#sherlock holmes 1900

[iratesherlock]

* SHERLOCK HOLMES BAFFLED / SILENT / 30S / 1900

— The actor of Sherlock Holmes is anonymous and John Watson does not appear. — Directed by Arthur Weed Marvin and distributed by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. — Favorite Quality: I enjoyed researching the history behind this film, it was interesting.

There is not much I can say about this film, considering it is only thirty seconds long; however, it was interesting to go as far back as I could and to see what survived almost one hundred and thirty years. It is not a long clip; it made me mildly motion-sick, but it did make me giggle, and that speaks more about how incredible it is that some media is timeless. I also love that the first known appearance of Sherlock Holmes on film is about the great detective getting harassed by a teleporting thief. I did a little research about the history of this movie, as it’s difficult to review something that is only a thirty-second silent clip. The film was released in 1900 for the arcade amusement mutoscope machines (also known/used as coin-in-slot “peep-shows”) and re-released/registered in 1903 when submitted for copyright. The director, Arthur Weed Marvin, would later become an early cameraman for D. W. Griffith’s debut film, though passing away before being involved with any of Griffith’s later work. Which, thank goodness. It was presumed lost for several years; however, in 1968, a paper copy of Sherlock Holmes Baffled was rediscovered in the Library of Congress by Michael Pointer (a Sherlock Holmes film historian). It was not until 1912 that movies would be under copyright; the submission of the film in 1903 was likely the only reason we are able to view it today. It is not a spectacular film, nor is it revolutionary, but I think it is worth a watch if only to experience the thirty seconds that started Sherlock Holmes on the big screen.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man.

"The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[nostalgia-tblr]

The immense satisfaction that comes from saying "wait, how old is this book?" when Amazon tries to sell me a very old-fashioned-looking work for 'just £1.99' and then finding it on Project Gutenberg for free instead.

[skyriderwednesday]

Congratulations Arthur, May 13th 1901 really was a Monday!

[holmesoldfellow]

"Sherlock Holmes Baffled" Mutoscope silent film, earliest known film to feature Sherlock Holmes (1900, Arthur Marvin)

[owl-of-catharsis]

Detective Conan chapter 5 : the dog lives !

Ran physical power : blocking a baseball bat with her bare hands (blocking, not catching, and attack was aimed to kill) and destroying three teeths in one kick.

"And to top it off, I had to be saved by a girl" => Conan copied Sherlock Holmes skills and opinions about women. A true fan.

[mirobraz]

A young Franklin Delano Roosevelt with a friend, 1913.

[oldtvandcomics]

You don't realize how many of your favorite stories have been quasi-ongoing LEGENDS spanning decades if not centuries worth of adaptations until you try to answer this poll.

I don't wanna @ anyone because I understand how fast things seem to move in today's landscape of streaming shows dropping entire seasons in one day, and networks pumping out new series constantly to try to attract more subscribers with no intent to actually maintain those shows over time but I just saw someone self-deprecatingly lament that they are still thinking about a show that ended almost a year ago, making fan art and playlists for it, and I want to be very clear:

you can still create fanworks when it comes to old media!! PLEASE do!! there are always going to be new fans who will appreciate it, and veteran fans who are dying for new content and new perspectives. also, less than a year is NOTHING. the original Star Trek series was on TV six decades ago and there are still people losing their minds over it, writing stories and reblogging gifsets daily, and that's only one example.

a fandom lasts as long as there are people who love a thing, even if it's only a handful of people. love what you love and write and draw and make gifs and playlists about it!

[laughing-taffy]

HI! IVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A HOT MINUTE BUT IM WORKING ON A AU!! Here's my first three designs (aka main cast ofc) It's called Serial Killer au for now I dont rrlly have a real name for it

close ups + info of the three below!!

