Victorian Readers: 30 Charming Portraits of People With Books
This post was originally published on this siteThese charming portraits capture Victorian men, women, and children posing thoughtfully with books. In an era when literacy […]
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Unique Costumes for Children and Adults by Jane Asher From the 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteJane Asher’s Fancy Dress is a costume design book first published in 1983 by British actress and author […]
Vintage Photographs of People Using the Card Catalog at the Library in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteBack before computers were invented, librarians put information about their books on cards and filed those cards in […]
Book-O-Mat, the 1947 Pocket Book Vending Machine
This post was originally published on this siteIn June 1947, Popular Science featured an early book vending machine called the Book-O-Mat, which featured a selection […]
This Book From 1908 Shows How Photo Retouching Was Around Long Before Photoshop Ever Was
This post was originally published on this site“Photoshopping” portraits have been around a lot earlier! Over a century ago, photographers were already altering images to […]
35 Amazing Photos Capture Victorian People With Books
This post was originally published on this siteThe Victorian Era is characterized by the expanding horizons of education and literacy, as well as by an […]
Shades on Feathers: This Old Book of Color Shades Depicted With Feathers
This post was originally published on this siteSample book with dyeing instructions and an 18-section foldout containing 143 dyed feathers. Directions for Dyeing. Dye at […]
Persinger’s Scrapbook: The 35-Pound Comic Scrapbook That Paints a Picture of Great Depression-Era Life
This post was originally published on this siteIn 2020, Australian sculptor and collector Eric Oglander bought an old and cumbersome scrapbook at an auction and […]
30 Travel-Book Photos of Yosemite National Park in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteYosemite National Park is an American national park in the state of California, surrounded on the southeast by […]
Every Reason Why Women Should Not Vote
This post was originally published on this sitePublished in 1917 by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., this book compiles an exhaustive list of reasons […]
Your Beautiful Home on a Budget, 1974
This post was originally published on this site“Your Beautiful Home on a Budget: How to Create Style on a Shoestring” was a home decorating book […]
‘How to Get a Teen-Age Boy and What to Do With Him When You Get Him’ by Ellen Peck (1969)
This post was originally published on this siteLet’s have a look inside at a few pages of this book written by a cougar who’s an […]
What Men Don’t Like About Women
This post was originally published on this site“Only a brave man would dare to expose women like this!” In 1945, Thomas D. Hornton wrote the […]
‘Dairy Queen Party Book’, a Promotional Comic Book With Games and Party Ideas From 1960
This post was originally published on this siteSo let’s say it’s 1960 and you have to throw some kind of a party, and you’ve suffered […]
Communism, Hypnotism and The Beatles (1965)
This post was originally published on this siteDavid A. Noebel is an evangelical Christian leader and the founder of Summit Ministries. In the mid 1960s […]
Long Before Pantone, an Artist Cataloged Thousands of Color Swatches in a Book From the 17th Century
This post was originally published on this siteBefore we had Pantone Color Guide, there was no universally recognized system to identify colors. But there were […]
Vintage Found Photos of People Reading in the Past
This post was originally published on this siteWhen thinking about reading, most of us take it for granted. It’s just there, it’s a thing we […]
How To Find Your Man – 10 Dating Advices From the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteDo you need help finding a man? Joe Bonomo would like to offer his dating advice with his […]
Victorian Readers: 40 Amazing Photos of People With Books From 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteVictorians were great readers of the novel, and the number of novels available for them to read increased […]
Here’s a Bible-Gun That Belonged to Francesco Morosini, Doge of Venice. It Could Be Fired Without Opening the Book!
This post was originally published on this siteThis is a Bible with a compartment for a gun filled by a gun. Made in Venice for […]
Early 1950s Tijuana Bible, a Humorous Pamphlet About Urination
This post was originally published on this siteTijuana bibles (also known as eight-pagers, Tillie-and-Mac books, Jiggs-and-Maggie books, jo-jo books, bluesies, blue-bibles, gray-backs, and two-by-fours) were […]
40 Amazing Daguerreotype Portraits of Women Posing With Their Books From the Mid-19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteWomen formed a large and increasing part of the new novel-reading public. The traditional discrepancy between male and […]
How to Carve a Turkey by Duncan Hines, 1953
This post was originally published on this siteDuncan Hines (March 26, 1880 – March 15, 1959) was an American pioneer of restaurant ratings for travelers. […]
1891 Advice on How and Why (Not) to Marry
This post was originally published on this siteThis fun book, which offered young lovers advice on wise courtship, was one of a series of dime […]
“Breastypes! What’s Yours?” – This Crazy Little 1940’s Dirty Pocket Comic Has to Be a One-of-a-Kind Find
This post was originally published on this site“A flimsy wisp of gossamerSheltering shapes we hold so dearBehold the truth and shed no tearThese are the […]