Vintage Orgy

Looking at it, I think this is actually vintage gay trickery. I think this is the same three guys in different poses, cut out and made into an orgy. I should have titled this "Vintage Fashions in Men's Socks," but I wanted the hits.

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Cats Make Lousy Fishermen

If they were better at it, they wouldn't have let themselves be domesticated.

Postcard
from Jassy-50's flickr stream

Heave!

Oh, no, the boat's stuck! Somebody call the Grannies.

French Postcard
1903
from postaletrice's flickr stream

Horseplay

You just know that doctors and medical students and so on are constantly doing shit with the equipment that they shouldn't. Especially stuff like electroshock machines.

Jackson County, Wisconsin
1880s, photographer Charles Van Schaick
from Wisconson History

Shark (SS-174)

They built it. Did they ever ride it?

Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT
1935
from NavSource Online

The Magazine That Shows You How

Yes, I would like to build a surf-sail-ice boat. Heck, seems to me you could go a really long way with a vehicle that adaptable, if you wore the right clothes.

Science and Mechanics Magazine
1952
from Modern Mechanix blog

feeding orphan beaver pup

This reminds me of my dad nursing the chicken Elmira back to health.

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from paws22's flickr stream

enlightenment

What a strange memory this is bound to be now.

Istituto di Cura San Camillo
1960s
from lutherblissett71's flickr stream

Yanka, Messenger of Russian Anguish

I'm pretty sure this was a publicity or cover shot for her band, but, you know, it was the USSR. I can't swear to it.

Yanka Dyagileva
1980s
from A Memorial Website

At Water's Edge

No fish in that lake.

None you'd want, anyways.

Painting
2008 - 2010, artist Deth P. Sun
from Deth P. Sun

the good old days

I like thinking about the planning and idea process that leads to pictures like this.

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from tonyboner's flickr stream

With Her Sisters

I think it's important to remember that very little is so odd from the outside as to not feel normal to the people involved.

Hildale, Utah
photographer Stephanie Sinclair
from National Geographic

Stroboscopic Billiards

I've played pool all my life, but I've never played well. Doesn't stop me from wanting a table of my own, though.

Ezequiel Navarra in NYC, NY
1948, photographer Gjon Mili
from LIFE

Prester John's Kingdom

I can't help but wish we lived in a world where certain corners were still full of imaginary kingdoms and sea monsters.

A Description of The Empire of Prester John, Also Known as the Abyssinian Empire
1570s, produced by Ortelius
from Strange Maps

Breakfast at the Oriental Hotel

Not supper, breakfast.

Manhattan Beach, Long Island, NY
1895
from NYPL Digital Library

"Where's My Cow?"

Okay, I'm a Discworld geek, and Sam Vimes is one of my favorites. Of course.

Discworld Calendar
2008, painter Jackie Morris
from Jackie Morris's blog

Coock-a-Doodle-Doo!

This one's for mama, though her roosters put this one to shame.

Popular Magazine
1928
from Galactic Central

Horny

"Okay, honey, go stand near that creepy skull mounted on a giant pile of antlers. Little to the right..."

Idaho
1956
from striderv's flickr stream

On the Ocklawaha

I haven't tried it on a paddlewheel, but I can tell you, friends, there is no better way to spend a pretty, warm day than going up and down a river in Florida.

Ocklawaha, Florida
1902
from Blue Monocle Photos

*photo "printed using a color lithography process invented in the 1880s in Switzerland that allowed the creation of very high quality false color prints with remarkable clarity."

Rosie Wasn't Alone

I think it's the fingernail polish that makes me love this woman most.

"Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee"
1943, photographer Alfred T. Palmer
from Library of Congress on flickr: they have a whole set of these WW II-era color photos that are amazing.

State Fair Dairy Showing

Check it out, second from left - Harry Potter cow.

Maryland
1969
from University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

On Liberty

The lines on this remind me of the Triplets of Bellville.

Shanghai
1940s, painter Friedrich Schiff
from stevechasmar's flickr stream

Donner decompression chamber studies

Looking at the last few pictures I wanted to post, I think I'm feeling a little hemmed in.

