The Papal States were territories in the Italian Peninsula under the sovereign direct rule of the pope, from the 8th century until 1870.…
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The presence on some mounts of a stamp linked this group of vintage silver prints to a German geographer Bernhard Brandt (21.3.1881 Berlin - 20.1.1938 Prag). The captions point out…
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« … Since the National Geographic program, «Billy the Kid: New Evidence» was broadcast last October, historians have established that there was no schoolhouse at the place and time the…
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«The Boxer Rebellion was a violent uprising which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1899 and 1901. It was initiated by the Militia United…
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Pascuala Corana was not a photographer, she had a broad interest and curiosity for people, colors, textiles and worms. In the 1960’s when travelling her country, she experimented with new…
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Stephen Geoffray, son of Antoine Geoffray, confectioner in Roanne was born on April 17, 1827. In English both names Étienne and Stéphane are translated in Stephen.…
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21 April 2016. 21 April 1860. One of the very first photography auctions was held exactly 156 years ago to the day. It comprised two lots: the apparatus and prints…
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«Stephen C. Pinson earned his PhD degree from Harvard University in 2002 with a dissertation on Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre that forms the nucleus of this […]…
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Born on April 1, 1828, Étienne Carjat was younger than both Nadar and Baudelaire by about eight years. Political ideas were never far from his mind throughout his life; he was…
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Telloh was the first Sumerian site to be extensively excavated, at first under the French vice-consul at Basra, Ernest de Sarzec, from 1877 to 1900, followed by his successor Gaston…
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