Digging through the archives of sometime library is a blast . reckon on the library , you ’ll find out everything from date architectural drawings to snippets of old children ’s record . you could just imaginethe treasure to be found in the British Library ’s ancient archive . And , now , you do n’t even have to get your fingers dusty !
The British Libraryjust uploaded over a million persona from the 17th to the 19th one C to Flickr Commons . Since the British Empire span the earth during this catamenia of time , that means thousands upon one thousand of old biological illustrations and more than one offensive picture of “ natives ” are now uncommitted to all through the internet . That ’s on top of all the weird old British political cartoon and an unreasonable number of Abraham Lincoln portraits .
We comb out through a choice of the new collection and pulled some of the more — well — we discover some weird pictures , basically . The British Library presents them largely without context , and so we will , too .
From:The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education and self-government.
From:The Middle Kingdom. A survey of … the Chinese Empire and its inhabitants
From:Popular History of Egypt
From:Letters from the Land of the Rising Sun. Being a selection from correspondence contributed to “The Times” between the years 1886 and 1892 … With seventy-six illustrations
From:The South Sea Islanders and the Queensland Labour Trade
From:History of Stafford and Guide to the Neighbourhood
From:Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century
From:Na Lagunach
From:Estudios sobre Carolinas. La isla de Ponapé. Geografia, etnografia, historia
From:A Ramble round the Globe
From:When Life is Young: a collection of verse for boys and girls
From:Bolivia. Sept années d’explorations, de voyages et de séjours dans l’Amérique Australe
From:Gately’s World’s Progress. A general history of the earth’s construction and of the advancement of mankind
From:Through Masai Land
From:The Far Interior: a narrative of travel and adventure from the Cape of Good Hope across the Zambesi to the lake regions of Central Africa
All images via Flickr /British Library
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