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Keller the Magician Poster, “Levitation”, 1900-1909
Harry Kellar was an American magician, a predecessor of Harry Houdini and a successor of Robert Heller and Isaiah Hughes, under whom he apprenticed. Referred to as the “Dean of American Magicians”, he is shown here performing one his most memorable stage illusions, the “Levitation of Princess Karnac”.
The “Parisian”, 1888, Commercial Color Lithograph, Issued by Allen and Ginter Cigarettes, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
This trade card was from the “World’s Smokers” series (N33) issued in 1888 in a set of fifty cards to promote the Allen and Ginter brand cigarettes; the company was located in Richmond, Virgian. Printer’s samples were included in the set, as well. The printer’s sample cards are on a thinner card stock without printed text.
Each card in the series measures 2.75 x 1.5 inches. One card was packed in each box of ten cigarettes.
Vintage Smoking Male Mannequin Head with ‘Real’ Eyelashes, 1980s
Gif Excerpts, “About Conception and Contraception” by the National Film Board of Canada, 1973
This film was an animation without narration. It dicussed the use, advantages, disadvantages, costs, and effectiveness of the condom as one of the included forms of contraception.
The Fighter Harry Lewis, Collecting Card, Date Unknown
Photographer Unknown, (Tin Rockets: Seeking Out New Worlds)
Photographer Unknown, Vintage Photo, (The Pugilist)
“There is a distinct art in boxing, because there is method, strategy, technique rules and all the bells and whistles that the general public knows. However, since the beginning of time mankind was destined to appreciate the art of combat; and that is the mortal sacrifice – you put yourself out there and display a virtual painting, an interactive canvas that portrays the nature of the human body and what it’s capable of, and as an outcome, the object of combat is not to sacrifice yourself to entertain spectators, no, but to make the other bastard sacrifice himself to entertain spectators – thus comes the art of honor. It’s not a thirst for blood, not at all – but an astonishment, an appreciation for the capabilities of a human that bares his soul naked for the art of combat using strictly his body.” – Ghaleya Aldhafiri
Artist and Bookbinder Unknown, Autograph Scrapbook Cover, 1884, Ostriches
Addison 2 “Waterfall” Catalin Art Deco Radio, 1940, Dark Green and Butterscotch
The Addison 2 was made circa 1940 by Addison Industries Limited in Canada. It had an Art Deco unique styling and bold use of color; in this model it featured a marbleized dark green-black case and butterscotch trim. This streamlined radio design featured the famous “waterfall” speaker grill trim and surround “bumpers” at the base with speed-lines. A fairly small radio for the period, it measures 10.25 inches x 6 inches high x 5 inches deep.
Fritz Lang’s “Siegfried”, First Film of the “Die Nibelungen” Series,1924
Photographer Unknown, (Time Stopped: A Fraction of a Second Until 10:10)
“The main thing you remember is the noise. All that water cascading around you sounds kind of brutal, kind of dangerous, but time has stopped, so all you do is try to hang on and hope that nature, the ocean, treats you well. I just recall seeing another surfer way down the beach, and then it was all over and I was out, and safe, going wow, wow, that was a gift from nature.”
― Robert Black
Photographer Unknown, The Theater, Computer Graphics, Gifs
Reblogged with thanks to the artist’s site: http://hateplow.tumblr.com
Photographer Unknown, (An Era Gone By: Jones Sewing Machine)
The Jones Sewing Machine Company was a British manufacturer of sweing machines founded in 1860 by William Jones and Thomas Chadwick under the name ‘Chadwick and Jones’ that later become known as the Jones Sewing Machine Company. The Jones patent for his popular Serpent Neck model appeared in 1879. These were manufactured until 1909. The machine pictured employ a transverse boat shuttle mechanism forming a lock stitch. Many of the Jones machines displayed very ornamental decoration ensuring that they were kept in good condition as decorative items in the household.
Photographer Unknown, Vintage Photo of Cowboy, 1890
“Up to a point a man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him; then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow. The wish, however, must be implemented by deeds.”
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