Gisèle Freund (1908 – 2000) was a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists. Her best-known book is Photograp…
There are a lot of vintage advertisements floating around the Internet that will make you cringe. The unearthed offenders tend to scream with the rampant sexism and racism of bygone eras — some are enough to make AXE commercials seem downright…
If you love HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age,’ pick up one of these dazzling tales of drama and opulence.
Welcome to our gallery where attic bedrooms are transformed into enclaves of Gothic and Romantic splendor. In these spaces, the architectural charm of sloped
A socialite and amateur composer known for her beauty and verve, Alma Mahler (1879 – 1964) was married to composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and novelist Franz Werfel. She also…
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A forensic artist has recreated the face of a woman alive 3,700 years ago
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Tintype of a young girl (1860s)
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Naoto Hattori
"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular Science This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping weirdness....
I've been cleaning up my desktop and came across an informative article by Dr. Elsa Ronningstam: NPD Basics NPD Basics is a 14-page document, very accessible to the lay person learning about narcissism. Dr. Ronningstam increases our understanding of people with narcissistic personalities. She corrects erroneous beliefs about narcissism. Such as: Narcissism isn't "normal" "Narcissism refers to feelings and attitudes towards one’s own self -- the core of normal healthy self-esteem, affects, and relationships. Normal narcissism relates to positive self-esteem and self-regard, to a sense of agency, mastery, inner autonomy, and control of thoughts, feelings, actions, and impulses. In addition, self-preservation and normal entitlement including survival and protection of one’s own self and territory are also expressions of normal narcissism." Narcissists are grandiose---all the way to the core "The common and underlying indications of narcissistic personality functioning include self-enhancement and self-esteem fluctuations, vulnerability, inferiority and fear of failing, limitations in interpersonal relationships, compromised empathic functioning and emotion recognition, and intense emotional reactions to threats to self-esteem, and sense of agency and control." Narcissists love themselves too much to contemplate suicide "People with narcissistic personalities are particularly vulnerable to suicide. Studies have suggested that challenges to self-esteem and to a sense of internal control are contributing factors. Grandiosity and vulnerability, fluctuating self-esteem, intense emotional reactions to threats to self-experience, and limitations in interpersonal relationships are other contributing personality traits." Narcissists are not able to empathize "Studies have shown that people with NPD can notice and understand others’ internal states and feelings but may not be able to emotionally engage and respond to them. In other words, people with pathological narcissism or NPD have compromised and fluctuating empathy, but they do not lack empathy." Once a narcissist, always a narcissist "Pathological narcissism and NPD are frequent among people in their late teens and early twenties, due to the specific developmental challenges in the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Such disturbances are usually corrected through developmental life experiences and normally do not develop into adult NPD. NPD does not necessarily remit with advanced age. Middle age is an especially critical period for the development or worsening of NPD, and narcissistic pathology and personality disorder have also been found in elderly people." Let me know what you think about Ronningstam's article and if you're interested in talking about any of her points, feel free to comment! Hugs, CZ Ronningstam, Elsa. 2005 Identifying and Understanding the Narcissistic Personality. 2005 Ronningstam, Elsa. 2000 Disorders of Narcissism: Diagnostic, Clinical, and Empirical Implications
Portrait of Mary Astor, From Stars of the Photoplay , 1924
1. Incredibly Detailed Illustrations of our favourite small Parisian museums & archives By artist Christelle Tea wonderful account to follow. 2. These Amazing Quilts Artist Jeffrey Sincich makes quilts inspired by signage, shop fronts, ephemera. Found via Present & Correct. 3. Traditional 18th Century Welsh Women’s Fashion Found on Pinterest. 4. This gilded astronomical tool…
Little known actress and great beauty, Dorothy Janis. C. 1920's
While the leading lady of Houdini's 1922 The Man From Beyond was Jane Connelly, the more famous actress in that film was Nita Naldi.
Jean Ackerman was born on December 11, 1903 in New York City, New York, USA as Jeannette McCraw. She was an actress, known for The Girl Habit (1931) and Harry Rosenthal and His Bath and Tennis Club Orchestra (1929). She was married to Walter Hirshon and Richard "Dick" Ackerman. She died on November 26, 1960 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. When framed, these monochrome prints make an attractive addition to the period entertainment lovers decor. Lovingly printed to order on heavyweight gloss 210 g/m2 photo paper using high end printing techniques. All prints shipped securely in hard backed envelopes so as to avoid damage during transit.
Lillian Gish, 1915
Images of art, design, fashion and fancy. 20 images of the same tone or color in a row. over and over and over again. Straight from a lady in the fine city of Portland, OR. Enjoy. -Jen-
The Best Welsh Genealogy Resources looks at the top websites for Welsh genealogy research including a free newspaper site
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About When the Astors Owned New York In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin Kaplan––Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain––vividly brings to life a glittering, bygone age. Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, cousins John Jacob Astor IV and William Waldorf Astor vied for primacy in New York society, producing the grandest hotels ever seen in a marriage of ostentation and efficiency that transformed American social behavior. Kaplan exposes it all in exquisite detail, taking readers from the 1890s to the Roaring Twenties in a combination of biography, history, architectural appreciation, and pure reading pleasure
A blog about a single mum in Cumbria. Enjoying the Lake District and an outdoor lifestyle whilst trying to get fit. Highlighting Cumbrian events.
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