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the40thfallenfemale:

mariedeflor:

The Queen aka Barbara Stanwyck ain't taking your shit

Word.

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…is this from the late 40s/early 50s? hot damn.

so glad i decided to go through this old folder rather than automatically delete it. 

i’d never do that to you, oskar<3

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i had to include the dreamy sequence uncut, because it’s that perfect. otherwise, the usual mess.

treselegant:

“The study window stood wide open.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1886.

treselegant:

” I run on to the landing, and, leaning over the banisters…I watch.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

treselegant:

“You always make me shockingly idle.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1891.

treselegant:

“I try hard to appear self-possessed.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

treselegant:

“I know him and - I hate him!” (detail)

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

fuckyeahvintageillustration:

‘Amoroso’ by E. M. Lilien for ‘Jugend’ magazine nr. 50, 1900.

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leaddust:

Perseus, Andromeda & the Sea-Dragon,
Roman fresco Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase
C1st B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art

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