dramatics C 1890s Source And Theatre Unknown
#47
London Bar Scene With Pub Landlord And His Barmaids, With Lone Drinker. С. 1893
flower petals 1 year ago
Once the grumpy guy on the right was fired, the mood at Cheers got even better 😆
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Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
I remember a barroom where women weren't permitted. 1970's, Pennsylvania. But they could enjoy the good food in the dining room.
Bianca Saville 1 year ago
This looks similar to The Princess Louise pub in London. A gorgeous unchanged Victorian pub.
#48
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
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of Edward VII. - Wiki
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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
Khall Khall 1 year ago
Not that long, if the servants knew what was good for them...
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Landithy 1 year ago
I'm glad I'm not a posh lady in 1900s Europe. I would spill so much stuff on those pristine white dresses.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
You wouldn't care, your mucky dress was someone else's problem, and you had lots of dresses
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Carolyn Andersen 1 year ago
Smiling for photos wasn't thought of yet. I wonder when and who started "say cheese".
Load More Replies... Paula or Matt Land Becker (LA LA Land) 1 year ago
They would save there hair that came from their brushes and balled it up to fill in their hair.
#50
Faerie Sisters. Cabinet Card Photo From Around Early 1890s
#51
Women Painting At Easels In A Class At The Art Students League, Washington, D.c. Circa 1889
#52
Jeune Fille Japonaise (Young Japanese Girl), 1882 From The Book "Souvenirs De Notre Tour Du Monde" - France - 1885 By Hugues Krafft (1853 - 1935)
#53
Georgian Men Wearing Traditional Horse-Riding Gear At A Community Gathering. In The Georgia Governorate, Russian Empire, Circa 1890
Jess Smith 1 year ago
At first glance I thought they were those hats Orthodox Jews wear (not kippot/yarmulkes, the fur hats). The guy up front looked like he was wearing a kippah/yarmulke.
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Edwardian French Easter Postcard Of Lady Holding An Egg
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
Sugar eggs. They were still around when I was young. One side was hollowed out and a pretty tableau of flowers etc made of more sugar displayed inside.
Bell-icose 1 year ago
They were sooooooo sweet! I’m only 43 and I remember these.
Load More Replies... Kat 1 year ago
We still have eggs like this. They are cardboard . Inside you have treats. Little sugar or chocolate eggs
#55
Fashionable Couple Going To An Easter Parade In New York Sometime Early 1910s
#56
New York Tenement - 1910 Photo: Lewis Hine
pep Ito 1 year ago
You don't have to have a lot to be happy. It's enough to have enough to live well
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David Paterson 1 year ago
It took me too long to realise that this is not at ground level. This is a long way up.
#57
Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918) Was A Polish Stage Performer And Singer On Broadway. While Appearing In London, She Had Been Spotted By Impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, Who Brought Her To America As His Common-Law Wife. Her Fame Seems To Have Owed More To Ziegfeld's Promotional Flair Than To Any Intrinsic Talent, And She Did Not Gain Critical Acclaim. But Her Uninhibited Style Inspired The Long-Running Series Of Popular Revues, The Ziegfeld Follies. Photo Taken C 1900s
Me Oh My (He/They) 1 year ago
Likely edited, like with the lady in the blue and pink dress farther up. Could be either paint or black paper.
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flower petals 1 year ago
A bit of an insult to this lady, but otherwise you’re right.. 🤭😉
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Three Edwardian Era Ladies Photographed In Autochrome By Gustave Gain In Normandy, France 1909 - 1911
Eric Williams 1 year ago
You wore the same hat as me Clara but you don't have the flower...b***h.
flower petals 1 year ago
I love the lady on the right- she looks like she wouldn’t take anybody’s nonsense 😆
#59
French Post / Cabinet Card Entitled “Goalie” (Greedy) By Louis Victor Paul Bacard Circa 1885
Eric Williams 1 year ago
Just try that on a NY subway honey...(but you'll have to wait nine years until it's built.)
