Category: Photography
Discover the art of photography through the lenses of the past. Explore iconic historical photos that document real people, emotions, and events.
This collection honors photographers whose work captured truth, beauty, and the soul of their era.
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#1 This gentleman has passed dapper and is approaching a lampoon representation of an artiste! The floppy polka dot bow tie and bunch of flowers might be his everyday dress but it feels to us as if he is having some fun or playing a part. He holds the bulb of a pneumatic shutter mounted on a large view camera. His pocket watch is in hand to time the exposure.
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#17 This stereo card is labeled “Finley & Sons, Photographers, Canandaigua, N.Y.” On the back is a label “View at Sonnenberg, the residence of F.F.Thompson, Canandaigua, N.Y.” and in ink “The Glass Bubble”. Reflected in the gazing ball is a house and garden, a stereo camera on a tripod and two men reclining on the path. The “Artistic” size mount suggests a 1870s date.
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