Historical Images
Men and Women
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For commercial usage, please contact us about rates.
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Illustration from a late 19th-century edition of Wilkie Collins' novel, "No Name".
Illustration from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine, October, 1870, p. 687.
Illustration from "Scribners Magazine", February, 1880. p.512.
Illustration from "Black and White" magazine, August 15, 1896, p.211.
From "Life" magazine, April 2, 1896.
Illustration from Peterson's Magazine, 1877.
Artwork by Charles Dana Gibson from "About Paris."
Artwork by Charles Dana Gibson, from the book About Paris, 1895.
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Ad from "Life" Magazine, April 2, 1896.
Ad from "Life" Magazine, April 2, 1896.
Illustration from The Women's Exchange Cook Book, late 19th-century.
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A cycling club dance. Illustration from Scribner's, February, 1880.
A cycling club dance. Illustration from Scribner's, February, 1880.
Illustration from "A Romance of Perfumed Lands," 1881.
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From the comic novel "Betsey Jane on Wheels" 1895.
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From the comic novel "Betsey Jane on Wheels" 1895.
From the comic novel "Betsey Jane on Wheels" 1895.
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Men and Women, illustrations
Misc.
Photo of children
Photos of couples and families
Photos of groups
Photos of maids
Photos of men
Photos of nurses
Photos of women
Romantic images
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Sheet music
Trade cards
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