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Photos taken during the Poppycock-Balderdash debate of 1893 show the candidates’ policy positions in stark relief. Johnny Clarke (actor) as Mr Nubbly ca. 1865, by Samuel Alex Walker. Filed under:...
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How to explain the seasons to French people. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: French, Illustrations, Images, Seasons
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“Everyone likes a foxy cook.” Illus. Jan Marcin Szancer, Brzechwa Dzieciom (1955). Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Brzechwa Dzieciom, Children's Books, Illustration, Images, Jan Marcin Szancer
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“‘I just flap these arms real hard like,’ he said.” San Antonio, Texas, 1910. Library of Congress. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Images, Municipal Bat Roost, Photographs, San Antonio, Texas
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Moral ambiguity is unknown among the spore-bearing fungi. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Champignons Bons et Mauvais, Illustrations, Images, Moral Ambiguity, Mushrooms
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The 1880s: When careers of all sorts were open to bosomy women. Trading card from the series “Occupations of Women,” issued by the Old Judge and Dog’s Head Cigarette Company, 1887. Filed under:...
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The heroic age of flowers was full of pathos and adventure. Illustration by Count Franz Graf von Pocci for Viola Tricolor in Pictures and Rhyme (Germany, 1875). Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: 1875,...
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It shocked Albert to learn that, in fact, most people did not see any spots at all. Allen and Ginter Co. cigarette trading card depicting Albert Frey (billiards) for the World’s Champions series...
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Conny’s lampshade hat lit up orange whenever he had a bright idea. Conrad of Bavaria, ca.1910-1915. Library of Congress. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Conrad of Bavaria, Funny Hats, Images,...
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Another ounce of ignorance vaporized. The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: California Academy of Sciences, Feces, Gorilla Poop, Images, Mountain Gorilla,...
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You can ignore them, not laugh at their jokes, and cover your ears when they speak to you, but some people never get the hint. Unidentified nitrate film clipping, early 1900s. Filed under: Picture...
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He grew the moustache, he said, to distract from his girlish hands. Promotional card for ‘Oxygenaqua,’ circa 1880s. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Antique Beverages, Girly Hands, Images, Old...
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The wilderness leapt to embrace her as its very own child. Girl scout at Camp Hiawatha, 1928. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Girl Scouts, Images, Old Photos, Photos
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The bears all agreed that the unsuspecting village had entertained them richly, but then dinner took its revenge. New Year’s Eve in Romania, 2012. Photo by Alecsandra Dragoi. Filed under: Picture Book...
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Little Pierre would never forget the day a woman washed up on the beach. France, circa 1900. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: 1900, Child, France, Images, Old Photos, Woman
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Spontaneous human combustion is all fun and games until it happens to you. Damaged nitrate film clip from Bluebeard (Pathé, 1907)Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Bluebeard, Film Clip, Images, Pathe,...
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High noon in the Thuringian forest and not a sheriff in sight. Photochrome view of the Wartburg, Germany. (1890s?)Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Antique Photographs, Germany, Images, Photography,...
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Jack suddenly realized that he’d forgotten the sandwiches. Photograph by Samuel Hood (Australia), date unknown.Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Old Photographs, Photography, The Sea
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Few occupations allowed one so easily to look down on men. “Aeronaut” from the Occupations of Women trading card series by the Old Judge and Dog’s Head Cigarette Company (1887)Filed under: Picture...
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Examining the tent, Amundsen and his men saw that they had been misled by the sporting goods salesman. It would never sleep four comfortably. Filed under: Picture Book Tagged: Illustrations, Images,...
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