Jun 11 2012
2:32 pm
Doris Ulmann, Nun in cloister, 1930. Source: Library of Congress

Doris Ulmann, Nun in cloister, 1930.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #doris ulmann #vintage #nun #nuns #religion #convent #history #cloister
58 notes

May 31 2012
6:27 pm
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna as a nun after her husband’s death, ca. 1909.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna as a nun after her husband’s death, ca. 1909.

Posted 1 year ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #history #nun #nuns #elizabeth feodorvna #russian revolution #russian history #russia #romanov fmaily #romanov #mourning #religion
34 notes

May 21 2012
10:28 pm
Sigfús Eymundsson, The old chapel of Landakot, Iceland, 1897-1902.

Sigfús Eymundsson, The old chapel of Landakot, Iceland, 1897-1902.

Posted 1 year ago
#1890s #1900s #19th century #victorians #victorian #iceland #invtage #sigfus eymundsson #chapel #hospital #patients #nuns #vintage
17 notes

Mar 7 2012
11:04 pm
René Maltête, The Seven Deadly Sins, 1960.

René Maltête, The Seven Deadly Sins, 1960.

Posted 1 year ago
#1960s #vintage #nuns #catholicism #rene maltete #france
166 notes

Mar 3 2012
6:36 am
Toni Frissell, Nuns clamming on Long Island, New York, September 1957. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Toni Frissell Collection

Toni Frissell, Nuns clamming on Long Island, New York, September 1957.

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Toni Frissell Collection

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #long island #new york #toni frissell #nuns #clamming #vintage
29 notes

Jan 29 2012
7:55 pm
Nina Leen, Seven Benedictine nuns walking through the snow, Bethlehem, Connecticut, USA, 1948.

Nina Leen, Seven Benedictine nuns walking through the snow, Bethlehem, Connecticut, USA, 1948.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #USA #benedictine #connecticut #new england #nina leen #nuns #snow #winter #vintage
356 notes

Jan 29 2012
6:27 am
Sisters at St. Vincent’s Hospital sitting in their recreation room watching TV. Photograph by Ralph Morse. Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, March 1949.

Sisters at St. Vincent’s Hospital sitting in their recreation room watching TV. Photograph by Ralph Morse. Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, March 1949.

Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #erie #pennsylvania #USA #ralph morse #nuns #TV #television
96 notes

Dec 30 2011
3:31 pm
Young nuns on way to mass. Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Turin, Italy, 1934.

Young nuns on way to mass. Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Turin, Italy, 1934.

Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #turin #italy #alfred eisestaedt #nuns #catholicism
16 notes

Dec 11 2011
2:41 am
Nuns passing guards on the way to see Pope Pius XII’s body. Photograph by Mark Kauffman. Rome, Italy, October 1958.

Nuns passing guards on the way to see Pope Pius XII’s body. Photograph by Mark Kauffman. Rome, Italy, October 1958.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #rome #italy #the vatican #vatican city #the pope #pius xxii #funeral #deathb #nuns #guards #catholicism
18 notes

Nov 8 2011
11:43 am
Nuns watching the children playing in the sprinkler. Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Belgian Congo, April 1953.

Nuns watching the children playing in the sprinkler. Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Belgian Congo, April 1953.

Posted 1 year ago
#1950s #belgian congo #catholic school #children #congo #cute #dmitri kessel #nuns #sprinkler #africa #central africa
16 notes

RSS | Archive | Theme: Optimus
« Older