Historical Indulgences

ca. 1880, [portrait of a woman with her multiple reflections]

via the KaufmaNelson Vintage Photograph Gallery

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   Miumiu’s Reference?

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   Miu Miu’s reference. tuesday-johnson:

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    I keep staring, expecting one of the reflections to be wrong, somehow… Like a difference in hand position or one eye...

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    There is something very unsettling about this.

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    Yeah, no. More like 1901-1905.

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This blog is a collection of images and clips regarding history, especially in regards to 19th century American history and the Civil War. They are from a variety of collections, public, academic and private. There's the occasional emphasis on Ulysses S Grant, as well. In addition, all things antiquated, macabre, and grotesque.

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