King Kong Safety Matches
(cc licensed flickr photo shared by x-ray delta one)
(cc licensed flickr photo shared by x-ray delta one)
The beautiful Paulette Goddard (1910 – 1990) in Modern Times, the 1936 film directed by Charlie Chaplin. [via Classic Film Heroines]
This incredibly beautiful machine is one of the more recent additions to the already-formidable antique typewriter collection of Martin Howard. The appliance was manufactured in 1895 by the Ford Typewriter…
Photographs of gorgeous antique typewriters, from the collection of Martin Howard. Howard’s collection comprises of “typewriters dating from the 1880s to the early 1900s,” which he has lovingly restored to…
“For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the…
“And it’s so thrifty…” Link to the video on Youtube. [via Miss C Recommends]
"King George VI at the microphone at Buckingham Palace on 12 May 1937." Image: CC licensed Flickr photo shared by BBC Radio 4
The disarticulated skeleton shared by plaisanter. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license. Magic; Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography (1897) written by Albert Allis Hopkins and Henry Ridgely…
Lady Gaga’s monster hit, interpreted as a vintage children’s storybook, by Flickr user Andrew Kolb.
From a vintage pamphlet "All About Girls," circa 1900. [via Dull Tool Dim Bulb]