Wild Wild West

All things 1860-1914.

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Submission of a pirate group in northern Vietnam

French vintage postcard

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Brooks House, around 1890

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A Minerva armored car near Antwerp, Belgium. 1914

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Banana carriers in Cameroon

French vintage postcard

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Pagoda in Gò Vấp, modern-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1905

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The Blue Cup (1909) by Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (American, 1858 – 1923), oil on canvas, 126.6 cm (49.8 in) x 104.4 cm (41.1 in), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Clare Victor Dwiggins, 1908

I was amused by this rather “freaky” bit of Edwardiana, especially since I always got the feeling that Charles Dana Gibson, when drawing the Gibson Girl, was at least partially fantasizing about being stepped on or something.

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French twin-propeller biplane Wright-Ariel at Bétheny, Champagne region of France

French vintage postcard

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Belgian troops between combat during the First Battle of Ypres, November 1914.

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French Dragoons, 1915

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German trench, 1915.

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A French 75 crew, 1914. Likely just before the war.

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Railway station of Sousse, Tunisia

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1917 to Algiers, Algeria

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Beach scene in Berck, Picardy region of northern France

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1902 to Paris

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"Princesse Alice" ship passing by Gibraltar

German vintage postcard

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Water-chute at the Bombay Exhibition, modern-day Mumbai, India

British vintage postcard

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1916 Detroit Electric Model 54A Brougham. From Pre-War Automobile Classic Images, FB.