Photography is my life :): Here is my new article from Valentine's Day

In Photos: Valentine Love From the Early 20th Century

February 14, 2011 /Photography News/ A collection of photographs from the beginning of the 20th century:

In Photos: Valentine Love From the Early 20th Century

February 14, 2011 /Photography News/ A collection of photographs from the beginning of the 20th century:

Zulu couple, 1903. (via Okinawa Soba)

Musical stars Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard's wedding, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 1935. Photograph by Sam Hood. From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

Young couple chalking hearts onto a tree. Valentine's Day, 1944. The Galt Museum & Archives

Pair of young Shrikes or Butcher-birds. Photographer/Studio: Finley, William Lovell (1876-1953); Bohlman, Herman T. 1900-1909. Photos were used in the 1908 "American Birds" book by William Lovell Finley.The Oregon State University.

The kiss

Young couple seated in garden, circa 1900. Phillips Glass Plate Negative Collection, Powerhouse Museum. Gift of the Estate of Raymond W Phillips, 2008.

"When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder in the shock" (LOC). New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924. October 9, 1904, Image 29. Cover, illustrated supplement. Library of Congress, Serial and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C.

Margaret Ballardini & Fred Watson, Luna Park, St Kilda, Victoria, ca. 1927. Photographed by M D True, Electric Studio.

Soldier's goodbye & Bobbie the cat, ca. 1939-ca. 1945 / by Sam Hood. The State Library of New South Wales.

The kiss. (via John Robinson)

"L'Amore Medico" -- Pini Corsi and Bori (LOC). Between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915. Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).


Sydney, NSW. 1919. A wounded AIF soldier receives an affectionate welcome home at the Anzac Buffet in The Domain. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection.