I like found objects, funny signs, interesting dead people and odd Victoriana.Tumblr (3.0; @savagemandolin)http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/25a165dba527987a5052f7a576f92f8c/tumblr_mjewzwfDZj1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/52903936427/ca-1870-75-carte-de-visite-portrait-of-fanny">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1870-75, [carte de visite portrait of Fanny Conant among spirit arms and hands showering her with flowers], William Mumler</em></p> <p><em>via <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/view?exhibitionId=%7B36D81705-241D-4934-AB02-FD7C8DBBB3E5%7D&oid=190050693&pg=2&rpp=60&pos=110&ft=*#fullscreen">the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52970001459http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52970001459Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:39:24 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9bf963c6f91a00319f3b28363956bc4c/tumblr_mg7yq0gzHQ1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/52746313636/ca-1870s-carte-de-visite-portrait-of-a">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1870’s, [carte de visite portrait of a performing family of circus acrobats and a clown], E. Gregson</em></p> <p><em>via <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/CIRCUS-ACROBAT-FAMILY-clown-costume-CDV-PHOTO-1870s-E-Gregson-/150967923540?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item232663b354">Ebay</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52784077829http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52784077829Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:54:27 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mciy0mBxvy1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/52335991848/ca-1860s-tintype-portrait-of-a-gentleman-with">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of a gentleman with crutches, surrounded by three doting women, one with a stick another an umbrella]</em></p> <p><em>via <a href="http://via.lib.harvard.edu:80/via/deliver/deepLinkItem?recordId=olvwork165353&componentId=FHCL.HOUGH:91239">Harvard University, Houghton Library, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52410499210http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52410499210Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:19:04 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/63b32e8687e4a0bfbf7f9d6a45b8434b/tumblr_mnwfrtBRR91qcwhbgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sisterwolf.tumblr.com/post/52190789299/cross-dressers-1870s">sisterwolf</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cross-dressers, 1870s</p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52216757111http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52216757111Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:48:58 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/36664c4d863283900fae6729b9c3707d/tumblr_mnmg2uPU8K1qixa76o3_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ef8cf6ac3e3e483bc4713ae5ecf8f29/tumblr_mnmg2uPU8K1qixa76o5_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2d68fefe0ccafc673917aa873a397ea2/tumblr_mnmg2uPU8K1qixa76o2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f1753016e12aef2e59a8855a191db8c/tumblr_mnmg2uPU8K1qixa76o8_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96d85e21aace7d38397b022941bb7e6e/tumblr_mnmg2uPU8K1qixa76o4_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4be8b983ba0f3c7cab99c00e70c34e20/tumblr_mnmg2uPU8K1qixa76o6_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3cb21309a450733f270f9905ce88d4c9/tumblr_mnmg2uPU8K1qixa76o7_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d20f71fc764f5f0a29f76cf498221ae5/tumblr_mnmg2uPU8K1qixa76o1_400.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vintagevision.tumblr.com/post/52204100462/theartofgooglebooks-illustrations-left-folded">vintagevision</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theartofgooglebooks.tumblr.com/post/52193703179/illustrations-left-folded-throughout-gazette-of">theartofgooglebooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Illustrations left folded.</p> <p>Throughout <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=lSIGAAAAQAAJ&dq=fashion&pg=PA43#v=onepage&q&f=false"><em>Gazette of Fashion, and Cutting-room Companion</em></a>, v. 20, by Edward Minister and Son (1866). Original from Oxford University. Digitized January 19, 2007.</p> </blockquote> <p>Grrrawwrrr! I want to see more of the male finery!!!</p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52216612649http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/52216612649Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:45:12 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/040a3d58b630a9340cd90fa76f468736/tumblr_mjida3oxJQ1ri2f9mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51888403126http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51888403126Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:52:18 +0100<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://a-muser-in-a-trench-coat.tumblr.com/post/51801703055/osamah-press-j-and-then-shift-r">a-muser-in-a-trench-coat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://osamah.tumblr.com/post/51784474761/press-j-and-then-shift-r">osamah</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>PRESS J AND THEN SHIFT R</p> </blockquote> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/601a9d6bd6d02f829cad731b6f72f1e5/tumblr_inline_mnnzzswXxw1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51888396252http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51888396252Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:52:12 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma3isfZl2D1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/51678758863/ca-1875-95-tintype-portrait-of-a-young-man-with">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1875-95, [tintype portrait</em> <em>of a young man with a bandaged head]</em></p> <p><em>via <a href="http://www.icp.org">the International Center of Photography</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51735592717http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51735592717Thu, 30 May 2013 18:44:57 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab0203d4e22b1c2db13739a2e5b85f0a/tumblr_mndzxqfJzq1qkuj9no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51497518835http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51497518835Mon, 27 May 2013 21:02:59 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/89d8511e81570682cc52825930032fe8/tumblr_mg0m2gMERH1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/51105254119/ca-1860-1900s-cabinet-card-collage-of-a-women">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1860-1900’s, [cabinet card collage of a women scolding the held head of another woman], Carl v. Gedde </em><br/><br/><em> via <a href="http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/image/6935341478928697890327/">Luminous Lint, from the private collection of Laddy Kite, LL/47892 </a></em></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51107523304http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/51107523304Thu, 23 May 2013 01:00:47 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/58abb9358b3f3d7493c23305b8489599/tumblr_mgl3ey3qQ81qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/50533626745/ca-1860s-trick-carte-de-visite-portrait-of-a">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1860’s, [trick