Source image: the sepia portrait used as the starting point for this project. What is known about this portrait? This portrait has been published here under the name Mary Hale. The sitter’s identity, the photograph’s date, and its location have not been independently verified for this article. The name should therefore be treated as an…
It’s 1910. The world of psychiatry is being utterly remade by the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud and the pioneering work of Carl Jung and Eugen Bleuler. Yet, amidst the flurry of new ideas focusing on dreams and word associations, a young Swiss psychiatrist is turning his attention to a most unexpected tool: the simple…
A Glimpse Into the Mid-19th Century This portrait of an unknown man, likely taken in the 1850s or 1860s, is a striking example of early photography. It’s housed in an ornate case with a decorative brass mat, a style commonly used with daguerreotypes and ambrotypes of that era. These photographs were treasured possessions, often displayed…
Imagine going back in time to the very start of photography. That’s what this picture represents. It’s the world’s first photograph, and it has an amazing story. Even more amazing is how you brought it back to life. The Man Who Made It Happen: Nicéphore Niépce This historic image was taken in 1826 by a…
Frances Virginia (Lee) Harris I came across her portrait in the Florida State Archives and could not look away. The young woman in the photograph had a gaze that seemed to pierce straight through time. Her name was Frances Virginia “Fannie” Lee Harris. She was born on June 15 1886 in Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, and passed…
