Dr. James Oliver Longstreet, c. 1910
Submitted by Perrin Drumm
My Daguerreotype Boyfriend
Where early photography meets extreme hotness
Vasil Levski, age 30, 1867. This Bulgarian solider was at different points in his life, an Orthodox monk, a teacher, and a member of the Bulgarian legion, a revoloutionary group whose goal was to liberate their homeland from the Ottoman empire. Six years after this picture was taken, Levski was captured and executed by Ottoman officials.
His Wiki lists his occupation simply as “Revolutionary.” Damn.
Submitted by movetotheboomboom
From submitter hey-sugar-hey
Anthony Fokker, age 22, 1912.
My favorite WWI ace “Knight of the Air” and a freaking genius besides! He was dutch, the inventor of the Eindecker monoplane, the Fokker triplane and D.VII, developed the interrupter gear (HELLO major innovation used even today), and general hottie. Obviously, he is an ideal boyfriend.
From submitter Amy Smith:
William Lapp, my great-great grandfather, probably around 1889 when he was married.
Tintype studio portrait of a 5th Cavalry Indian Wars soldier, c. 1870’s
Thanks NYPL!
How about something from the NYPL gallery? World Champion Ski Jumper Nels Nelson is in our “Pageant of America” collection. He looks intense.
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For Presidents’ Day, our most handsome presidents (and presidential relatives):
Teddy Roosevelt on the Harvard crew team; Rutherford B. Hayes without the beard; Theodore Roosevelt, entering Harvard; Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham and Mary; James A. Garfield, age sixteen; William McKinley during his Civil War service
Yes, there’s double Roosevelt. Because he’s that hot.
Ashishishe, aka “Curly,” a Crow scout for the US Army, and one of the survivors of Little Big Horn who gave a famous account of the defeat of Custer’s battalion.
Submitted by mylittlenestingspot
From the submitter Sam:
Ikeda Chikugoshu (Ikeda Nagaoki) 28 years old, Meji period (1868-1912). Chikugoshu was his title, meaning governor of Chikugo province. He was a smart babe and was into internationalism and drinking wine.
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet and author, in his early twenties.
We’re just taking a wild guess here, but Mayakovsky probably isn’t going to call you. Here are plenty of gentlemen who will.
Happy V-Day, from MDB.
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