Tost Adolf

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

photographer: Mayer György (1817-1885) - Pest / Hungary 1860s - Tost Adolf

Sunshade Patent, 1876

Sunshade On My Shoulders Feels So Dorky..., a photo by LisaGenius on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Patent, 1876

photographer: Eduard Benyo - Eperjes 1882

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

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photographer: Eduard Benyo - Eperjes 1882

Conrad of Bavaria

Conrad of Bavaria (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Conrad of Bavaria

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes: Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19664

Call Number: LC-B2- 3561-12a

Bearded Man by Schäffer és Réty

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
photographer: Schäffer és Réty - Pest 1864-70

1860s Bearded Man in Hungary

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

1860s

Via Flickr:
photographer: Mayer György (1817-1885) - Pest / Hungary 1860s Szumrák Pál Buda-Pest városi főmérnök

Mustachioed Man on Bicycle from Constantinople

Mustachioed Man on Bicycle - Cabinet Card from Constantinople, a photo by Photo_History on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
A dapper man in a pin striped suit and cap balances on a bicycle in this cabinet card from the Parnasse studio in Constantinople. I was impressed with his ability to keep the bicycle upright with no brace until I examined it at high magnification. It is clear from the cross hatched retouching that there was a brace under his right hand and behind his right leg.

Arthur Henderson, British Labour politician

Arthur Henderson (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Arthur Henderson (20 September 1863 – 20 October 1935) was a British iron moulder and Labour politician.


Via Flickr:
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Arthur Henderson

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19213

Call Number: LC-B2- 3498-3

Doc Holliday's Badass Mustache

Doc Holliday 1851 - 1887

John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American gambler, gunfighter and dentist of the American Old West, who is usually remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

As a young man, Holliday earned a D.D.S. degree in dentistry and set up a practice in Atlanta, Georgia. However, in 1873 he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, the same disease that had claimed his mother when he was 15. He moved to the American southwest in hopes that the climate would prolong his life. Taking up gambling as a profession, he acquired a reputation as a deadly gunman.

During his travels, he met and became good friends with Wyatt Earp and Earp's brothers. In 1880, he moved to Tombstone, Arizona, and participated alongside the Earps in the famous gunfight. This did not settle matters between the two sides, and Holliday was embroiled in ensuing shootouts and killings. He successfully fought being extradited for murder, and died in bed at a Colorado hotel/sanatorium at the age of 36.

The legend and mystique of his life is so great that he has been mentioned in countless books, and portrayed by various actors in numerous movies and television series. For the 100-plus years since his death, debate has continued about the exact crimes he may have committed during his life. (via Wikipedia)

König Albert von Sachsen, King of Saxony

König Albert von Sachsen, King of Saxony, a photo by Miss Mertens on Flickr.

Mr. Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome, a photo by National Media Museum on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
By William and Daniel Downey

English writer, dramatist and wit, Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927), was most famed for his comic novel, Three Men and a Boat (1889).


This photograph appears in 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery' series of celebrity portraits and biographies published in the 1890s. The series includes royalty, actors, academics and authors.




We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version of apply though; if you're unsure please visit the National Media Museum website.




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Jerome K. Jerome

photographer: Rabending und Monckhoven - Wien 1878

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
photographer: Rabending und Monckhoven - Wien 1878

Okolicsányi Dénes

Khedive of Egypt

Khedive of Egypt (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Khedive of Egypt

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19008

Call Number: LC-B2- 3460-9

Ed. De Reszke, Polish Opera Singer

Ed. De Reszke (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Ed. De Reszke

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.18959

Call Number: LC-B2- 3454-6

Alszeghy Kálmán, Budapest, 1907

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
photographer: Kossak J. - Budapest 1907
Alszeghy Kálmán

Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate Army

Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate Army. (1863, Julian Vannerson)

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.

Cigar Holder Patent, 1901

Smoking Wasn't Stupid Enough, a photo by LisaGenius on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
C. L. Pullman Cigar Holder or Pipe Patent, Nov. 26, 1901

President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880

Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the 19th President of the United States (1877–1881). Hayes was elected President by one electoral vote after the highly disputed election of 1876. Losing the popular vote to his opponent, Samuel Tilden, Hayes was the only president whose election was decided by a congressional commission.

http://nations.wikia.com/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes

Ambrose Everett Burnside 1824 - 1881

Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. Wikipedia

Born: May 23, 1824, Liberty Died: September 13, 1881, Bristol Education: United States Military Academy Buried: Swan Point Cemetery

Portrait of Jacques Doucet by Man Ray 1925

Portrait of Jacques Doucet by Man Ray 1925, a photo by CharmaineZoe on Flickr.

Eugene Fitch Ware Author and politician. 1841 - 1911.

Eugene Fitch Ware Author and politician. 1841 - 1911.

Eugene Ware
Author and politician. 1841 - 1911.


