Illuminated Ghosts


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tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1870, [carte de visite portrait of conjoined twins, Mille and Christine], J. Wood
via the Syracuse University Library, Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs

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drtuesdaygjohnson:

ca. 1858, [Stag in Cart], Horatio Ross

Far better known in his own day as an athlete and a sportsman than as a photographer, Ross was, even in his sixties, judged the finest shot in Scotland. He described deerstalking as “the most fascinating of all British field-sports.” Keen on the challenge of pitting his knowledge, stamina, and experience against his quarry’s superior senses of smell, sight, and hearing, Ross nevertheless possessed a gentlemanly concern for avoiding undue suffering in his kills and for maintaining the forest.

via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

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drtuesdaygjohnson:

ca. 1857, “Nether Hall”, Alfred Capel Cure 
via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photographs Collection

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lostsplendor:

Accident, Germany c. 1918 (by drakegoodman)

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flashandfootle:

Portrait of a Man - Gustave Caillebotte

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vintagechildren:

Cuthbert…. by smokey lace on Flickr.

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edwardianera:

Girl, her tricycle and her dog, 1911

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dickensian-dandy:

Giovanni Boldini Self Portrait

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