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This Online Page Showcases How Weird Our Ancestors Were, Posts 30 Pics As Proof
Maybe it's just the smell of old people and moth balls, but vintage items have a certain charm that new things will never have. Well, they might have it in 50 years, but that charm takes time to acquire. Whether it’s a hundred-year-old coffee table from a flea market or a wool sweater from the 1970s, vintage items are so special, and they help us reminisce on the “good old days”. Unfortunately, I cannot offer you a chaise longue that’s older than you to lay on or an ornate light fixture from my grandmother’s home, but I can provide you with a list of quirky photos from back in the day that might bring you a bit of joy.
We’ve gone through the Vintage Weird Facebook group and found some of our favorite images from simpler, yet possibly stranger, times to share with all of you vintage enthusiasts out there. So slip into that dress your grandmother gave you, get those Elvis tunes playing, and enjoy this list of some of peculiar blasts from the past. Below, you'll also find an interview with Lisa Barrow, one of the creators and admins of Vintage Weird, where you can hear a bit more about the background of the page, and an interview with vintage expert and creator of the blog It's Beyond My Control, Dominique de Merteuil. Be sure to upvote your favorite pics, and then if you’re interested in checking out some bizarre vintage ads, we’ve got the perfect Bored Panda piece for you to read next right here.
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#1
In 1916, Sisters, Adeline And Augusta Van Buren Became The First Women To Travel Across The USA On Two Solo Motorcycles. They Made It Despite Frequently Being Arrested For Wearing Pants!!!
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#2
1939 Schlörwagen... Built By German Engineer Hans Schlör Von Westhofen Dirmstein To Resemble The Shape Of An Airplane Wing. This Car Was More Aerodynamicaly Efficient Than Most 21th Century Cars With A Cw Value Of Just 0,15!
#3
17-Year-Old Bianca Passarge From Hamburg Dances On Wine Bottles In A Cat Costume, 1958
#4
Air Conditioned Luxury Lawn Mower In The 1950's
#5
A Test Audience Reacting To The Chest Burster Scene In Alien, 1979
#6
Late Victorian Mountaineers, Including A Fully Dressed And Corseted Lady, Cross A Crevasse In The Alps (1900)
#7
A British Chamberpot With A Built-In Small Bust Of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ca.1803-05
#8
Department Store Wax Mannequins Melting During A Heatwave In 1929. (Via Alex Eccleston)
#9
From Circa 1975, An Ad For Men's Business Attire. With Western Canada Breaking Temperature Records All Over The Place, This Might Not Be A Bad Idea
#10
The Unbroken Seal On King Tutankhamun's Tomb, Which Stayed 3,245 Years Untouched Until The Excavation In 1922
Jrog 4 years ago (edited)
Tutankhamen was a very minor Pharaoh, who accomplished basically nothing of relevance and died very young. His fame and the myth come mostly from the discovery of his tomb in modern age. His tomb was preserved from robbers only because King Tut was so inconsequential while alive that his tomb was built over to make space for the more relevant Ramses IV's tomb. Robbers plundered Ramses tomb, but missed the small mudslide covered door leading to Tut's tomb, preserving it and leading to the amazing archaeological find in a time when no one expected a bona-fide Egyptian burial site to have survived millennia of robberies.
#11
Up Until 1948, 7up Put Lithium In Their Soda. For Those Unaware, That Is A Mood Stabilizer And It Is Very Much Still In Use Today
#12
Martin Claus 1892-1975
#13
A Disguised Secret Witness Testifies In A Courtroom On A Drug Case. Washington, 30 April 1952
#14
Ford Unsuccessfully Tried To Reinvent The (Steering) Wheel
Ford Unsuccessfully Tried To Reinvent The (Steering) Wheel By Replacing With A Pair Of Twisty Dials In The 1960s. Ford Pr Geared It Towards Those “Non-Technical” People That Are Commonly Referred To As Women, Who Are Apparently Hopeless At Parallel Parking. In All Their Cockiness Though, Ford Were Apparently Oblivious To The Fact That The System Was No Easier Or Better Than A Standard Steering Wheel Anyway!
