bromance
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Merrick Toppers
“Top hats in 1872. A cabinet portrait of two men linking arms, possibly brothers or close friends, photographed in 1872 or 1873 at the “Merrick” photographic studio at 33 Western Road, Brighton, which was owned by Brighton entrepreneur Joseph Langridge (1812-1895).”
Yeah, ‘friends’, totally friends, LOL. *gaydar goes to max*. Again from the Photo History Sussex site, a treasure trove and even talks about the different types of top hats, something I’ve ranted on before about those doing costume drama using the wrong types…. -
Beautiful!
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Unknown men, Sweden.
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Men being affectionate, ca. 1870′s-1880′s / src: Metropolitan Museum of Art via mashable
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Friends or? 😉
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unidentified, collodion negative, 1870–1890.
Not sure what these two are cuddling about, but the one on the left is cute. The right is sporting a Franz Josef.
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Vintage bear couple.
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I know it’s easy to read in a gay subtext into those Victorian ‘bromance’ pictures but this one takes the cake – they can’t be just ‘friends’?!?
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“friends”
They’re….brothers right?*
* I get that one a lot, although my partner is 27 years older than me.
San Francisco “friends” (c. 1890s)
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00945 varones (by VARONES!)