Category Archives: 1800’s
Back in 2010, a man named Randy Guijarro in Fresno, California, found and purchased an old tintype photo for $2 at a junk shop. It turns out that photo is worth up to $5 millionbecause it’s only the second authenticated picture that shows the famous outlaw Billy the Kid. Kagin’s, the Western American experts that […]
December 1, 2013 0 Comments Peter House Rare Vintage Swimsuit Photos Of Geisha Rob Oechsle, a photographer and researcher, has compiled a series of photographs from the late 19th and early 20th century featuring Geishas. What makes these photos all the more striking is the fact that they feature these women in swimwear and against […]
Vintage X-Rays Reveal Shocking Extent of Corset-Imposed Body Deformation by Lori Zimmer , 06/26/13 filed under: Fashion Artifacts Back in 1908, Dr. Ludovic O’Followell started a minor opposition against a piece of clothing that virtually every woman in every class level wore: the corset. In his diatribe, aptly titled Le Corset, O’ Followell provided […]
The First Photo A personal mission to see where and how it happened. Harald Johnson · Oct 02, 2013 Rediscovered in 1952 by photo historians Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, the “First Photograph” was first depicted in this well-known reproduction that was retouched by Helmut Gernsheim prior to its international release. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce’s “View from […]
1896-1907: Victorian Cliff House “Cliff House has had five major incarnations since its beginnings in 1858. In 1896, Adolph Sutro built a new Cliff House, a seven story Victorian Chateau, called by some “the Gingerbread Palace”, below his estate on the bluffs of Sutro Heights. Great throngs of San Franciscans arrived on steam trains, bicycles, […]