Alexander Graham Bell kissing his wife, Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell, who is standing in a tetrahedral kite, 1903. A favorite from our book, People Kissing: A Century of Photographs. 💋#antiquephotography #vintagephotography #photography #oldphotos #vintagephotographs #photoarchive
Glamour shot! #dogs #photography #vernacularphotography #vintagephotos #humor #photoarchive
Lucky Charm. Photomontage postcard, 1910. #photomontage #photography #vintagephotography #vintagepostcard #cats #photoarchive
@ricksaunders.bsky.social thank you! It is nice to meet you too!
A photograph by Matilde Weil showing a young woman holding a small glass globe in her hands at chest level. She is dressed in a loose, fine-striped gown and is staring intensely at the camera. Her shoulder-length hair seems to be uncombed and hangs around her head to her shoulders. She gives the impression of a person who may be in a trance.
A circular photograph by Anne Brigman titled "The Spirit of Photography." It shows a show woman in a long, flowing gown who occupies most of the left and lower portions of the circle. She is holding a folding camera on her lap. It is pointed at a floating bubble or glass globe seemingly in the air at the center right of the circle. The entire scene is portrayed in the soft focus style of pictorialism.
Crystal gazing and its expression in pictorialist photography. In the early 20th century, a small cadre of photographers attempted to portray the then-popular fad of looking into crystal balls to foresee the future. Their work was beautifully expressive as well as reflective of the times.
Mike the cat, 1890 (written on the back of the photo). #vernacularphotography #vintagephotographs #oldphotos #cats #photography #photoarchive
Sojourner Truth,1865. Truth (born into an enslaved family) advocated for the emancipation of African Americans and women's suffrage. She used photographs of herself (she called them her ‘shadow’) to sell and raise money for her causes. #blackhistory #antiquephotos #vintagephotography #workingwomen
A favorite from our collection. #vintagephotography #oldphotography #oldphotos #blackhistorymonth #photography #photobooth #handpainted
A few years ago, Paige and I made the book, People Kissing: A Century of Photographs. It is full of love, affection, friendship and lots of smooches!💋💋 #vintagephotography #booksky #photobook #oldphotos #photography #kissing #love #friendship #valentinesday #photoarchive
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Kinda feeling that too but I am going to give it a try…
Breaking the spell. #vernacularphotography #vintagephotographs #oldphotos #mixedmedia #photography #photoarchive
🌱🌱 Coming soon: Heap-O-Livin’ by Lora Webb Nichols (1883-1962) edited by Nicole Jean Hill.
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👉 Heap-o-Livin’ is following the sold out book ‘Encampment, Wyoming’, and is scheduled to be released Spring 2025 👈
Our book, Caption This, features our collection of vintage photos to celebrate the funny, surprising, snarky and mysterious captions people wrote on the backs and fronts of their photographs. #vintagephotography #booksky #photobook #historyofphotography #oldphotos #photography #humor #photoarchive
We love collecting early photo id badges featuring women because the pins are simultaneously a memory object, photograph and artifact of the history of women in the workforce. #workingwomen #history #photohistory #oldphotos #vintagephotography #oldphotography #vintagepins #photoarchive
Our Project B archive of vernacular photography also has #vintagebooks with interesting images. Here are photos from the 1951 book, “Hypnotism and the Power Within” by Dr. S.J. Van #oldbooks #vintagephoto #oldphotography #photography #vernacularphotography #photoarchive
Many of the #vintagephotographs in our collection reflect our sense of humor! #vernacularphotography #photography #dogs #photoarchive
Fotoescultura, a Mexican folk art that combines photographs and sculpture. 1930s. The body is carved and painted, while the face is a hand coloured photograph.
#fotoescultura #vernacularphotography #expandedphotography
#photography #sculpture #folkart #Mexico
awww - thank you so much! 💕
thank you! I appreciate it!
From our collection is 1934 press photo showing Max Factor’s Beauty Micrometer. Designed to take facial measurements to determine which features needed enhancing with make-up. #vintagephotographs #foundphoto #photography #vernacularphotography #beauty #photoarchive
ID badges in "Face Value:The Uses of Portraiture"
Hi, thanks for lovin the photos- they are from my collection!
Love fotoesculturas!
Paige and I have been collecting vernacular photography for over 30 years! We use our archive (Project B) to curate, collaborate and make books. We’ll be posting favs from the archive here! #vernacularphotography #vintagephotography #foundphoto #photobooth #photoarchive