My Daguerreotype Boyfriend

A collection of splendid looking young chaps from the days of yore. My Daguerreotype Boyfriend brings you black-and-white public domain photographs of cute boys from way back when - many of whom are well known. I'll bet you never knew Hermann Rorschach looked so much like Brad Pitt. (Via The BuzzBrewery)

• Les Darcy

  

  Les Darcy, champion middleweight Australian boxer and blacksmith.

• Teddy Roosevelt

  

  Before he was a badass President, Teddy Roosevelt was a badass at Harvard.

• Ching Hook

  

  Boxer Ching Hook in high-waisted pants with a fighting attitude, 1888.

• Orville Wright

  

  If you're not busy later, Orville Wright would like you to see his new flying machine.

• Hermann Rorschach

  

  Hermann Rorschach, c. 1910. This Swiss psychiatrist who developed the inkblot test that bears his name.

• Gustave Dore

  

  Gustave Dore would like to come over and see his engravings.(No, this wasn't taken in Willamsburg last week)

• Anton Chekhov

  

  The Russian playwright and physician

• More about My Daguerreotype Boyfriend at The BuzzBrewery and the MDB blog