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 |
Tag Archives: Reading
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 |
Research Department
Description |
English: Ornament from a 1923 magazine
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Date | |
Source | The Story World and Photodramatist (https://archive.org/details/storyworldphotod51phot) |
Author | Anonymous |
A Cozy Nook for Reading
Description |
English: Woman reading in a cozy nook with radiant heat, from a 1905 American Radiator Company catalogue. “This ‘cozy corner’ is part view of the living room of our Colonial Model House, at St. Louis World’s Fair.”
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Date | |
Source | “Radiation and Decoration,” a catalogue from the American Radiator Company, 1905 (https://archive.org/details/RadiationAndDecoration/page/n3) |
Author | Anonymous |