Billy's beer

Everyone in this picture looks familiar to me.

Billy Carter and buddies, Plains, Sumter County, Georgia
1977-78
from Vanishing Georgia

Carmelite nun praying in her cell

I've posted several porno nuns, so when I saw this real one I had to add her. It's no wonder that so many people are a little scared of the brides of Christ.

1904
from picassoswoman's flickr stream

Better livinhg through chemicals.

You can always trust the bespectacled man in the clean white coat.

About Jerry and Jimmy and the Pharmacist
1964
from Awful Library Books

Naked Army

They could buy either shirts or guns. They made their choices.

Barbed Wire Dolls
1975
from Movie Screenshots

Skeleton of the Boa Constrictor

I don't particularly want a pet boa, but if I could have a pet skeleton boa, I'd probably go for it.

English cyclopaedia, a new dictionary of universal knowledge, natural history vol. 1
1854
from Old Book Illustrations Blog, who got it from archive.org

Would you trust this cat?

Liar, meet lion.

Richard Nixon
from albany tim's flickr stream

Music to Massage Your Mate By

When you can't actually afford Burt and Loni...

Album Cover
1970s
from Zoice

You've got to pick a pocket or two.

Well, they seem to have the art of stealing hats down properly.

Chicago, IL
1903
from American Memory

Party at 611 Tenth

I completely fail to understand this picture. So, redhead crewcut is... hypnotizing that woman? While... his wife? grows bored in the background and ... the host? holds his head in his hands?

Kodachrome Slide
1955
from What makes the pie shops tick?'s flickr stream

paying the penalty

She was a French girl, her head shaved by her fellow countrymen to mark her for sleeping with a German. Did she have a choice? Was she wined and dined into traitorous romance, or was she threatened and bullied into it?

Montelimar area, France
1944
from The National Archives

Elvis the Chimp

That ain't no chimp, that's a ham!

Postcard for Monkey Jungle
Near Miami, FL
from StevenM_61's flickr stream

rear cover

Burt No Pants! Some of my friends do this at parties.

Hot Line: The Letters I Get... And Write!
1972
from Awful Library Books

all smiles

These folks are having a good time. Nothing wrong with that.

no stats available
from anna272b's flickr stream

Escape from Hungary to Austria

You know what separates us from the apes? The "get me the hell out of here" instinct.

Hungary
1956, photographer Dickey Chapelle
from Wisconsin History Society

Pack after Pack

Chuck could wear some fringe. Not every man can do that.

Camel Ad
from autumnsensation's flickr stream

Sagebrush Symphony

Sweet land of Liberty, of Thee I sing.

Burns, Oregon
1915
from Historic Photo Archive

'Macgregor', owned by James R. Dempster

There's something pleasingly solid about this sheep.

Scotland
1890, photographer Charles Reid
from The National Galleries of Scotland

Young couple seated in garden

They say that a lot of the woman-dressed-as-a-man photos you find from this era were taken as jokes, but in this case I'm not buying it.

Australia
1910
from Powerhouse Museum Collection

cedar stump house

A fiddle, a bike - this guy would fit right in at a couple bars I frequent today.

Edgecomb, Washington
1901
from UW Digital Collection

Libby Wolfberg in her Hawaiian outfit from Paul

I just think she's cute.

Paterson, NJ
1943
from Jewish Women's Archives

Smoking and drinking on the roof

The moon won't tattle.

France
1900
from New York Public Library

Kissing Team Captains

Didn't see much of this over the past few weeks, did we?

Netherlands
1920
from Nationaal Archief

A Steep Climb, Kosciusko Drift

But how did Charles get up there to take the ding dang picture?

Australia
photographer Charles Kerry
from Powerhouse Museum

The Junction to Everywhere

You should click on this one and take another, larger look at it. You don't see a lot of collage work in classic comics.

"This Man, This Monster!" Fantastic Four #51
1966, artist Jack Kirby
from Kitsune Noir

Children and the Sea Serpent

Hey! Somebody get those kids the fuck away from that sea serpent!

Nantucket
1937, photographer Lewis S. Edgarton
from Nantucket Historical Association

Dead at Fort Patiko

If you take pictures of yourself in enough places as a dead man, would it begin to feel like a way to ward off it ever happening there?

Fort Patiko, Uganda
2010, artist and subject Tom Phillips
from The Dead Photos

Aerial Surveillance

I wouldn't be this chipper if I could see NYC a couple stories beneath my boots.

New York City, NY
1920s
from MrsInman's flickr stream

Periodic Table of Typefaces

I want to eat this in big chunks. I believe it may be delicious. Click on it and gaze upon its nerdly perfection.

Periodic Table of Typefaces
2009
from Squidspot

hearing test

Worst roommate ever?

Sioux Falls, SD
from Augustana College's Facebook feed
This photo suggested by my friend Anna.

Those Naked Germans

Okay, what is up with German soldiers going around without their britches? Can anyone tell me? Do they still do this? I don't care for it.

Egypt
from Kinky Delight

Not the Flintstones

I can think of a lot of ways to describe a place where flower-wearing nymphs sit in trees to avoid being eaten by mutant T Rexes, but I don't think science is involved.

Science Stories Magazine
1953
from Magazine Covers

Cling to Physical Culture

Physical culture certainly seems shocking!

Magazine Cover
1903
from Cover Browser

My Goodness, My Spinach!

Sometimes it's extra obvious that spinach could be a stand-in for the devil alcohol, much beloved by squinky sailors everywhere.

Popeye #63
1962, artist Bud Sagendorf
from Grand Comics Database

dive

No, really, you go ahead.

no stats available
from unexpectedtale's flickr stream

Poland's Underground State

I have to admit, I don't know anything about this. I just like the little images and the way it is laid out.

1940s
from Polskie Dzieła Literackie

The Battle of LA

The facts, Jack: weeks after Pearl Harbor, a huge craft was spotted coming in low over Los Angeles. It was hit by spotlights and photographed. While it sat over the city, nearly motionless, and in plain view of thousands of folks, the army started shooting anti-aircraft guns at it. Thousands of rounds. 6 people died and shrapnel rained down. None of it was from the visitor, however, who eventually cruised off over Long Beach and disappeared into the night.

Los Angeles, CA
1942
from The Biggest Secret

Bad Taste

Miss me? I've been house sitting.

Pink Flamingos title card
1972, director John Waters
from The Movie Title Stills Collection