Antique Memes

Wanderings through university and library image collections; etchings, leaflets, prints, lithographs, relics of yore. Items digitized from before the digital age. Let's remember what we forgot. Lest we forget.

ANTIQUE - collectible old item: a collectible decorative or household object that is valued because of its age, the style, traditions, and qualities of ancient times, old and often valuable, of interest to collectors

MEME - a cultural characteristic passed down through generations: any characteristic of a culture, e.g. its language, that can be transmitted from one generation to the next in a way analogous to the transmission of genetic information

Permalink [Women dressed in wide skirts laughing at a portrait of a woman wearing a slim dress.] (1857)
Permalink Image Title :  [Woman in green coat outdoors.] Creator : Moorhead, Irwin — Artist Published Date : 1895
Permalink Image Title :  “Flower pot” coat. Creator : Alexander, Pearl Levy — Designer Additional Name(s) : André (Firm) — Creator Teitelbaum, Walter — Donor Published Date : Spring/Summer 1939-1940 Created Date : Sep 25 1939 Notes : Fitted coat with nipped in waist and flared skirt, and wedge-shaped breast pockets with floral detail. Includes back view.Note 2.) Printed on image: “Designed by Pearl Levy Alexander” “Advanced spring and Palm Beach” “André 570 Seventh Avenue New York City LA 4-4627” Note 3.) Printed on image: “Note pockets in the shape of flower pots with flowers”
Permalink Don’t go in the water daughter / words by William Jerome ; music by Jean Schwartz.  [The fascinating widow.] (1908 : 1911)
Permalink [Woman in graduation cap and gown, front and back view.]
Permalink Femme se chauffant. (Musée du Luxembourg.)  [Woman warming herself. (Museum of Luxembourg.) ](1925)
Permalink Title: [Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 5] Creator(s): Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827, artist Date Created/Published: [between 1761 and 1827] Medium: 1 cut-out. Summary: Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified woman facing left with a bun in her hair, and strand of hair over her forehead.
Permalink Image ID: 824507 [Woman wearing a hat and coat, 1910s.] (c1910)
Permalink Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne-Modigliani
Permalink Balthus. Therese Dreaming, 1938. Oil on canvas 150x 130 cm. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection (photo: courtesy Pierre Matisse Gallery)
Permalink Image Title:  Just like mamma. Creator: Warren, Joseph — Artist Additional Name(s): Sparrell Art Co. — Copyright Holder Specific Material Type: prints Item Physical Description:  1 print : col. ; 29.5 x 21.9 cm. Original Source : From Prints and photo-mechanical reproductions : duplicates of copyright deposits, received by exchange 1957, 1958, 1959. [s.n.]) Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, donor. Source : Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music — piano
Permalink Image ID: 1619126 [The seven daughters of the ghost king] (1911)
Permalink Title: Alice Date Created/Published: [between 1820 and 1890] Medium: 1 drawing : pen and ink. Summary: Drawing shows a seated woman wearing a gown and shawl facing slightly left. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-22656 (digital file from original item) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: DRWG/US - Unattributed, no. 53 (AA size) [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Notes: Inscribed on verso: original drawing by Attoe in [?] for Dickens book.
Permalink Image ID: 1116356 Beauties-picture Hats
Permalink Image ID: 818675 [Art nouveau design of a woman amidst foliage.] (1900)