Vintage portraits

Minnie Ashley (1883-1946) actress, sculptor and philanthropist was born as Beatrice Minerva Ashley in Charlottesville, Virginia. She married William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) in 1903. Their two sons were William Astor Chanler Jr (1904-2002) and Sidney Ashley Chanler (1907-1994). She died aboard a train enroute from New York to Portland, Maine aged 62. Photography Studio - Falk Image Enhancement - Vizmage Studio

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‘National Types of Beauty’ was a series of real photo cigarette cards distributed in the 1930s. Some of the women portrayed were well-known ...

You will probably agree with the idea that photos from previous centuries have some charm about them. Yes, in the past, photos were almost like treasures and people really prepared for them: they chose their clothes, did their hair, thought about the perfect positions, and as a result, created a small masterpiece. But it is not just that: the people in these portraits have a special look.

Beautiful Victorian stage actress Belle Archer looking heartbreakingly blue in this lovely photograph of her in her youth. #Victorian #19th_century #1800s #photograph #antique #vintage #woman #Belle_Archer #actress #stage

Tribute to Julia Margaret Cameron. .....Early postcard depicting her work. .....Julia Margaret Cameron ( 1815 - 1879 ) was born in Calcutta, and in 1848 she moved to London. ..........In 1863, when Julia was 48 years old, her daughter gave her a camera as a present. Within a year she was elected a member of the photographic society in London. .....She strove to capture beauty and became obsessive about her new occupation, with subjects sitting for countless exposures in blinding light as she…

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, according to the well-known saying. Yet it is only in the present day that our eyes need to make some ...

Vivien Leigh

We recently wrote an article about the unique beauty of people that lived many years ago, and we showed their portraits as examples. Almost all of them were women. We think that that was probably a little bit unfair and decided to make a separate compilation with men.

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