Goonies are Good Enough

Okay, it doesn't look like much in the small version. But if you are a Goonies fan, click on it and look at it full sized. Everything's there, from Copperpot to their piss marks on the walls. Too cool!

Movie-Inspired Map

2010, artist Andrew DeGraff

from his blog

Big Shot

Laughs in war times.

Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi

1944

from lovsdogs

Old Wooden Boat

Now, don't they look like a good time? I wonder if he made that boat himself.

South Carolina

1944

from babyfella2007's flickr stream

Erotic pain seems unusually thrilling to drug-sodden senses.

"Photos Posed by Professional Models." These are not real drug addicts, people. Do not be alarmed.

Click Photo Parade

1938

from Museum of Drugs

Henrik Ibsen

That's not a Norwegian, that's a goddamned lion!

Munich, Germany

1890s

from MrsInman's flickr stream

Male Narwal or Unicorn. Greenland Shark.

This one's for Leila. I liked this page at first because of the narwhal, but now I just want to know what the fuck's up with the Greenland shark's eye.

An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery

1820, by W. Scoresby

from Animal Picture Archive

Jess Dixon in his flying automobile

"Can fly forward, backward or straight up or hover in the air. Runs on road or flys across country. 40 H.P. motor, air cooled, speeds to 100 m.p.h."

Andalusia, Ala

1940

from State Library and Archives of Florida

Lion Around

There's not much room on a circus wagon to pack chairs and stuff. Easier just to use what's already there.

Mademoiselle Scheel with lions, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1905, photographer Frederick W. Glasier

from NYT Lens

2 wheeler on two boards

Dude, look what I can do!

Texas

1970s

from Txrelichunter's flickr stream

there are no fighter pilots down in hell

Design-wise, this is a mess, but I love it. I'd love to talk to the guys who put this together.

Fighter Squadron 192 Squadron Hymnal

1954

from Drinking Songs

lunar surface extravehicular activity

I can't imagine looking at the Moon and saying to yourself, "Yeah, I was there."

Astronaut James Irwin on the MFing Moon

1971

from George Eastman House

Rear End

Built for comfort, not speed.

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from anna272b's flickr stream

Kappa Delta house

The gal in the window is the best visual example of the phrase "above it all" that I have ever seen.

George Washington University

1954

from GWU

ROTC Drummer

The rest I get, but what's that thing on his head?

West Virginia University

1935

from West Virginia History Onview

One for the Road

This is the real reason I'm not exactly crying over the lack of flying cars: drunk drive-flying!

French Prints

1910, credited to Villemard

from whoever, whomever's flickr stream

Father and Son

Logically speaking, I understand that Kermit and the rest of the muppets are made of cloth and foam and plastic, voiced and controlled by very talented puppeteers. But after a lifetime of watching those characters sing, talk, act, fall in love, teach, bitch, build, and deliver the news, well, it's pretty hard to deep down convince myself that this is anything but a photo of Jim and Kermit having a conversation. Maybe about his motivation for the next scene? Seeing the wires does not, in this case, seem to destroy the illusion for me.

Jim Henson on set

1970s

from Brandon Waybright's blog

Bike tyre used as a swimming aid

This picture reminds me of my Granpa Fish. A smart and handy man, he was known for cutting pieces and strips from busted inner tubes and using them for just about any little project. I even found a mention in his war journal of him using car inner tubes to seal the cracks around his door while he was in camp in the Pacific in WW II. Anyway, I think these clever folks would tickle him.

Germany

1925

from Spaarnestad Photo

Opium Portrait #2

"Just say no" has not always been the order of the day.

Paris

1930s, photographer Brassaï

from stevechasmar's flickr stream

Buried Treasure

I spent so much time digging holes and making or reading maps as a kid, you don't even know.

(Hit the "from" link to see what all these numbers and letters refer to.)

Mechanix Illustrated

1956

from Modern Mechanix

THUMP

This one is described as "Children playing outside of a movie theater," but I don't know that I think that's what's going on here.

USA

1961, photographer Robert W. Kelley

from LIFE

The Great Waterspout

Oh, god, the little ship! Imagine that thing from the deck.

Vineyard Sound

1896

from Historic NWS Photos

The Reading Room

I love the guy in the chair, completely absorbed in whatever he's reading.

London Library

1935, photographer Sylvia Lewes

from The London Library

Hound Fish

Nothing but a tiny sea monster.

"The Bahama Islands" by The Geographical Society of Baltimore

1905

from NOAA

moonstone-studded ear trumpet of poet and artist Ethel Anderson

You know, I don't think I've ever seen one of these outside of a cartoon. A clever solution, you have to admit. Mine would be all banged up and tarnished, though.

