Turn of the century

This is another photograph by the Belgian photographer Leonard Misonne and dates from 1899, it shows the view from Lower Regent Street junction with Waterloo Place looking south across Pall Mall to the Duke of York Column. The Guards Crimean War Memorial is in the centre and the Athenaeum Club is at top right. The building on the left was demolished in 1909 and replaced with Cox's Bank, that same building is now a hotel.

Back to Blog Page As you know from last week’s post, I collect historical gowns. If you’ve ever seen one up close, you’ll know why I can’t resist these beautiful works of art; fashion was just so complex and elegant during the turn of the century! I can’t help comparing current women’s fashion to

The Edwardian era was once elegantly described as, a "leisurely time when women wore picture hats and did not vote, when the rich were not ashamed to live

Émile Joachim Constant Puyo (1857-1933) was a French Photographer, active in the late 1800s & early 1900s. As the leading advocate of the Pictorialist movement in France, he championed the practice of photography as an artistic medium. His photographs appeared in numerous publications worldwide, & were exhibited at various expositions in the 1900s.

Vintage post cards and erotica from the turn of the century.

Gabrielle Ray as Susan in Lady Madcap,1905

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Creator: Jules Chéret (French graphic designer, 1836-1932) Date: 1893 Materials: color lithograph Measurements: 124 cm (height) x 88 cm (width) Work location: Musée de la Publicité (formerly, "Musée de l'affiche") (Paris, Ile-de-France, France) Work type: posters Image_Filename: 12062601 Subjects: Dancers in art; Theatrical posters

Found photo artifact.

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