oldbookillustrations:

A rehearsal.

From a painting by E. J. Gregory, from The magazine of art, London, 1884.

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wehadfacesthen:

Soda Jerk, New York City, 1936, photo by Alan Fisher

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oldbookillustrations:

The orchard.

Charles-François Daubigny, from French etchers of the second empire, by William Aspenwall Bradley, Boston, New York, 1916.

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oldbookillustrations:

Edmond and Jules de Goncourt.

Paul Gavarni, from French etchers of the second empire, by William Aspenwall Bradley, Boston, New York, 1916.

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wehadfacesthen:

Maria Germanova, “the famous tragic Russian actress”, in The Blue Bird

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oldbookillustrations:

Lorenzo and Jessica.

Edwin Austin Abbey, illustration to Shakespeare’s The merchant of Venice, from Edwin Austin Abbey, royal academician; the record of his life and work, vol. 2, by Edward Verrall Lucas, New York, 1921.

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brooklyntheory:

Never Can Say Goodbye, Ridgewood, Queens