19th Century Boys

Poets and madmen, slave rebellions, inventors and killers, sailing and whaling, fightin' whorein' and scorein'- that's the 19th Century (1801-1900). Unless stated, I take no credit for these photos, links, quotes, etc. they are not mine, no copyright...

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The Family That Bikes Together! Obamas Ride Around Martha’s Vineyard During Annual Vacation http://www.people.com/article/barack-michelle-malia-sasha-obama-bike-riding

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Get it, get it! 

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The Studio Wall, 1872 by Adolph von Menzel (German, 1815–1905)

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Portrait of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody.

TCS 1.5340

Houghton Library, Harvard University

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ab. 1820 Giuseppe Tominz - Self-portrait with brother Franz

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Eugène Pelletan

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (Nadar)

1855-1858

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You’d grow a man’s man mustache too if you were a slavery-escapin’, outlaw-killin’ badass.

6 Real-Life Gunslingers Who Put Billy the Kid to Shame

#2. Bass Reeves Dispatches Three Cop Killers With the Utmost Courtesy

Bass Reeves was a slave in Texas before managing to escape to Oklahoma (or Indian Territory, as it was called back before that name became ironic), where he was appointed a U.S. deputy marshal for his expert skill as a tracker and marksman. During his career as the most respected marshal in Oklahoma, he participated in more gunfights than a Hong Kong action star and achieved an arrest record of about 3,000. Despite the fact that he personally planted 14 outlaws in the ground, Reeves himself never got so much as a scratch.

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Billy the Kid Photo: Bought for $2 -> Worth $5,000,000

Multimillion-dollar photo of Billy the Kid playing croquet was $2 junk shop find

Full Story: The Guardian

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John Everett Millais, Three Swordhilts, 1838-39. England. Birmingham Museums

According to the inscription, this work was executed when Millais was only nine and a half. Precociously gifted, Millais entered the schools of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1840 at the age of eleven, its youngest ever student.

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Today in Haitian History - August 6, 1867 - Former Haitian president (and Emperor) Faustin Soulouque dies at Petit-Goave.

Remembered by many for his eccentric behaviour and his numerous campaigns in the neighbouring Dominican Republic, Soulouque was elected president in 1847 following the death of Jean-Baptiste Riché. While chosen for the role by the mulatto fraction of the elite on the premise that he would be an adequate Puppet President, Soulouque surprised more than few when it became evident that would not not be subordinated to any forms of authority. In September 1849, he established a second Empire and became its leader (taking on the name Faustin I). Thanks to his  paramilitary force (the Zinglins) he ruled Haiti with an iron fist until December 1858, when an insurrection forced him into exile in January of the next year. He died at Petit-Goave in 1867. 

Image: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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Like a Sir

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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Don Juan : canto I to V, 1824.

*76-1010

Houghton Library, Harvard University

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Claude Monet, Giverny, 1905. Photo by Jacques-Ernest Bulloz. (source: http://ift.tt/1oz81oP)

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Brighton Swimming Club, 1853 (source: http://ift.tt/1sTLDdU)

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Blimey. 

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ab. 1820 Carl Begas - Self-portrait

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David Tennant much? 

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1882 Arthur Hacker - Portrait Of The Artist’s Brother

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Love ginger. 

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Victorian Men’s Hairstyles & Facial Hair A collection of Victorian photographs, depicting some of the hairstyles and facial hair fashion of the time, and a few rather unique hair styles like a man with ringlets.

Woman’s Hairstyles Victorian [x] | Edwardian [x] | 1920’s [x] | 1930’s [x] | WW2 [x]

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So many choices! 

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Check out the mini zine I wrote: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mochamixzines

One stormy night, one poet, and two lovers in a darkened room. Lord Byron Arrives is a provocative... OK, dirty zine set in the style of The Regency. A real knicker-twister about two former lovers who are about to be visited by one of the greatest lovers of all, Lord Byron.