Category: vintage photograph, vintage snapshot, vernacular photograph, vintage photo, photographie vintage

Woman standing on lily pad (1902)

woman standing on giant lilypad, 1900s
Woman standing on a leaf of Victoria cruziana in the lily pond in front of the Linnean House of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1902. Notice the wood sheet used to distribute her weight, so as to prevent the ripping of the delicate leaf, 1902 | Missouri Botanical Garden
Woman standing on a leaf of Victoria cruziana in the lily pond in front of the Linnean House of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1902.
Notice the wood sheet used to distribute her weight, so as to prevent the ripping of the delicate leaf, 1902 | Missouri Botanical Garden

Woman feeding a pelican

Woman feeding a pelican, ca. 1940s [as a follower made us note, the lady’s dress looks more like from 1920s so, maybe, the snapshot was misdated, or her outfit simply outdated]. Pigment print on Hahnemule paper | src Life as Art: The American Snapshot

Cats typewriting ca. 1910

I’m Too Tired to Write, 1911 [vintage postcard © B.J. (511)] / src fine art america
Mentor typewriter and cat, ca. 1910 (’Tippfräulein’ written on top of the photograph) | src retro-vintage-photo
Mentor typewriter and furry cat, ca. 1910 (’Tippfräulein’) | src VanScribed
I’m Too Tired to Write, 1911 [vintage postcard © B.J. (511)] / src blogspot
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