themagicfarawayttree:

Diptych Dial, by Thomas Tucher, Nuremberg, c. 1620. “Diptych dials are portable instruments, usually made from ivory. They were mainly produced in Nuremberg from the late fifteenth century onwards. They are based on the principles of vertical and horizontal sundials.”

reasons i want to rob museums 

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tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1860, [ambrotype portrait of a beautiful young woman wearing an exquisitely detailed dress, black lace gloves, and gold jewelry with applied gilding]

via Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection

adolescents:

Suitcases of Insane Asylum Patients

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Suffragettes c.1918

(Source: buffleheadcabin, via theeoneandonlyknutt)

tothecabaret:

1930’s Teen Delinquents

(Source: smokedsausages, via deroli)

Vintage Vietnam lighters.

You can surf later.

U.S. Air Force personalized bomber jackets, WWII

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I love all of these.

halleydawn:

During World War II, entertainer Josephine Baker used her fame to access parties at foreign embassies, working as a spy for the French Resistance by reporting information written in invisible ink on her sheet music, as well as pinning notes with the information she gathered inside her underwear.

meditationinmysoul:

Freedom Riders. 50th anniversary. May 4, 1961.

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ameliacarina:

The day sweet rationing ended in Britain, 1953.

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The “Hidden Mother” is a type of 19th century photo where a child is photographed sitting in his or her mother’s lap. Later, the photo is matted or framed to hide the mother, leaving just the calm child in view. To make the cropping less obvious, the mother was sometimes wrapped up in fabric. Remove the frame or matte though and you’re left with a delightfully creepy photo.