Khall Khall 1 year ago
Everyone talking about this being smut, but I'm struck by how...dignified and chaste she looks in a pose that almost everyone else would look positively shameful in. Like it doesn't even look inappropriate to me at all. I've seen women sit like this in snowsuits that looked more sexual to me.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Yes, but that photo is 1885 and well bred European ladies never showed their legs in public back then. In this photo, the woman is acting drunk and you can see bare skin above her knees. Etc.
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#60
Lithuanian Composer, Painter And Writer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 –1911) And His Wife (M. 1909), Lithuanian Writer, Educator And Activist Sofija Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė (1886–1958), Ca. 1908
Khall Khall 1 year ago
He looks like he should have been leading a revolution in eastern Europe somewhere and doing things that students would have to memorize for decades later.
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#61
The Boston Daguerreotype Photographer Josiah Hawes Was A Great Innovator And Produced Some Of The Most Admired Early Photographs. This Is A Self Portrait From About 1850
#62
Bizarre Grus Vom Krampus, Postcard, Circa 1900. Possible From Germany Or Austria
Ace 1 year ago
Grus, or Grüss as it's written nowadays, roughly translates as 'greetings'. There are still Christmas traditions in many places with various types of 'anti-Santa' characters.
der sebbl 1 year ago
It's Gruss (or Gruß if you're old fashioned). The 'ü' only come into place if the word is used as a verb, for example 'Grüss dich!' ('Greetings to you!')
Load More Replies... Nonplussed Puss 1 year ago
If schlubs in the US are discussing Krampus, then surely Germans throughout the country know of him.
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#63
Unidentified Young Woman, Poland, Ca 1863
Khall Khall 1 year ago
Her name is Brenda. Just look at her. She's a Brenda. Problem solved. You're welcome. :)
Blue 1 year ago
No... I'm seeing Wednesday, but if she'd been born into a rather different family dynamic...
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#64
[two Hindu Women In Elaborate Jewelry, Before Studio Backdrop With Palm Trees], Photographer Unknown, India, 1860s–70s, Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Photography
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Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago
What's up with their eyes? They both look terrified! Something going on to the R off camera there.
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago (edited)
Photographer: "Stand still, look at my right hand and don't blink for fifteen seconds... fourteen... thirteen..."
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They might well not known what a camera even WAS that far back.
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Two Bare Footed Kids Outside A (Scottie Road) Scotland Road Pub, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Taken Approx
flower petals 1 year ago
Child poverty is making a big comeback in many countries (even ‘rich’ European countries like the UK), and children’s rights are being eroded in the US too.. Heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time.
Khall Khall 1 year ago
Imagine trying to buy shoes every 9 months or so for kids back then. Most poor families probably bought them shoes in the fall and they went barefoot starting in spring.
#66
John Singer Sargent Painting Mrs. Fiske Warren And Her Daughter In The Gothic Room, 1903. Postcard From The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Khall Khall 1 year ago
Omg they had a gothic room? So last season. Everyone is doing baroque chambers now. How embarrassing for them...
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Baroque? Oh my dear, we've turned our baroque chamber into the nursery. Come with me and I'll show you our Pharaoh Tomb Romb....
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Ice Skaters On Frognerkilen, Oslo, Norway C 1909
Me Oh My (He/They) 1 year ago
Women's fashion has rarely ever been practical.
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#68
Jolly Japes By Late Victorian /Edwardian Female Students With What Looks Like Use Of Boxing Gloves C 1900s
Khall Khall 1 year ago
Like I'm no expert but I guarantee they're boxing gloves. What else could they possibly be?
Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago
Too bad it looks staged. I think it was supposed to look like an action shot of them fighting. But somehow you can tell they're standing still. Especially the 2 girls in front. The girl in the corner almost has it.
Chris Bridge 1 year ago
Probably was staged because if they were moving the picture would be heavily blurred
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Classic French Easter Card From Edwardian Era Circa 1910s
#70
Claude Monet And His Second Wife Alice Hoschedé Monet In St. Mark's Square, Venice, October 1908
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
"Why are you dressed and talking like George Bernard Shaw?" "Well, I am an impressionist..."
#71
A Very Strange Family Portrait By W. B. Abbey, Sabineville, Pa. Circa 1890s
Jeff Hunt 1 year ago
You honestly think that the second amendment was under any kind of debate then?
