#historic photographs

[magicae]

thinking about her (old stockholm telephone tower in use 1887-1913)

"...some Stockholmers said that the [lines] were so dense they would obscure the sun," said the then 90-year-old Karl-Väinö Tahvanainen, who worked in the tower, in an interview with SvD in 2012 (x)

#history #old photos #stockholm #photography #historic photographs

[sixstringphonic]

Kids listening to music in the 1970s.  (via Historic Photographs)

#historic photographs #vintage photography #1970s #music #nostalgia #analogue

[spilladabalia]

The Snapshot Century

"These images are from a collection of several thousand snapshots I've been building since the mid 1970s. They range from small round prints from the #1 Kodak, first taken in 1888, to Polaroids from the 1980s, near the end of the snapshot century and just before the beginning of the digital age. - " Rodger Kingston

Trailer Park Pin-up Girl, Hair in Curlers, Chattanooga, TN, 1962. Gelatin Silver Print Snapshot.

Tease, c. 1950. Gelatin Silver Print Snapshot.

Affectionate Couple, c. 1950s. Gelatin Silver Print Snapshot.

Eddie, c. 1960s. Polaroid Snapshot.

Couple Outside Motel Room, Red Head with Big Hair, c. 1960s. Dye Coupler Print Snapshot.

Very Informal Portrait, c. 1970s. Gelatin Silver Print Snapshot.

A Relaxing Day in the Country, c. 1960s. Gelatin Silver 35mm Contact Print.

A Good Story,1970. Dye Coupler Print Snapshot.

Inquisitive Pig, c. 1950s. Gelatin Silver Print Snapshot.

Edwin E. Williams. One Geisha Photographing Another, Kyoto, Japan, 1973. Polaroid SX70 Print. Hand-labeled and dated in ink on verso: "Kyoto Heian Shrine 13 Nov 73".

From Rodger Kingston's Snapshot Collection.

#rodger kingston #the snapshot century #rpk photos #snapshot #polaroid #photography #historic photographs #vintage photography #edwin e. williams

[eyesfullofmoon]

"Chorus girls watching the Ed Sullivan television show at the Roxy Movie Theater dressing room, 1958."

Photographed by Peter Stackpole.

#1950s #women #old photos #* #peter stackpole #chorus girls #ed sullivan #life magazine #photography #vintage #black and white #b&w #50s #ed sullivan show #old photography #vintage fashion #vintage style #history #historic photographs #women in history #1950s style #50s style #50s aesthetic #50s fashion #1950s aesthetic

[pazzesco]

Flying Hawk

Flying Hawk, also known as Moses Flying Hawk; March 1854 – December 24, 1931) was an Oglala Lakota warrior, historian, educator and philosopher. Flying Hawk's life chronicles the history of the Oglala Lakota people through the 19th and early 20th centuries, as he fought to deflect the worst effects of white rule; educate his people and preserve sacred Oglala Lakota land and heritage.

Chief Flying Hawk was a combatant in Red Cloud's War and in nearly all of the fights with the U.S. Army during the Great Sioux War of 1876. He fought alongside his first cousin Crazy Horse and his brothers Kicking Bear and Black Fox II in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, and was present at the death of Crazy Horse in 1877 and the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.

Chief Flying Hawk was one of the five warrior cousins who sacrificed blood and flesh for Crazy Horse at the Last Sun Dance of 1877. Chief Flying Hawk was the author of his commentaries and accounts of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Crazy Horse and the Wounded Knee Massacre, and of Native American warriors and statesmen from who fought to protect their families, defend the invasion of their lands and preserve their culture. Chief Flying Hawk was probably the longest standing Wild Wester, traveling for over 30 years throughout the United States and Europe from about 1898 to about 1930. Chief Flying Hawk was an educator and believed public education was essential to preserve Lakota culture. He frequently visited public schools for presentations. Chief Flying Hawk leaves a legacy of Native American philosophy and his winter count covers nearly 150 years of Lakota history.

#historic photographs #chief flying hawk #lakota #sioux #little big horn #crazy horse #kicking bear #flying hawk #oglala lakota

[resplendentoutfit]

The non-resplendid Outfit: What poor women wore in the mid to late 1800s, Victorian era

Housemaids, early 1860’s. They are dressed in their best for the photographer, but look at their hands. From Victorian Working Women. They could perhaps have scullury maids, who were a lower ranked of housemaid.

Fig. 1 - Washerwoman and young girl • Mid-1800's

Fig. 2 - From 'Street Life in London', 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. "The accompanying photograph represents a second-hand clothes shop in a narrow thoroughfare of St. Giles."

Fig. 3 - These women were referred to as "tip girls". Their job was to unload mine refuse from train cars and on to the "tip" of the mountains of mine waste. Tredegar, Wales, 1865. Photo by W. Clayton from Victorian Working Women

fig. 4 - This dress features a loose fitting, unlined bodice gathered gently under the bust and at the center back. The sleeves are cut moderately to encourage movement and feature a short cuff with button closure. The semi full skirt is gathered into a waistband and attached to the bodice. The skirt is hemmed to the ankle with a single turn hem. The gown closes at the center front with buttons. Shown over over a quilted petticoat and extra full petticoats. Typically worn between 1840 and 1890. This dress is a replica based on research.

Working class women in the Victorian era couldn't afford the latest fashions. They wore simple, practical clothing in a style dependent on their ooccupation. In figure 1, The woman is wearing a simple dress and cape. Her clothing looks clean because she's a washerwoman; her clothing only exposed to water and soap. Her dress is very similar to the one in figure 4.

