Days Gone By

May 6 2012
9:44 pm

Marian Hubbard “Daisy” Bell and Elsie May Bell with governess, ca. 1885.

Source: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress)

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1880s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #reading #books #children #learning #governess

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Apr 3 2012
11:46 am

The Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library, 1926.

Source: New York Public Library Visual Materials / Lantern Slides / Research Library / Main Reading Room

Posted 1 month ago
#1920s #new york #new york city #manhattan #NYPL #new york public library #reading #books #library #vintage #flappers

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Apr 3 2012
8:14 am

James Joyce, Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier at Shakespeare & Co. Paris, 1920.

Source: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University

Posted 1 month ago
#1920s #adrienne monnier #france #james joyce #paris #sylvia beach #author #books

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Mar 22 2012
4:43 am

William C. Shrout, Lowerclassmen at the US Coast Guard Academy bowing over their books, hoping for luck during their examinations, New London, Connecticut, USA, December 1942.

Posted 2 months ago
#1940s #USA #books #coast guard academy #connecticut #new england #new london #traditions #vintage #william shrout #hazing #stress #funny #college

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Mar 21 2012
4:00 pm

Roger Fenton, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, England, 1854.

Posted 2 months ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #england #UK #queen victoria #prince albert #british royal family #history #reading #books #roger fenton

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Mar 13 2012
7:18 pm

Southworth & Hawes, Emerson School for Girls, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1850.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Posted 2 months ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #school #classroom #children #emerson school for girls #boston #massachusetts #new england #USA #southworth and hawes #history #teachers #reading #books

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Mar 6 2012
9:39 pm

Edward Anthony and Frank Buck, ca. 1932.

Source: New York Public Library

Posted 2 months ago
#1930s #edward anthony #frank buck #books #book signing vintage #hats

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Mar 5 2012
12:15 pm

Clarence Hudson White, Miss Grace, 1898.

Source: Yale Visual Resources Collection

Posted 2 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian era #victorian #reading #books #children #vintage #clarence white

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Mar 5 2012
1:53 am

A typical study room at New York Public Library, 1926.

Source: New York Public Library Visual Materials / Lantern Slides / Research Library / Typing

Posted 2 months ago
#1920s #new york #new york city #NYC #USA #new york public library #NYPL #reading #books #study room #vintage

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Mar 4 2012
5:54 pm

Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Marian Hubbard “Daisy” Bell and Elsie May Bell with governess, ca. 1855.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 2 months ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #children #reading #books #governess #vintage

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