Walking on a beach in Normandy. France, ca. 1900. / source: Lumière des Roses
Tag: 1900s
Two teenager girls wearing shorts and hats (with boat in the background) seem to be collecting shells, Frinton-on-sea, England, 1909 / src: eBay
Lina Cavalieri in Thaïs, 1907
At Radcliffe Anne Sullivan spelled millions of words into Helen Keller’s hands and helped her look up words in French, Latin, and German dictionaries. When Braille books weren’t available, Anne often Brailled them. Helen graduated cum laude. As she mounted the steps at graduation to get her degree, Anne Sullivan went with her hand in hand. As one girl said, ‘Radcliffe should also have given Miss Sullivan a degree.’ / src: digital commonwealth
Jack London dressed in a dance skirt made out of human hair and coconut fiber. Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, in 1907 / source: L’oeil de la photographie
Sylvie par Henri Manuel · 1909
Sylvie (1883–1970) was a French actress, who played supporting parts in French and Italian films from 1912 till 1965. In her last film, she finally played the leading role.
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