Vintage Museum

One of the Dining Rooms

Baron Alexander von Stieglitz (1814–1884) was a Russian philanthropist and banker. He was the first governor of the State Bank of the Russian Empire, the predecessor organization to today’s Central Bank of the Russian Federation.  Photographs shown here how successful financiers of the nineteenth century used to live in Russia. (second photo shows one of the Living Rooms)

Source: via humus

Saidie Sellyna

Saidie Sellyna, an American actress, singer, dancer in Vaudeville and performed in Russia in the 1920s! 

Source: flickr | vintageblackglamour

History

Patriotic old women make American flags. Born in Hungary, Galicia, Russia, Germany, Rumania. Their flag-making instructor, Rose Radin, is standing. Underwood and Underwood. circa 1918

Source: War Department | wikimedia