Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Kuching, Malaysia 4.4.1887.

Sunbeam #Kuching #Malaysia 4.4.1887. "A long narrow room over the market is used as the museum...We were shown one of the ingenious air-compressing tubes which have been used by natives for hundred of years past to produce fire...there is nothing new under the sun." #Brassey #Travel #History #1880s

Interesting British government poster from 1888 about Emigration to #Australia #Canada and #SouthAfrica. #migration #history #1880s

Salamanca, Spain 1880/90 #salamanca #1880s #1890s #españa #spain

Seville, Spain 1880/90. #sevilla #seville #españa #spain #1880s #1890s

Vincent van Gogh, 1888. “Still Life - French Novels and Rose”

#painting #1880s #VincentvanGogh

Pages and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Bay of Bengal 27.3.1887.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 27.3.1887. "The evening looked dull, but the sky was occasionally lighted up by flashes of the most brilliant lightning. The sea was so full of phosphorescence that when Baby & I had our ante-prandial 'hose' our bathing-dresses glistened beautifully." #Brassey #History #1880s

"A Clergyman In A Scrape"
March 27, 1886
#History #OTD #NewYork #1880s

March 27,1886 and Winter Lingers In The Lap Of Spring at Vintage Edmonton:

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#yeg #alberta #edmonton #1880s

March 27,1886 and it's a Local Slugging Match at Vintage Edmonton:

http://www.vintageed

#yeg #alberta #edmonton #1880s

"President Cleveland Has An Outing"
March 27, 1886
#USHistory #OTD #GroverCleveland #1880s

Full length view of a beige silk bustle style dress printed with purple hydrangea branches and with a central panel of draped yellow silk

A photograph of the cover of Elizabeth Block’s book Gilded Age Fashion that features embellished details of a gold beaded silk dress

A photograph of one of the page spreads from Elizabeth Block’s book with text and a photograph of an 1890s gold evening dress

Take a look at this beautiful volume that landed in my lap this week. Elizabeth Block’s Gilded Age Fashion explores a whole host of surviving gowns from that distinct era including this mid #1880s hydrangea embellished Worth gown, fresh and springlike @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.

Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The drive back to Rangoon through the Dalhousie Park & Gardens, once the appanage of a royal palace, was perfectly delightful. It was rather late, & there was consequently a great rush to dress on board & get back to shore in time to dine..." #Brassey #1880s

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.

Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The avenue leading to the Shway Dagohu Pagoda is guarded at the entrance by two enormous statues of bylus, or monsters, erected to propitiate the evil spirits; bylus & nats being to the Burmese very much what demons & devils are to us." #Brassey #History #1880s

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Yangon, Myanmar 17.3.1887.

Sunbeam #Yangon #Myanmar 17.3.1887. "The government pilot came on board at 6am, & we at once got up the anchor & proceeded under steam up the branch of the Irrawady called the Rangoon River, leading to the town of that name." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1880s

youtu.be/1hdlrz4zqf0

Kangaroo Jumping (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A kangaroo jumping. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #VintageCinema

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https://youtu.be/1hdlrz4zqf0

Kangaroo Jumping (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A kangaroo jumping. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s […]

Henri Charles Antoine Baron, Before 1885. “Beauté Exotique avec Ibis” (Detail)

#painting #detail #1880s #HenriCharlesAntoineBaron

Page and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Bay of Bengal, 14.3.1887.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal 14.3.1887. "There was a nice breeze in the early morning, and the sails were accordingly set. at 9am we ceased streaming, and proceeded under sail alone. At noon we had run 181 miles, and were distant 97 miles from Great Coco." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1880s

"Horrible"
March 13, 1886
#History #OTD #1880s

March 13,1886 and it's New Advertisements at Vintage Edmonton:

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#yeg #alberta #edmonton #1880s

March 13,1886 and it's The Local at Vintage Edmonton:

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#yeg #alberta #edmonton #1880s

"Milton Fisher's Dying Wish"
March 13, 1886
#History #OTD #ColumbusOH #1880s

King Street, Toronto - 1884

Artist: William J. Thomson
Medium: Print / Etching
National Gallery of Canada
Notes: View east from Church Street.

#1880s #torontoart #art #church #jeremyhopkin

Page and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Bay of Bengal 12.3.1887.

Sunbeam, Bay of Bengal, 12.3.1887. "Another calm day, busily occupies in reading and writing. An noon we had steamed 184 miles, and were 471 miles distant from Great Coco, in lat. 10 degrees 49' N. and long. 87 degrees 1' E." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1880s #Sailing #Yacht

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Horse Walking (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A horse walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #VintageCinema

https://youtu.be/43zMMOtHRzA

Horse Walking (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A horse walking. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s #VintageCinema

youtu.be/Hjf3o3PLfyI

Horse on Roller (1886) Eadweard Muybridge

A horse standing on a roller. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s

https://youtu.be/Hjf3o3PLfyI

Horse on Roller (1886) Eadweard Muybridge

A horse standing on a roller. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s

youtu.be/yfQ1N8D5NMg

Horse Dusel Hauling (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A horse pulling a load. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s

https://youtu.be/yfQ1N8D5NMg

Horse Dusel Hauling (1887) Eadweard Muybridge

A horse pulling a load. Animal Locomotion.

#FilmHistory #PublicDomain #EadweardMuybridge #AnimalLocomotion #StudyOfMotion #MagicLantern #chronophotography #phenakistiscope #phénakisticope #collotype #biomechanics #1880s