(1839) The first "Selfie" - Robert Cornelius. On the back is written, "The first light picture ever taken". (Nov 1840) Claude Monet with his works [Colorized] (1844) Portrait of a daguerreotypist. (1844/5) Daguerreotype of Andrew Jackson, aged 77 or 78. (1846) The first authenticated image of Abraham Lincoln. (1847) Sgt. Antonio Bustos having his leg removed during the Mexican-American War, the first photographed amputation.
(1851) The Crystal Palace in London, England, to house the Great Exhibition. (1852) Hippo Obaysch napping in the Zoological Gardens in London. (1855) British Hussar during the Crimean War. (1855) Roger Fenton's assistant seated on Fenton's photographic van. (1857) Daguerreotype of Shimazu Nariakira, by Ichiki Shirō's, the earliest surviving Japanese photograph. William H. Eddy, survivor of the Donner Party (before 1859) (1861) President Abraham Lincoln's dog Fido. (1962) Escaped slaves enlisted as cooks and soldiers for the Union Army. (1862) President Abraham Lincoln [colorized] (1862) Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Major General John A. McClernand. (1862) Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Major General John A. McClernand [colorized]
"Plantation". Photo by John Hopkins. (1862/3) (1862/3) 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia [colorized] (1863) The world’s first underground railway is built in London. (1863) Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra. (May 1863) Confederate dead at Marye's Heights. (1963) Keloid scars on the back of Gordon, a whipped slave. (1864) A Group of Samurai in front of Egypt's Sphinx. (c. 1864) Dr. Richard Burr pumping embalming fluid into a dead soldier's body. (April 1865) African Americans collecting bones of Civil War soldiers killed in the battle in Cold Harbor, VA. Tree stumps reveal the depth of snow experienced by the Donner Party (1866)
Vintage photographs depict daily life in 19th century Japan. Courtesans, geisha, samurai warriors, women playing instruments and traditional games are among the subjects portrayed in the most unique photography series of Edo-era Japan displayed at the London Photograph Fair.
The images, dated back to 1865, were taken by Felice Beato and are hand-tinted albumen prints (black and white photos hand painted to appear 'colour'). Beato, who was living in Yokohama at the time, documented Japanese everyday life over the years. He is often considered as one of the world's first photojournalists, who gained his fame as a war photographer. A woman washing herself by Felice Beato, 1865 © : Galerie Verdeau, Paris/The London Photograph Fair An elegant geisha in a garden by Felice Beato, 1865 © : Galerie Verdeau, Paris/The London Photograph Fair A young woman in a garden by Felice Beato, 1865 © : Galerie Verdeau, Paris/The London Photograph Fair Family in traditional interior by Felice Beato, 1865 © : Galerie Verdeau, Paris/The London Photograph Fair.
(1868) The corpse of a man scalped by Cheyenne Indians near Fort Dodge, Kansas. (1868/9) Samurai during the Boshin War. (1869) Civil War veteral Alfred A. Stratton lost both arms to a cannon at age 19 on 18 June 1864. (1871) The aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire. Photographs of America (1870-1920) NetHugs.com – Inspirational eCards 19Jul/1246 source: shorpy.com Tagged as: America, nostalgia, old photographsLeave a comment Comments comments.
(1875) King Cetshwayo in South Africa. (1874) Villagers below Kumamoto Castle, Japan. (1878) A Russian Soldier Looking Over Istanbul. (1878) Portrait of Thomas Edison. The first photograph of lightning (1882) (1884) Oldest Known Tornado Photograph. (1884) Theodore Roosevelt's diary the day his wife and mother died. Theodore Roosevelt simply wrote an “X” above one striking sentence: “The light has gone out of my life”, 1884.
On February 14, 1884, Theodore Roosevelt received a terrible news, his wife and mother died within hours of one another in the Roosevelt house in New York City. His mother, age 50, succumbed to typhus, and his wife Alice died at the age of 22 giving birth to her namesake. The following diary entries lovingly describe his courtship, wedding, happiness in marriage, and his grief over the death of his wife Alice. In his ever-present pocket diary on February 14, 1884, Theodore Roosevelt simply wrote an “X” above one striking sentence: “The light has gone out of my life“. Roosevelt had been called by telegram back to New York City from Albany where he was a New York State Assemblyman.
And so it seemed. His wife: Alice Hathaway Lee, President Theodore Roosevelt, his mother: Martha Stewart “Mittie” Bulloch. (1884) Chief Sitting Bull. (1880's) A couple seated on an 1886-model bicycle for two in front of the White House. (1887) An American Cowboy. (1889) Self-Portrait of Edward S. Curtis. (1893) Photographer appears to be photographing himself in multiple-exposure trick photo. (1895) 21-year-old 2nd Lieutenant Winston Churchill. S. A. Andrée and Knut Frænkel survey their failed arctic exploration balloon (1897) (1897) Frænkel and Strindberg with shot polar bear. (1897) The last living Barbary Lion.
(1898) Prospectors ascend the Chilkoot Trail during the Klondike Gold Rush. Panorama of Denver (1898) (1898) Winston Churchill, age 24 (colorized)