Picture the Dead

ca. 1870’s, [double exposure, tintype portrait of a woman accompanied by a spirit]

via Luminous Lint, from the Andrew Daneman Collection of American Tintypes

beardbriarandrose: Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson...

americanchickens — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:27:08 -0400

beardbriarandrose:

Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes, Portrait d’un homme, 1850

Doll heads.

americanchickens — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:23:57 -0400

Doll heads.

thehystericalsociety: Funeral card of young girl, 1902 (Via)

americanchickens — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:03:58 -0400

thehystericalsociety:

Funeral card of young girl, 1902 (Via)

thehystericalsociety: Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie...

americanchickens — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:53:18 -0400

thehystericalsociety:

Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie stereoviews - dated 1923 (Via)

spoookyscary: Apothecary to go.

americanchickens — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:53:39 -0400

spoookyscary:

Apothecary to go.

maudelynn: Woman with cat mask 1930s (Brassaï)

americanchickens — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:22:39 -0400

maudelynn:

Woman with cat mask 1930s (Brassaï)

foxesinbreeches: A photograph of Augustine Gleizes from Medical...

americanchickens — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:46:28 -0400

foxesinbreeches:

A photograph of Augustine Gleizes from Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Asti Hustvedt

Through hypnosis, Jean-Martin Charcot sparked off different states in his patients like catalepsy, lethargy or somnambulism, up to cause artificial spasms by rubbing flexors. This photography shows his patient, Augustine, in a state of lethargy. The back muscles and those of the thighs and legs are contracted by friction; the rigid body placed between two chairs was holding the pose for several minutes.

nobilior: The first edition presentation copy of Mary Shelley’s...

americanchickens — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:15:47 -0400

nobilior:

The first edition presentation copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), given by her to Lord Byron, with her autograph inscription on the front flyleaf.

Illustrations from a Victorian book on magic (1897).

americanchickens — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:15:19 -0400

Illustrations from a Victorian book on magic (1897).

tuesday-johnson: ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a...

americanchickens — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:47:42 -0400

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a pregnant women in a fine dress and curls]

via Be-Hold, Fine Photographs

thehystericalsociety: Two poses (Via)

americanchickens — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:47:18 -0400

thehystericalsociety:

Two poses (Via)