Patron reading a menu at a hotel, from an 1897 advertisement for Strawbridge & Clothier hotel supplies.
Woman with Menu
Tag Archives: Reading
Learning to Read
Extracted from the cover of a catalogue from the Willer Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, 1890. The area around the oval has been made transparent.
Reading Under a Tree
| Description | English: Ornament from an advertisement in Boktryckeri-Kalender 1897 |
| Date | 1897 |
| Source | Boktryckeri-Kalender 1897 (https://archive.org/details/boktryckeri-kalender-1897zaschrisson/) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Taking a Picture of Grandmother Reading to the Children
“Keep the story with a Kodak”
| Description | English: Woman taking a picture of grandmother reading to children, from an advertisement for Kodak cameras |
| Date | 1922 |
| Source | Advertisement in Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n639/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Anonymous |
An Ending to Suit Everyone, by Bill Breck
| Description | English: “An Ending to Suit Everyone” by Bill Breck, illustrating his own article in Shadowland |
| Date | 1923 |
| Source | Shadowland (https://archive.org/details/shadowland08brew/page/n201/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | G. William Breck |
Sibyl
| Description | English: Sibyl, printer’s mark of Michele Tramezzino of Venice |
| Date | 1549 |
| Source | De Antiquitatibus urbis Romae (https://archive.org/details/deantiqvitatibvs00faun/page/n3/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Under the Lamp, by Constant Puyo
| Description | English: Under the Lamp, by Constant Puyo Français : « Sous la lampe » par Constant Puyo |
| Date | 1904 |
| Source | La Revue de photographie (https://archive.org/details/larevuedephotogr2190unse/page/n361/mode/2up) |
| Author | Constant Puyo |
Daily Statement
| Description | English: Man reading a daily statement from his business |
| Date | 1915 |
| Source | A Better Day’s Profits (https://archive.org/details/betterdaysprofit00burr/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
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La Marquise de Pompadour by Boucher
| Description | English: Portrait of Madame de Pompadour after Boucher, printed in monochrome blue in Les Lettres et les arts, 1886 |
| Date | 1886 |
| Source | Les Lettres et les arts (https://archive.org/details/p2leslettresetle1886pariuoft/page/276/mode/2up) |
| Author | François Boucher |
Charlie Chaplin Reads ‘Film Fun’
| Description | English: Charlie Chaplin reads Film Fun magazine (with a cover featuring Charlie Chaplin) |
| Date | 1915 |
| Source | Film Fun (https://archive.org/details/filmfunjuly1915316lesl) |
| Author | Anonymous |