ca. 1860-1890, [tintype portrait of a gentleman earnestly holding hands with two listless individuals]
via Ebay
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ca. 1860-1890, [tintype portrait of a gentleman earnestly holding hands with two listless individuals]
via Ebay
ca. 1870’s, [double self portrait with Ignác Šechtl as both a laboratory worker and a retoucher], Ignác Šechtl
ca. 1847, [Reenactment of the First Public Demonstration of the Surgical Use of Ether], Southworth and Hawes
via Harvard University, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Department of Photographs
ca. 1858, [portrait of mother and dead child]
via Harvard University, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Department of Photographs
ca. 1875, [portrait of two gentlemen staging a robbery]
ca. 1850’s-60’s, [portrait of a gentleman with his instrument]
via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographic Collections
ca. 1842, “Eduard Biewend and his Bride, Feodore” F. Oehme
ca. 1860’s, [portrait of a well-armed gentleman with a pepper box pistol, Kentucky rifle and a top hat]
ca. 1880, [portrait of a woman with binoculars, showing off her luscious locks at the “beach”]
via the International Center of Photography
Happy New Year, everyone!
ca. 1892, [Portrait of W.S. Penley as “Dona Lucia from Brazil” in “Charley’s Aunt”], Norman and Burnide
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