lostsplendor: South Kensington Window, 1860 by Viscountess Clementina Hawarden (via National Media Museum)
× 192 × lovely × 1860s × black and white × vintage × antique
× 2530 × antique × vintage × edwardian
ieatmypancitwithrice: Une jeune juive d’Algérie, c1890
× 1543 × antique × victorian
historyofromanovs: Emperor Nicholas II of Russia with his five children: Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei. Photograph taken at Mogilev, 1916.
× 369 × NO × too sad × :( × 1910s × black and white × antique × the romanovs
× 42 × martha mansfield × aka perfectoin × 1920s × 1910s × antique × black and white × (can i be you)
venusmilk: Jugend, 1898Munich illustrated weekly journal of art and lifeG. Hirth’s publishing house in Munich and Leipzig If someone knows the translation could you let me know?  Google translate seems off…
× 705 × lovely × antique × art
outdatedandantiquated: the-randy-dandy: Somewhere in La Belle Époque, Paris.   The waist on the woman in the front there!
× 635 × corsets do wonders × (so does hip and bust padding) × antique × victorian × black and white
lostsplendor: Marion Benda, 1920s via The New York Public Library
× 8299 × marion benda × 1920s × vintage × antique × black and white
Front cover from The lady of the lake, by Walter Scott, illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock. London, 1904. [source: archive.org]
× 6743 × book × antique × 1900s × edwardian × walter scott × sir walter scott × charles edmund brock
Elizaveta Fedorovna, c. 1880s-90s
× 161 × stunning × her WAIST! × victorian × antique × girl × the beading on that dress is spectacular omg × black and white
aninsaciableloveforthedead: Fun historical fact, there used to be more gay and lesbian content in early silent films until religious groups protested resulting in “decency standards.”
× 109643 × antique × gif × black and white × lesbian × kiss × girl × 1920s × or early 10s × they look so 20s though
vintascope: Halloween Postcard on Flickr. Facebook | Flickr | Tumblr | Twitter
× 50 × halloween × victorian × vintage × antique
housewitch: Leo H. Grindon. The Trees of Old England. London: F. Pitman, 1870.
× 4099 × book × antique
ahhmmmburr: boymoans: james edward keeler—the great nebula in orion (photographs of nebulae and clusters, made with the crossley reflector, 1900) (via ottiliee)
× 38236 × edwardian × vintage × antique × space × 1900s
workshopofthetelescopes: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
× 3370 × film: nosferatu × 1920s × antique × vintage