#15
A Lady’s Compact From The 1920’s
#16
The Motormat Drive-In,invented By Kenneth C.purdy,where The Food Tray Was Sent Out On Rails (1948) Los Angeles
#17
A Couple Gets Into Their Bmw Isetta, Through The Front Door, 1950
Jrog 4 years ago (edited)
ISO Rivolta Isetta. It was not a BMW design, despite later being licensed to BMW. It tried to address the need for a cheap, everyday car in post-war Italy, a country split between a barely starting "economic boom" and the need to rebuilt most of the infrastructures. Weighing 330 kg (barely over 700 pounds) and with a single-cylinder 250 cc engine , it could run 35 km on a liter of (leaded) fuel, a performance that is not matched even by the most modern hybrid cars. In the 60s there was a competitive racing category for the Isetta and some madlad even raced it at the Mille Miglia. Funnily enough ISO Rivolta, who was notorious for their motorcycle builds, after the Isetta went on to build some amazing super-sportscar like the ISO GRIFO, and went racing in Formula 1 along with some guy named Frank Williams, bringing in the Marlboro sponsorship which became iconic later on with McLaren.
#18
Luna Park, Melbourne. Google It. The Place Was (And Is) Amazing
#19
Im Henson Helping An Old Lady ( Aughra) Cross The Street In 1982. "Aughra Is A Major Character From Jim Henson's 1982 Film The Dark Crystal And The Deuteragonist Of The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Prequel Series. She Was Performed By Puppeteer Frank Oz, With The Late Billie Whitelaw Providing Her Voice. In The 2019 Prequel Age Of Resistance, She Is Performed By Kevin Clash And Voiced By Donna Kimball. "
#20
Ge Walking Truck, 1969
Jrog 4 years ago (edited)
This amazing contraption was the ancestor of Boston Dynamics' Big Dog. Without barely any electronic assistance and playing only with electro-mechanical devices, it could walk and move loads with amazing precision. It was the first example of power-assisted force feedback control. It was too advanced for its time, but opened the way to a lot of innovations in GE power equipment line, including technologies for underwater manipulation, forestry equipment, Space applications and lab safety equipment.
#21
Giant Studebaker. World's Largest Vehicle Under Construction. Chicago, 1934
Jrog 4 years ago
This was not an actual car, of course. It was a wood and plaster model of their latest luxury sedan, the "President Land Cruiser", painted bright canary yellow.
It was displayed above the automaker stand in the Travel and Transport Building of the Chicago International Exposition of 1934. It was 80 feet long, 28 feet high, and 30 feet wide.
It was empty inside, acting as a 80 person meeting room and auditorium, with a projector playing a looped advertising showreel.
This photo is the most famous but is heavily doctored, as the lack of shadows and hard edges on the figures show. You can see the actual building here 1934-1935-...iser-9.jpg 
#22
It’s True It These Weird Trousers Were The Mad Rage In The 1920’s
It’s True It These Weird Trousers Were The Mad Rage In The 1920’s. 2 British Men Who Are Cambridge University Undergraduates Photographed There Wearing “Plus 10’s”. 1926. — Plus 10’s Are Variation On The Plus 4 Golfing Knickers. The Number Increases For How Many Inches Below The Knee The Fabric Hung. These Pants Became A Huge Look For Fashion Forward Pioneered By The Prince Of Wales , Film Stars And Was Espoused Mainly By Elite University Students And Spread. “Plus Fours” Came In Tweed Wool, Linen, Corduroy, And Flannel. They Were Worn With Sweaters , Jacket And Tie, Dress Shirts And Were Also Worn By Daring Females Or Children. Jaunty Hats Were The Norm To Complete The Look
#23
#8 Freckle Removal. A Complicated Apparatus Is Employed. Eyes Are Covered With A Special, Air-Tight Piece, And The Nostrils Filled In. Breathing Is Done Through A Special Tube. Sensitive Parts Of The Face Must Be Treated Separately, 1930
#24
