Ivan Antonovich's photostream

The main part of the viewfinder is always in focus- to focus the camera you have to get the ground...

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Uploaded on Jun 2, 2007

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Russian cabinet card, about 1910

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Uploaded on May 19, 2007

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From an old postcard- I do not know her name or nationality.

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Uploaded on May 19, 2007

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Russian, 1911 I often see tunics like the boys are wearing here in old pre WW1 Russian photos. I'm not sure if it's some kind of uniform.

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Uploaded on May 19, 2007

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"Rusalky" or river-nymphs, by the russian artist Makovskiy. In the fine tradition of Alma-Tadema and Waterhouse.

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Uploaded on May 19, 2007

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Uploaded on May 19, 2007

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Uploaded on May 19, 2007

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From a pre 1914 postcard- I don't know her name or nationality

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Uploaded on May 19, 2007

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I don't know who she is- but from a Polish postcard of about 1910.

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Uploaded on Apr 20, 2007

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By Mark Matveevich Antokolsky A 1900s postcard of the sculpture in the Hermitage Museum,...

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Uploaded on Apr 20, 2007

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Uploaded on Apr 16, 2007

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An old postcard of a 19th Century Russian painting- he is probably a political prisoner in the St...

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Uploaded on Apr 16, 2007

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The daughter seems to be wearing a dressing gown of the sort that is still standard house- wearfor many Russian women.

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Uploaded on Apr 16, 2007

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Looks a bit like Alexander Scriabin

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Uploaded on Apr 16, 2007

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Not Russian- maybe English?

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Uploaded on Apr 16, 2007

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I was lucky enough to find another copy of the photograph below in the same junk shop. Don't they look like Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky?

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Uploaded on Apr 16, 2007

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Pre WW1- I don't know who, or what nationality this lady is. I would guess 1910

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Uploaded on Mar 4, 2007

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On the back it says- with fond and lasting memory, Shura (ie Alexandra), from Leli (Valeria?).1911

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Uploaded on Mar 4, 2007

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