GABRIEL He's a detective in this au!! The station he works at is run by mostly angels He came into a small town for multiple cases of missing persons!! This au is sort of a Sherlock Holmes situation so it's mostly based in 1900s-1920s :]]

V2 Was originally mistaken for the killer, but his charges were dropped and ended up joining Gabriel to look for the killer (for revenge of course) They used to steal (many things) for money since they're basically a street rat. He dumpster dives too lol

V1 The main cause of all those missing husks(which will eventually go to machines). They were originally working at a hospital and got addicted to fresh blood instead of the pre bagged ones. When they got fired, they resorted to killing for fresh blood.

They like to drop off the body of the victim exactly where they kidnapped them at, and also keep them alive for as long as possible for a blood source. V2 used to work at the hospital with them but they stopped speaking to each other after V2 confronted them about their blood addiction. V2 was only there to steal medicine and other hospital supplies but blood never. I'll probably draw more and talk more about this au, dropping more character designs later too!!

[angryducktimemachine]

1900 had dawned confusingly enough, and while they had drunk perhaps more than their ages allowed, the presence of a distinctly depressed Mycroft Holmes had somewhat dampened the usual tradition.

Midnight in the Diogenes found Sherlock sprawled across his brother, asleep, and Watson listening and mostly agreeing with Mycroft's woes to a new century.

"I'll stay in here. Much better in here." the elder Holmes had said, slowly, and Watson had tipped his glass before bursting into silent tears.

Mycroft had leaned a little forward to pat his leg, but otherwise left Watson to cry out five decades of his life.

^ fic quote from @blistering-typhoons ' "a few flowers bloom".

Fic Fanart, yey! Mainly cause that scene has been living absolutely rent free in my head. Thinking about it at least once a day.

[ID: a digital drawing of Watson, Mycroft and Sherlock. Sherlock is laid down on the sofa, asleep and with his head resting on Mycroft's leg. Mycroft, a somber expression on his face is leaning forward to pat Watson's arm, who is silently crying. /End ID]

[blairstales]

How To Get Free Books On Folklore

I do not believe in gatekeeping knowledge, so this post will be sharing how I get all my folklore books for free, legally.

To explain, when a book gets over a certain age and the copyright is not upkept, it falls under “public domain.” When that happens, many different websites will provide those books as a free download.

This is not restricted to one type of book, either. You can grab anything from Sherlock Holmes to history books, to folklore, and more.

If you are looking for a specific book, you may have to check more than one source, so I suggest bookmarking more than one website.

Example Websites:

Internet Archive

Project Gutenberg

Google Books

Open Library

Electric Scotland (Scottish books)

Sacred Texts

National Library of Scotland: Ossain Collection

Forgotten Books

Hathitrust

For me when I download a book, I then upload them to my Google library so that I can use the search functions as well as bring up the books anywhere, but a popular PC option isCalibre.

If you are interested in Scotland-specific folklore, I do have some suggestions of books you can start with.

Scottish Folklore Books:

(link) A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures by Katharine Briggs (1976)

(link) Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs by James M. Mackinlay (1893)

(link) Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (1900)

(link) The Peat-Fire Flame: Folk-Tales and Traditions of the Highlands and Islands by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1937)

(link) Notes on Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland by Walter Gregor, M.A. (1881)

(link) The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz (1911)

(link) Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland by J. Maxwell Wood (1911)

(link) Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (1902)

(link) Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs by James M. Mackinlay (1893)

(link) Folk-Lore From The West of Ross-Shire by C.M. Robertson (1908)

(link) The Fairy Mythology / Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley (1850)

(link) Popular Tales of the West Highlands by John Francis Campbell (1862)

(link) Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales by Sir George Douglas

(link) The Scottish Fairy Book By Elizabeth W. Grierson (1918)

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(link) Popular Superstitions of the Highlands By W Grant Stewart (1823)

[ramonahblog]

Hey, the poll just said "and like". There is a giant range between "like" and "love it". If you wanted people to include the "!" part, you gotta narrow it down further. Also you are severely underestimating the amount of people who like trains, film history and just history nerds in general.