The Berlin Gold Hat (German: Berliner Goldhut) Is A Late Bronze Age Artefact Made Of Thin Gold Leaf. It Served As The External Covering On A Long Conical Brimmed Headdress, Probably Of An Organic Material. It Is Now In The Neues Museum On Museum Island In Berlin. The Berlin Gold Hat Is The Best Preserved Specimen Among The Four Known Conical Golden Hats From Bronze Age Europe So Far. Of The Three Others, Two Were Found In Southern Germany, And One In The West Of France. (...) It Is Generally Assumed That The Hats Served As The Insignia Of Deities Or Priests In The Context Of A Sun Cult That Appears To Have Been Widespread In Central Europe At The Time. The Hats Are Also Suggested To Have Served Astronomical/Calendrical Functions
#25
Frank Zappa In The Background. Ringo Starr, Playing Frank Zappa, In The Foreground. From The Movie “200 Motels” (1971) Written And Directed By Frank Zappa And Tony Palmer
#26
Back In 1956, Magician Robert Harbin Demonstrated One Of His Levitation Tricks On A Few Beachgoers. These Women Looked Pretty Impressed And At Ease, Especially The Woman ‘Levitating’ Over Rocks. This Is Definitely Not Something You Would See At Beaches Today
#27
Pablo Picasso As Popeye. 1957. Photo By André Villers
#28
Beauty Treatment For Women: 1941 The Glamour Bonnet Went Over A Woman's Head, And The Attached Hose Was Supposed To Create Low Atmospheric Pressure Like A Vacuum To Improve Skin Complexion
#29
Je Règle Mon Pas Sur Le Pas De Mon Père Friedrich Seidenstücker : In His Father’s Trousers, C. 1950
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
Child in a virtual sack next to water. What could possibly go wrong
#30
Philippe Halsman, The Versatile Jean Cocteau, 1949
#31
To Promote His Movie 'Frenzy' Alfred Hitchcock Announced He Was Returning Home To London From Hollywood... By Floating A Lifelike Mannequin Of Himself In The Thames River 1972
#32
Coin (Silver) From Syracuse, Greece Around 466 Bce
#33
Butterfly-Shaped Box, Japan, 19th Century, Lacquer With Gold, Silver And Mother-Of-Pearl The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
#34
Paul Boyton (1848-1924) Photographed By Alphonse Bernoud (1820-1889). Boyton Was An Adventurer Having Spurred Worldwide Interest In Water Sports As A Hobby. He's Best Known For Crossing The English Channel In A Novel Rubber Suit That Functioned Similarly To A Kayak
#35
A Young Woman Sand Surfing Near Seaside, Oregon [1941]
![A Young Woman Sand Surfing Near Seaside, Oregon [1941]](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/62-62c69d8c35824__700.jpg "A Young Woman Sand Surfing Near Seaside, Oregon [1941]")
#36
Otto Soltau (1885-1915), "The Centaur Playing With Her Child," 1909
#37
Hell Courtesan By Kawanabe Kyosai (1874)
#38
Filippo Balbi, Testa Anatomica, 1854, Oil On Panel Wellcome Library, London
#39
Walking On Stilts Is Already Impressive Enough, But This Man Pushed It One Step Further And Skated On Stilts! Fritz Dietl, Who Was Better Known As The Stilt-Man, Was Photographed Practicing His Skills With Four-Year-Old Pat Kemp At The Empire Pool In Wembley. 1937
#40
Perhaps The Strangest And Most Mysterious Mask Of Them All, The Moretta Mask Experienced A Brief Surge Of Popularity Before Disappearing Almost Entirely By 1760. A Full-Face Mask Like The Bauta, The Moretta Mask (Also Sometimes Called The Servetta Muta, Or Mute Maidservant) Had No Straps Or Dowels To Secure It To Ones Face. Instead, The Moretta Mask Was Kept In Place By Means Of A Button Sewn Onto The Inside That The Wearer Would Clamp Between Their Teeth, Rendering Them Mute. Traditionally Worn Only By Women, The Moretta Encouraged The Renaissance Ideal Of Feminine Beauty By Accentuating The Delicate Curves Of The Face, And By Obliging The Wearer To Communicate Via Body Language Instead Of By Speaking. Ironically, This Mute Mask Speaks Volumes About The Eras Understanding Of A Womans Place In Society
#41
We Miss You, Rod Serling! Rod Serling Left Us On June 28, 1975 At The Age Of 50. In This Image He Is Seen In The World He Created, “Twilight Zone,” Which Resonated With Audiences As He Portrayed The Search For Truth And Cures For The Human Condition In Fantasy And Sci-Fi Themes.
While “Twilight Zone” personified him, Serling created or wrote for many other shows, among them “Night Gallery,” a color update to many of the Twilight Zone themes. But his last performance was among the strangest, an otherworldly radio performance called “Fantasy Park.”
