secretlesbians: 19th Century Queer Couples 1. 1891 – Photo by Alice Austen 2. 1855 – Martha O’Curry
secretlesbians: 19th Century Queer Couples 1. 1891 – Photo by Alice Austen 2. 1855 – Martha O’Curry 3. 1890 – via www.ChloeAndOlivia.wordpress.com 4. 1890 – via www.Flickr.com/photos/SShreeves 5. 1899 – via FYeahQueerVintage.tumblr.com 6. 1900 – Anna Moor and Elsie Dale 7. 1900 – Young souple seated in garden, from the Powerhouse Museum Collection, via HerSaturnReturns.com 8. Kitty Ely, Class of 1887 (L) and Helen Emory Class of 1889, Mount Holyoke Students, via VintagePhoto.Livejournal.com 9. 1900s 10. Lily Elise and Adrienne Augarde, 1907, via FYeahQueerVintage.tumblr.com Collected by Marie Lyn Bernard, via retronaut This is an amazing collection. I think what excites me so much about it, apart from the PDAs which indicate these are clearly romantic relationships and not just friendships, is the women of colour who are included. No 2 is even an inter-racial couple! -- source link