lostsplendor:

South Kensington Window, 1860 by Viscountess Clementina Hawarden (via National Media Museum)
ieatmypancitwithrice:

Une jeune juive d’Algérie, c1890
historyofromanovs:

Emperor Nicholas II of Russia with his five children: Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei. Photograph taken at Mogilev, 1916.
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…
outdatedandantiquated:

the-randy-dandy:

Somewhere in La Belle Époque, Paris.  

The waist on the woman in the front there!
lostsplendor:

Marion Benda, 1920s via The New York Public Library

Front cover from The lady of the lake, by Walter Scott, illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock. London, 1904. [source: archive.org]
Elizaveta Fedorovna, c. 1880s-90s
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.”
vintascope:

Halloween Postcard on Flickr.

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housewitch:

Leo H. Grindon. The Trees of Old England. London: F. Pitman, 1870.
ahhmmmburr:

boymoans:

james edward keeler—the great nebula in orion (photographs of nebulae and clusters, made with the crossley reflector, 1900)

(via ottiliee)
workshopofthetelescopes:

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)