There once was a time when I was a college history major. It was interesting! Unfortunately, grown-up history majors don’t get to sleuth about the world for artifacts or lecture about the British Empire. They find other things they like to do, and that’s okay. Still, I wanted a place to talk about cool history things, like museum visits, antiques, the crazy clothes people wore, and maybe Marie Antoinette.Tumblr (3.0; @oldstuffisneat)http://oldstuffisneat.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6x5gjl8He1qa51rdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>BACK IN THE DAY. Love it.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/26868273017/ca-1850s-daguerreotype-portrait-of-two">tuesday-johnson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>c</strong>a. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of two gentlemen; one in a work shop apron sitting on the lap of another wearing plaid vest]</em></p> <p><em>via <a href="http://daguerreian.org/fm3/detail2.php?Databasenumber=1122">the Daguerreian Society, Greg French Collection</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://oldstuffisneat.tumblr.com/post/27260418337http://oldstuffisneat.tumblr.com/post/27260418337Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:50:00 -0500privprintcess<p><a href="http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/13/the-beginning-of-the-hollywood-era/?hpt=hp_c2">http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/13/the-beginning-of-the-hollywood-era/?hpt=hp_c2</a></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m75tf0xMs61rscubt.jpg"/></p> <p>&#8230;The one of Mary Pickford was taken when she was 33: kind of unsettling, honestly. She looks like a teenage doll. Anyway, there&#8217;s something about the black-and-white-ness of the pictures that adds mystery and a touch of grit. &lt;3 &lt;3</p>http://oldstuffisneat.tumblr.com/post/27200065472http://oldstuffisneat.tumblr.com/post/27200065472Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:52:00 -0500privprintcess<p>Never was a huge Jane Austen fan (though Mr. Darcy was pretty hot). Still, this is so neat: a box enclosing an 1863 note and Jane Austen&#8217;s ring. It seems Miss Austen wasn&#8217;t making cash like today&#8217;s successful novelists (JK Rowling, anyone?), cause the ring&#8217;s stone is made of imitation turquoise. I won&#8217;t hold it against her, though: if I found this in my attic, I&#8217;d be psyched.</p> <p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/jane-austen-s-ring-new-stephen-king-film-works-jack-reacher-movie">http://www.examiner.com/article/jane-austen-s-ring-new-stephen-king-film-works-jack-reacher-movie</a></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ukxw99Yb1rscubt.jpg"/></p>http://oldstuffisneat.tumblr.com/post/26764495971http://oldstuffisneat.tumblr.com/post/26764495971Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:14:32 -0500privprintcess