A lovely book from 1902 on the mistakes that beginners make in photograpy.

The world's oldest sound recording ressurected, from 1890.

Nice photos from an 1890s gym. Exercise in style!…

Reading up on the Swedish author August Strindberg (1849-1912). In the late 1890s he suffered a mental breakdown and during this period he was convinced that he was threathened by an unknown group of "electricians, black magicians, and wizards". Wonderful stuff there for a writer. Like in this quote from "Excerpts from the Diary of a Damned Man":

As I draw back the curtain of the alcove where my…

Have you seen these beautiful old photos on Flickr, posted by Länsmuseet Gävleborg (a Swedish museum)? There's a whole set of them.

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This is a photo of an "automatic restaurant" in Stockholm in 1905. If anyone knows anything about this kind of restaurant I'd like to learn more. It seems they were quite popular one hundred years ago.…

If you ever go to Stockholm, make sure to visit the Hallwyl Museum, a late 19th-century city mansion - now a museum.

If you can't come in person, there is an exhibition on-line called 40rok (40 rooms and one kitchen). In Swedish only, but you'll understand, as long as you stick to the pages with photos ... Right now it's focused on the kitchen and everything that was…

I've been thinking about Tesla and if we have someone in Sweden who could serve as a kind of Swedish substitute for him. Maybe this guy, Gustaf de Laval, a brilliant scientist and inventor who died…

Swedish publishing house Kabusa has this 1890sYourself-website.

Nice. But why am I holding a whip?…

In Sweden, the National Heritage Board is involved in a project where old photos are "remixed" and posted on Flickr. Some have a steampunkish feeling, some not. You'll find them at Flickr.…