# 19th century hotties in photos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821 "2008-06-05T01:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/1 "2008-06-05T01:00:33Z")
In [Did women of the late 19th century go out of their way to look homely?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=470635) **RickJay** noted that “I googled “nineteenth century photos” and it was trivially easy to find pictures of women who were obviously beautiful…”. I could not find a previous thread (or the many previous threads) on this topic. So, for starters, [Lillian Russell](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/LillianRussell.jpg) in 1890. It will be trivially easy to find NSFW work photos, and kiddie photos, but can we try at first for 19th century SFW adults. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/2 "2008-06-05T01:14:45Z")
[Evelyn](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3233601.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=9724400E855F9263BE8074D2EFDDDB37A55A1E4F32AD3138) [Nesbit](http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/12056u.preview.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/3 "2008-06-05T01:28:18Z")
I just posted all these pics in that thread - a selection of beautiful ladies from that era: [One](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19603157@N03/2190167519/in/set-72157603532126349/) [Two](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19603157@N03/2379566717/in/set-72157603532126349/) [Three](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19603157@N03/2197050963/in/set-72157603532126349/) [Four](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19603157@N03/2197841232/in/set-72157603532126349/) [Five](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19603157@N03/2200176108/in/set-72157603532126349/) [Six](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19603157@N03/2059101071/in/set-72157603532126349/) [Seven](http://www.flickr.com/photos/abneypark/314239069/in/set-72157594216767462/) [Eight](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19603157@N03/2443588708/in/pool-59267342@N00) [Nine](http://www.flickr.com/photos/13108733@N00/2546697528/in/pool-28458547@N00) [Ten](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/457734137_cbb5092479_o.jpg) [Eleven](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/503298641_62697500f9_o.jpg) [Twelve](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/560902817_fdbcfb07cc_o.jpg) [Thirteen](http://i31.tinypic.com/furss3.jpg) [Fourteen](http://i25.tinypic.com/x1brzo.jpg) [Fifteen](http://i29.tinypic.com/2pzck7s.jpg) [Sixteen](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2068004741_9999b3d349_o.jpg) [Seventeen](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2160/2059896418_cfeb2f93a9_o.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/4 "2008-06-05T01:49:13Z")
[Winston Churchill’s mom](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/c/c3/300px-Jennie_Jerome.jpg) [Lola Montez](http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/pfaffs/images/Montez_Lola_1.jpg) [Lilly Langtry](http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-oldwest/LillieLangtry1890-500.jpg) [Elenore duse](http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/duse.jpg) [Isadora Duncan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Isadora_Duncan_ggbain_05654.jpg) [Mata Hari](http://geneamichaud.free.fr/personnes/illustrations/gbrama-matahari2.jpg) Famous hoties of their day. Would they be today? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/5 "2008-06-05T01:53:03Z")
At work I have the 1911 (I know, eleven years worth of thread hijack) yearbook from my alma mater (Agnes Scott). It’s a women’s college. The women were _hot_, and also cool and interesting and everything else. Tomorrow I will make scans for you. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/6 "2008-06-05T02:25:47Z")
[More Evelyn Nesbit](http://evelynnesbit.com/pictures.html). (I wrote my senior thesis on the Stanford White murder trial-the local history museum had the Thaw family papers in their archives.) [1](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/History/Thaw-EvelynNesbitt-02.jpg) [2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/History/Nesbit.jpg) [3](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/History/3a.jpg) [4](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/History/1192549615_f.jpg) [Lafayette Photo Collection](http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1158_lafayette/index.php) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/7 "2008-06-05T03:54:56Z")
Lillian Russell is extremely attractive. Lillie Langtry unfortunately resembles a truly awful woman I work with. I wonder if Langtry had adenoids, whined and was as dumb as dirt. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/8 "2008-06-05T04:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] [One](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19603157@N03/2190167519/in/set-72157603532126349/) [/QUOTE] Wanna be that necklace… > [@Slithy Trove](#): > > [Winston Churchill’s mom](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/c/c3/300px-Jennie_Jerome.jpg) Wow. Her and Evelyn Nesbit are the best ones posted so far, IMHO. Lola Montez, OTOH, looks sort of like Michael Jackson circa 2003. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-century-hotties-in-photos/451821/9 "2008-06-05T13:42:23Z")
It is borderline as she was born 2/12/1884 but would [Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth](http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/familytree/AliceLongworth.htm) (Theodore’s oldest daughter, from his first marriage) She was considered a great beauty and her debut was national news in 1902. [Alice Roosevelt, taken around her debut in 1902. A striking beauty, her outspokenness and antics won the hearts of the American people who nicknamed her “Princess Alice”.](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/da/225px-Alice_roosevelt_color_3.jpg) [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlongworthR.jpg](http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlongworthR.jpg) [http://api.ning.com/files/HtjqVbt3yyH8BT6HtO3GyWYqzJx7Xflx2o9Ut0aRLA0\_/alice.jpg](http://api.ning.com/files/HtjqVbt3yyH8BT6HtO3GyWYqzJx7Xflx2o9Ut0aRLA0_/alice.jpg)