Showing posts with label photographs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photographs. Show all posts
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Photogram, Photograph

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1895 The gradual adoption of "photogram" to signify a picture made by light has been proceeding for many years, and, though it has...
Thursday, May 1, 2008

Which One Is The American?

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1920 (Click the picture for larger version) In the above picture is shown a mother and two sons. The mother and one of her sons have just co...
Friday, April 25, 2008

A Good Knight

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1901 "Don't you think that if I had lived the days of old I would have made a good knight?" asked the young man who had been t...
Monday, April 14, 2008

Blade and Ledger Agents

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(Click picture for bigger.) 1916 Photos of Bessie Logue, Iowa; Laverna Young, Indiana; Andrew Mausine, Indiana; Embree Thompson, Texas; Will...
Friday, April 11, 2008

Daring Woman Hunts Jungle Beasts With Both Movie Camera and Rifle

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(Click graphic for a much bigger view.) 1920 BY ELLEN MARIE BAYARD. "I'll tell you a secret," said Lady MacKenzie to me in her...
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Color-Film Lotion Is Found

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1919 Russian Invents Emulsion Designed to Improve Photography. LONDON, England. — A secret emulsion, invented by a Russian, which, it is ass...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Sweetheart's Eye in Fob

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1905 Latest Fad of Fashionables in London and Paris Women are not alone in taking up fads. The young men of Paris and London are rushing to ...
Tuesday, July 3, 2007

New Camera Takes Tall Buildings at Close Range

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1915 Aid to Photographic Art With a new camera, invented and patented by an Elgin, Ill., man, a tall building may be photographed from the g...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Well-Chosen Gifts

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1900 Berlin papers state that the family of Prince Bismarck found a serious difficulty after his death in disposing of the presents sent to ...
Sunday, June 3, 2007

Color Photography at Last

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1914 British Experts Who Should Know Are Satisfied That the Process Has Been Discovered What appears to be an almost perfect process of colo...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Photographing on the Wane — Or Maybe Not

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1910 Photographing on the Wane It Is Reported That Amateurs Are Showing Decreased Interest in Societies and at Exhibitions Complaints are ri...
Saturday, April 21, 2007

The Early Day of Modeling: Pretty Girls in Demand

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1903 Pretty Girls in Demand They Can Make Good Money Posing For Advertisements "Pretty girls were never in such demand as they are toda...