Berkeley Lab
1962
from LBNL Image Library

Bike Gang

Generally speaking, when I have a dream like this I get up and take a shower to chase it off.

Joysticks
1983
I had it saved to my computer and I'm not sure where I found it.

Carolina-Hollywood Motel

Everybody knows that this is where you stay when you go to get discovered.

Hollywood, California
from hmdavid's flickr stream

Chillin'

How was this ever an okay way to house polar bears on a long-term basis? Then again, a big enough tub can make anything a little more livable.

Forest Park Zoo, St. Louis
1915, photographer J. R. Eike
from The Thomas Kempland Collection

underground surgery

I guess it's the heat that has these men performing surgery shirtless. Scares the crap out of me, that's all I know.

Behind the front lines on Bougainville
1943
from The National Archives

roof kiss

I've featured a roof fight before, so how about a little rooftop affection?

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from piccassoswoman's flickr stream

9009 West Sunset Boulevard

Your hair's clean, your chick's got her leather boots on, the night is young, and metal will never die.

West Hollywood, LA, CA
1983, photographer Paul Chinn
from LA Public Library

peerless prodigies of physical phenomena

P.T. Barnum, the ultimate American.

Manhattan
1841 to 1865
from Ephemeral New York

The Deadly Seas

You'd think sharks and shit would be scary enough for us to not have to invite more sea monsters. But no!

Legends of Charlemagne
1924, illustrator N C Wyeth
from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive

Go man Go!

Obviously some sort of off duty superhero.

Torrance, California
from EEEEK a MOUSE's flickr stream

¡Sexxxo!

I've only ever seen the covers of these crazy Mexican sex and violence comics, but I'd love to get my hands on one. This one's practically church-friendly compared to some, by the way.

Corridos Perrones
from ¡Historietas Perversas!

Dance Contest

War or work, sometimes folks just gotta dance.

Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
1944
from University of S. Alabama archives

Who was nobody, he will be everything.

I suspect this is actually some sort of video game ad or something, I just like the way it looks. More robots, I say!

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from Doodybrain.com

People Drinking Moonshine

Maybe humans were invented by alcohol in order to facilitate its world-wide migration.

Murray County, Georgia
from The Georgia Archives

An Appreciative Audience

Guy behind her and to the right: total ass man. Or, wait, what is he actually gawking at?

Modern Man Magazine
1964
from Vintage Girlie Mags

Good luck getting past this kid.

snapshot
1966
from whiskeygonebad's flickr stream

Uncooked Fish Cuts

If only scaling and cleaning a fish was this simple and clean.

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from Thoth, God of Knowledge

Bunnies vs. Wolves

The clothes make the man.

Superjail (animated tv show)
2007, produced by Augenblick Studios
from about.com

Rook Bonfire

I want to see a pile this big on fire. How far out would the heat pulse?

Oregon State University
1930
from Observatory: Design Observer

Tartan Army

One type of person sees this picture and starts to compile cost, injuries, arrests. The other just thinks, damn, don't that look like fun?

Wembley Stadium, London
1977

Jig

Literally kicking up their heels. I especially like her striped socks.

National Geographic Magazine
1933
from John McNab's flickr stream

fat pink tongues

His later work is fun, but there''s nothing like the sheer perverted joy of John Waters' early films.

Divine in Pink Flamingos
1972
from The Media Center blog

Let's Go

She doesn't care what the hippies inthe background are saying, she's just out to have her some fun.

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from LupineFever's flickr stream

grandma and the gang

Oh, man, they just heard the funniest joke ever told.

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from tabogarcia's flickr stream

passing the antler

How long do you have to hang out naked before you get this comfortable with it?

Presidential Elections of the American Sunbathing Association
1957, photographer Ed Lange
from eFanzines.com

Sand Storm

We ain't that big.

Midland, Texas
1894
from The National Archives

Puss in Boots

Goddam, I love the look on that cat's face. "Hey, I can totally help you not be a loser any more, there, Cooky McGee."

Tales From Perrault
1926, illustrator Felix Lorioux
from ASIFA - Animation Archive

The Runaways

This = cool.

The muthafuckin Runaways
some time between 1976 and 1978
from sweaty bitches of rock'n'roll