ennui.ephemera

Old Photos of Nizhny Novgorod.

2015-08-03T06:30:00.000+03:00

Chkalov Staircase

Labour Palace

Minin Square

Chkalov Monument

Old Postcard of Simeiz.

2015-07-31T06:30:00.000+03:00

Simeiz is a resort town in Crimea.

General view and reverse of the postcard.

Uglich.

2015-07-29T06:30:00.000+03:00

Uglich is a historic town in Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast.

Old photos of Alma Aty.

2015-07-27T06:30:00.000+03:00

An Alley near the Institute of Medicine

Issyk Lake

Kirov Street

Furmanov Street

Amangeldy Imanov Monument

Kazakh State University

A Square near the Opera and Ballet Theatre

Gorky Park

Lake Issyk

Lomonosov Monument in Arkhangelsk.

2015-07-25T06:30:00.000+03:00

old views of moscow streets.

2013-12-27T03:00:00.000+02:00

Duma.

Tverskaya street.

Kalanchevskaya square.

Taganskaya square.

Red gates.

Arbat, general view.

Prechistenka street.

Mokhovaya street.

Soukoreff tower.

vintage ussr new year postcards.

2013-12-25T03:00:00.000+02:00

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate today!

Here's another installment of winter holiday themed cards from the USSR era.

vintage soviet new year postcards.

2013-12-23T03:00:00.000+02:00

vintage moscow postcards.

2013-12-20T03:00:00.000+02:00

Tsvetkov Gallery and Christ the Saviour Cathedral

Birzhevaya (the Exchange) Square

view from Iliyinka Street

Moskvoretskaya Street

Varvarka Street

Varvarskiye Gates

Ilyinka Street

Near the Stone Bridge

street life in london 1876-1877, photographs by john thomson.

2013-12-18T03:00:00.000+02:00

This is the second part of photographs from John Thomson's book Street Life in London.

Covent Garden Labourers

Dealer in Fancy Ware

London Cabmen

London Nomades

Public Disinfectors

Street Advertising

the Cheap Fish of St. Giles's

the Street Locksmith

the Wall Worker

Workers on the Silent Highway

A downloadable PDF of the book and a gallery with more images is available at LSE Digital Library here.

henry clarke, fashion photographer. part 3.

2013-12-16T03:00:00.000+02:00

war time soviet new year postcards.

2013-12-13T03:00:00.000+02:00

street life in london during 19th century.

2013-12-11T03:00:00.000+02:00

John Thomson was a pioneering Scottish photographer. He travelled extensively, but during the later part of his career his focus was predominantly on London. In 1878 he published a book, Street Life in London. Below are some photographs from it.

Covent Garden flower women

Halpenny Ices

Old Furniture

Recruiting Sergeants at Westminster

Street Doctors

Street Floods in Lambeth

the Old Clothes of St. Giles

the Temperance Sweep

the Water Cart

Tickets, the Card Dealer

henry clarke, fashion photographer. part 2.

2013-12-09T03:00:00.000+02:00

vintage colourised photographs of paris.

2013-12-06T03:00:00.000+02:00

(Images found online. Several of these are watermarked as allday.ru. Please notify me of the source. of the others.)

old black and white postcards of moscow.

2013-12-04T03:00:00.000+02:00

I am not sure how far back these date. Late 19th - early 20th century, definitely before the revolution.

Rumyantsev museum

History Museum

Church of Our Lady of Vladimir

Nikolskaya street

Old printing house

Nikolskaya street again

Iliyinka gates

(Images found online. If you are aware of the source, please notify me.)

henry clarke, fashion photographer. part 1.

2013-12-02T03:00:00.000+02:00