These found photos of silhouettes were not taken in the studio, where images can be painstakingly arranged to be crisp or noirish. Theses are snapshots of scenes taken in natural light. The simple outline of darkness and empty spaces creates powerful images. We wonder what’s real and what isn’t? Which is the positive and … Continue reading "Found Silhouettes: Photographic Beauty and Mystery" The post Found Silhouettes: Photographic Beauty and Mystery appeared first on Flashbak.| Flashbak
These satisfying alphabets are from the 1900 and 1910 editions of The New Zanerian Alphabets, archived at The Weinberg Memorial Library’s Zaner-Bloser Penmanship Collection, an extensive collections of American ornamental penmanship from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company was founded in 1888 by Charles P. Zaner as the Zanerian School of Penmanship. … Continue reading "Alphabets From The Zanerian School of Penmanship, c.1910" The post Alphabets From The Zanerian School of ...| Flashbak
I have a teetering pile of E.F. Benson novels I’ve not read – he was so prolific, and some of his books aren’t that easy to come across, so I always snap up any that I find in the wild.| Stuck in a Book
The house at the corner of Longmeadow and Emerson Streets in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, on September 12, 1917. Image courtesy of the Longmeadow Historical Society, Paesiello Emerson Collection. The house in 2023: This house has been featured in previous posts, and there are many early 20th century images of it thanks to Paesiello Emerson, an amateur ... Read more| Lost New England
Museum Artifact: Tintype Photo Medallion of Woman, c. 1910s Made By: Columbia Medallion Studios / Columbia Portrait Co., 6616-6620 South Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, IL [Woodlawn] “These beautiful photo medallions are the most artistic portraits ever produced. They are mounted on non-corrosive metal specially prepared. The portrait is burnt in, same as on porcelain, and covered with heavy celluloid, making the picture strong and imperishable, The post Columbia Medallion Studios, est. 1888 a...| Made-in-Chicago Museum
This week's Rate the Dress explores the Edwardian love of lace. Will you think the different types of lace and styles of embroidery blend harmoniously, or is the dress a discordant mish-mash?| The Dreamstress
Earlier this week I was up early (5:45am or so) and I was able to watch the most amazing aurora borealis event I’d ever had the chance to witness. In person, they largely looked like grey-green wispy clouds with the occasional hint of purple or blue, but the colours really came out in the photos. … Continue reading Historical Descriptions of Aurora Borealis: “those who did not see it missed a rare sight”| History Research Shenanigans
One thing I’ve been doing this past year is experiment more with my hair. I am inspired by historical hairstyles partially because I enjoy the aesthetic, and partially because I have waist-length hair and the majority of women’s hairstyles prior to the 1920s (and even some popular hairstyles during the 1920s) are designed with my … Continue reading Hair Pins and Hair Nets for Sale in 1918-1919| History Research Shenanigans
I always seem to find the best gems while looking for something else. I was delighted to stumble across this 1919 promotional video about national parks in Canada on Library and Archive Canada’s youtube channel. Let’s take a closer look! One thing that a lot of folks don’t realize is that national parks can in … Continue reading A Glimpse into Two Canadian National Parks in 1919| History Research Shenanigans
