Vintage Photography

[thesummerqueen]

I found this blog that's amused me all this morning.

Thomas Edison with his second phonograph by Matthew Brady, 1878
I think he was rather handsome!

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Unknown man
I've always had something of a fondness for mutton chops.

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Can't escape the cat memes...even 100 years ago.

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Rudolph Valentino 1922

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Mata Hari 1910
For someone whose name conjures up a femme fatale mystique, in profile she doesn't fit the standard of beauty from our time. Among other things out of her life, I think the legacy as far as beauty goes that she leaves for women is to use what you have and always, always build a good story around yourself.

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Above 5th Ave, looking north

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Dressing the Bride, 1890's

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Studio Lévy and Sons : Train wreck at Montparnasse Station 1895

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Charlie Chaplin, 1922
I don't know why, but when I think of Rhiz, Chaplin is always ghosting around in the image in my head.

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[Doubting Thomas]

Studio Lévy and Sons : Train wreck at Montparnasse Station 1895

I've seen this picture before. How would you like to have been on the sidewalk below when the train came crashing through the wall?

[Shell B]

I think Mata Hari would still be considered gorgeous today.

[thesummerqueen]

I think she would too, though even in her time she wasn't known as a "classic" beauty. She had a raw sexuality. It's like Daniel Craig, who isn't classically handsome but has an onscreen presence that just screams charisma, power and sex.

[Shell B]

Daniel Craig also has an infinity pack that makes the average stomach look like pizza dough.

[thesummerqueen]

I was talking about his face though, lol.

[Shell B]

Who cares about his face? That man's abs go from his chin to his penis.

[thesummerqueen]

lmao, that reminds me of Brian Thompson joking about how even Brad Pitt's penis has abs.

[Doubting Thomas]

"I have a collection of rare photographs. I have a rare picture of Norman Rockwell beating up a child. I also have one of Houdini locking his keys in his car." - Stephen Wright

[Tempus]

"I have a collection of rare photographs. I have a rare picture of Norman Rockwell beating up a child. I also have one of Houdini locking his keys in his car." - Stephen Wright

Wright, huh? You know two wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights make a plane.

Also, Nikola Tesla: