
François Bruneri :: Model for painting, France, ca. 1890 / src: L. des Roses
images that haunt us

François Bruneri :: Model for painting, France, ca. 1890 / src: L. des Roses

“Boy on bicycle ca. 1895-1916” is the improvised title of this dry plate from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C., whose legacy is a collection of some 30,000 glass negatives recently digitized and catalogued by the Library of Congress
/ src and hi-res: Shorpy

Nadar [pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon]
:: Selika Lazevski, a 19th century equestrian, Paris, 1891
According to Black Female Equestrian
she was an écuyère who performed haute école – which means she was an equestrian who rode high school dressage in French circuses in the 19th century. / src: fromthebygone
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French Singer and actress, Polaire – aka Madame Polaire, born Émilie Marie Bouchaud, ca. 1890’s / src: imgur

Nobukuni Enami :: A full half-stereoview variant print. Packets of these half-stereoview images were sold by Enami to late-Meiji and Taisho-era tourists, ca. 1898-1908 / source: T-Enami.org

Group of people seen from behind, France, ca. 1890. Anonymous photographer / src: Lumière des Roses

“Cliff House and Seal Rocks, from Pier, San Francisco, October 26, 1895, Taber Photo, San Francisco, Cal.” from
the John Hall Collection / src: cliffhouseproject
more [+] posts about the Cliff House in this blog

Enid Yandell with her sculpture of Pallas Athenea, 1896 / unidentified photographer. Enid Yandell papers, 1878-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution