Beautiful Century
Pretty pictures from the 1850s to the 1910s.
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Photoset reblogged from Days Gone By
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Photo reblogged from Saison Ciel
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Photoset reblogged from Stirling Greene's Newfangled Old Time Miscellany
Lillian Russell (December 4, 1860– June 6, 1922), actress and singer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.
(Source: allthisrunningaround)
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Photo reblogged from LES FLEURS DE L'ART
Sarah Bernhardt as the Queen in “Ruy Blas”- Georges Jules Victor Clairin
1879
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“Chu Chin Chow is a musical comedy based on the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. The piece premièred at His Majesty’s Theatre in London on 3 August 1916 and ran for five years and a total of 2,238 performances (more than twice as many as any previous musical), an astonishing record that stood for nearly forty years until Salad Days.”
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Photo reblogged from Crushed Velvet & Roses
Sarah Bernhardt’s Inkwell, Self Portrait as a Sphinx
This is so fucking badass I can not even deal.
She could sculpt? This is amazing.
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Photo reblogged from Hold This Photo
Ida Rubinstein pulls nurse duty, 1914 (We all know what this inspired.)
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Photo reblogged from Saison Ciel
