19th century Posts

15 Photos of 19th-Century Celebs Alongside Their Portraits

Centuries ago, kings, queens, and other nobility loved getting their portraits done. Apart from demonstrating their power and capturing a likeness, portraits were a way for royalty to shape how they were seen by the public.

See What France in the Late 19th Century Was Like

Taken in the 19th century, these postcards of France were created using the Photochrom process. This technique transforms black-and-white photos into images with vibrant and lifelike colors. The Photochrom was invented in the 1880s by a Swiss printer.

These Old Photos Reveal a Good Deal About the 19th Century

This is particularly true when it comes to photography from times that have long gone by, as these incredible photographs from the 19th Century will show you: The French Uprising (1848) Photo Credit: Eugene Thibault/The History of Picture In this photo, you can clearly see a couple of hastily-assembled

I've Never Seen Anything Quite Like 19th-Century Japan

Japan is renowned for being one of the world's most unique countries, however, you haven't seen anything until you've seen just how picturesque and glorious Japanese life was during the 19th Century.

What a Difference a Century Makes...

The 20th century, and even the beginning of the 21st, have been the most influential times in the history of our race, and have changed the world (for good or bad) we live in, and HOW we live in it. These photos give us a glimpse to just how much has changed in this time.

You Don't See a Lot of Vintage Portraits Like These...

This is a digitized album of 19th-century portraits shot by Charles Milton Bell. Bell came from a Washington-based family of photographers, and over his career, he produced more than 25,000 glass plate negatives. These were recently digitized by the Library of Congress for the public's free use.

Iconic Images From The 20th Century

The 20th century is undoubtedly one of the most amazing periods of our race . In those 100 years, we went from horses to cars, from mail to email, from dream to radio and television, movies and video games.

See the 1890s Through the Lens of a Hidden Camera

These photos are now considered to be of great historical importance, since they depict the people of nineteenth-century Oslo as they really were, and they differ greatly from the serious posing trends that dominated photography at that time.

Hiroshige Is One Classic Japanese Artist You Must Know!

Between the 17th and 19th centuries, Japan was one of the most closed-off countries in the world.

The Philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche in 20 Quick Quotes

A poet, composer, philologist, and a well-known philosopher, this 19th-century German native started his prolific career with a passion for language that grew into a fascination of the human function. His written works covered history, religion, culture, art, and science, among many other topics.

This Manuscript Has Stumped Scientists for Centuries!

The Voynich manuscript is one of the biggest riddles in the entire world, and has remained unsolved for centuries. The manuscript is bound in calfskin vellum. After it was carbon-dated, experts determined that it was created in the early years of the 15th century.

I Can't Believe How Realistic These Woodland Paintings Are

Ivan Shishkin was a 19th-century Russian artist who excelled at creating beautiful paintings of woodland scenes . These paintings are typically so photorealistic that it's often hard to believe that you're actually looking at a painting, and not simply a photograph.

Shocking –The First Ever Porsche Car Was Electric

The world's first true battery was invented about half a century later, in 1800, by the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. These two events kick-started the industrial revolution, which quickly brought about the steam engine.

You Won’t Believe These 11 Phrases Are Over a Century Old

Hang Out The phrase 'to hang out' as a synonym of spending time together has a very modern feel to it even today, but it turns out that the first recordings of the phrase date way back to the early 19th century!