#1880s

[blondebrainpowered]

Fragments of the spectacular marine mosaics from the baths of a Roman townhouse excavated on Via Panisperna in 1888.

[eirene]

Thistle, 1886 Fidelia Bridges

[liniini]

“Crescent Lady” by Warren B. Davis (1865-1928)

[yeoldenews]

A small selection of children attempting to spell the word 'velocipede' in Dear Santa letters from the 1880s/90s.

[dozydawn]

sterling silver seal peppers, 1882.

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The Kiss (1882) by Eadweard Muybridge

Unearthed in 2011, this short video created by cinema pioneer Eadweard Muybridge of a kiss between two women is the first kiss ever in the history of moving image, predating Edison's "The Kiss" by over a decade.

[frostedmagnolias]

House of Worth Gown

c. 1880

silk, metal, glass

New Canaan Museum & Historical Society

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Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky, "Morning in a Pine Forest", 1889