Fantasy Park was a 48-hour-rock concert carried on nearly 200 radio shows on Labor Day Weekend 1975. It featured many of the biggest acts of the time, including a Beatles reunion. The only catch was it was imaginary, a “theatre of the mind for the 70’s,” using recordings of live albums and snippets of crowd noise and other audio effects. Serling was recruited to record the host segments, and he wrote disclaimers for the show such as this one:
“Hello, this is Rod Serling, and welcome back to Fantasy Park- the crowds here today are unreal. This is Fantasy Park, the greatest live concert never held.”
Robert M. Thompson created this Vintage TV Art image for the classic “Twilight Zone” series
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Rod was ahead of his time. He was very progressive. I love The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery
#43
Photocubirealist Portrait Of Picasso. I Can't Find Information About This, But From His Age I'm Guessing Circa '60s
#44
‘Duska' Red And Black Glass Perfume Flacon, Modelled As A Skyscraper, By Langlois And Probably Executed By The Cristallerie De Nancy, 1928
#45
Fritz Schwimbeck (1889-1972), Eingang Der Fischfrösche, 1919
#46
Out And In Book Of Hours, Flanders C. 1485 Kraków, Mnk 3025 I, P. 469-470
#47
A Security Guard Walking Down Us Highway 101 Where There Are Towering Stacks Of Hollow Iron Floats From Which The Iron Antisubmarine Nets Were Suspended To Protect The Us Ports During The Last War, By Hank Walker, 1953
#48
Stanley Green Was A ‘Human Billboard’ And An Ubiquitous Figure In London
Stanley Green Was A ‘Human Billboard’ And An Ubiquitous Figure In London. For 25 Years, From 1968 Until 1993, Green Patrolled Oxford Street With A Placard Recommending "Protein Wisdom", A Low-Protein Diet That He Said Would Dampen The Libido And Make People Kinder. His 14-Page Self-Published Pamphlet, Eight Passion Proteins With Care Went Through 84 Editions And Sold 87,000 Copies Over 20 Years. A True British Eccentric, There Is A Longer Account On Wikipedia That Makes Interesting Reading
Petra Moon 4 years ago
Kellogg cornflakes we’re invented for the same reason. To stop people masterbating.
#49
Cellophane Ad Poster 1950s
#50
"Vampire's Kiss," Illustration By Max Ernst, 1934
#51
Cats Being Instructed In The Art Of Mouse Catching By An Owl - Lombard School, C. 1700, Paintings: Oil On Canvas, Within A Painted Lunette
WordWeaver 4 years ago
Note the sprite playing from his rear end? Fart jokes never go out of favour.
#52
Map Of The Ancient Roman World From Their Perspective
Map Of The Ancient Roman World From Their Perspective: Orbis Terrarum. Pomponius Mela, Who Wrote Around Ad 43, Was The Earliest Roman Geographer. He Was Born In Tingentera (Now Algeciras) And Died C. Ad 45. Pomponius Dividing The Earth Into Five Zones, Of Which Two Only Were Habitable, He Asserts The Existence Of Antichthones, Inhabiting The Southern Temperate Zone Inaccessible To The Folk Of The Northern Temperate Regions From The Unbearable Heat Of The Intervening Torrid Belt. On The Divisions And Boundaries Of Europe, Asia, And Africa, He Repeats Eratosthenes; Like All Classical Geographers From Alexander The Great (Except Ptolemy) He Regards The Caspian Sea As An Inlet Of The Northern Ocean, Corresponding To The Persian And Arabian (Red Sea) Gulfs On The South. India Occupies The South-Eastern Angle Of Asia, Whence The Coast Trended Northwards To Scythia, And Then Swept Round Westward To The Caspian Sea. Credit: Traces Of History And Archeology And Art
#53
Some Wonderfully Weird And Expertly Crafted Late 19th And Early 20th Century Pottery By The Martin Brothers Of England
#54
This Is Also A Coin From Syracuse, Bc 460, In A Much Nicer Condition, From My Coin Collection
#55
The Hotel Room Jugend 1930 Drawing By Anton Machek
#56
Moe And His Mini Me In "The 3 Little Pigskins", 1935
#57
L'important C'est De Communiquer Antonio Ligabue 1899-1965
#58
“Barbershop With Monkeys And Cats,” By Abraham Teniers. (1629-1670) (Thanks To Andrew Christopher Werling For Providing Corrections)
#59
The Timberline Lodge Ski Resort, Which Is Located In Oregon (USA), Could Be Reached Along The Mountain Road By Your Own Car, By Bus, As Well As By An Unusual Bus.
