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19 Interesting and Amazing Vintage Photos of Mirror Self Portraits from the Early Days of Photography

Here is an interesting collection of amazing mirror self-portrait photos in the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

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Belgian painter Henri Evenepoel took a selfie, 1898

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German fraternity mirror selfie, 1912

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Harold Cazneau who took this selfie in 1910

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Ilse Bing took her self portrait at the age of 14, Frankfort, 1913

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A young woman with her Kodet Cameras, ca. 1880s

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Blood Moon from Lunar Eclipse 2015!

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Blood Moon from Lunar Eclipse 2015!

Supermoon Lunar Eclipse 2015. The blood-red eclipse was captured from all around the world and I captured from not so clear sky of New Delhi (India). ‘Blood Moon’, takes its name from the reddish hue the moon takes as Earth’s shadow passes over it. People in North America, South America, West Africa and Western Europe witnessed Total Lunar Eclipse.

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“For two weeks my tears didn’t stop. Nothing made sense. Why…

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“For two weeks my tears didn’t stop. Nothing made sense. Why did these things happen to my family? We did everything right. Everything. We were very honest with everyone. We treated our neighbors well. We made no big mistakes. I was under so much pressure at this time. My father was in intensive care, and every day my sisters called and told me that ISIS was getting closer to our village. I went completely crazy. I fainted in the street one day and woke up in the hospital. I gave the rest of my money to a smuggler to help my sisters escape to Iraq. Now I only had 1000 Euro left and I was stranded in Turkey. My father recovered from his operation at this time. He called me and asked how I’d paid for his surgery. I told him that the money came from a friend. He asked if I had made it to Europe. For the first time ever, I lied to my father. I didn’t want him to feel guilty about his surgery. I told him that I was in Europe, and I was safe, and there was nothing to worry about.” (Kos, Greece)

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[Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh NL (baseball)] (LOC)

The Library of Congress posted a photo:

[Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh NL (baseball)] (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

[Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh NL (baseball)]

[1917]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Honus Wagner, Pitts.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://1.usa.gov/1D9d3AE

General information about the Bain Collection is available at http://1.usa.gov/1HWc8Jc

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://1.usa.gov/1LccjDH

Call Number: LC-B2- 4307-2

“I was a maître d’ at a restaurant for thirteen years. But one…

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“I was a maître d’ at a restaurant for thirteen years. But one week I got a really bad case of pneumonia that put me in the hospital. While I was lying in that hospital bed, I was thinking about how I really didn’t want to go back to work. Then that motivational speaker came on TV. You know– the one that has all those teeth in his mouth. And he said: ‘Think back to what made you happy when you were young! That’s what you should be doing!’ Well I grew up in the country, and I always had a lot of dogs, so I thought that nothing would make me happier than to be a dog walker. But I knew I needed to distinguish myself. So I decided to make a uniform. I smoked a joint and came up with this outfit. I wanted people to look at me and think: ‘If this man is walking our dog, and there’s some sort of major disaster, he’s going to survive. He’s going to fish for those dogs. He’s going to build a bunker and shelter those dogs until it’s safe to bring them home.’ After I finished the design, I got four of my friends to wear the uniform, and we borrowed all the neighbors’ dogs, and we walked them down 5th avenue while handing out business cards. I got five customers that first day.”