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1914

betty lindley photographed by alexander bassoon, 1914

goldfish and palette paris, quai saint-michel by henri matisse, fall 1914

charlie chaplin & roscoe arbuckle in “the masquerader”,  keystone pictures, 1914

"men wanted for hazardous journey. small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. honour and recognition in case of success."

according to legend, this is an ad placed in a london newspaper by antarctic explorer sir ernest shackleton, august 1914.

the funeral of archduke franz ferdinand & his wife, killed during attack on sarajevo, july 2, 1914

(his assassination triggered the start of world war I)

la marchesa luisa casati with peacock feathers by giovanni boldini, 1914

grand prix de l’automobile club de france prix (a fiat in the foreground) photographed by maurice-louis branger, 1914

francisco "pancho" villa on the presidential seat & emiliano zapata photographed by agustin victor casasola, dec. 6, 1914

trousers dress from paris. photo by bain news service, feb. 14, 1914

vaslav nijinsky as the spectre in "le spectre de la rose," photographed by e.o. hoppe, 1914

rural mail delivery, 1914

fish & vegetable meals will save wheat, meat & fats for our soldiers & allies, propaganda poster, 1914

egon schiele photographed by anton josef trčka, vienna, 1914

grigori rasputin in hospital recovering from an attempt on his life, 1914

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la goulue assise sur une chaise, c.1890 photographed by louis victor paul bacard.

1913

actress julia james photographed by alexander bassano.

nude descending a staircase no. 2 by marcel duchamp

female mongolian prisoner, imprisoned for adultry (portable imprisonment) photographed by stephane passet.

district of columbia traffic. a very new-looking ca. 1913 haynes roadster in washington crossing pennsylvania avenue at 14th street n.w.

cover of the official program for the march 1913 woman suffrage march in washington d.c.

guitar, gas, jet and bottle by pablo picasso. 

telegraph messenger boy, waco, texas. photograph by lewis hine.

sunday strollers on new york's fifth avenue.

gordon van tine catalog.

mae murray on chair. photographed by moffett.

japanesque autochrome. photograph by alfonse van besten.

victoria copying machine.

liebespaar by egon schiele.

dancer clotilde von derp. photograph by rudolf dührkoop & minya diez-dührkoop.

thomas edison with an electric car.

die jungrau (the virgin) by gustav klimt.

paul poiret fashions.

anna pavlova photographed by madame d'ora.

dadaists tristan tzara, georges janco, marcel janco, jules janco (three brothers), poldi chapier, and ion vinea, bucharest.

another year has passed & once again, i want to thank everyone for stopping by to visit.  i reached one million views yesterday (a really huge deal for me!). thank you. thank you. thank you!

happy new year!

1912

stockholm olympics

mata hari by emilio sommariva

gustav klimt wearing his painter's coat in front of his studio holding one of his cats

consolidated edison from the second avenue elevated, new york, karl struss

the medium eva c. with a materialization on her head and a luminous apparition between her hands, 

a. von schrenck-nötzing

young girl amidst marguerites, alfonse van besten

plate 19 from the storyville portraits, e.j. bellocq

 (photographs from the new orleans red-light district)

white star line advertisement for the return journey of the titanic

street in china, baron adolf de meyer

self portrait, anton josef trčka

washing & bleaching, alfonse van besten

the kiss by constantin brâncuşi

houdini upside down in the water torture cell

marchesa casati, baron adolf de meyer

grand prix de circuit de la seine, june 26,  jacques henri lartigue

lil shuckers (child labor), lewis hine

self portrait, egon schiele

fashion at the auteuill racetrack, france, seeberger brothers

happy new year!  i want to say thank you to all the visitors & followers for real life is elsewhere - it is much appreciated!  here's to 2012!