Amazing Portrait Photos of the Indian Tribes of North America in the 1840s
This post was originally published on this siteHistory of the Indian Tribes of North America is held by SMU’s DeGolyer Library. Indian Tribes of North […]
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“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 […]
The Physiognomic Heads by Charles Le Brun: 17th Century Sketches Show the Relationship Between Human and Animal Physiognomies
This post was originally published on this siteCharles Le Brun (1619 – 1690) was a French painter and art theorist. Declared by Louis XIV “the […]
Japan’s 1918 Pandemic Prevention Posters Suggested Some Rules to Avoid Spreading and Contracting the Flu
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1918 Influenza epidemic began in Japan in late August 1918 and became a national epidemic in November. […]
26 Amazing Photos of Motor Vehicle Designs in the early 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteA set of amazing photos from The Motor Book by R. J. Mecredy in 1904 that shows some of […]
Beautiful Illustrated Vintage Travel Posters in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this site Take a look at these 25 beautiful vintage travel posters of the ‘30s: America. Cairo. Chicago World’s […]
Beautiful Illustrated Travel Posters of the London North Eastern Railway in the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteTake a look at 30 beautiful vintage illustrated posters, produced for the London North Eastern Railway to promote […]
Amazing Mid-20th Century Illustrations by Walter Molino
This post was originally published on this siteThese illustrations of people in various states of peril were painted by the extremely prolific Italian artist Walter […]
18 Gorgeous Vintage Public Health Posters From the 1930s and 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteFrom 1936–1943 the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissioned over 200,000 works from American […]
Will We Move Around the Town Like This?
This post was originally published on this site (Illustration by Walter Molino, 1962) Translation from Italian: “Will we move around the town like this? Here’s […]
Death, Blood, and Mayhem: A Collection of 48 Scary Vintage Dutch Workplace Safety Posters
This post was originally published on this siteThese posters, which represent over 50 years of finger-wagging, are mostly terrifying, but each is also pretty gorgeous […]
A Collection of 20 Vintage Soviet Health Propaganda Posters
This post was originally published on this siteThe USSR really cared about its citizens – well at least about their health – because if they […]
25 Cool Illustration Pics Show What Bathrooms Looked Like in the 1920s
This post was originally published on this site20th century bathrooms, even those that are fairly early, resemble in most respects the bathrooms we have today. […]
You Put Someone Horns on Its Head
This post was originally published on this siteThis is a German figure of speech. “Jemandem Hörner aufsetzten” – You put someone horns on its head. […]
In 1909, The Strand Magazine Imagined What Would Happen If Giant Insects Attacked London
This post was originally published on this siteThe Strand was a monthly magazine of short fiction and general interest articles, a sort of London version […]
Gallery of 68 Competitive Designs for the Great Tower for London, 1890
This post was originally published on this siteA catalogue showing the entries for a competition to design a new tower for London. The year previous, […]
25 Cool Illustration Pics of Armstrong’s Interior Designs in the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteThese cool illustration pics from Rikki Nyman show Armstrong’s interior designs in the 1920s. Armstrong Cork published these well-illustrated color […]
A Series of Weird and Hilarious Vintage July 4th Comic Postcards From 1909
This post was originally published on this siteNow that we’re in the patriotic swing of things for the 4th of July, perhaps we should take […]
10 Striking Japanese Pop Music Cover Arts by Hiroshi Nagai
This post was originally published on this site“Without American pop art I would not have to start painting the way I did. This experience made […]
30 Extraordinary Hiroshi Nagai Paintings That Define the Visual Language of ’80s City Pop
This post was originally published on this siteJapanese painter Hiroshi Nagai started his career in King Terry’s studio and made a name for himself in […]
Remembering the Mod Top: Amazing Flower Powered Top Car Designs From the 1960s and 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteBack around 1966, Sixties counter-culture iconography was being injected into the everyday, infusing society with a collision of […]
Controversial Advertisements by Banania, the Brand Emphasized the Racist Stereotype of Dumb Black People for Years
This post was originally published on this siteHave you ever heard about Banania? The French brand was born in 1912 and is still selling chocolate […]
Can It Be Done? These Vintage Ideas From the 1930s That Seem to Have Been Implemented Today
This post was originally published on this siteThat television newspaper + the car phone = the smartphone, right? And how about Skype for intramural television? […]
A Highly Suggestive French Postcard Entitled ‘How to Eat a Banana!’ From the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteA French postcard from the 1920s shows how to eat a banana from age 18-40. Not sure why […]
The Industrial Cutaways of Frank Soltesz: Amazing Cross Sections of Modern Life From the Mid-20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Pennsylvania in 1912 and active from the 1930s to the 1960s, Frank Soltesz was a versatile […]