‘Sepia’ is a site displaying a personal collection of old photographs. The oldest photographs in this collection are from the 1860’s, the newest ones from around 1940’s. You can read more about the collection here.
Photograph of an unidentified gentleman with rather curly hair and very light eyes. He’s wearing a pair of pince-nez glasses. This was taken in Vadstena, Sweden, by photographer Anders Andersson, probably at some point during the 1880’s.
Photograph of a priest with preaching bands and thin-framed eyeglasses. No information of the photographer or country of origin are available, but it is likely the picture is …
Portrait of a soldier in uniform and a stylish mustache, posing with a sword and a pickelhaube helmet. The ornament on the helmet appears to be a star of some kind, not the ea…
A photograph of a man playing the violin with his eyes closed, his expression serene and focused at the same time. His thin-framed eyeglasses are only just visible in the picture…
Photograph of a woman in a white dress with dark accents on the collar and a necklace that looks like it could be one of those that were woven from human hair. The woman appea…