Glenn Gould and Herbert von Karajan

Canadian pianist Glenn Gould (left) and Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan 
during a rehearsal with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1957?)
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Soldier Reading Letter 1864

Fort Brady, Virginia : Three officers of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery.
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E. Uhlenhuth 1890

Prince Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Ernst Ludwig of Hesse
(future Grand Duke of Hesse) and Prince George of Wales (future King George V of the United Kingdom).
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Alphonse Mucha 1919

Alphonse Mucha, world renowned for his Art Nouveau graphics, used photographs of models for much of his reference material.
But sometimes the photographs themselves were beautiful and had that Mucha look about them—such
as  this inspirational 1919 image he used as a study for a bank note design.
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