they lived and loved and laughed and left

lady & fruit dish photographed by dr. paul sano, ca. 1920 

return from the styx photographed by dr. paul sano, ca. 1914

landscape in snow photographed by leon herlant, ca. 1910

"daydreams" photographed by john cimon warburg, ca. 1909

nude photographed by paul bergon, ca. 1900

edeltrude and lotte photographed by heinrich kühn, 1912-1913

frank eugene photographed by alfred stieglitz, 1907

arnett ymca photographed by charles c. zoller

 

bigouden in bridegroom costume, enmarc’h (finistère) photographed by georges chevalier,  29th february 1920

the grenata street army photographed by léon gimpel, 1915

still ife with roses and decorative platter photographed by ernest van zuylen, ca. 1917

marchand de tourchous photographed by jules-gervais courtellemont

family portrait at roannay, belgium photographed by georges gilon, ca. 1913

dumeuse d'opium, indochina, photographed by léon busy, 1915

colette, alors mme. de jouvenel, photographed by roger dumas, november 1922

orchid photographed by john b. trevor, ca. 1910

flora stieglitz straus photographed by alfred stieglitz, ca. 1915

woman and girl by a brook photographed by charles corbet, ca. 1910

dana steichen photographed by edward steichen, 1923

charlie chaplin photographed by charles c. zoller, ca. 1918

greenhouse with purple flowers photographed by charles corbet, ca. 1910 

moonrise, mamaroneck photographed by edward steichen, 1904

the gathering, m'sila, algeria photographed by franklin price knott, ca. 1927

concarneau-voiliers au port photographed by julesjules-gervais courtellemont, ca. 1911

fisherwoman and partner from small port of voendam, near edam photographed stephane passet by august 29, 1929

stagecoaches at ghent photographed by alfonse van besten, ca. 1912

there is just something about autochromes....you just want to crawl inside & live in them. i can't imagine what it must have been like to live in a world with so much wonder - fruits, flowers, peoples - things so exotic & other.  (quote from title is by james joyce)