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Long division with Roman numerals -- so rarely taught anymore. From Purple Parrot, 1940.
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From Millikin's 1908 yearbook.
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From St. Nicholas Book of Plays and Operettas, 1905.
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From Medical College of Virginia's 1934 yearbook.
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From Talking Screen, 1930.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Your boy is developed as above." From Medical College of Virginia's 1929 yearbook.
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Don't know if you can make it out, but the embossment of New York Public LIbrary is like sparks within the smoke. From The Shadow Witch by Gertrude Crownfield, 1922.
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"Does anybody know I'm here?" From The Link, 1964.
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From Park College's 1942 yearbook.
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From Tulane's 1896 yearbook.
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unearths some literary gems.
From Henry Cecil's Daughters in Law:
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[Spoken by a character who has a "thing" about lawyers, and who is alarmed that his sons both plan to marry women who practice the law and (inevitably, he asserts) raise a new generation of lawyers]:
"Even in the womb the lawyer will find a way. For all we know, he'll take legal proceedings in there, and the child that's born will be the result of a nolle prosequi or some other of their beastly Latin phrases."
[This book is from 1961, but I'm already imagining the ca. 1900 magazine illustration that would go with it. I suppose the womb could not be depicted or even suggested in a lay periodical of that time... but a baby in a barrister's wig would do nicely, eh?]
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It can be convenient to have both on hand for houseguests. From the Phantasie handbook.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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A way out of the darkness. From Millikin's 1938 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Our restoration of a great logo. From Purple Parrot, 1923.
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"In some countries they use dead bodies to sell photocopiers." From Woroni, 1985.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The first telegraph. From Le Charivari, 1889.
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From Indiana University's 1905 yearbook.
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From Spellbound, 1977. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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"The spice of life is jest and wit, but who wants spice by getting hit." From Ohio University's 1913 yearbook.
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From Talking Screen, 1930.
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From the 1915 yearbook of the State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1891.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Montana's 1947 yearbook.
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Reblog if acrobatic geometry should be brought back to school. From Le Charivari, 1890.
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You'll have already noticed the problem here -- the figure in front has no head, and where his head should be, a tiny man emerges. This cursed photo appears in the University of the South's 1975 yearbook.
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From Tulane's 1897 yearbook.
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From Green Pipes by Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 1929.
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From the Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge handbook.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1938.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1905.
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From Lebanon Valley's 1929 yearbook.
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From Loyola's 1932 yearbook.
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You've heard of the "me generation," but it goes way, way back. This bookplate doesn't bother with a name. The book simply "belongs to me." From Salem's 1935 yearbook.
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From Wake Forest's 1930 yearbook.
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An old postcard gifted to me by friends in Wales. Undated.
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"Premonition." From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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unearths some literary gems.
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"Has Lady Fortescue not invited you to her daughter's coming out?"
[I'm not sure, but I think Lady F. is merely a hypothetical aristo, angrily invoked here as a symbol of how someone's social ambitions are affecting his judgment.]
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to switch the queens' expressions. From Queens College's 1972 yearbook. 
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It is, indeed, tricky to keep up with the count while counting sheep. We've not seen it posited elsewhere, but wouldn't the intricate finger positions of the Buddhist mudras have originated as a counting system for mantra repetitions? Illustration from the University of Cincinnati's 1950 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Bryson's 1927 yearbook.
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From Manual de Mitología by Patricio de la Escosura, 1845.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The void instead of a face. And it's pelting us with snowballs. This cursed image appears in the University of the South's 1975 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Tulane's 1903 yearbook.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1935.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The pseudo-3-D effect of this photo may be used to facilitate time travel. From Wesleyan College's 1928 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"She is troubled with thick-coming fancies!" From Medical College of Virginia's 1934 yearbook.
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. wearing "the largest genuine panama hat in existence." From Talking Screen, 1930.
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"When you don't know the difference between a prayer & a profanity." From St. Andrews' 1980 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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There are few things a dab of puce or a demonic chime won't repel. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The issue was put to rest in 1980, so why is there still debate? "Computers say UFOs real." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1980.
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From North Texas' 1918 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1848.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Millikin's 1938 yearbook.
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"It was grinning at John with its funny little face." From Fairy Grammar by John Harold Carpenter, 1920.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Talking Screen, 1930.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Carthage College's 1911 yearbook.
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Reading as a workout. From Le Charivari, 1890.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Montana at Missoula's 1970 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Cliffs as bookends: a bookplate from Northeastern's 1930 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wake Forest's 1924 yearbook.
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Here's why the earth wobbles on its axis. From Wesleyan College's 1928 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1908.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1892.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Hampden-Sydney's 1923 yearbook.
