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Social Life Collection (#2)

"Stepping back in time to the vibrant social scenes of yesteryears, where gas lamps illuminated elegant dinner parties in the 1800s

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Gentleman and lady on a date in a garden, 19th century. She says, Scandalous! You hardly know me

Gentleman and lady on a date in a garden, 19th century. She says, Scandalous! You hardly know me
FLO4691373 Gentleman and lady on a date in a garden, 19th century. She says, Scandalous! You hardly know me! She thinks, My feelings are running ahead of me

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Lady flattering a foppish gentleman in a parlour. Always so smart! (You big booby)

Lady flattering a foppish gentleman in a parlour. Always so smart! (You big booby)
FLO4691279 Lady flattering a foppish gentleman in a parlour. Always so smart! (You big booby!) Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Jean Gabriel Scheffer

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Lady in a parlor being kissed goodbye by an old man. Goodbye, see you again

Lady in a parlor being kissed goodbye by an old man. Goodbye, see you again
FLO4691249 Lady in a parlor being kissed goodbye by an old man. Goodbye, see you again. (You old fool.) Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Jean Gabriel Scheffer

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Lady and her gentleman caller writing and reading in a garden terrace, 19th century

Lady and her gentleman caller writing and reading in a garden terrace, 19th century
FLO4691350 Lady and her gentleman caller writing and reading in a garden terrace, 19th century. She says, Farewell, I count on you giving us a few days

Background imageSocial Life Collection: A group of hunters on horseback, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown

A group of hunters on horseback, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
A group of hunters on horseback, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageSocial Life Collection: The Family of Irkutsk Merchant Belogorov at a Picnic. 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown

The Family of Irkutsk Merchant Belogorov at a Picnic. 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
The Family of Irkutsk Merchant Belogorov at a Picnic. 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Usevich Family at a Picnic on the Irkut River Shore, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown

Usevich Family at a Picnic on the Irkut River Shore, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
Usevich Family at a Picnic on the Irkut River Shore, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageSocial Life Collection: G.V. Iudina's Family with Their Guests in the Garden at the Dacha in Tarakanovo, 1907

G.V. Iudina's Family with Their Guests in the Garden at the Dacha in Tarakanovo, 1907. Creator: Unknown
G.V. Iudina's Family with Their Guests in the Garden at the Dacha in Tarakanovo, 1907. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Members of the community of shooting enthusiasts, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown

Members of the community of shooting enthusiasts, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
Members of the community of shooting enthusiasts, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Homemade meal; acquaintances of the Irkutsk merchant V.M. Posokhin, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown

Homemade meal; acquaintances of the Irkutsk merchant V.M. Posokhin, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
Homemade meal; acquaintances of the Irkutsk merchant V.M. Posokhin, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Unidentified man building sand castle and two women, Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Unidentified man building sand castle and two women, Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Unidentified man and two women at Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Unidentified man and two women at Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Unidentified man and two women at Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Two unidentified women at Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Two unidentified women at Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Two unidentified women at Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Group of people at Long Beach, New York. between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Group of people at Long Beach, New York. between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Group of people at Long Beach, New York. between 1896 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Group of people at Long Beach, New York, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Group of people at Long Beach, New York, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Group of people at Long Beach, New York, between 1896 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Group of people at Long Beach, New York, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Group of people at Long Beach, New York, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Group of people at Long Beach, New York, between 1896 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Benson, Mary, Mrs. with Arnold Genthe and an unidentified woman seated ouside at... c1933-c1942

Benson, Mary, Mrs. with Arnold Genthe and an unidentified woman seated ouside at... c1933-c1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Benson, Mary, Mrs. with Arnold Genthe and an unidentified woman seated ouside at a table, between 1933 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe with two women friends on the porch of his bungalow in Long Beach, N.Y. c1911-c1942

Arnold Genthe with two women friends on the porch of his bungalow in Long Beach, N.Y. c1911-c1942
Arnold Genthe with two women friends on the porch of his bungalow in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe with two women friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Arnold Genthe with two women friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Arnold Genthe with two women friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe with friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe with friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Arnold Genthe with friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe seated outdoors with two friends, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe seated outdoors with two friends, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Arnold Genthe seated outdoors with two friends, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe seated outdoors with a woman friend, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe seated outdoors with a woman friend, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Arnold Genthe seated outdoors with a woman friend, between 1896 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe seated next to a woman friend in his studio in San Francisco, between 1896 and 1911

Arnold Genthe seated next to a woman friend in his studio in San Francisco, between 1896 and 1911

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe at a party, restaurant, or nightclub, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe at a party, restaurant, or nightclub, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Arnold Genthe at a party, restaurant, or nightclub, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe and two women friends seated on a swing on the porch of his...New York, c1911-c1942

Arnold Genthe and two women friends seated on a swing on the porch of his...New York, c1911-c1942
Arnold Genthe and two women friends seated on a swing on the porch of his bungalow in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Arnold Genthe and friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe and friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Arnold Genthe and friends in Long Beach, New York, between 1911 and 1942

Background imageSocial Life Collection: A Sunday parade in Tipperary, Ireland in the 19th century. From Cassell's Illustrated History of

A Sunday parade in Tipperary, Ireland in the 19th century. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England
19th Century, Archival, Archive, Custom, Customs, Engraving, Historical, History, Illustration, Ireland, Irish, March, Old, Parade, Period, Picture, Print, Social Life, Tipperary, Vintage, Weapon

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Female passengers and crew members in group portrait aboard ship, 1894 or 1895

Female passengers and crew members in group portrait aboard ship, 1894 or 1895. Creator: Alfred Lee Broadbent
Female passengers and crew members in group portrait aboard ship, 1894 or 1895. In album: Documentary photographs of Alaska and the islands off its northern coast, 1894-1895, l. 3, no. 3