carte de visite portrait of a figure with a gentleman’s head superimposed onto a woman’s body], E.A. Scholfield</em></p> <p><em>via <a href="http://www.cthistoryonline.org/cdm/ref/collection/cho/id/8788">Connecticut History Online, Mystic Seaport, Scholfield Collection</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/50607757255http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/50607757255Thu, 16 May 2013 23:51:08 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd8dbc02a0baad06bf6bdab14a4ebec3/tumblr_mmti2nl07O1rphtnfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://weirdvintage.tumblr.com/post/50477701882/trained-dog-act-poster-c-1899-via-library-of">weirdvintage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Trained dog act poster, c. 1899 (via <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/var1993000608/PP/">Library of Congress</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/50521345916http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/50521345916Wed, 15 May 2013 22:26:50 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/187b71d29db430af22dd5d63cffd1bab/tumblr_mgpy2nL78t1qa51rdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/50046782188/ca-1880-90s-composite-tintype-of-a-family">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1880-90’s, [composite tintype of a “family bath scene”, with two gentlemens’ heads superimposed unto painted bodies]</em></p> <p><em>via <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-AMBROTYPE-COMIC-CARNIVAL-SEASIDE-NOVELTY-BATH-SCENE-PHOTOGRAPH-c-1890-/181055255727?pt=UK_Collectables_Photographs_MJ&hash=item2a27bbf4af&nma=true&si=qlFavRFgZsLwrLYoqzxCphefvyU%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557">Ebay</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/50082817023http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/50082817023Fri, 10 May 2013 12:23:23 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b06c415064beca39ed0fd7aed06315b/tumblr_mmatoaHndH1rlwt2xo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7a522d1ac72bd41a7b227e9a319df648/tumblr_mmatoaHndH1rlwt2xo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/297d62eab9971fca003a6a154f42ac24/tumblr_mmatoaHndH1rlwt2xo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3751998189d956ca1eefcdc5eb79d264/tumblr_mmatoaHndH1rlwt2xo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/febbe1a3d500ac7a86a1379a6af5bb6e/tumblr_mmatoaHndH1rlwt2xo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thehystericalsociety.tumblr.com/post/49679893044/boogeymen-part-of-a-series-of-eerie-stereoviews">thehystericalsociety</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie stereoviews - dated 1923 (<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1920s-BOOGIE-MAN-child-goblins-bedtime-DROP-CARD-series-of-15-stereoviews-/350787648230?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item51ac92bae6">Via</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/49804317353http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/49804317353Mon, 06 May 2013 23:17:46 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8c200c16c93d6cca448fccb07ff8b6e/tumblr_mm7kqgzqOA1qbxoi2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theloudestvoice.tumblr.com/post/49496480956/the-love-light-1921">theloudestvoice</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Love Light</em>, 1921</p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/49534901025http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/49534901025Fri, 03 May 2013 21:46:31 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cc4ad61ae2ea63032196113b86569d1b/tumblr_mlqjy1JG571rotwfko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://geisterseher.tumblr.com/post/48739094368/a-song-from-1878-satirizing-the-womens-rights">geisterseher</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A song from 1878 satirizing the women’s rights movement.</p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/49469003294http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/49469003294Fri, 03 May 2013 00:10:57 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/31587b60cc1e18dce08bbae97f0a3e18/tumblr_mm193lyETR1qbxoi2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theloudestvoice.tumblr.com/post/49198032554/from-a-1919-photoplay-magazine-a-simple-and">theloudestvoice</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>From a 1919 <em>Photoplay</em> magazine:</p> <p><em>“A simple and practical scheme to give photoplay enjoyment to seriously wounded service men in several of our great base hospitals. A special type of portable projection machine has been arranged to throw its legend-laden beams vertically instead of horizontally, the ceiling acts as a very good substitute for the silver-sheet — and there you are.”</em></p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/49216184341http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/49216184341Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:54:51 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0abde9e11ae4fac75e53d3d7e453b63c/tumblr_mlui56PNgY1qbxoi2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2fa9bd9d992446c787da04e50217513c/tumblr_mlui56PNgY1qbxoi2o3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be217bf1d2034a90b3a93f153bf9ade0/tumblr_mlui56PNgY1qbxoi2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theloudestvoice.tumblr.com/post/48910064365/the-love-light-1921">theloudestvoice</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Love Light</em>, 1921</p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/48949689737http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/48949689737Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:26:40 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/11afa6bc2efad6f29f763e298fe4d4ec/tumblr_mlpk8q1c9N1r41njzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/48716757144http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/48716757144Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:52:27 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c47e829755997dcdfc14bf07bb050db/tumblr_mke58pZ7wn1r554q0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahvictorians.tumblr.com/post/48090506810/vintagevision-my-ear-trumpet">fuckyeahvictorians</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vintagevision.tumblr.com/post/48090111968/my-ear-trumpet-coldmourningrosary-victorian">vintagevision</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://my-ear-trumpet.tumblr.com/post/48045217548/coldmourningrosary-victorian-beauty-this-is">my-ear-trumpet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://coldmourningrosary.tumblr.com/post/46537127346">coldmourningrosary</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Victorian beauty</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://stylecomesfromlife.com/2013/03/05/">“This is a girl in 1897 whose father died. Her puffy sleeves signify that she is in the early stages of mourning.”</a></p> </blockquote> <p>REALLY? This “caption” would totally be submitted to <a href="http://shitmystudentswrite.tumblr.com">shit my students write</a> 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.</p> </blockquote> <p>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.</p> </blockquote>http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/48125226519http://savagemandolin.tumblr.com/post/48125226519Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:53:08 +0100