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1880:
“Evil Man”
Gem tintype from my collection
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Dawn Parsonage-Kent
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People
Era:
1800s
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Dawn Parsonage-Kent
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1838:
Queen Victoria’s Coronation Ring
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c.1850:
Man smiling
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1909:
Concept of a Police woman
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c.1895-1940:
Beach oil wells, Southern California
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Early Photographs of Women’s Hair, 1800s
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1870s-1930s:
Sketches of Hell by Kawanabe Kyōsai
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c. 1930s:
Man cooling off in a bird-bath
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1886:
Cutting a sunbeam
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c.1862:
Sara Forbes Bonetta
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1800s:
Queen Victoria with her grandchildren
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Exotic Dancers, 1890s
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c.1930:
Policemen testing life-jackets, London
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1948-1950:
Soldiers kissing goodbye
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1927:
The back of the future Queen Elizabeth II’s head
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1948:
Norman E. Timbs Buick Streamliner
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c.1878:
Victorian Mourning
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c. 1850:
Ambrotype of an Ojibwa Man wearing western dress and snow goggles
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Late 1800s:
Juggling rifles
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1892:
Italian Monk Wearing a Funeral Mask
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late 1800s:
“Chang the Chinese Giant”
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1849:
Gold Rush Prospector posing for a picture to send home
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c. late 1800s:
Woman pulling a face
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1895-1911:
Portraits by F. Holland Day
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c.1860s-1880s:
“Circassian Beauties”
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c. 1888:
“Aunt Velma, she never married”
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c.1838:
First photograph of a human
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1899-1928:
Circus Performers
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Late 1800s:
Double Portraits
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1862-1930:
Young Indian Royal Portraits
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c.1880/1900:
Komuso “Basket” monks,
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1800s:
Victorian Teenagers
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c.1855:
Woman taking snuff
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1890s:
Banner Women
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1843:
Being for the benefit of Mr Kite
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c. 1860:
The Grandchildren of Vice-Admiral Charles John Napier