Historical Indulgences

ca. 1865, signed carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

via Heritage Auction Galleries

ca 1873-80, [woman in fencing uniform], Ferenc Veress

via Gaabboo’s Photostream

ca. 1861, P.H. Martin, R.W. Addis

via the Library of Congress

ca. 1903, a scene from Fred R. Hamlin’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ production at Majestic Theater

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

ascoldasearth:

I made this last semester as part of my senior thesis, and it just dawned on me that after I graduate it’s going to either live with me and my cats’ claws, or deep in the woods of CT with my mother. 

So now its on Etsy.

Unfortunately, since it’s a giant chair, shipping it would be ridiculous. But if you know anyone near Philadelphia PA USA that’s in the market for some art or a seat, feel free to direct them my way.

Alright, guys—So I know this isn’t history-related, but this is my girlfriend’s art piece, if you’re interested—go check him out, he’s for sale! He’s super cozy, in addition to being super attractive.

ca. 1845, [Hypnotism], John Adams Whipple

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection

ca. 1866, “The Union Matrimonial Promoter”

on verso:

via the Library of Congress

ca. 1870, Hurst’s Stereoscopic Studies of Natural History, “The Bar Where Justice is Dispensed With”

via DepthandTime’s Photostream

ca. 1901, “Keith’s Bicycle Track”

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

ca. 1850, [Blind Man and His Reader]

Little is known about this enigmatic portrait except that the young reader holds a copy of the New York Herald. Known for its prurient interest in scandal and crime, as well as its pioneering use of the telegraph and railroad to gather news, the newspaper, launched in 1835, had the largest circulation of any daily in the United States. One wonders what was in the news the day this photograph was made. The outbreak of the Mexican-American war in 1846? The discovery of gold in California in 1848? Or perhaps an article from Brighton, England, on Dr. W. Moon’s system (1847) of raised type that allowed the blind to read with their fingers? Moon type, as it was known, pre-dated by more than twenty years the universal adoption in 1869 of Louis Braille’s system (1834) of raised points.

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection

ca. 1903, “Oh! You mustn’t … If the Madam should see, what in the world would become of me?”

via the Library of Congress, Stereograph Card Collection

ca. 1888, Gertrude Käsebier (photographer)

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection

ca. 1889, Edinburgh dissection room

via the Wellcome Collection

ca. 1858, “Red Riding Hood No. 3”, Henry Peach Robinson

via the National Media Museum, Royal Photographic Society

ca. 1899, by Jos. N. Pearce, Philadelphia

via the Library of Congress