Load More Replies... flower petals 1 year ago
The guy looks like some kind of an impressive circus performer 🤹🏻♂️🎭
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#72
Edwardian Colourised Easter Postcard Of Young Lady Holding Basket Of Eggs C1915
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
"In the United Kingdom, the Edwardian era was a period in the early 20th century, that spanned the reign of Edward VII from 1901 to 1910. It is commonly extended to the start of the First World War in 1914, during the early reign of King George V."
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Selfie’ Of Victorian Lass In The Mirror By L C Mitchell, Iowa, USA Circa 1890s
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
As I said in a previous comment - that's why "selfie" is in quotes. It's not meant to be literal. Modern people understand a term like "selfie" and we modern humans often take ours in the mirror. Additionally, it could have been a camera with a timer function/delayed-release/delayed-action or even a camera with an air-valve or spring-action device that fit within the tube of a bulb release - which could be held in her other hand, the one we cannot see - then she would be the one pressing the device on the bulb-release tube, essentially taking her own photo - which WOULD be a "selfie". Those types of devices were available in the 1890s.
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The Hadley Albino Twins, Charlie And Danny, Aged 9, Featured On A Cabinet Card Circa 1880s - 1890s
#75
Bizarre Photo Taken By Photographer Richard Jenkins At Newton School Herefordshire, Depicting A Play, Early 1910s
#76
Balloon Seller In Luna Park, Paris C. Late 1900s. Source : Tumhlr : My-Little-Time-Machine
flower petals 1 year ago
Late 1900th century: years 1890-1899. Sometimes that’s what people mean when they write “the late 1900s”. The context (and the photo, if there is one) usually shows what the writer meant.
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Khall Khall 1 year ago
That little kid...that big bunch of balloons...no one else's eye just inevitably, uncontrollably connects them? Just me? I can't help myself...
Bell-icose 1 year ago
Listen up BP, here is how dates work. The year 90 was in the FIRST century (by modern western calendars). That means that the year 190 was in the SECOND century. Therefore, this photo was taken in the 1890s (but also the nineteenth century).
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure that "how dates work" is that when someone writes "circa the late 1900s", they don't mean "the 1890s". They mean somewhere between 1900 and 1909.
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Portrait Of Four Clowns Taken Circa 1897. Location Unknown
Data1001 1 year ago
I never understood the fear of clowns, myself. And most of the time, they were just silly little additions to circuses who didn't grab my attention, period. But there are a few notable exceptions of clowns who took things to far more artistic heights, like Emmett Kelly, who I remember seeing on the Carol Burnett Show, and in later years, the great Bill Irwin.
Norm Gilmore 1 year ago
No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed enjoyable. Terry Pratchett(Men at Arms, Discworld)
#78
A Group Of Ladies Buying Hats In A Paris Salon, 1910
Mike F 1 year ago
I think the second from the left was the inspiration for "Dark Helmet" from Spaceballs.
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Camera Work: Portrait Of Mrs. C., J. Craig Annan, 1907, Cleveland Museum Of Art: Photography
#80
Early Itunes -- "Can Laugh, Talk, Sing" -- Edison's Phonograph 1880s
Nimitz 1 year ago
It took me way too long to realize he wasn't holding all those people by leashes
WindySwede 1 year ago (edited)
"They can laugh, talk, sing". I was wondering thesame thing at first..
Load More Replies... Eric Williams 1 year ago
Let's see... five wearing earphones, one neck phone, three butt phones and one lady got two stuck in her hair and one dude ain't playin'.
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Jess Smith 1 year ago
Is it just me, or are there a *lot* of kitty photos in here? (I'm not complaining; this was great, BP!)
KillerKiwi 1 year ago
Yeah, I had to scroll back up to the title after the first few to make sure the article wasn’t exclusively cat pics 😂
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Jess Smith 1 year ago
Is it just me, or are there a *lot* of kitty photos in here? (I'm not complaining; this was great, BP!)
KillerKiwi 1 year ago
Yeah, I had to scroll back up to the title after the first few to make sure the article wasn’t exclusively cat pics 😂
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