Showing posts with label Stereographs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stereographs. Show all posts

Monday 7 August 2017

Vintage Japan

Japanese (9th Reg. 4th Div.) ready for battle - awaiting orders 
for the advance - siege of Port Arthur, 1905
  
Peasant praying before long row of images of the God of Light. 
South bank Diya river, Nikko, Japan, ca. 1904
 
Street advertisers, Japan, 1905
 
The Ginza (looking north) the most important 
thoroughfare in Tokyo, Japan, ca. 1904
 
The principal thoroughfare of busy Tokyo, Japan, 1905
 
Watching a free show, on Theatre Street, looking north 
to Asakusa Tower, Tokyo, Japan, 1904
 
Women and children of a Japanese family in Uyeno park, 
during the Cherry-blossom festival, Tokyo, Japan, 1904

Thursday 3 August 2017

Vintage Ireland

"A raal convanience - a woife," a country farm-yard in Ireland , 1903
  
"An' phwat 'ill yer give me for me sheep"--Killarney, Ireland, 1901
 
A Jolly group in the market-place, Galway, Ireland, 1902
 
An old mother of Erin in her donkey cart going to 
her son's funeral, County Kerry, Ireland, 1905
 
Limerick boys and girls on their playground 
by famous Treaty Stone of 1691, 1903
 
Picturesque life and customs of an Irish village, 1901
 
Starting out for town, market day in Ireland, 1903
 
Vegetable market and bridge over the river 
Shannon (E.), Athlone, central Ireland, ca. 1903

Monday 31 July 2017

Vintage China

Greatest of China's statesmen - Li Hung Chang in the 
court of his yamen, Tientsin, China, 1901
  
Natives at breakfast, movable chow shop, Canton, 1919
 
Newly married couple dining together for the first time, Canton, China, 1919
 
Rich merchants dining with the singing girls, Peking, China, 1901
 
Some of China's solemn daughters at recreation--
recess at So. Gate Presbyterian Mission School, Shanghai, 1901

Thursday 29 June 2017

Vintage Middle East

"There's no place like home!"; dwelling and 
shop of a Gypsy blacksmith, Syria, 1900
  
A Greek priest blessing the village children in Ramah, Palestine, 1900
 
Baptizing in the Jordan, 1899
 
Bedouin musicians by their tent, 1919
 
Calisthenics at Miss Arnot's Mission, Jaffa, Palestine, 1900
 
Feasting in the harem - typical costumes and furniture, Constantinople, ca. 1913
 
Ice cream merchant, Constantinople, Turkey, 1898
 
Music school, Syria, 1905
 
Source: Library of Congress Stereograph Collection

Tuesday 6 June 2017

Kids

First grade at work, 1927
  
Just out of bed--Christmas morning, 1897
 
Little Parisians out for a holiday in Monceau Park, Paris, France, ca. 1905
 
The sponge bath, 1897
 
The tea party, 1902
 
Tired of play, 1894-95
 
Source: Library of Congress Stereograph Collection

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Vintage Japan

Geisha girls out for an airing in rickshaws - 
along the Old Avenue, Nara, Japan, ca. 1906
  
Japanese mothers and children on a fishing trip, 1919
 
Passing away a dull hour - Geisha girls dancing, Japan, 1906
 
Peasant women heading rice with steel combs
in the fields on Suruga Bay, Japan, 1906
 
The little daughter of a Japanese gentleman 
playing the koto, Tokyo, Japan, 1906
 
Source: Library of Congress Stereograph Collection

Wednesday 3 May 2017

Vintage Pennsylvania

A group posing on porch and balcony at campground or resort
 
Family group, Pennsylvania
 
Garden in Philadelphia
 
Golden Fish Fountain, Philadelphia
 
Lovers' walk, Landsdowne Valley, Pennsylvania
 

Tuesday 4 April 2017

Japan

These are from the Library of Congress Stereograph Collection.

Geisha girls out for an airing in rickshaws - 
along the Old Avenue, Nara, Japan, ca. 1906
 
Japanese mothers and children on a fishing trip, 1919
 
Passing away a dull hour - Geisha girls dancing, Japan, 1906
 
Peasant women heading rice with steel combs 
in the fields on Suruga Bay, Japan, 1906
 
The little daughter of a Japanese gentleman 
playing the koto, Tokyo, Japan, 1906

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