Historical Indulgences

ca. 1898, “Bouncing a New Recruit, Camp Chickamaugua, Ga, U.S.A”

via DepthandTime’s Photostream

ca. 1904, nose graft

via the Museum of the City of New York, Byron Company Collection

ca. 1898, Columbia University football players

via the Museum of the City of New York, Byron Company Collection

ca. 1898, “Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the ‘Rough Riders’ —after his return from Cuba”

via DepthandTime’s Photostream

ca. 1900, La “mise en boîte”

via Photo Verdeau

ca. 1901, “Affected Modesty”

via the Library of Congress, Stereograph Card Collection

ca. 1900, “Getting Her Hair Banged”

via the Library of Congress, Stereograph Card Collection

Here’s to awkward advances and cheap dates. Happy Valentine’s day, Tumblr—I love you all!

ca. 1896, gentleman dressed and posed in womens’ clothing

via the Wellcome Library, Archives and Manuscripts Collection

                        Gentlemen? Ladies?

ca. 1898

via the Library of Congress, Stereograph Card Collection

ca. 1870, photo collage of a fictional “psycho-sexual” murder scene

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photography Collection

ca. 1898, bathing at Midland beach

via Museum of the City of New York, Byron Company Collection

“All by Themselves”, turn of the century stereoscopic image

via DepthandTime’s Photostream

ca. 1893

via the Library of Congress

ca. 1901, “The Platonic Kiss”, by William H. Rau

via the Library of Congress

ca. 1898, skating at Van Cortlandt Park, New York, N.Y.

via the Museum of the City of New York, Byron Company Collection