Must Seem to be Inevitable

firsttimeuser:

some things never change..
Five ladies with long stockings and a Scotsman, England, 1927

some things never change..

Five ladies with long stockings and a Scotsman, England, 1927

mydaguerreotypeboyfriend:

Henry Ossain Flipper may be in contention for Daguerreotype boyfriend of the year.
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todaysdocument:

Born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856, Henry Ossian Flipper was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1873. Over the next four years he overcame harassment, isolation, and insults to become West Point’s first African American graduate and the first African American commissioned officer in the regular U.S. Army.

Photograph of Lt. Henry O. Flipper, Photo by Kennedy, ca. 1877; Center for Legislative Archives; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives; National Archives and Records Administration (Reproduced with the permission of the U.S. House of Representatives)

Henry Ossain Flipper may be in contention for Daguerreotype boyfriend of the year.

(via rachelfershleiser)

todaysdocument:

Born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856, Henry Ossian Flipper was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1873. Over the next four years he overcame harassment, isolation, and insults to become West Point’s first African American graduate and the first African American commissioned officer in the regular U.S. Army.

Photograph of Lt. Henry O. Flipper, Photo by Kennedy, ca. 1877; Center for Legislative Archives; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives; National Archives and Records Administration (Reproduced with the permission of the U.S. House of Representatives)

mydaguerreotypeboyfriend:

Jude Law, c. 1860. Another cinematic time-traveling boyfriend, this time from Cold Mountain.

Submitted by Lisa

yeoldefashion:

A boy’s bright orange wool dress with ribbon trim dating to 1856.

yeoldefashion:

This 1907 dress by Hallée is an extraordinary example of Edwardian Orientalism. The embroidery across the upper back is very reminiscent of Manchu court robes.