In figure 2, the women working in the second-hand clothes shop are also performing work that isn't likely to soil their clothing. It's interesting to discover there were such shops. I always assumed poor women of this era made their own clothing.

A job such as handling coal (figure 3) was such dirty work that the clothing worn for it had to be made from thick, rough fabrics and cut loose to facilitate movement. The dirtier and more physically demanding the work, the rougher the clothing.

#fashion history #victorian era #working women #victorian work clothes #1800s women's work #victorian work dress #the resplendent outfit #victorian history #historic photographs #historic clothing #history of workers #women's history

[ornithorynquerouge]

The Moon, as seen from lunar orbit during the Apollo 15 mission, August 2, 1971

#the moon #lunar orbit #apollo #vintage photography #historic photographs

[guy60660]

Historic Photographs

#historic photographs

[lionofchaeronea]

Labor Day (May Day) Parade, unknown photographer from the Bain News Service, 1909 (Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection)

#photography #history #historic photographs #rain #rainy day #rainy mood #pluviophile #1910s #black and white #b&w #Library of Congress

[bettergeology]

Oil in Oregon, 1957 - 2023

Oregon has never been known as a powerhouse of oil production. The truth is, we never have been, and never will be. We do have a number of small pockets where oil has been found in trace amounts. This well, in the Clarno Basin of central Oregon, was dug in 1957 and goes down over 4,000 feet. They didn't find anything of value. Other oil wells in the area date back to the 1920s, when an oil boom was thought to be possible:

Clarno used to be much busier.

#oregon #history #oil #geology #photography #historic photographs #john day fossil beds #high desert

[lycrabustier]

Photo from the set of 1925's Phantom of the Opera staring Lon Chaney. It is believed this production still depicts the first ever "dab", a move later popularized by stars from Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford to legendary artist Skippa Da Flippa.

#dab #dab meme #meme #phantom of the opera #horror #lon chaney sr #lon chaney #historic photographs #dabbing #mary pickford #mary philbin #old hollywood #silent film

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

King Bear, a Sioux apostle of the ghost dance religion. The Ghost Dance was a ceremony incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. According to the teachings, proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with the spirits of the dead. (Unknown date, most likely 1900s).

[Historic Photographs]

* * * *

“The bullets will not go toward you. The prairie is large and the bullets will not go toward you.” ― Yellow Bird

#King Bear #Historic Photographs #ghost dance religion #Yellow Bird #ghost dance #quotes #ghost

[cleverwordsandotherstuffilike]

Members of the Edinburgh Ladies’ Climbing Club, circa 1908. “This photo shows Lucy Smith and Pauline Ranken climbing on Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh. Smith was one of the founder members of the Ladies Scottish Climbing Club; the other two founders were Jane Inglis Clarke (1859-1950) and her daughter Mabel. They formed the club in 1908 because as women, they were barred from joining the men-only Scottish Mountaineering Club.” (Photo by Historical Photos of Women’s Stories)

#historic photographs

[eyesfullofmoon]

"Zhora la mauresque Ouled-Nail"

Photographed by Jean Geiger, c. 1880, Algeria.

#1880s #old photos #women #* #jean geiger #early photography #algeria #ouled naïl #ouled nail #women in history #old photography #antique #moorish #women of history #historic photographs #algerian #old photo #vintage #19th century #19th century photography #1880s fashion #historical photos #arab history #arabian #arab women

[pazzesco]

Edward S. Curtis - The North American Indian , Portfolios 1-20; and Volumes 1-20

Edward S. Curtis - Chief Joseph - 1908

Edward S. Curtis - Nespilim Girl, 1905

Edward S. Curtis - Okúwa-Tse ("Cloud Yellow")-San Ildefonso 1905

Edward S. Curtis - Badlands - 1905

Edward S. Curtis - A Zuñi Girl - 1905

Edward S. Curtis - Piopio-Maksmaks, Profile - Walla Walla - 1905

Edward S. Curtis - Saguaro Fruit Gatherers - Maricopa - 1906

Edward S. Curtis - Otter Robe - Atsina - 1905

Edward S. Curtis - The Piki Maker - Walpi - 1904

Edward S. Curtis - A Walpi Man - 1903

Edward S. Curtis - An Apache Baby

Edward S. Curtis - Two Oglala Girls on Horseback - 1907

Edward S. Curtis - Sioux Camp - 1907

Edward S. Curtis - The Maid of Dreams - 1907

#indigenous #native american #american indian #historic photographs #photography #photographers #edward s. curtis #books #North American Indian

[admiralnelsoniii]

So I came across a Facebook page all about the Cunard Liners and similar Ocean Liners. But when I saw these photos I instantly thought "bullshit!" No way are 1911ish photographs, even if retouched and colorized, looking that damn good! So I went hunting for the photos myself. At once I discovered that, although they are all black & white pictures, the resolution and quality of lines is freaking unbelievably outstanding! So, yes, those are pictures of the Cunard Liners. That's really the bow of RMS Titanic looking like something out of the Leonardo DiCaprio Hollywood film! And I ask, why in the early 1920ish could they produce pictures this good, but in the 1940s, two decades later, photos of the various warships involved in the second world war are total crap! Poor resolution. If color at all, it's flawed in one or more of the many ways film can be effected by, pretty much everything! It's a conspiracy!! Lol jk😅

#cunard line #titanic #olympic #ocean liners #maritime history #history #art #artwork #photoretouching #photorestoration #historic photographs #wtf