Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Portrait of an Unidentified Girl Taken By an Unidentified American Photographer (1850′s/1860′s)


Portrait of an unidentified girl taken by an unidentified American photographer, c. 1850′s/1860′s.

Source: Library of Congress.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Portrait of American Stage Actor Joseph Jefferson Dressed as Old Rip Van Winkle Taken by Napoleon Sarony (1869)


Portrait of American stage actor Joseph Jefferson dressed as old Rip Van Winkle by Napoleon Sarony, 1869. From an edition of the book Rip Van Winkle A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains by Washington Irving published in 1871.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Children Watching a Public Health Film Projected on the Bermondsey Borough Health Propaganda Cinemotor Truck in the Bermondsey Section of London, England (1938)



Children watching a public health film projected on the Bermondsey Borough Health Propaganda Cinemotor truck in the Bermondsey section of London, England, 1938.
 
Source: Wellcome Images.