Days Gone By

Jul 4 2012
4:28 am

Revert Henrique Klumb, The Brazilian Imperial family visiting a farm in Juíz de Fora, southern Minas Gerais province, Brazil, 1861.

Posted 10 months ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #history #revert henrique klumb #brazilian imperial family #royalty #brazil #latin america #south america #minas gerais

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Jun 30 2012
6:30 pm

Louis Buvelot, Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil around age 25, ca. 1851.

Posted 10 months ago
#1850s #19th century #brazil #history #latin america #louis buvelot #portrait #south america #victorian #victorians #vintage #pedro II of brazil #royalty

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Jun 30 2012
12:21 pm

Otto Hees, Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, and family, 1889.

Posted 10 months ago
#1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #brazil #latin america #south america #latin american history #otto hees #emperor dom pedro II #brazilian royal family #royalty #children #family #family portrait

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Jun 25 2012
6:28 pm

Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit on their expedition into the Amazon Basin Brazilian jungle, 1913-1914.

Posted 11 months ago
#1910s #vintage #history #theodore roosevelt #kermit roosevelt #roosevelt family #president roosevelt #brazil #south america #latin america #latin american history

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Jun 11 2012
12:22 pm

Maroon village, Suriname River, 1955.

Posted 11 months ago
#1950s #suriname #south america #latin america #vintage #history #maroon #maroons #village #boats #boat

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Jun 10 2012
7:32 am

Limbless sideshow performer Prince Randian from British Guiana, aka “The Living Torso,” 1906.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #the living torso #prince randian #british guiana #guyana #south america #latin america #vintage #portrait #circus freak

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Jun 8 2012
6:52 am

Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, A Bush-Negro of the Saramaka tribe, Dutch Guiana, 1910.

Source: New York Public Library

Posted 11 months ago
#maroon #1910s #dutch guiana #suriname #latin america #south america #harry hamilton johnston #vintage #portrait #history #latin american history #saramaka

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Jun 6 2012
1:04 pm

Peruvian politician Manuel González Prada, 1915.

Posted 11 months ago
#1910s #vintage #portrait #history #peru #latin america #south america #mustache #manuel gonzalez prada #absinthe #drinking #latin american history

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May 29 2012
7:19 pm

A 22 year old Che Guevara in Argentina, 1951.

Source: Museo Che Guevara

Posted 11 months ago
#1950s #argentina #che guevara #history #latin america #latin american history #portrait #revolutionary #south america #vintage #communist #communism

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May 22 2012
2:21 am

Annemarie Heinrich, Eva Duarte (Evita) en malla con lunares, Argentina, October 1939.

Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #argentina #south america #latin america #vintage #portrait #history #evita #eva peron #annemarie heinrich #first lady

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