The latter outwardly did not differ in any way from the standard Kenworth-Pacific T-216. The cabin could accommodate 36 passengers.
When people entered the bus and took their seats, the doors were closed and the car set off ... by air.
He moved along the cable car with the help of electric motors. The fare on the “heavenly bus” was $ 1. By the way, it was possible to get to the resort for 20 cents on a regular bus along the way.
Officially, this cable car served from 1951 to 1953. Then it was closed for lack of profitability. But at the insistence of tourists, it was reopened and it served until the mid-60s of the last century. But already in the role of some kind of attraction
#60
This Is The 60ft Giant Yard Bird That Once Stood At The Entrance Of The Yard Birds Family Shopping Center In Chehalis, Wa. It Was Completed In 1971. It Was So Big A Semi Truck Could Drive Between Its Legs. Then In 1976, A Guy's Souped Up Camero's Carburetors Backfired And Shot Flames Up The Leg Of The Freshly Repainted Bird. The Bird Burned In 12 Minutes And Sent Up A Column Of Black Smoke That Could Be Seen From Miles Around
#61
"The Eleventh Hour" By Rodney Matthews 1983
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
He’s done loads of album covers. I was given his book “In search of forever” for my 12th birthday!
#62
Opera Singer Fritzi Massary Dressed As A Rooster In 1912
#63
Ida Rentoul : The Fairy On A Bat
#64
Lauren Bacall Photographed For Life Magazine (1948) Photographer: Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973) *the Gold Whistle Charm Bracelet She Has On Was A Gift From Humphrey Bogart Who Gave It To Her In Reference To The Famous Line She Said To Him In To Have And Have Not (1944). The Inscription Read: "If You Want Anything, Just Whistle." When Bogart Died The Whistle Was Buried With His Ashes
#65
Self Portrait, Photo Montage By Herbert Bayer, 1932
#66
Melchior D’hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636–1695) - Vogelkonzert (1670)
#67
Vintage Weird Holiday Weekend* Plans Are In Full Swing! _ "Hurrying Along In The Shuffle Race" From Things Worth Doing And How To Do Them (1906) By Lina Beard And Adelia B. Beard * It's Us Independence Day On July 4th. Whee!
#68
Ice Cube Face Mask By Max Factor, 1947
#69
Medusa - 1597 By Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio (1571 – 1610) Collection Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Two versions of Medusa were created by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – one in 1596 and the other in 1597 – depicting the exact moment she was executed by Perseus. He plays with the concept by replacing Medusa's face with his own, as an indication of his immunity to her dreadful gaze. Due to its bizarre and intricate design, the painting is said to complement Caravaggio's unique fascination with violence and realism. It was commissioned by Italian diplomat Francesco Maria del Monte as a means of giving it to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and is now located in the Uffizi Museum in Florence without signature
#70
Chorus Girls In Hell In Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
#71
Gas Mask For Babies, England, 1938
Petra Moon 4 years ago
WW2. To save babies from a gas attack. Luckily Hitler didn’t use gas on the UK.
#72
Erich Comeriner, Display Dummy Berlin C. 1930
PandaGoPanda 4 years ago
Somebody looks a bit guilty. Do you think he's holding someone else's ball?
#73
What We Are Coming To (1895) This Illustration By Grant E. Hamilton Ran In The February 16, 1895 Issue Of Judge Magazine
WordWeaver 4 years ago
Compare this to another recent posting about aspirational skyscrapers. Food for thought, eh?
