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Thank you to the Harvard University Library
‘What a cake of soap will do’, 1890s
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Construction of Nelson’s Column, 1844
Portraits by F. Holland Day, 1895-1911
“Fred Ott’s Sneeze”, January 1894
Smiles of old Japan
Rescue Masks, 1800s
Footage of Chicago Street Corner, 1897
The 200-year-old love letter that time forgot
'First roller-skate', 1869
The real Wild West
Pre-Communist Russia Postcards
Colour Photocroms of Wales c.1880
The Punishments of China, 1804
Oldest Working Car for sale, 1884
Kodak No.1 Circular Snapshots, c.1890
Mogg Pocket Map of London, 1806
'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals' by Charles Darwin, 1872
Ernst Haeckel's Christmas Cards
"Pictures from Life In Field And Fen", 1887
True Lover's Knot, 1801
Snapshots of New Yorkers, 1887-1897
Paul Gauguin playing the harmonium in his pants, 1895
Fabulous! “The richness of color” used as a selling point in a black and white pamphlet – the subjugation of Native Americans by Uncle Sam – “The Contented Rat” – the myriad uses, from cleaning babies to clothes to woodwork to horses! Eye-opening and insightful!
This is all propaganda. How mean to the indians too.
Propaganda? No; just a look into the mindset of six-score-years ago. The text isn’t mean to the Indians, rather, it talks of improving them instead of just killing them. Remember Native Americans were thought of as savages at the time, somewhat less than human. The thought that they COULD be “civilized, kind and good” was a little bit revolutionary. Even as comic relief.
Don’t focus on the bad. Look at those gorgeous, Tenniel-style engravings! A wealth of fantastic Victorian-era details.
A bubble party. Imagine.