Frank Eugene (1865-1936), Four Sisters, 1900s, Metropolitan Museum of Art Frank Eugene (1865-1936), Ritual Vestalis, 1900s, Metropolitan Museum of Art Frank Eugene (1865-1936), The Cake Walk, 1900s…
Outspoken suffragist Marie Høeg and her partner Bolette Berg privately toyed with gender conventions in the studio.
The 19th century was an interesting time for hair and fashion in general. Many cultural changes were occurring, and Europe and America alike saw many integral style periods, all of…
Picnickers from the early 1900s enjoy a spread showing some of the typical picnic food of the era, including scones, apples and cake. While a billy has clearly been used to heat water, the women have brought a teapot from home for making their tea.
Welcome to the Lost In History page that brings back to light the rarely seen images of the 20th century.
Here is an interesting photo collection of charming vintage portraits of Russian schoolgirls from the 1900s.
Historians have characterized the mid-Victorian era, (1850–1870) as Britain's 'Golden Years.'.There was prosperity, as the national income per person grew
From doll masks to decorated bags over heads to specially crafted outfits, these fascinating and nightmarish photos capture random people donning their Halloween costumes. It has to be said that…
Outspoken suffragist Marie Høeg and her partner Bolette Berg privately toyed with gender conventions in the studio.
30 Extremely Important Historical Photos From The 1800s and 1900s
The lowly potato gave the world sustenance, French fries, and would you believe color photography? In 1903, two French inventors and photographers, Auguste and Louis Lumière, used the potato as the basis for their patented process in creating color photographs, or Autochromes as they were called. It was a simple but ingenious technique—crush potatoes into tiny particles; separate these minuscule starch particles into three; add red, violet and green dye; mix onto a glass plate; brush off the excess; flatten the dyed particles onto the plate between two rollers—thus creating microscopic color filters; fill in any gaps with soot; brush with light-sensitive silver bromide. Voila! You have a photographic plate ready to take color pictures. The Lumières were also behind early advances in motion pictures but the brothers thought there was no future in movies and stuck to developing color photography. By 1907, the Lumières’ technique had proved so successful it infected the photographic world with “color fever.” Photographers across Europe and America (including talented amateurs like Gustave Eiffel better known for his Parisien tower) started producing a gallery’s worth of pictures—from portraits to nudes. To get an idea of scale, take for example...
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Edinburgh-based solicitor Gregor MacE had these photos from his grandmother who inherited from her mother. The photos were taken in Russia in the period 1880-1917. That branch of Gregor's family moved to Russia in the 1840s and left when the revolution broke out. The family were upper middle class and, as can be seen from the photographs, enjoyed a privileged lifestyle. They were based in the St. Petersburg area. His great-grandmother's family was English. She was born in Russia but moved to Scotland in 1917 and married with an Irishman. She brought these photographs with her, along with some jewellery and other items, which his grandmother has yet. (Photos from Gregor MacE)
Edwardian Fashion Sizes The idea of a woman being a numbered size wasn't around in the Edwardian era. Clothing was made to measure, with multiple measurements taken to create a unique pattern and even a mannequin only for that customer. For mail order clothing companies such as Sears, clothing was sold at first by providing
For 100 years, they stayed hidden in family albums. Now amateur photographer Horace Warner’s intimate portraits of London’s poorest children are being printed for the first time, giving a glimpse into a forgotten world