Wales

1940s

from ABC News

sharp.

Nothing deep on this one, it just made me laugh.

Computer Gaming World Issue Number: 3.1

1983

from CGW Museum

jab forward with point

If I'd had a copy of the book this came from when I was 13, things would have been different for several people.

The Cane as a Weapon by Andrew Chase Cunningham

1912

from How to Extinct Humanity

Mildred Burke

Back in the way back, wrestling was no joke. These women fought for real. Broke their bones. Ruptured their organs. Busted their teeth out. One woman had an eyeball popped out. One gal died. Of course, there was a guy getting more than 50% of what they made.

Mildred Burke and a wrestler I do not know -

if you do, please tell me.

1950s

from http://wrestlingclassics.com

Soldier of the Sod

As a society (and this sounds a little silly), we've really taken the beauty out of necessity. Yes, We Can, but we Do because we Must. We're not encouraged to keep with it because of the honor and joy associated with working for and with each other and for the betterment of all mankind. Does it take an enemy like Hitler to bring that out in us, or just artists like Wyeth?

Propaganda Poster

1942, artist Andrew Wyeth

from x-ray delta one's flickr stream

no parking on the grass

My take: the girl smoking is a total day tripper, out here being cool with her more hippieish dorm mate, who is more than a little in love with her.

Cedar Woods near Leakey, Texas

1973, photographer Marc St. Gil

from The US National Archives

Ella Wesner, male impersonator

More drag kings should wear fezzes, especially if it winds up looking this dapper.

New York City

1880, photographer Napoleon Sarony

from George Eastman House

Medium Levitation

Look at that ass jump! Spiritism may be fake as plastic flowers, but it sure looks like fun. 

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from evpmanuk's flickr stream

Get along, little doggies.

Nothing like a long day on the trail, wrangling bostons.

New Mexico

from newmexico51's flickr stream

On The Roof

According to my source, this is Jammie Reynolds, who has scared us all once before. Which means he did this kind of shit all the time. Remind me not to bitch about work any time soon.  

Washington, DC

1910s

from Old Pictures

8th Wonder of the World

Peeling her like a banana.

Art done to pitch movie concept of King Kong

1931, artists Willis O'Brien and Byron Crabbe

from The Pictoral Arts

the laundry

Holy shit, PUPPY LINE! Ha, dogs in socks.

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from signs and wonders' flickr stream

Devil Magic

I have no urge to go see a modern stage magician, but I'm fascinated by turn of the century magic imagery.

Howard Thurston Poster

1914

from Retro Snapshots

Ringling Circus' Harold Alzana

The human body is really an amazing thing. It's sort of crazy to me that this guy and I are the same species.

Chicago, IL

1949, photographer Charles Weever Cushman

from The Charles W. Cushman Collection

Crusader Rabbit Execs

What in the ding dang dong is going on here?

1950s

from The Imaginary World

Full House

Friends? Family? Couples, triples, a fivesome? This could be so many different things. Four very cute gals, though, I have to say.

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from Gargantua Photos

Gusto

Go, kid, go!

Skins & Punks - Lost Archives 1978–1985

photographer Gavin Watson

from Vice

Tutti Frutti, good booty/if it don't fit, don't force it.

As a boy, they called him War Hawk for his singing voice. At 10 he became a faith healer, before joining the circus to perform as "drag baby" Princess Lavonne. Women threw their panties at him on stage and his mixed race, hotel room orgies have become the stuff of legend. They say he had a threesome with Buddy Holly. When he played, white kids were leaping off the balconies to get down into the dancing, shouting, black crowd in the segregated floor seats. At 25, he quit secular music to become a preacher, and when he came back to rock, The Beatles opened for his return tour. All before 1965. Elvis? Elvis was a talented puppet, a cover artist, an acceptable rebel. Little Richard Penniman fucked gospel and r&b and blues and honky tonk and gave birth to rock'n'roll.

I don't know who took this picture, and I wish I did.
If you have the details on it, please let me know.

Good Dog

Oh, sure, it's a great skill for the dog to have when you're out hunting, but I'd like to see you try to keep him from getting food down off the kitchen counter.

De Funiak Springs, Florida
1947
from State Library and Archives of Florida

See you around, Super Honky.

Chicks shooting uzis on motorcycles! Dudes kicking other dudes - with explosions! Fine! Metal! Booty!

Movie Poster

1973

from Wrong Side of the Art