Timely Wisdom: Random History Lesson

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Random History Lesson

"Imagine the summer of 1905. At the races at Auteuil (near Paris) a woman appeared wearing trousers in public for the first time. Her name is unknown, but this is a picture of her. Police men had to protect her against the curiosity and outrage of the crowd. The incident dominated the newspapers for days on end."
Lady in trousers: a disgrace! by jinterwas on Flickr

Prince Charming I

Prince Charming II

in Paris 1886

Montezuma's Headdress (Museum of Ethnology, Vienna) The precious artifact, made of 400 bronze-green quetzal feathers mounted in gold and studded with precious stones, is an important Mexican national symbol because it is traditionally believed to have been worn by Montezuma II, the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1519.

Cuban couple wearing traditional costumes ca. 1890

28 weeks ago from digitalgallery.nypl.org

Market woman, Brazil. (ca. 188-)

Image ID: 112431

Portrait of a woman, Bahia, Brazil. (1880)

Image ID: 807454

Shocking Pirros Indians with a galvanic battery. (1873)

Link:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/

Image ID: 807453

Tetenfeier der Bororó-Indianer (Zentralbrasilien).

Image ID: 807443

Kokohamas Indians floating down stream on a "balsa," or raft. (1873)

Notes

: Illegible monogram printed on image (lower left corner). Written on border: "Amazon River, Brazil, 1872." "Mar 1, 1873."

: From Graphic. Illustrated Newspapers, Ltd., 1869-) .

: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Indians -- South America -- Brazil