August 31, 2009

A Lesbian Tussle


Those gals ain't scared of a good time.

Vintage Porn
no stats available
from Kinky Delight

a somber supper


Second guy from the left - scared? bored? just wants to get back to lunch?

Soldiers
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from Cuthbertson Family Photos

skateboarding is still not a crime


Before the internet, zinesters were the historians, the legend writers, the ones spreading and recording scenes that the mainstream didn't give a fuck about. My favorite zines tend to look like this - cut and paste, blood sweat and tears.

Way High Kick Turn #1
198?, by Garry Mcleod, Marc Saito, James Canter
from Skate and Annoy

Jody and the Flutter Mill


Jody drew a deep breath. He threw himself on the weedy sand close to the water and abandoned himself to the magic of motion. Up, over, down, up, over, down--the flutter-mill was enchanting. The bubbling spring would rise forever from the earth, the thin current was endless. The spring was the beginning of waters sliding to the sea. Unless leaves fell, or squirrels cut sweet bay twigs to drop and block the fragile wheel, the flutter-mill might turn forever. When he was an old man, as old as his father, there seemed no reason why this rippling movement might not continue as he had begun it.

The Yearling, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1938, illustrator N.C. Wyeth
from Gutenberg of Australia

Wishing Her a Merry Christmas


Check out mama's feet - she's so excited, she's floating.

Originally by the Office for Emergency Management, Office of War Information, Overseas Operations Branch, New York
1944
from The World Digital Library

August 30, 2009

this one's for mama


If anyone knows who took this picture of Bruce, tell me and I'll post that up. All I know is that it's popular on a web site I go to. No, not that kind of web site.

Bruce Springsteen
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Fisherman standing with a Giant Atlantic jewfish


That fish looks so much bigger than big fish normally look to me. I think because it just looks like a little fish that's been hit with an expando ray.

Probably the Keys, Florida
1950s?, photographer Charles Barron
from State Library & Archives of Florida

August 29, 2009

some wars still rage


"Richard Nicholas, who stood atop the overturned car, and Tom Hanson, the Canadian Press photographer who took his picture, died on the same day in March 10, 2009, in separate incidents. Both were 41 years of age."

The Oka Crisis
1990, photographer Tom Hanson
from News Photographers Association of Canada

different sorts of dinosaurs


Rebel flags and giant lizards.

Dinosaur Land, White Post, Virgina
early 1960s
from Roadside Architecture

Her life is no fairy tale.


Believe it or not, this is from my favorite movie.

Amanda Plummer and Michael T. Weiss in Freeway
1996, directed and written by Matthew Bright
from The Freeway Picture Gallery

the WASP with her gear


How could you send her back to the kitchen after she's touched the sky?

A Womens Auxillary Service Pilot (WASP), WW II
1943
from ceropegia's flickr stream

Map of the USA, Made in Japan


Eh, close enough.

Map included in Tengai Makyou: Daishi no Mokushiroku (The Fourth Apocalypse), a humorous Japanese RPG.
1997
from Strange Maps

August 28, 2009

Dirty vintage mature threesome


I'm pretty sure that I actually have had a dream like this. Hey, I told you there might be adult content.

1980s
from discoporn

Werewolf Strikes Again


Of the vampire/werewolf/zombie, I've always preferred the shape shifter. Dig that hand drawn title - no computer perfect fonts back then.

Crypt of Terror #17
April-May 1950, artist Johnny Craig
from The Grand Comics Database Project

August 27, 2009

Tote Ratten und Mäuse


Dinner? Target practice? Competition? Blowing off steam? Just damn tired of rats and mice getting into their food supplies? Do they want to make wee rat hats for everyone? I have no idea.

Found postcard
World War I

"How to murder, how to sell dope!"


I really wish I knew what this was about. The LIFE Magazine photo archive lumps it in with photos related to Chicago Gang Wars in the late 60s or early 70s. The rest of the shots are solemn-faced men or crying women leaning over caskets. But what about these two?

UPDATE: Carl let me know that this is Reverend John Fry. Carl's the man.

Chicago, Illinois
photographer Art Shay
from LIFE Magazine

TRUCKING FIERCE


March 7, 1988, Divine was in LA to film some scenes for Married... With Children. That night, after going to dinner with friends and then back to his hotel room, he leaned over the railing and sang "Arrivederci Roma" to them as they left for home. That night he passed away. In his will, he requested that no one donate money anywhere in his name, but to send flowers instead. Divine to the end.

Prospect Hill Cemetary, Towson, MD
2008, photographer Amanda Qichao
from qichao's flickr stream

Wooden Ships


Ass, grass, or cutlass, no one rides for free.

Custom Chevy
1974
from b9owner's flickr stream

Bear and Robin Welcome Spring


A duet indeed.

Country Gentleman Magazine
March 14, 1925, illustrator Paul Bransom
from Curtis Publishing

August 26, 2009

Gaines St. and Railroad Ave.


Tilt shift, not toy town.

Tallahassee, Florida
2009, photographer and manipulator Avery Bristol
from aveinfinite's flickr stream

the atomic word of God


On the one hand, what the hell? On the other, the design and font fan in me can't get enough of this. I want it on a shirt, printed just like that, slight misalignment and all.

ABS "Cinderella" stamp (ie, a non-postage stamp)
early 1960s?
from wackystuff's flickr stream

People playing miniature golf


Tell me that ain't creepy.

Goofy Golf, Panama City Beach, Florida
1967
from State Library & Archives of Florida

when in Rome


For some reason, I always enjoy pictures of famous people playing pool (or, in this case, snooker). Especially beautiful famous people, although I bet that little dog was an annoying sumbitch. I'm also willing to bet this is a staged shot, not just some down time between shots, because I'm pretty sure she's aiming for the wrong ball.

Rome
1956
from UPI Photo

hohohos


"...and Weasel wants a brand new bag of pyramid spikes!"

Szczecin, Poland (?)
no date given, no photographer listed
from cylei's flickr stream

Colourful Pickles, Damascus


I'll take two of everything, please, and a coke. It's like a pickle quilt.

Bab Jabiyye, Damascus Old City - Syria
2008, photographer Azlan
from friend_faraway's flickr stream

And the Whale told a very long tale


Those whales, always such blowhards.

Johnny Crow's Garden
1903, illustrator and author L. Leslie Brooke
from Project Gutenberg

Barbarella attacked by birds


Yeah, I'd be freaked out, too.

Jane Fonda in a scene from Roger Vadim's motion picture "Barbarella"
1967, photographer Carlo Bavagnoli
from LIFE Magazine

Cotillion Club members gathered on car for a group portrait


I'm fascinated by this photo. Back then, men weren't allowed at most on-campus social events at the FSCW. The Cotillion Club members were gals who dressed in men's clothing for dances, escorting their bosom friends, if you will.

Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee, Florida
1930
from the State Library & Archives of Florida

scuba diver with flashlight in spring



So clear that it looks faked. For those who have never been there, the water coming out of the spring stays right around 70 degrees year round. That doesn't sound too cold until you're in it and can't catch your breath.

I just realized that I think they put this pic wrong side up. Shouldn't the bubbles be going toward the surface? And the light should be coming from above, not below. So I twisted it, and now I think it is correct.

Wakulla Springs, Florida
195?
from the State Library and Archives of Florida

August 25, 2009

eyehooks

I've been following quite a few image blogs lately, just collections people make and show of visuals they find interesting or arresting. So I thought I'd join in the fun. These are nothing more or less than photos and art that catch my eye.