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yochanah: The worst volcanic disaster of the 1900s is considered to be the eruption of Mt. Pelée. It erupted in 1902, on the island of Martinique, a French colony in the Caribbean. It killed 30,121 people. Only two people survived: a shoemaker living on the edge of the island and a prisoner who had been locked in a dungeon cell with thick stone walls. (via yochanah)

yochanah:

The worst volcanic disaster of the 1900s is considered to be the eruption of Mt. Pelée. It erupted in 1902, on the island of Martinique, a French colony in the Caribbean. It killed 30,121 people. Only two people survived: a shoemaker living on the edge of the island and a prisoner who had been locked in a dungeon cell with thick stone walls.

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Eugene Atget, Lagny (Seine et Marne) Hotel de Ville (1900) albumen print Voyages en Ville, Marinez and Poughetoux, Chene/Hachette, Paris, 1979, p114

Eugene Atget, Lagny (Seine et Marne) Hotel de Ville (1900) albumen print

Voyages en Ville, Marinez and Poughetoux, Chene/Hachette, Paris, 1979, p114

George Fiske, Galen Clark on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900

George Fiske, Galen Clark on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900

Frank William Brangwyn, Woman Holding Sleeping Child, circa 1905. Unique gelatin silver printing-out-print.

Frank William Brangwyn, Woman Holding Sleeping Child, circa 1905.

Unique gelatin silver printing-out-print.

Karl Blossfeldt, Adiantum Pedatum (American Maidenhair Fern) [#55] [Young rolled-up fronds enlarged 8 times] Original vintage photogravure. c1900-1928. Printed 1929

Karl Blossfeldt, Adiantum Pedatum (American Maidenhair Fern) [#55] [Young rolled-up fronds enlarged 8 times]

Original vintage photogravure. c1900-1928. Printed 1929

Karl Blossfeldt, Salvia Argentea (Silver-leaved Sage) [#61] [Part of a flowering plant enlarged 4 times] Original vintage photogravure. c1900-1928. Printed 1929

Karl Blossfeldt, Salvia Argentea (Silver-leaved Sage) [#61] [Part of a flowering plant enlarged 4 times]

Original vintage photogravure. c1900-1928. Printed 1929