#sort of like how 19th century bathing suits are so goofy they loop back around to an unlikely allure

[daguerreotyping]

Tintype of a handsome pair posing together in their bathing suits, c. 1890s. You can't tell on screen, but in person it's evident that the fingerprint on the lower right corner is actually indented into the emulsion. One of these guys, or perhaps the photographer, must've grown impatient and picked up the picture before it was quite ready—on some summer day over a hundred years ago.

#this is the objectively worst-condition item in my collection—it’s bent! and scratched! AND rusted!—but somehow it’s got charm #sort of like how 19th century bathing suits are so goofy they loop back around to an unlikely allure #19th century #1800s #1890s #19th century fashion #men's fashion #swimsuit #fashion history #historical fashion #19th century photography #ferrotype #tintype #gay interest