October 27, 2013

Leap Frog

Totally busted.
no information available - @ The Nite Tripper

October 25, 2013

A Genteel Toke

"The kids call it weed, but I think it's just lovely."
1970s - @ rcmaniac119

Star Wars Parade

I think those are kitchen gloves, spray painted black. Crafty.
1970s - @ House of Mirth

October 24, 2013

Dancing Pig

Oh god, they're all so delighted with the horrible thing.
P.S.C. April 7, 1924 - @ simpleinsomnia

October 23, 2013

The Plunge

I want to try out the long slide.
Santa Cruz - 1908 - @ American Memory

A Fine Party

I'm sort of endlessly fascinated with party pictures this like. I want to know their stories. Who was what to whom? Also, I just realized that the ceiling is all written on. 
Washington State - 1929 - @ University of Washington Library

The Pabst Explains It

What the fuck is that he's got? It seems to have breasts? I think my sister has those curtains.

October 22, 2013

Marine Drive

I can't make the perspective work. My brain just wants them all to be tiny little guys working on a storm drain.

Diversion

The guy on the right is extra anatomical.
Vietnam - 1969 - @ 687 Landclearing Company

Out Standing In His Field

I honestly can't tell from his face what he was thinking.
Michigan - 1950s - @ Dead Fred

Peek

Okay, kids, what's she looking at?
no information available - @ signs and wonders

October 19, 2013

Lewisite Gas

People are such strange creatures. We create weapons and then we create art to warn of them.
Camp Barkeley, Texas - 1941-1945 - @ National Museum of Health and Medicine

Vitamin D

I'm pretty sure that guy in the briefs can see us.
no information available - @ android gunslinger

See Saw

Farmer, farmer, farmer Brown, what will you give me if I let you down.
no information available - @ anton flow

Telephone Tower

Real life or a China Mieville novel?
Stockholm, Sweden - 1890s - @ Vintage Everyday

Private Slaughterhouse

I feel like this is the single most straightforward business card I have ever seen. Need a butcher? Here. Butchers.
Montreal, Canada - 1906 - @ Andre Vandal

October 17, 2013

October 14, 2013

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

Fixing a Zeppelin, high above the South Atlantic on the way to Rio. Some adventures are more adventuresome than others.
S. Atlantic - 1933 - @ La Boite Verte

Steak Chop Fish

If she hadn't been named Betty, they'd have called her Betty anyway.
Oscoda Air Base - Michigan - 1946-1949 - @ Random Finds

Kites

You know what I would say to this guy if I saw him out flying on of his kites? I would say, 
"Hey man, nice kite."
Alfred Bunce - @ TempusVolat

Louis Boutan

What the history books say: first underwater photographer. What the history books don't say: 
obviously a pirate.
France - 1893 - @ The White Dot

Un Jeune Homme

Tim Burton has been making movies for this boy for his entire career. 
 France - @ Android Gunslinger

October 13, 2013

Bal de l'Internat 1912


The dog carrying the arm is the perfect grace note. Where did I leave my time machine?

France - 1912 - @ Kinky Delight