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Showing posts with label 1911. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1911. Show all posts

Friday, February 8, 2013

Bobby Leach

Bobby Leach and his barrel after his perilous trip over Niagara Falls, July 25, 1911. From Wikipedia

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Friday, September 21, 2012

Vintage Photo

This picture was taken in 1911, and shows an early biplane flying over the city of Chicago. 
Source: old-photos

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Vintage Photo

Jewish new year, a young boy wearing prayer shawl and holding book, standing outside building, East Side, New York City, Published: 1911 
Source:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. | Bain Collection      

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Vintage Postcard

The Most Beautiful Edwardian Girl (1911)


Source:  flickrGustave Liersch & Co. (GLCo), Berlin, Germany

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet

Russian actors Nikolai Osipovich Massalitinov and Olga Knipper (wife of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov) as Claudius and Gertrude in Edward Gordon Craig and Constantin Stanislavski's production of Hamlet (1911)
Source: Edward Gordon Craig by Innes | wikimedia

Friday, August 31, 2012

History Photo

This surreal photograph of Niagara Falls in the winter shows the magnitude and scale of one of the most spectacular falls in the world.by the firm Underwood & Underwood, United States, circa 1911    
Source: voyagesenphotographie | stumbleupon

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. He published his first song, "Marie from Sunny Italy", in 1907 and had his first major international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1911.
Source: wikipedia hubpages