The Waltz Rio

[ron swanson voice] i know what i'm about, son .

[fawnvelveteen]

Actress Mamie Whittaker by Bassano, whole-plate glass negative, 15 September 1910

© National Portrait Gallery, London

[dame-de-pique]

Genova, Panorama Postkarte. Poststempel 4.7.1935

[undr]

Bill Brandt. After the celebration. 1934

[jazminesullivan]

GERTIE BROWN & SAINT SUTTLE “Something Good-Negro Kiss,” the newly discovered William Selig silent film from 1898 is believed to be the earliest cinematic depiction of African-American affection. Thanks to scholars at the University of Chicago and the University of Southern California, the footage is prompting a rethinking of early film history. The performance by cakewalk partners Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown is a reinterpretation of Thomas Edison’s “The Kiss,” featuring May Irwin and John Rice. The film was announced December 12, 2018 as a new addition to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry—one of 25 selected for their enduring importance to American culture. The 29-second clip is free of stereotypes and racist caricatures, a stark contrast from the majority of black performances at the turn of the century.

[silents-please]

Lyda Borelli in Rapsodia Satanica (IT 1915/17) - painted version of the scene from the introductory sequence of the Ma l’amor mio non muore (IT 1913) DVD.

[agelessphotography]

Balaustion, Julia Margaret Cameron, October 1871

Albumen print

[vestisferrea]

German student with a couple dueling scars and a monocle

[hauntedbystorytelling]

József Pécsi :: Girl with lipstick, ca. 1930. | src  MoMA and ianclaridge

[polish-spirit]

Fragment dziedzińca Zamku Królewskiego na Wawelu (1933).

[undr]

Bert Hardy. Firefighters tackling a blaze during the Blitz, London, 1941

[vestatilleys]

Pauline Chase and Hilda Trevelyan in Peter Pan, 1907.

[silent--era]

Maude Fealy by Campbell Studios, c.1910′s.

[vintageeveryday]

38 bizarre and hilarious pictures show how funny Victorian life was.

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Fred Holland Day :: Mrs. Cora Brown Potter, 1897. 

[thekimonogallery]

Woman with parasol.  Hand-colored photo, 1870’s, Japan, by photographer Felice Beato

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Edward W. Quigley :: From the book ‘Sam’ by Edward Quigley (photographs) and John Crawford (text), 1937 / src: LiveJournal

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[olive-thomas]

Lillian Gish snapped at her South Serrano street home in Los Angeles, 1918