1. Bat-Woman: The creation of this costume involves some amateur taxidermy but the end result may (or may not) be worth it – just look at that headpiece. 2. Spring-heeled Jack: Impress your f…
Scoop magazine, 1954
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A collection of the most confusing/unexplainable photos from my Tumblr blog, Black & WTF.
Found image. Photographed by R G Bennett of Brentwood.
The first post seems to have tickled your fancy, so over the past month I’ve been collecting photos on the internet, as well as submissions from readers who rifled through their attics to help me compile more preserved moments of historical sass! Found in Good Housekeeping, June 1952 Found here Reader submission from Peggy…
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Costume design by Wilhelm (Charles William Pitcher, 1858-1925) for The Chimes in the pantomime Dick Whittington as performed at the New Olympic Theatre on 26th December 1892, Wilhelm Pantomime Designs.
Found image. Lots of children at the beginning of the last century were called upon to dress up as fairies. This photograph was taken by P A Bullock of Hucknall and Kirkby.
Found image. I love this photograph. What a lovely outfit probably made by her mother. And what a lovely smile. If this was for a fancy dress event or carnival I hope she won a prize.
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Charles Lauri (Jnr) Born 1860 in Islington, London. Impersonator of many animals, amongst them cats, chimps and apes. Image above circa 1875-80.
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What you're seeing here are photographs from an early 1900s theatrical production about the mortal peril of tippling and consorting with card players. Look at Death in those pictures below. He loves getting hammered! Just check out his party face in the second-to-last snapshot! As the Historical Ziegfeld Group…
College has changed a lot over the past 150 years… Harvard, Yale and Brown used to make all freshmen pose for nude photographs. There are thousands of these photos collected “for scientific research” from the 1940s to the 1970s, including nude photos of George Bush, Hilary Clinton, Meryl Streep, etc. (via)Cell phones were non-existent. Here,
Learn witchcraft spells to protect yourself from ghosts, pagan gods demanding human sacrifice and Death itself. It really is kind of effed-up what English teachers sic upon impressionable young minds. I read Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” when I was 15, and it has stuck with me ever si
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Brilliant Found Photos Of Mid-Century Christmas Parties
The theatrical production, inspired by an old English ballad entitled 'Death and the Lady', warns against the mortal perils of drinking and gambling.
Lena Hoschek's Men at Work collection contains a bunch of pieces that are the perfect addition for your holiday wardrobe.
"McCall's" October 1958
McCall 1585; ©1950; Girls' Dutch Maid Costume. McCalls 1951 Annual Gift Buying Guide Add a photo to the gallery by clicking the "modify" button below. This photo is from MCCALL'S NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS ANNUAL, Vol II, 1951. The boy's costume is McCall 1584. [insert your username, and make sure your preferences allow for people to contact you via e-mail. Do not list your email address here!]
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Maude Fealy was an American stage and silent film actress who survived into the talkie era.Fealy appeared in her first silent film in 1911 for