#74
Alice Rahon, (1904-1987) The Juggler From The Orion’s Ballet Series, White Ink On Card, 1946
#75
A California Pioneer M.c. Close And His Mermaid Trixie, La Jolla, California, 1910 From The Southwest Postcard Collection
#76
Edward Steichen Sugar Cubes C.1920's
#77
Labor Union Members In Newark, New Jersey March Against Prohibition, Carrying Signs That Read, "We Want Beer," October 31, 1931
#78
‘Monkeys As Judges Of Art’ (1889) By Gabriel Von Max
#79
Anima Dannata - Lombardie - 1600-1610
#80
Expressions Diverses De La Physionomie Humaine Résultant De L'application Du Courant Électrique Sur Le Trajet Des Muscles De La Face." Illustration In Les Merveilles De La Science, Ou Description Populaire Des Inventions Modernes (1870) By Louis Figuier
#81
Kinda Cute
Dunstan Keene 4 years ago
The Devils Bible - Codex Gigas. Created in the Czech Republic in a now demolished monastery in the next village to where I live. Stolen by the Swedish in the Thirty Years War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas
#82
Saint Thomas D'aquin, Man Juggling His Own Head, C1880
#83
Saturn Devouring His Son, C. 1819-1823 Francisco Goya (1746–1828), Museo Del Prado, Madrid
Saturn Devouring His Son is the name given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. According to the traditional interpretation, it depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (in the title Romanized to Saturn), who, fearing that he would be overthrown by one of his children,[1] ate each one upon their birth. The work is one of the 14 Black Paintings that Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1819 and 1823. It was transferred to canvas after Goya's death and has since been held in the Museo del Prado in Madrid
WordWeaver 4 years ago
Can be seen as a metaphor for the way the military war machine uses up young people, mostly young men, cannon fodder. And has done throughout history. Goya painted many war related atrocities.
#84
Four Costumed Alligators: A Banjo Player, Carmen Miranda, One With A Harmonica, And One With A Trumpet. On Display At The Tropical Handbag Company Of Miami, Florida. November 1957
#85
Floris M. Neusüss Figure In The Room (Self-Portrait) 1974
#86
Remedios Varo ~ “Insomnia”,1947
#87
Le Me When, After Five Months Of Diet, I Find That We Will Have Pizza For Dinner. _______________ Particular Of The "Last Judgement" By Michelangelo Buonarroti (1535 -1541) - Sistine Chapel, Rome
#88
Perspectives D'avenir Traité Des Pratiques Geometrales Et Perspectives, Enseignées Dans L'academie Royale De La Peinture Et Sculpture . Par Abraham Bosse, 1665. Tres Utiles Pour Ceux Qui Desirent Exceller En Ces Arts, & Autres, Où Il Faut Employer La Regle & Le Compas.
Petra Moon 4 years ago
Translation: Perspectives d'avenir Treatise on geometric practices and perspectives, taught in the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. By Abraham Bosse, 1665. Very Useful For Those Who Desire To Excel In These Arts, & Others, Where You Must Use The Ruler & The Compass.
#89
Floaty Mannequin Captured In Window At Bonwit Teller Department Store, New York City, C. 1940.
#90
Edward Steichen :: Thérèse Duncan, Isadora Duncan Daughter, At The Acropolis, Athens, 1921
censorshipsucks 4 years ago
so people have been photographing themselves holding up tourist attractions for ages?
#91
Johannes Hendrikus Antonius Maria Lutz, Person Dressed Up As A Fox, 1907 - 1916
#92
The Classic Aqua-Trail “Terra Marina” Was In Business From 1956-1964+ In Many Sizes From 24'-36' And Widths Of 8' And 10' Wide. These Were Fully Amphibious Travel Trailers As The Wheels Were Retractable Into The Hull. Notice The Steering Helm Behind Lady In Red. Operator Would Stand On That Bench
#93
Mars Resting Ca. 1638 - A 17th Century Satiric Diego Rodríguez De Silva Y Velázquez (1599 – 1660) Museo Del Prado, Madrid
Mars or Resting Mars (Descanso de Marte, literally The Rest of Mars) is a 1640 painting by Diego Velázquez. It is now in the Prado Museum. The painting was inspired by Il Pensieroso, one of Michelangelo's sculptures for the Medici in the new sacristy of the Basilica of San Lorenzo. This painting is a satirical depiction of the god Mars. It is thought to have been finished around 1639-1640
#94
Lobby Display For Mad Love (Karl Freund, 1935)
#95
Couple Katchina Noguchi 1943 Wood, String, Feathers
#96
Clown And Clownesse, Photo By Werner Rohde, 1935
#97
Forever Young - Activa Creme Radioactive - Toujours Jeune Art Deco Ad By Mauzan Achille, Paris 1921
WordWeaver 4 years ago
"To be always young and pretty"; tell Marie Curie that. And BP - gasp - you didn't censor! Well done!