There absolutely would be someone who genuinely enjoyed the train footage or the people in the park/square or the snowball fight from 1897. Snowball fights are always fun to watch.

[curioscurio]

Reading a lot of Sherlock Holmes, and trying to draw victorian men accurately will lead you to learning that people wrote on their shirt cuffs often in ink because they were detachable and usually made of extremely starched linen or PAPER. working class men would find them stiff, overly formal, or not worth spending the money on it, but if you were mid to upper class then it was expected that you wear just as much complicated, sillohuete focused shapewear as women. Victorian men also wore corsets, especially military men, to achieve that puffy chest and flat stomach look around the 1820's.

The male corset fad had died down a little around the turn of the century (1880-early 1900's) as women fought for more comfortable and less oppressive shapewear, and effeminate men ridiculed for wearing the once fashionable and even medically recommended undergarmet. However, the male corset in the 1880's was still fairly popular enough to be advertised by dressmakers!

(Forgive me not citing my sources at the moment, but these advertisements I believe are dated around 1880 when mens corsets fell out of popular style but were still available and fashionable in certain circles.)

Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that Dr. Watson, being both a medical and military man... probably wouldn't have worn a corset at the time of his deployment around 1880, unfortunately. ( I know, we're all dissappinted.)

Not that he couldn't wear one if he wanted to! But based on ACD cannon, I really feel that he would not be the kind of guy to wear one. Call it speculation, but if I had been deployed and then shot in the shoulder and leg, wearing a corset would be all but torture on my body. Let alone trying to wrestle an injured soldier out of one while trying to stitch him up. Corsets for military men were more of a fashion statement than a medical device; and even then, it was only helpful for orthopedic reasons (back problems mostly).

It was also around that time that the Women's Dress Reform movement began. Despite the Sherlock Holmes novels being ripe with period-typical misogyny, I like to imagine that Watson would side with the women and medical professionals on this one, in that they were often restrictive, unnecessary, and medically harmful in the long run.

Sherlock Holmes, however, absolutely has a large variety of both male and female corsets for various disguises and probably wears them often. This isn't explicitly stated in canon or anything, I just feel it in my heart.

Sorry if this is all over the place or not completely accurate! I went down a rabbit hole but am totally open to any corrections! Also I think the idea of Watson lacing up Holmes and grumbling about corsets is a funny visual lol

[tako-cafe]

Because I see a lot of trying to pinpoint time periods for ikevil because I’ve seen as early as 1850s up to late 1890s I’ve tried to to pinpoint it off of Kate’s uniform but actually I think her mail service is outdated! It’s supposed to be a blue coat by now for her not the red one.

what solidified the actual time period itself is Harrison talking about getting Arthur’s books as they come out. A study in Scarlett was from 1887. We know Harrison already loves the books so there has to be at least a couple of them by now for him to be so sucked in. I’d say A study in Scarlett and A Sign of Four is already out. So when he talks about a new book we have 3 options

(1) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)

(2) The Blue Carbuncle (1892)

(3) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893)

So the game has to be 1892-1893 because after the memoirs the next book was in 1902 and I do not think the game has entered the 1900s at all. So the game years has to be 1892 or 1893.

[emberleaf23]

AU Idea: On the morning of the Grand Prix in Farewell, My Turnabout, Phoenix and Maya go through some of Phoenix's old family photos, including some from a trip his great-grandfather took to London in 1900. Ryuunosuke is standing next a grinning blonde man, and Phoenix and Maya are baffled to find that the man is named Sherlock Holmes.

But of course, that has to be a joke. Sherlock Holmes isn't a real person. But when Maya is kidnapped, too weak to reach for her sister when Mia is already being channeled... Maya has a crazy idea, her only choice left to her. She summons someone who has the skills to free her.

Sherlock is more than willing to oblige.

[sleep-deprived-menace]

I legit thought that this was Coronel Mustard for a minute and it wasn't until I looked at the tags that I realized it was Watson...

He is coloured now!!