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From Talking Screen, 1930.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lenoir's 1911 yearbook.
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Like a Brocken spectre, his own form bleeds through from the opposite page. From Fliegende Blätter, 1847.
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Today's teddy bear plowing through innocent bystanders is from Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A band not playing their instruments (rarely depicted!). From the University of Illinois's 1911 yearbook.
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Here's a foreshadowing of how the "malaise of the Carter years left a legacy of defeat and danger." From Butler's 1977 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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As if reading our minds that the story of David and Goliath has nothing to do with athletics, the yearbook editor came up with a fairly decent explanation for the caption. From Florida Southern's 1933 yearbook.
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From Lasell's 1923 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
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Ward felt that each morning Joseph Francis arranged his features and kept them that way, unruffled, unmoved, imperturbable.
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Uncles, cousins, grandfathers, mothers, they had all come out in a welter of storied incident, mingled with births, deaths and street names. [I like the anticlimax of the ending!]
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"Tommy had skedaddled and was heading for Liverpool or God's to know where"
[I don't recall hearing before this variation on "God knows where," implying that God doesn't know *yet* but will get the memo eventually.]
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Bonus: A trio of towns called Ovingham, Hartburn, and Ogle
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Thought transference. From Park College's 1932 yearbook.
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"Consternation society -- its only support." From Earlham's 1906 yearbook.
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This is the first depiction of the "law jaw" that we've encountered. From Tulane's 1896 yearbook.
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That feeling when class is moved outdoors. From Castleton's 1942 yearbook.
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A prescription windshield From the 1912 Ole Miss yearbook.
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A detail from a larger illustration in The Man in the Moon by Margaret G. Otto and illustrated by Paul Galdone.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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From Tulane's 1903 yearbook.
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From Le Courrier Français, 1889.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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You've heard that "the beat goes on," and here's why: it's persistent. From Illinois State Normal's 1951 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Is this treasure for you?" "Yes." From Awake magazine, 1958.
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Happens to me every time -- I ask the photographer to get my good side, and he has me turn away from the camera. From Middle Tennessee's 1966 yearbook.
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"Money talks ... about you!" From Lighted Pathway, 1979.
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From the Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's a small world (six decades before the most performed tune on earth, "It's a Small World," debuted). From Lasell's 1903 yearbook.
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"Maidens of the mist." From St. Nicholas Book of Plays and Operettas, 1905.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Fat folks eat less than the thin, A gland is weak." From Talking Screen, 1930.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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An illustration by Carl Petersen. From Lustige Blätter, 1918.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"No one should ever read anyone's doctoral dissertation, old or new." —John Pistelli, author of Portraits and Ashes
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From the University of Montana's 1947 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This pig understands and accepts you. From Kansas State's 1971 yearbook.
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From A Child's Book of Holiday Plays by Frances Gillespy Wickes, 1916.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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How vocalists hit those high notes. From Talking Screen, 1930.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1921 Ole Miss yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1895.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wake Forest's 1924 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1902.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kansas State's 1917 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1922.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Tulane's 1903 yearbook.
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"UFOs, strange hauntings and bizarre power sources." From UFO Review, 1981.
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unearths some literary gems.
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"Every effort is made to safeguard the amenities," the man from Sweb said in a high, tremulous voice. "Every effort."
"I can safeguard my amenities without any help from you, thanks very much," said the Rector. "You go and safeguard someone else's amenities."
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We tried to get a degree in Unknown Tongues, but our thesis was rejected as being "incomprehensible." See the surprising Fluency in 5 Minutes. From Olivert Nazarene's 1943 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1908.
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They're not exclusive to Oz. Ruby slippers from Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn, The Third Scenario handbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Clarion's 1932 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Memories of college. From Kansas State's 1971 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"We’re already stuck in the mathematical pickle" (Charlie Smith). From Mount Olive's 1977 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's rarely discussed, but jesters are prescribed jokes the way more serious folks are prescribed headache remedies. From Erskine's 1906 yearbook.
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Great news -- "you and sixty million others can't be wrong." From Talking Screen, 1930.
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Beauty marks directly on their veils. From Le Charivari, 1890.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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You've heard of "letters to the editor," and here they are -- a, b, c, and z. From Avila's 1970 yearbook. For what those individual letters actually mean, see One-Letter Words: A Dictionary.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Virginia Commonwealth's 1972 yearbook.
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| *Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Nothing changes until …
- we hit some kind of bottom.
- someone starts to dream.
- a complete power-down of the system.
- the soul changes.
- behaviors change.
- the players pick up the pieces and start a new game.