Background imageSocial Life Collection: On the housetop-Hopi, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

On the housetop-Hopi, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
On the housetop-Hopi, c1906. Photo shows women seated and standing on pueblo buildings

Background imageSocial Life Collection: A visitor, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

A visitor, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A visitor, c1905. Hopi adults gather outside doorway, children on roof, dogs and horse in foreground

Background imageSocial Life Collection: A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899

A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: Frederick S. Pray
A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Group portrait shows people described in Eleanor Pray's letter of July 14, 1899. Left to right: David Clarkson, Mr

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Three friends seated in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia: Eleanor Pray... 1899

Three friends seated in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia: Eleanor Pray... 1899. Creator: Frederick S
Three friends seated in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia: Eleanor Pray, Sarah Smith, Eleonora Hansen, 1899

Background imageSocial Life Collection: A social gathering, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: Frederick S. Pray

A social gathering, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: Frederick S. Pray
A social gathering, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Group portrait shows seated, left to right: Mr. Dick, Mr. Rietzel-Nielsen, Eleanor Pray, Sarah Smith (in mourning dress)

Background imageSocial Life Collection: A meal with friends in the drawing room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, (1899?)

A meal with friends in the drawing room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, (1899?). Creator: Frederick S. Pray
A meal with friends in the drawing room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, (1899?). Group portrait shows people seated at the dining table, which has been brought into the drawing room

Background imageSocial Life Collection: A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: Ann E. Ivy

A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: Ann E. Ivy
A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Group portrait shows (left to right): David Clarkson, Sarah Smith, Eleanor Pray, Frederick Pray, William Davidson

Background imageSocial Life Collection: A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: David M

A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: David M. Clarkson
A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Group portrait shows people described in Eleanor Pray's letter of July 14

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Captains, their wives, and two female tourists sitting around a table aboard ship...Alaska, (1897)

Captains, their wives, and two female tourists sitting around a table aboard ship...Alaska, (1897)
Captains, their wives, and two female tourists sitting around a table aboard ship, Dutch Harbor, Alaska, (1897?)

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Picnic. Group of Men on the River Shore, 1900. Creators: I. A. Podgorbunskii, V. I. Podgorbunskii

Picnic. Group of Men on the River Shore, 1900. Creators: I. A. Podgorbunskii, V. I. Podgorbunskii
Picnic. Group of Men on the River Shore, 1900. This collection presents a series of photographs taken by the Podgorbunskiis. The father, I. A

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Unidentified group of people, three men, two women, a child and a dog standing in front

Unidentified group of people, three men, two women, a child and a dog standing in front of a house; two of the men wear uniforms and are probably sailors, 1894 and 1895

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Tea room, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Tea room, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tea room, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Men having tea outdoors. In album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 138

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Night view of Divanyolu Street in Sultanhamet district, Istanbul, Turkey

Night view of Divanyolu Street in Sultanhamet district, Istanbul, Turkey

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Exterior view of the historic La Confiteria bar located in Raval neighborhood, Barcelona

Exterior view of the historic La Confiteria bar located in Raval neighborhood, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Gentleman from the court of Sigismund, Emperor of Germany, in the 15th Century

Gentleman from the court of Sigismund, Emperor of Germany, in the 15th Century
3780260 Gentleman from the court of Sigismund, Emperor of Germany, in the 15th Century; (add.info.: Gentleman from the court of Sigismund, Emperor of Germany, in the 15th Century)

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Young Venetian from Society of Calza

Young Venetian from Society of Calza
3780258 Young Venetian from Society of Calza, ; (add.info.: Young Venetian from Society of Calza, 15th century Italy.Calza was an association which organised public festivities, gondola races)

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Sir William Gascoigne / Guillaume Gascoigne

Sir William Gascoigne / Guillaume Gascoigne
3780256 Sir William Gascoigne / Guillaume Gascoigne; (add.info.: Sir William Gascoigne (c. 1350 - 17 December 1419) Chief Justice of England during the reign of King Henry IV

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Crossbowman in the 14th Century

Crossbowman in the 14th Century
3780254 Crossbowman in the 14th Century; (add.info.: Crossbowman in the 14th Century in peace time. Wears a leather harness, crossbow at his side)

Background imageSocial Life Collection: Sampler, c. 1936. Creator: Robert Stewart

Sampler, c. 1936. Creator: Robert Stewart
Sampler, c. 1936. (Name: Mary Jane Long, Pittsburgh, 3 Feb 1831) Sampler depicts social structure, manor house, church, on the hill, working class with factory etc. below




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"Stepping back in time to the vibrant social scenes of yesteryears, where gas lamps illuminated elegant dinner parties in the 1800s. " "Love blossoming amidst the graceful swings and gentle whispers on a tennis court romance during the late 19th or early 20th century. " "Exploring nature's wonders hand-in-hand, a young couple embarks on an adventurous hike through Mt Desert Island, Maine. " "Intrigue and passion intertwine as a Confederate soldier captivates a young woman's heart with his charm and courage in the midst of the 1800s. " "A picturesque Victorian era picnic unfolds, showcasing refined manners and delightful conversations amidst lush green landscapes. " "Savoring every sip of tea-time traditions in England during the enchanting decade of the 1880s - elegance meets indulgence. " "The streets transform into battlegrounds as chess enthusiasts engage in intense battles of strategy under open skies - mind games at their finest. " "Glimpses into history reveal iconic moments like Franklin, Hamilton, and other delegates passionately discussing and shaping our Constitution. " (For hints GGBR2A-00018), (GEUR2A-00088), (HOUS2A-00059), (HOUS2A-00137): "Diving deep into archival treasures that capture glimpses from various corners around the globe - uncovering hidden stories one frame at a time.