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Woman on a park bench in Central Park, New York, 1957. Photo by Yale Joel
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"When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my family will say to me, 'After all this time?' And I will say, 'Always.'" — Alan Rickman
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I love that these book latches look like escutcheons... Whole new level of meaning there.
This is one of the earliest known photographs of a human. A self portrait taken in 1839, it shows a young Robert Cornelius (1809-1893) standing outside his family’s lamp-making shop in Philadelphia. Cornelius was an American of Dutch descent whose knowledge of metallurgical chemistry was to help in perfecting the process of silver-plating, then employed in the production of daguerreotypes. It had previously been assumed that the time necessary for a photograph to be exposed was simply too long for portaiture to be considered. But, by making this striking image, Cornelius proved the concensus wrong and then went on to develop a chemical means of accelerating the process. Source: virtualvictorian
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Lili Hall He's quite dashing!
Wendi Gregory Simmons And he's totally cute!
Amanda Carroll Yeah, I think that's why I find it so intriguing--the story and the process, of course, but also that he's mysterious and good-looking, and also apparently artistic, since the shot isn't head on and he isn't even looking directly into the camera. Quite, quite fascinating.
Wendi Gregory Simmons He is very mysterious! Makes me really wish for a time machine. Thanks for 'pinning' this. It's been fun thinking about him!
Amanda Carroll I only wish I could take credit for originating the pin! HUGE thanks to whoever did!!! Spiced my evening with a touch of intrigue. ;D