Turn of the century aesthetic

Wallace G. Levison took advantage of evolving film technology to freeze a city that never stops moving.

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.

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.

Gabrielle Ray as Susan in Lady Madcap,1905

Welcome to the University Club of New York 🏛️✨ New York’s University Club building was constructed at the turn-of-the-century and is home to a social...

Two Portraits of Twin Sisters- German school second half of the 18th century

Here are three sketches by Charles Dana Gibson of lovely ladies playing musical instruments. A harpist, a cellist, and a fiddler. These prints are titled: The Wearin of the Green - woman playing a harp Then You'll Remember Me - woman playing a cello The Sweetest Story Ever Told - woman playing a violin

lovelyydarkanddeep: “ Play of Sunlight, Los Angeles ,1912 by Louis Fleckenstein from MoPA ”

The Corseted Beauty (@the_corsetedbeauty) on Instagram: “French-Spanish soprano Lola Artôt de Padilla, ca. 1900s 💚”