Telephone Tower

Real life or a China Mieville novel?

Stockholm, Sweden - 1890s - @ Vintage Everyday

Otto Lilienthal

Well, did it work?

Germany - 1895 - @ Airborne Wind Energy

Louis Boutan

What the history books say: first underwater photographer. What the history books don't say: 

obviously a pirate.

France - 1893 - @ The White Dot

Rambles Through Our County

I can confirm that Florida is 90% swamp and alligators. Please, do not come here. We will fight the alligators for you.

Educational Game from Schaefer & Weisenbach Litho. - 1890 - @ Big Map Blog

Victoria amazonica

Do you get the feeling that almost no one in this photo was 100% behind the idea?

Salem, North Carolina - 1892 - Frank Hege - @ National Geographic Found

Rescue Attempt

Do you guess this was a real rescue or a photo of a man taking a posed picture for some reason?

Foster Glacier near Skagway, Alaska

1898, photographer Eric A. Hegg

from the University of Washington

Un Quartier Embrouillé

If Da Vinci were the norm and artists took to the skies, practicality would not always come first.

The Life Electric

1890, illustrator Albert Robida

from Project Gutenberg

The Windy City

When I look at this photo, I hear a fierce whirring sound.

Chicago World's Fair

1893

from Illinois Windmills

Three People on a Stile

This is the strangest photo. Does that woman on the left appear to have been dropped in suddenly from above just now?

Black River Falls, Wisconsin

1899, photographer Charles Van Schaick

from The Wisconsin Historical Society

Tunnel Men

Do you suppose this photo influenced the look of the movie Metropolis?

London Underground

1898

from The Daily Mail

Launching

Can you imagine the noise and the wave it made?

USRC Gresham, Cleveland, OH

1896

from US Coast Guard Cutter History

Shelter

This is the strangest goddam campsite I ever saw in my life.

Maryville, Tennessee

1890 - 1903, creator William Orland Garner

from Blount County Public Library

Cloaked

Sigourney Weaver and her minions: secret powers across time and space.

UK

1890s

from unexpectedtale's flickr stream

Henrik Ibsen

That's not a Norwegian, that's a goddamned lion!

Munich, Germany

1890s

from MrsInman's flickr stream

The Great Waterspout

Oh, god, the little ship! Imagine that thing from the deck.

Vineyard Sound

1896

from Historic NWS Photos

Say Cheese

Look at them! They were having a good ol' time. I think someone just said something kind of naughty.

Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire
1890-1900
from KaufmaNelson Vintage Photography

posing with whale bones

When the hell were there ever whales up by St. George Island? I've seen plenty of dolphins from there and a shark or two, but a whale would blow my mind.

St. George Island, Florida
1898
from State Library and Archives of Florida

'Macgregor', owned by James R. Dempster

There's something pleasingly solid about this sheep.

Scotland
1890, photographer Charles Reid
from The National Galleries of Scotland

a few of the things it chops

I don't know what kind of crazy sausage they're making, but I'm all for it. (Did you notice that all the veggies have little feet?)

Universal Food Chopper ad
1890
from The Atlantic, sent to me by Mary. Thanks, Mary!

smoking in a garden

I don't think this is her regular look.

Australia
1890s
from Powerhouse Museum Collection