My Daguerreotype Boyfriend

Unidentified Union officer, photographed by Mathew Brady (via The Atlantic)

Has anyone seen this man? He’s wanted for broodyness, aloofness, and sexiness. We would also like to question him about the whereabouts of his wife. 

thecomposites:

Edward Rochester, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

Mr. Rochester, his foot supported by the cushion; he was looking at Adèle and the dog: the fire shone full on his face.  I knew my traveller with his broad and jetty eyebrows; his square forehead, made squarer by the horizontal sweep of his black hair.  I recognised his decisive nose, more remarkable for character than beauty; his full nostrils, denoting, I thought, choler; his grim mouth, chin, and jaw—yes, all three were very grim, and no mistake.  His shape, now divested of cloak, I perceived harmonised in squareness with his physiognomy…My master’s colourless, olive face, square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features, firm, grim mouth.

Johannes Brahms, circa 1853, age 20. Liszt had nothing on this fellow.

Submitted by mrxcitement

Robert Graves, c. 1914, age 19. Reported dead at the Somme, Graves was one of the few of his generation to survive the war. He became a translator, poet, and novelist, and was the author of I, Claudius. Graves died at the age of 90 in 1985, a model Daguerreotype boyfriend if there ever was one. 

Submitted by rrendyourheart

A sad story, from submitter Rachel Nordstrom:

Sroam Whiffin was engaged to Susie Mallett for ten years, then the engagement was broken off for ten years. They were finally married but Sroam died just six months later! He was a watch and clock maker probably operating out of Bath, UK. This daguerreotype had been kept in a beautiful hand sewn blue velvet pouch made by Susie Mallett.  

Photographer was Antoine Claudet of London, probably taken early half of 1850’s, now in the Fox Talbot Museum collection, Lacock.

Unidentified Civil War soldier, mid 1860’s

Submitted by charles116

Hello there Mr. President.

todaysdocument:

Gerald R. Ford, Jr., on the Football Practice Field at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1933

Presidents and the Pigskin

When the New England Patriots and New York Giants collide in this year’s Super Bowl, the two teams will be competing for more than just a National Football League championship. The winner will also receive a trip to the White House, a place that many gridiron greats have called home.  Read up about football’s rich history at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue at Prologue: Presidents and the Pigskin »

George Washington football, c. 1905 (via Shorpy)

Happy Super Bowl Sunday, from MDB

lostsplendor:

“Soviet Schoolboy Alexey Kutskov, Moscow, 1958” (via Moscow, 1958)

Relevant to my interests. 

(via lostsplendor)