• ESPÍRITO SANTO NA ILHA DE SÃO JORGE pelo Padre Manuel de Azevedo da Cunha (1861-1937)

    ESPÍRITO SANTO NA ILHA DE SÃO JORGE pelo Padre Manuel de Azevedo da Cunha (1861-1937)

    in «Notas Históricas da Calheta» Estas festas começam no domingo in albis e acabam no domingo da Trindade. Têm unicamente por base e por intuitos exercer a caridade; e em suas manifestações públicas de arraial, cortejos e culto ao divino Paráclito derivam das circunstâncias de sua origem mantidas pela tradição. Em cada uma das domingas…

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  • THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE ISLAND OF SÃO JORGE by Father Manuel de Azevedo da Cunha (1861-1937)

    THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE ISLAND OF SÃO JORGE by Father Manuel de Azevedo da Cunha (1861-1937)

    from “Notas Históricas da Calheta” These festivals begin on the Sunday in albis and end on Trinity Sunday. They are founded solely on the goal of practicing charity, and their public displays—rural festivities, processions, and worship of the Divine Paraclete—derive from the circumstances of their origin, maintained by tradition. On each of the Sundays from…

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  • Mathew Brady (1822-1896) – Early Photography

    Mathew Brady (1822-1896) – Early Photography

    Mathew Brady (1822–1896) was a pioneering American photographer best known for his iconic documentation of the American Civil War and his portraits of prominent 19th-century figures, including presidents, generals, and cultural leaders. Often referred to as the “Father of Photojournalism,” Brady utilized innovative daguerreotype and later wet-plate collodion techniques to capture images that profoundly shaped…

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  • Photo Album (1910s – 1930s)

    Photo Album (1910s – 1930s)

    Photo album found at an antique store in Boise, Idaho. Date range is an estimate. Exact details of photos are unknown.

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  • Group Portrait – Ireland, 1853

    Group Portrait – Ireland, 1853

    Photographer: John Gregory Crace. The identity of the sitters is not known but the picture is believed to have been taken in the photographic studio of the Duke of Devonshire’s Lismore Castle. Albumen print.

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  • Photo Archive: Philadelphia (1849)

    Photo Archive: Philadelphia (1849)

    The Merchant’s Exchange. Calotype. Signed and sent to Fox Talbot as a sample.

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  • Photo Archive: Paris (1839)

    Photo Archive: Paris (1839)

    Paris Boulevard. Daguerreotype. Sent by Daguerre to the King of Bavaria. This photograph is the first taken of a human being. The original, formerly in the National Museum, Munich, was destroyed during World War II. Samuel F. B. Morse wrote when he saw this daguerreotype, “The boulevard, so constantly filled with a moving throng of…

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  • Photo Archive: Edgar Allan Poe (1848)

    Photo Archive: Edgar Allan Poe (1848)

    Daguerreotype. Taken a year before the poet died. Poe was much enamored of the daguerreotype. In 1840 he wrote, “In truth the dag. plate is infinitely more accurate in its presentation than any painting by human hands.”

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