Days Gone By

Jul 4 2012
6:47 am

Alvin Langdon Coburn, Gertrude Stein, 1913.

Source: George Eastman House

Posted 11 months ago
#1910s #gertrude stein #vintage #portrait #history #writer #alvin langdon coburn #LGBT #lesbian

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Jun 30 2012
8:06 pm

Early gay rights activist Edward Carpenter, 1875.

Posted 11 months ago
#1870s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #LGBT #homosexuality #edward carpenter

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Jun 29 2012
3:35 am

Early gay rights activist Edward Carpenter, 1905.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #england #UK #LGBT #gay rights #homosexuality #activist #edward carpenter #edwardians #edwardian #vintage #portrait #history #LGBT rights

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Jun 22 2012
2:42 pm

Allan Aynesworth, Evelyn Millard, Irene Vanbrugh and George Alexander in “The Importance of Being Earnest,” London, 1895.

Posted 12 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #theater #the importance of being earnest #london #england #UK #lol #LGBT #lesbians #lesbian

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Jun 15 2012
12:19 pm

Natalie Clifford Barney with a pet dog, ca. 1890s.

Posted 1 year ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #natalie clifford barney #americans abroad #pets #dogs #LGBT #lesbians #lesbian

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Jun 12 2012
5:09 am

Allan Warren, Liberace smoking in a London rehearsal room, 1968.

Posted 1 year ago
#1960s #london #england #UK #liberace #smoking #vintage #portrait #fashion #bouffant #pianist #LGBT #gay #allan warren

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Jun 9 2012
2:18 am

Two women lighting each others’ cigarettes, Westeinde, The Netherlands, 1932.

Source: Nationaal Archief

Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #the netherlands #netherlands #holland #vintage #smoking #cigarettes #cigarette #lesbian #LGBT #lesbians

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May 24 2012
3:32 pm

Walery Rzewuski, Helena Modjeska as Adam Kazanowski in “The Court of Prince Władysław,” 1867.

Posted 1 year ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #cross-dressing #poland #walery rzewuski #helena modjeska #LGBT #actress

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May 13 2012
4:35 am

Andy Warhol, Helen/Harry Morales (Drag Queen), New York City, 1974.

Source: Getty Museum

Posted 1 year ago
#1970s #new york #new york city #NYC #USA #drag queen #LGBT #transgender #transsexual #helen morales #latino #andy warhol #vintage #portrait #wig

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May 12 2012
9:09 am

Andre Gide, 1893.

Posted 1 year ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #gay #LGBT #homosexuality #author #writer #history #hats

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