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ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of three men seated at a table with drinks], Benjamin Franklin Howland
via the Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Carl Mautz Collection](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m920jlQ1ug1qa51rdo1_400.jpg)
ca. 1855-95, [carte de visite portrait of three men seated at a table with drinks], Benjamin Franklin Howland
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ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a costumed couple, each with feathered headdress and robe, he holds a spiked ax while she appears to be holding a whaling harpoon]
via Cowan’s Auctions](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t4edvGua1qa51rdo1_400.jpg)
ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a costumed couple, each with feathered headdress and robe, he holds a spiked ax while she appears to be holding a whaling harpoon]
via Cowan’s Auctions
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), The Lute Player, 1597, Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Monaco
In the Victorian period it was considered extremely unlucky to put up any Christmas decorations before Christmas Eve. Unlike modern superstition, which dictates that decorations must be taken down before Twelfth Night (January 5th), people in the 19th century commonly left their decorations up…
