Photographer Alice Austen was the queer star of the Gilded Age

"[...] as one of America’s earliest and most adventurous women photographers and for her relationship with Gertrude Tate, which spanned more than half a century."

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/photographer-alice-austen-was-queer-star-gilded-age-rcna235895

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Rare Photos Show British Victorians Letting Their Hair Down at the Beach

It's a far cry from the aristocracy.

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Museum Receives Thousands of Images by One of America’s Earliest Female Photographers

Alice Austen is famed for her intimate portraits of women's lives in the Victorian era.

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A gown I would love to recreate is this one that my great-great-grandmother Laura wore some time time in the 1860s. I’m always on the lookout for a fabric with a similar pattern,but so far no luck. Another option would be to go for a solid fabric and just recreate cut and decorations.

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I picked this up in a charity shop today. Surely this must be haunted or cursed? 👻

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Today's bargain book delivery. Got Book for £4 and free shipping, There's a lot of great photos in it and good quality production 👍

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@lynncunliffe -- The Leeds Centre for #VictorianStudies (#LCVSLeeds) posted (2018-02-12) these images on Twitter, when Twitter still was not as toxic as it is now. You don't only see the usual photos of a posing Victorian couple, but also photos which the photographer made when the two tried not to laugh while getting their portraits done (1890s).

cc: @frankendodo

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