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    fuckyeahvictorians: vintagevision: my-ear-trumpet: coldmourningrosary: Victorian beauty “This is a girl in 1897 whose father died. Her puffy sleeves signify that she is in the early stages of mourning.” REALLY? This “caption” would totally be submitted to shit my students write if I got this in a student exam or paper. Try, “her puffy sleeves indicate that it is 1897 and she is in the pink of fashion”! The mourning (if indeed it is, which I am not convinced of, because people on Tumblr seem determined to identify every lady photographed in B+W as wearing mourning) comes from her bodice have crepe. One of my biggest pet peeves is the assumption that black + Victorian = mourning.  If anything, her sleeves would probably be reduced for mourning, and she would be wearing a mourning bonnet and corresponding veil.  Black was actually a very popular color for formal wear.  Also, if you look closely, you can see the dress isn’t even black.

    fuckyeahvictorians:

    vintagevision:

    my-ear-trumpet:

    coldmourningrosary:

    Victorian beauty

    “This is a girl in 1897 whose father died. Her puffy sleeves signify that she is in the early stages of mourning.”

    REALLY? This “caption” would totally be submitted to shit my students write if I got this in a student exam or paper. Try, “her puffy sleeves indicate that it is 1897 and she is in the pink of fashion”! The mourning (if indeed it is, which I am not convinced of, because people on Tumblr seem determined to identify every lady photographed in B+W as wearing mourning) comes from her bodice have crepe.

    One of my biggest pet peeves is the assumption that black + Victorian = mourning.  If anything, her sleeves would probably be reduced for mourning, and she would be wearing a mourning bonnet and corresponding veil.  Black was actually a very popular color for formal wear.  Also, if you look closely, you can see the dress isn’t even black.

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    littleplasticthings: La Sirène, 1904

    littleplasticthings:

    La Sirène, 1904

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    thingsmagazine: The Moon at 215 hours, from the Paris Observatory, March 29, 1890, Paul and Prosper Henry

    thingsmagazine:

    The Moon at 215 hours, from the Paris Observatory, March 29, 1890, Paul and Prosper Henry

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    zombienormal: W.C. Coup presents Lu Lu the Flying Artist, circa 1880. Billed as “Positively the only flying man in the world,” Lu Lu performed dressed as a woman.   Via

    zombienormal:

    W.C. Coup presents Lu Lu the Flying Artist, circa 1880. Billed as “Positively the only flying man in the world,” Lu Lu performed dressed as a woman.  

    Via

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    tuesday-johnson: ca. 1860-90’s, [carte de visite collage portrait of “half a woman” on a table] via Luminous Lint, from the private collection of Laddy Kite, LL/47896

    tuesday-johnson:

    ca. 1860-90’s, [carte de visite collage portrait of “half a woman” on a table]

    via Luminous Lint, from the private collection of Laddy Kite, LL/47896

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    (Source: vintageshopgirl)

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    tuesday-johnson: ca. 1890’s, [tintype portrait of three women and two men, one poking his head out from behind a photographer’s light screens] via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34

    tuesday-johnson:

    ca. 1890’s, [tintype portrait of three women and two men, one poking his head out from behind a photographer’s light screens]

    via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery #34

    (via fuckyeahvictorians)

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    commanderriffraff: theangelofhistory: porcupineschool: Chester E. McDuffee’s patented diving suit Oh hell yes. Little more info here.  My Christmas list

    commanderriffraff:

    theangelofhistory:

    porcupineschool:

    Chester E. McDuffee’s patented diving suit

    Oh hell yes. Little more info here. 

    My Christmas list

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    (Source: darkladyofthelowlands, via fuckyeahvictorians)

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