My 3rd Great Grandpa, sometime in the late 1800s.

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This is my great-great-great-great grandfather, William, 1860s.

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some more photos from the tote full of old dry plate negatives i found

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President Grant reading a newspaper 4 days before he died of throat cancer. He wore high collars shirts to hide his tumors and became mute towards the end.

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My great-great-grandfather, he was born in 1887 and died of Spanish flu in 1925

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Gentleman pose for photos with their beloved pups, circa 1880-1900

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A Civil War Veteran poses with his grandchildren, Mt. Pleasant, PA, c. 1900. The Library of Congress.

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Glass negative J Celestine Edwards, Posing for his portrait in London. Son of west african slaves, studied Theology and medicine and published anti racism books. (1894)

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John Brown (Abolitionist), c. 1856

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A man holding a Punt Gun, an oversized shotgun once used for duck hunting. Capable of killing more than 50 birds in a single shot, it was outlawed in the late 1860s.

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Peasants of the Russian Empire, 1909-1915. These are NOT colorized. They were taken using a special three-color filter technique over 100 years ago.

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Mugshots of Victorian Era Child Criminals, 1870s

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Gentleman pose for photos with their beloved pups, circa 1880-1900