Historic Photos
a man floating in the dead sea, 1910s

a man floating in the dead sea, 1910s

#1  ”Curious Photo”   1880
#2  ”Trick photo, decapitated man with bloody knife, holding his head”    1875

Hairy Moccasin

Artist: Richard ThrosselArtist Bio: American, 1882 - 1933Creation Date: c. 1910

Hairy Moccasin

Artist: Richard Throssel
Artist Bio: American, 1882 - 1933
Creation Date: c. 1910

found in berlin. 1950s-1960s?

On the narrow neck, Katoomba, Australia
1900

On the narrow neck, Katoomba, Australia

1900

Diving at the Valley Baths, Brisbane, Queensland, 1938

Photographer: Unidentified
Location: Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; -27.454132, 153.036729
Description: An action shot of a young man diving from a tower at the Valley swimming pool. Other young men in swimming costumes are waiting in turn on the tower and on a lower diving board. The Baths are in Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley.

Diving at the Valley Baths, Brisbane, Queensland, 1938

Photographer: Unidentified

Location: Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; -27.454132, 153.036729

Description: An action shot of a young man diving from a tower at the Valley swimming pool. Other young men in swimming costumes are waiting in turn on the tower and on a lower diving board. The Baths are in Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley.

Sleeping Beauty

Description: Underwater photograph of experimental motor submersible canoe ‘Sleeping Beauty’.
Date: c.1945

Sleeping Beauty

Description: Underwater photograph of experimental motor submersible canoe ‘Sleeping Beauty’.

Date: c.1945

Catch of the day

Description: Whalers on South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic, stand on the beach alongside their catch.
Date: 1912

Catch of the day

Description: Whalers on South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic, stand on the beach alongside their catch.

Date: 1912

The Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Description: ”Bamboo in the Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon”. Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935).
Date: c.1907

The Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Description: ”Bamboo in the Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon”. Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935).

Date: c.1907