Emir Seyyid Mir Mohammed Alim Khan, the Emir of Bukhara, seated holding a sword in Bukhara, (present-day Uzbekistan), 1910.
Here is the link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/29-photos-of-russia-you-wont-believe-are-100-years-old
A Realistically colorized historical photo just in time for Vetrens Day
Here is a link to the website “22 Words” to view more of the awesome images :
22 Words Colorized historical photos
Old Photo Friday
This early daguerreotype found at the website of The Magazine Antiques, and it offered for sell by Dennis A. Waters Fine Daguerreotypes, of Exeter, New Hampshire. It is a picture of R. F. Jameson, who was a month short of his twentieth birthday, by an unknown daguerreotypist in Montrose, Pennsylvania, in October 1846.
Here is the link to: The Magazine Antiques
Old Photo Friday
Another wonderful photo by an unknown photographer, and subject, its a sixth plate daguerreotype, taken ca. 1847-50, it is part of the collection of Gregory Fried.
Here is a link to more photos such as this: Common-place: True Pictures
Old Photo Friday
http://www.finedags.com/Image of the day
I lost my dog, that was one of my best friends, to cancer this morning, and this photo I found minutes ago sums up my thoughts at this moment.
Carl Rhodes
A Unique and Interesting Vintage Photo Blog
The website Clicksypics.com has a unique spin on vintage photos. In many cases the author of the blog has taken 19th century stereoscopic images and animate them as seen below in the somewhat disturbing image of Abraham Lincoln.
It is defiantly worth a look.
Again here is their link: Clicksypics.com
A glimpse into the past through an historic photo blog
I received the link to this blog via my daughter, Autumn, and it is called: My Daguerreotype Boyfriend. Don’t let the title fool you, this site has an awesome collection historic photos, with a rare and sometimes candid insight into the souls of the people from over a century ago.
These are almost exclusively men, as the the title suggests. Many of the portraits are of well know people–historic characters, artists, scientists, military men, and politicians.
I think men and women both will enjoy these photos.
Here is the link: http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com
From the Library of Congress: Color Photos of the 1930s-40s
The Jobs Of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations with Photos
My daughter emailed me about an interesting web site from the National Public Radio web site (http://www.npr.org/). As computers and automated systems increasingly take the jobs humans once held, entire professions are now extinct from milkman to telegrapher, from people who once filled those oft-forgotten jobs.”
Here is the link: The Jobs Of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations
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