Days Gone By

Jul 3 2012
2:58 am

Carleton E. Watkins, Minerva Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs, National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, ca. 1890s.

Source: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University

Posted 10 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #nature #yellowstone #yellowstone national park #wyoming #USA #carleton watkins #mammoth hot springs #hot springs

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Jul 3 2012
2:07 am

Francis M. Fritz, John Muir, American conservationist, 1907.

Posted 10 months ago
#1900s #john muir #vintage #portrait #history #conservation #francis fritz #yosemite #nature

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Jun 27 2012
9:14 am

William Henry Jackson, Crater of Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1872.

Posted 11 months ago
#1870s #19th century #victorian #vintage #history #old faithful #geyser #yellowstone #yellowstone national park #wyoming #USA #william henry jackson #nature

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Jun 13 2012
10:44 am

George Fiske, Overhanging Rock, Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, 1910.

Posted 11 months ago
#1910s #glacier point #yosemite #yosemite valley #california #northern california #national park #nature #scary #overhang #vintage #history #george fiske

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Jun 12 2012
12:12 pm

Vittorio Sella, Siniolchu from the Zemu Glacier, Sikkim, India, 1899.

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorian #nature #mountain #himalayas #himalayan mountains #vintage #history #vittorio sella #glacier #sikkim #india #south asia #siniolochu

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Jun 12 2012
2:54 am

Vittorio Sella, Luigi Amedeo and guides climbing an icefall on Chogolisa, Karakoram, Pakistan, 1909.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #history #nature #hiking #climbing #vittorio sella #chogolisa #karakoram #pakistan #south asia #himalayas #himalayan mountains #himalayans #mountain #luigi amedeo

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Jun 3 2012
1:01 pm

Queen Victoria of Sweden, The river Nile at Shellal, photograph taken in the late afternoon on the 15th of February 1891.

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorian #queen victoria of sweden #sweden #egypt #north africa #africa #nile river #river nile #palm trees #desert #nature #shellal

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May 26 2012
9:13 am

Georg Friedrich Johannes Bley, The Dago waterfall near Bandung, Indonesia, 1920-1932.

Source: Tropenmuseum

Posted 12 months ago
#1920s #1930s #vintage #nature #forest #light #georg bley #waterfall #bandung #indonesia #southeast asia

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May 12 2012
10:18 am

William Bell, Chocolate butte near mouth of the Paria, Arizona, 1872.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration

Posted 1 year ago
#1870s #19th century #victorian #arizona #USA #butte #rock formation #nature #desert #vintage #history #william bell #hiking

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