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Some days the only thing that helps is to close your eyes and think about Julie Andrews. Print by Rokuro Taniuchi 1921-1981.Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Images, Julie Andrews, Pictures, Rokoru...
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There’s always one that turns aside when the others laugh. College girls. Hoboken, New Jersey. 1910s.Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: College, Old Photographs, Women
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It is a little known fact that the god Vishnu was born in an Alpine village of the Austrian Tyrol. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Images, Made in Austria, Matchbox, Vishnu
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P.T. Barnum’s preliminary sketches for zero-gravity circus acts were more fanciful than plausible. Zoopraxiscope of horseback somersault by Eadweard Muybridge, 1893.Filed under: Picture Book Tagged:...
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Everyone loves the Fourth of July, or else no ice cream. Photo circa 1915, from The Library of Congress. Sunshine Jarmann (Jarmon) – the only kid who seems to be enjoying herself – later performed on...
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Neither the smartest nor prettiest among her friends, Claudia managed to outshine everyone with the aid of her new hat. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Fashion, Hats, Images, Old Photos
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Though blind, he spent all day in the gallery eating ginger candies and whistling snippets of birdsong. Unknown museum, presumably in Sydney, Aus. (date unknown).Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Art...
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It was the end of a brilliant career when, straining for a low note, Gloria accidentally summoned the ghost of last night’s cabbage soup. Opera singers rehearsing at Lewisohn Stadium, NYC, 1916....
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The life of an infantryman had been safer when war was conducted exclusively in black and white. French soldiers, 1916; true-color photograph.Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: France, Photographs, WWI
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The secret, he said, was to hold a ten-pound weight behind your back to keep from falling forward. Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian Skater, 1915-1920; Library of Congress.Filed under: Picture Book Tagged:...
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