Days Gone By

May 27 2012
2:57 am

G. Robertson Cuninghame, On the Merry-go-round at Deepwater Races - Deepwater, New South Wales, Australia, ca. 1910.

Source: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Posted 5 hours ago
#1910s #deepwater #deepwater races #new south wales #australia #merry-go-round #carousel #g. robertson cuninghame #vintage #hats #happy #laughter

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May 26 2012
7:15 pm

Actress Mildred Davis with her pet dog, 12 August 1921.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 12 hours ago
#1920s #mildred davis #actress #pets #dogs #cute #vintage #portrait #pekingese #hats

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May 24 2012
5:46 pm

Napoleon Sarony, Georgiana Drew, ca. 1880s.

Source: Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Posted 2 days ago
#barrymore family #1880s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #actress #napoleon sarony #georgiana drew #hats

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May 24 2012
4:16 pm

Elliot & Fry, Marion Hood in “The Pirates of Penzance,” London, 1880.

Posted 2 days ago
#1880s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #actress #marion hood #hats #london #england #UK #the pirates of penzance #elliot & fry

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May 24 2012
2:43 pm

Melecjusz Dutkiewcz, Helena Modrzejewska, ca. 1879.

Posted 2 days ago
#1870s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #helena modjeska #poland #actress #hats

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May 23 2012
7:21 pm

Vaudeville performers Bert Williams (left) and George Walker in blackface and comic outfits, 1903.

Posted 3 days ago
#1900s #vaudeville #vintage #portrait #history #bert williams #george walker #blackface #african-american #comedian #actor #hats

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May 23 2012
5:02 pm

Aimé Dupont, Anna Held, March 1900.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 3 days ago
#1900s #anna held #vintage #portrait #edwardian #edwardians #actress #aime dupont #corset #hats

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May 22 2012
7:21 pm

Portrait of a Man, USA, ca. 1854.

Source: Getty Museum

Posted 4 days ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #top hat #hats #daguerreotype

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May 18 2012
12:24 pm

Theodore C. Marceau, Actress Olga Petrova, ca. 1917.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 week ago
#1910s #theodore marceau #vintage #portrait #olga petrova #russia #actress #hats

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May 14 2012
8:57 am

James P. Weston, Portrait of an Asian Man in Top Hat, USA, ca. 1856.

Source: Getty Museum

Posted 1 week ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #victorian #asian-american #people of color #USA #top hat #hats #vintage #portrait #history #daguerreotype #james weston

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