decadentiacoprofaga:

Cat /opaque background by S. L. Upham & Fowler, ca. 1875.

Vía.

oldtimeycats:

Studio portrait of five kittens on a pedestal, probably taken in Compton’s Photo Studio in Brigham City, Utah. Between 1895 and 1925. Source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, via Mountain West Digital Library.

highvictoriana:

Portrait of a couple from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Photographer: John A. Shoaff (1836-1921).

“Alice In Wonderland” (1915)

lewis-carroll:

Rosa Hersee as Alice and Arthur Elliot as the Hatter at the Opera Comique Theatre in London

1898

“Alice In Wonderland” (1915)

“Alice In Wonderland” (1915)

“Alice In Wonderland” (1915)

“Alice In Wonderland” (1915)

odditiesoflife:

Vintage Women in Webs

“Donald’s Double Trouble” (1946) - Walt Disney

explore-blog:

Quite possibly the best author portrait ever: Edith Wharton with her two pups, (1889) and other portraits of writers with their pets. For more literary-canine love, complement with The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs.

mothgirlwings:

Vintage Thanksgiving postcard - c. 1900’s

Happy Thanksgiving, lovely people! xoxox

The Bradbury Mansion in Los Angeles, CA - Occupied for years by various film companies and onetime home to Hal Roach’s Rollin Film Company.  It was so drafty that Harold Lloyd dubbed it “Pneumonia Hall”.  c. 1927   (Sadly, it was demolished in 1929.)

holdthisphoto:

Kate Cutler, 1895

• by Alexander Bassano