Circus of Splendor & Grandeur

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1870-90’s, [unusual tintype portrait of a bespectacled woman, possibly blind, in a mysterious hat and a dress with large buttons]

via Ebay

ominousplaces:

Spooky Forest In The Morning. By Kenth Fagerlund.

caught-in-another-world:

Jane Austen first editions. From http://austenonly.com/2012/01/16/jane-austen-first-editions-on-bbc-ones-antiques-roadshow/ 

bnrfireandtrees:

bluepueblo:

Medieval,  Ayrshire, Scotland

photo via flame

(via

TumbleOn)

bnreimels:

wasbella102:

John Collier: Mrs Osbourne.

This the one i saw today. She is just so mesmorizing and beautiful!

(via

TumbleOn)

peterjaussie:

Louise Brooks - Modeling, Follies and Scandals by thefoxling on Flickr.

(Source: j3wfag)

blackwoodandbrass:

tiny gem (by unexpectedtales)

regardintemporel:

ACJ - Ziegfeld Follies, Ben Ali Haggin Tableau, 1920s

placeofsadness:

everainsplanet:

mythologyofblue:

Thomas Rowlandson, Pinacotheca Petri Plancii, A Microcosm of London, 1808-10

(kagami)

nickjh:

History on Flickr.

my-ear-trumpet:

acoffeeenthusiast:

Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee.

http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/10/01/the-victorian-gas-lamps-that-sold-cups-of-hot-coffee/

At the Great Exhibition of 1897, a demonstration as made of a gas lamp that also included an automatic machine which could dispense a gallon of hot water, or a halfpennies worth of Beef tea essence, Cocoa, Milk, Sugar, Tea or Coffee.

les-sources-du-nil:

Emma Powell

“Juggling Butterflies”

vintagesquared:

vintagechampagnefever:

Arrangement in Black No.5 Lady Meux (1888) - Whistler