Maybe the most stylish librarian ever - check out that fascinator! Lucille Baldwin Brown was the first Black public county librarian in Tallahassee, Florida. This photograph is part of the collection at the State Library and Archives of Florida.
Oh boy! Everything about her is amazing. I love those shoes and the detail on the neckline of her dress.
Portrait of Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, ca late 1890’s
The “1910” in the bottom corner is the year a book of her poetry was published. She died in 1906.
Oh wow.
So much in this photo has faded away. But not her face. Just like my memory of her. New York, 1945. by Robert Barone on Flickr.
What a beautiful woman
(Source: nomad-poetry)
Vintage Turkish lady
Photograph by J. Pascal Sébah (1823-1886)
Part of me wonders if she is truly Turkish or just portrayed as such. Nevertheless, she’s beautiful.
Contemplation.
Frederick Sandys, from The graphic arts of Great Britain, by Malcolm C. Salaman & Charles Holme, London, Paris, New York, 1917.
(Source: archive.org)
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Black chiffon evening dress with silver lace bodice, c. 1920. The dress has a fashionable low waist and a stunning long train. The asymmetrical neckline is ornamented with applied pearls; the skirt...