Eugene Fitch Ware, also known as "Ironquill," is scarcely known to Kansans of today. Yet, during his lifetime he was considered one of the state's most illustrious citizens, having gained fame as a soldier, lawyer, politician, and author.

Family Man

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

General von Carlowitz (LOC)

General von Carlowitz (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Bain News Service,, publisher.

General von Carlowitz

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.18610

Call Number: LC-B2- 3404-14

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Date	Circa 1867 - 1868
Source	daguerreotype - N.Y.

Moritz Spitzer, Budapest, Hungary

Untitled, a photo by ggaabboo on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
photographer : Müller Lajos - Debrecen - Hungary (1862-65)

John Bryan, Imprisoned Four Months for Stealing Lead.

John Bryan, a photo by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
John Bryan carried out 4 months at Newcastle City Gaol for stealing lead in 1873.

Age (on discharge): 29
Height: 5.6
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Place of Birth: Newcastle
Status: Married
Occupation: Waterman

These photographs are of convicted criminals in Newcastle between 1871 - 1873.

Reference:TWAS: PR.NC/6/1/1226

(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.

To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.

B.F. Tracy (LOC)

B.F. Tracy (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Via Wikipedia
Benjamin Franklin Tracy (April 26, 1830 – August 6, 1915) was a United States political figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.

Via Flickr:
Bain News Service,, publisher.

B.F. Tracy

[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.18204

Call Number: LC-B2- 3357-10

Beeman's Pepsin Gum

Beeman's Gum, a photo by Winnebago71 on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Picture of an old advertising sign in a old drugstore in St. Augustine Florida

The perfection of chewing gum.
A delicious remedy for all forms of indigestion.

Caution- See that the name Beeman is on each wrapper.

An Overpainted Solar Enlargement Fragment

An Overpainted Solar Enlargement Fragment, a photo by Photo_History on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
A small solar enlargement. The mount board is brittle and the edges have crumbled into a ragged, freeform shape. It speaks about the process of painting solar enlargements. When a small negative, likely a cdv, is projected onto photographic paper using sunlight and an enlarging camera, the resulting print will probably be rather soft and lack detail. The photographic retoucher will then, with varying degrees of skill, retouch and paint the print to add back detail. In some cases the result shows little or none of the underlying photograph. If the quality of the negative and the skill of the enlarging are good enough there may still show photographic detail. Close examination of this print shows some of the original photograph in the beard but everything else is overpainted. A faint oval around the portrait shows that it was in a mat for a long period of time.

W.T. Delihant, President of the Standard Washed Coal Company

via superitch.com

From the 1904 Vanity Cartoon Book, Illinoisans As We See ‘Em, comes a smoking gun in the form of the self-paid caricature of Chicagoan W.T. Delihant, President of the Standard Washed Coal Company. Delihant, holding a piece of coal and a magician’s wand, with a goldfish bowl of water nearby, proudly fancied himself as a “Sleight of Hand Performer”, just like today’s coal companies distract the public from the dangers of Climate Destabilization, with their own sleight-of-hand promises involving uninvented & mythological Clean Coal Technology.

Sultan of Egypt -- Hussein Kamel Pasha (LOC)

Sultan of Egypt -- Hussein Kamel Pasha (LOC), a photo by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Sultan Hussein Kamel (Arabic: السلطان حسين كامل‎; 21 November 1853 – 9 October 1917) was the Sultan of Egypt from 19 December 1914 to 9 October 1917, during the British protectorate over Egypt.


Hussein Kamel was the son of Khedive Isma'il Pasha, who ruled Egypt from 1863 to 1879. Hussein Kamel was declared Sultan of Egypt on 19 December 1914, after the occupying British forces had deposed his nephew, Khedive Abbas Hilmi II, on 5 November 1914. The newly created Sultanate of Egypt was declared a British protectorate. This brought to an end the de jure Ottoman sovereignty over Egypt, which had been largely nominal since Muhammad Ali's seizure of power in 1805.


Upon Hussein Kamel's death, his only son, Prince Kamal al-Din Husayn, declined the succession, and Hussein Kamel's brother Ahmed Fuad ascended the throne as Fuad I. At the beginning of Naguib Mahfouz's novel Palace Walk, Ahmad Abd al-Jawwad says "What a fine man Prince Kamal al-Din Husayn is! Do you know what he did? He refused to ascend the throne of his late father so long as the British are in charge." via Wikipedia.org



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T. Elwood Newlin, 1850-1932

T. Elwood Newlin, 1850-1932, a photo by ozfan22 on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Secretary, Pickering Land Co. in Whittier, California. A street in Whittier is named after him.

James Dawson, You Naughty Boy!

James Dawson, You Naughty Boy!, a photo by John McNab on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Pinched from the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums flickr page:

www.flickr.com/photos/twm_news/

Question: What were you doing on 9 June 1902?

I think I was home reading.