April 8, 2013
A female opium smoker in French Indochina, 1915 (from the Albert Kahn autochrome collection)

A female opium smoker in French Indochina, 1915

(from the Albert Kahn autochrome collection)

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(Notes: 109)
  
Filed under: photography vietnam drugs opium woman history albert kahn 1915 indochina 
January 2, 2013
An illustration of the San Francisco World’s Fair, 1915. This view appears to be from the Presidio looking northeast toward Alcatraz and Angel Island. The fleet of warships on the bay hailed from several nations, including the United States and Japan.

An illustration of the San Francisco World’s Fair, 1915.

This view appears to be from the Presidio looking northeast toward Alcatraz and Angel Island. The fleet of warships on the bay hailed from several nations, including the United States and Japan.

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(Notes: 22)
  
Filed under: San Francisco 1915 Presidio Exploratorium battleship fleet World's Fair Alcatraz city view illustration 
December 26, 2012

liberbestiarum:

Tapestry designed by John Henry Dearle and manufactured by Morris & Company (1915)

Metmuseum

(via cabinet-de-curiosites)

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(Notes: 530)
  
Filed under: tapestry art William Morris John Dearle 1915 deer foliage woven fox 
November 20, 2012
A print from Insatsu Taikan (Great Atlas of Printing) by Yozo Sawada, 1915

A print from Insatsu Taikan (Great Atlas of Printing) by Yozo Sawada, 1915

(Source: rectoversoblog.com)

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(Notes: 18)
  
Filed under: illustration prints art Japan 1915 Art Nouveau flag dragonfly woman 
November 20, 2012
The Sphinx on the Bosporus from the German magazine Lustige Blätter, 1915

The Sphinx on the Bosporus from the German magazine Lustige Blätter, 1915

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(Notes: 377)
  
Filed under: 1915 Bosporus Germany Turkey WWI humor illustration sphinx Gallipoli Çanakkale Dardanelles ships 
November 13, 2012

One of the worst naval disasters in history happened in the center of Chicago. On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland left a dock on the Chicago River between Clark and LaSalle streets loaded with 2,572 passengers bound for a company picnic. Fifteen minutes later she capsized, killing 844 people.

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(Notes: 23)
  
Filed under: 1915 Chicago SS Eastland disaster diver river shipwreck Great Lakes 
November 11, 2012

Colour photographs of Imperial Russia by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, 1910-1915

(Source: loc.gov)

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(Notes: 22)
  
Filed under: 1910 1915 Prokudin-Gorskii Russia photography WWI skeleton stag Murmansk history 
October 20, 2012

The evolution of maps of Mount Rainier National Park* from 1896, 1907, 1915, c. 1990, and 2007.

(*Pacific Forest Reserve before 1899) 

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(Notes: 5)
  
Filed under: 1896 1907 1915 1990 2007 Mount Rainier National Parks Washington cartography maps volcano Cascades 
October 3, 2012
A sergeant in the Bavarian Landsturm (reserve army), 1915 (via Drake Goodman)

A sergeant in the Bavarian Landsturm (reserve army), 1915

(via Drake Goodman)

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(Notes: 18)
  
Filed under: WWI Germany Bavaria pickelhaube 1915 uniform photograph 
October 2, 2012
An utterly ridiculous Japanese print picturing WWI naval warfare, 1915

An utterly ridiculous Japanese print picturing WWI naval warfare, 1915

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(Notes: 18)
  
Filed under: WWI print lithograph Japan 1915 zeppelin submarine biplane