Jul 6 2012
9:33 pm
 Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) at the age of four, 1865. Source: National Library of Norway

 Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) at the age of four, 1865.

Source: National Library of Norway

Posted 10 months ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #fridtjob nansen #norway #scandinavia #history
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Jul 3 2012
6:33 pm
Gøsta Florman, The four participants in the failed Andrée balloon expedition, Sweden, Summer 1897.  From left to right: Vilhelm Swedenborg, Nils Strindberg, Knut Frænkel and Salomon August Andrée.

Gøsta Florman, The four participants in the failed Andrée balloon expedition, Sweden, Summer 1897.  From left to right: Vilhelm Swedenborg, Nils Strindberg, Knut Frænkel and Salomon August Andrée.

Posted 10 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #gosta florman #nils strindberg #sweden #scandinavia
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Jul 1 2012
11:11 pm
Gunnar Lanz,  Gustav Adolf Hallqvist lighting a gas lamp, Sweden, 18 December 1953.

Gunnar Lanz,  Gustav Adolf Hallqvist lighting a gas lamp, Sweden, 18 December 1953.

Posted 10 months ago
#1950s #vintage #sweden #scandinavia #gaslamp #gaslight #gunnar lanz
19 notes

Jun 27 2012
11:34 am
Schoolchildren at an exhibition of the Kvitøya Arctic balloon exploration finds at Liljevalchs konsthall, Djurgården, Sweden, 1930.

Schoolchildren at an exhibition of the Kvitøya Arctic balloon exploration finds at Liljevalchs konsthall, Djurgården, Sweden, 1930.

Posted 11 months ago
#1930s #sweden #scandinavia #children #vintage #history #balloon
17 notes

Jun 25 2012
9:14 am
Nils Strindberg, Crossing a channel with the balloon-silk boat, Arctic Circle, 1897.

Nils Strindberg, Crossing a channel with the balloon-silk boat, Arctic Circle, 1897.

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #history #nils strindberg #sweden #scandinavia #arctic circle
17 notes

Jun 25 2012
7:42 am
Crown Princess Astrid of Sweden, 1926.

Crown Princess Astrid of Sweden, 1926.

Posted 11 months ago
#1920s #vintage #portrait #history #royalty #astrid of sweden #sweden #scandinavia
20 notes

Jun 25 2012
6:49 am
Nils Strindberg, S.A. Andree and Knut Frankel with their crashed balloon on packed ice, Arctic Circle, 1897.

Nils Strindberg, S.A. Andree and Knut Frankel with their crashed balloon on packed ice, Arctic Circle, 1897.

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #history #balloon #hot air baloon #nils strindberg #exploration #arctic circle #s.a. andree #knut frankel #sweden #scandinavia
25 notes

Jun 25 2012
3:47 am
Detroit Publishing Co., General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm, Sweden, 1897. Source: Library of Congress

Detroit Publishing Co., General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm, Sweden, 1897.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorian #stockholm #sweden #scandinavia #world expo #vintage #history
16 notes

Jun 25 2012
3:00 am
Mathias Hansen, Queen Louise of Sweden, ca. 1865.

Mathias Hansen, Queen Louise of Sweden, ca. 1865.

Posted 11 months ago
#1860x #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #royalty #louise of sweden #sweden #scandinavia #mathias hansen
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Jun 25 2012
2:12 am
Detroit Publishing Co., Salomon August Andrée’s Station at Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway, ca. 1897. Source: Library of Congress

Detroit Publishing Co., Salomon August Andrée’s Station at Danskøya, Svalbard, Norway, ca. 1897.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 11 months ago
#1890s #19th century #arctic #history #norway #scandinavia #science station #svalbard #victorian #victorians #vintage #architecture
26 notes

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