#98
Joseph Beuys Erdtelephon, 1968 Telephone, Lump Of Clay, Dried Grass, Cord, Wood 19 × 38.5 × 104.5 Cm (7 ½ × 15 ⅛ × 41 ⅛ In.)
Petra Moon 4 years ago (edited)
Yeah…. I can see the excruciating anguish endured by the artist being represented by how he puts a phone on a piece of wood.
#99
Edith Rimmington, The Decoy, 1948, Oil On Canvas National Galleries Scotland
WordWeaver 4 years ago
Synectic art? Meant to build up an idea/understanding through a synthesis of analogies ie objects blended together should lead your mind to certain ideas. Like a visual puzzle. The artist may only hint through a title otherwise it's up to you to puzzle it out. And you may get different sequences of ideas every time you study the images. Value for money, eh?
#100
Catedral Vegetal Oil On Masonite Remedios Varo 1957
#101
This Clown, According To A Student Editor, Is A Fine Example Of Humor. Knee-Slapping, I Tell You. From Ball State University’s 1928 Yearbook
#102
Ohann Remmelin. Three Visions, Catoptrum Microcosmicum (Mirror Of The Microcosm), 1667
Lyone Fein 4 years ago
Lots of Latin and Hebrew. Analyzing the human body like it's some sort of mini map of the cosmos?
#103
Alexandre Perier & Lourenço Morganti, Deception Of The Sinners, 1735
#104
Elemer A. Lakatos - False Faces, 1953
#105
Floating Heads Friday: 1971 Print Ad For The Mexican Beverage Refrescos Lulu. This Drink Brand Still Exists, But The Betty Boop Mascot On The Bottle Has Been Changed -- Nose Slightly Different And Hairstyle Completely Altered
#106
Floating Heads Friday: Brent Has Suspected His New Mother-In-Law Would Prove Overbearing--But Even In Regard To His Brake Linings??? (Late 1940s Gray-Rock Advertisement.)
WordWeaver 4 years ago
The woman looks like she's waving a gun. The guy is an idiot. So is the driver.
#107
Larry Lewis (American Outsider Artist 1919-2004) - Untitled (Woman With Open Mouth And Blue Dress), Mixed Media On Paper (Two-Page Spread From Collage Book, Ca. 1970, At Fred Giampietro's Booth | Oaf NYC 2015
Born in 1919, Lewis took art classes in his youth and exhibited his paintings in the 1950s with some limited success, but for reasons unknown he withdrew from the art world. Married to a nurse, he lived in Norwalk, Connecticut, where he made his living as a secretary at United Oil Products. But he did not stop making art. From the 1960s, almost until his death in 2004, Lewis worked on a series of extraordinary hand-painted scrapbooks made out of collages of photocopied pictures of Hollywood divas, Victoriana, newspaper advertisements, product labels and favourite works of art. But over those four decades he hardly showed the work to anyone, and neither did he leave behind any written explanation of what it was all about
#108
Poster From George C. Tilyou’s Steeplechase Park Circa 1905.
#109
"Ehy, That's Too Hot! Let's Get Out Of There, Buddy!" Infernal Monstrosities, Particular Of The Last Judgement By Michelangelo Buonarroti (1536–1541) - St. Peter's Basilica In Rome
Petra Moon 4 years ago
The end is always predicted as a fire storm. I wonder if it means nuclear war? Scary.
#110
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) Les Voeux De Mariage (Marriage Vows), 1955 Oil On Canvas
Vepřík Boubelatý 4 years ago
The stains left on the carpet after they carried away the bodies.
#111
Spiderweb * - Maurits Cornelis Escher, 1940-42. Dutch, 1898-1972 Woodcut * Halcyon Typografische Tijdschrift
#112
Untitled, Photo By Emery P. Reves-Biro, C.1930s
#114
Lions (Or Lion Suits) Illustration By Job For Liline Et Frérot : Au Pays Des Joujoux (1902) By Georges Montorgueil
#115
The Convair Model 118 Convaircar (Also Known As The Hall Flying Automobile) Was A Prototype Flying Car Of Which Two Were Built. Company Photograph Taken Over San Diego, California, USA, November 1947
Roman Hans 4 years ago
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