#1900s

[eirene]

Portraits Of Lorna And Dorothy Bell, Daughters Of W. Heward Bell, Esq.

James Jebusa Shannon

[danskjavlarna]

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If you're into mermaids and mermen, my collection of vintage merfolk is going swimmingly.

[theinternetarchive]

perfume vial, tecla firm, french c. 1900.

[whatsthatplate]

Bing & Grondahl, Erantis, c. 1940s-50s

[vintageeurope]

Davos, Switzerland 1909/12

[random-brushstrokes]

Sigismund Righini - Self Portrait (1907)

[questionableadvice]

~ The Spinster Book, by Myrtle Reed, 1901

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1909

Fr. V. Tunborg & Co

Hallwylska museet

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Cesare Saccaggi, Lady (1908) (detail)

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[history-of-fashion]

1903 Dr. Karl Schmid (photo by Oskar Suck)

(Badisches Landesmuseum)

[vintagewildlife]

Roe deer herd By: Max Steckel From: Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt 1908

[vintagegermany]

Kreuznach, Germany 1900

[diana-andraste]

Kvinden og slangen (The Woman and the Snake), Edvard Munch, 1908

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10th Century Snake Oil Potion, translated from the Arabic:

"Take three parts sesame oil and pour into a ceramic pot. Throw in five to ten black vipers, depending on their size. Close the pot’s lid and cook on a small flame...

Strain into a bottle and use as we have described by brushing it [onto the skin] with a brush. If you see that it causes harm, stop using it, then take it up again until it cures you, God willing."

—Abulcasis (al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī), from Kitab al-Taṣrīf li-man ‘aǧiza ‘an al-ta’līf  (The Book of Management for Those who are Unable to Compose)

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As in all things, snake size matters.

[theinternetarchive]

tulip table lamp, tiffany glass & decorating co. c. 1900-06.

[retropopcult]

Chicago, April 1907. "Marshall Field & Co. store, State and Washington Streets." Construction proceeds on the new South entrance.

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You might find peaceful my collection of vintage doves.