- the data is artificially changed.
- you actually quit.
- we ask ourselves questions.
- we shine a light on the issue.
- you make your voice heard.
- we get sick of ourselves.
- it’s changed in everyone’s memories.
- it becomes what it is.
- the next version comes out.
- a small cat appears.
[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research. See the remarkable collection, entitled Bullet Lists.]
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In this case, the "something something" is something that has a lot of distractions in it. From Dark Shadows episode 1122.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Weird Tales, 1948. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1896 Ole Miss yearbook.
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A glowing tree in the glowing forests seen only through the windows of old yearbooks. From Colorado College's 1968 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1902.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kent State's 1985 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From The Fenokee Project, by Roy Lewis:
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He hardly saw her go, trailing indignation like a comet tail of affronted efficiency.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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One thing even a jester is serious about. From Michigan State's 1920 yearbook.
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"When alcohol threatens to ruin men's lives, who cares?" From Together, 1967.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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5 Stars. This will definitely have you rethinking how you express yourself if you are a writer. This is a great writer resouce! —Pamela Carter
4 Stars. Very useful and entertaining. Can't wait for the next family scrabble game. No cheating allowed on the games here. —Eagle Ford Aggie
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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His name is The Prophet, and he foretells that the end of the day is nigh. Call me gullible, but I'm inclined to believe him. For is it not written: "As sure as the morning comes, so shall the night." Illustration from Dungeon Master: Perfect Guide.
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From Marion College's 1929 yearbook.
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Surprised by sausages. From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kansas State's 1947 yearbook.
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"Pipe 'busts up' home." From The Purple Parrot, Feb. 1937.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kansas State's 1917 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A two of clubs is a three of clubs, or perhaps a five. From Northeastern's 1925 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The goat with eyeglasses is slightly amused. From Nebelspalter, 1894.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The nearest road to fame may be behind you. From Johns Hopkins' 1899 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lenoir's 1911 yearbook.
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From Swarthmore's 1902 yearbook.
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"If you know what I mean." From The Goblin, 1929.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From The Film Daily, 1938.
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Sometimes there's a good reason why it's difficult to concentrate. From Unknown, 1941.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lumières Dans la Nuit, 1981.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Having once been held back by literary societies, we can vouch for the authenticity of this illustration. From Swarthmore's 1902 yearbook.
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Hamlet in The Goblin, 1926.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Catawba's 1982 yearbook.
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This answer to the answerless question "what is a book?" notes that a book is actually a place and that books, unlike TV or film or stage plays, need our critical imagination. From The Late American Novel by Jeff Martin and C. Max Magee, 2011
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From Colorado College's 1936 yearbook.
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Here's a precursor to Dr. Dolittle. From Le Journal Amusant, 1908.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"This will remind you of us if you don't see us any more."
An old postcard gifted to me by friends in Wales. Undated.
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A houseboat on the river Styx for the 100th reunion of the class of 1899. From Johns Hopkins' 1899 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1906.
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Just in case you're going out tonight, here's a twilight cloak. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From The Daily Tar Heel, 1965.
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We're honored that the mastermind behind Barbary Ghost western wear of San Franciso calls us " the unparalleled Prof. Oddfellow, my favorite living author!" And he even surprised us with a singular hat crafted with lapis lazuli, wormwood, lavender, dried roses, playing cards, and a silver howling coyote. Thank you, Barbary Ghost, for two Retroactive Lifetime Goals in one!
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Not only does The Book That Casts No Reflection cast no reflection, but it sports a dapper mustache! It's by magician/inventor Gregg Webb, author of the out-of-print Book That Doesn't Exist. Not only do we admire Mr. Webb's book titles, but he hand-letters and profusely illustrates his works (even those that do not exist or no longer don't exist).
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Noose courtesy of Ernest and Julio Gallo? From The Gateway, 1970.
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We checked, and the place they put sin in 1971 is all filled up and sealed over. From Lighted Pathway, 1971.
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From Le Courrier Français, 1907.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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The pseudo-3D effect of this photo may be used to facilitate time travel. From Elmhurst's 1933 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's possible to adhere to the anti-fussing agenda and yet still believe in your elf. For proof, see How to Believe in Your Elf. From Swarthmore's 1902 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Hampden-Sydney's 1923 yearbook.
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From the 1915 yearbook of the State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1901.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Reblog if your hairdresser has been places and seen things. From College of the Albemarle's 1984 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Pour Tous, 1914.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From Sleep of the Unjust, by Elizabeth Ferrars:
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"It might be best to explore every avenue."
"Avenues seem to have been invented just to be explored, don't they?" Felix said. "Yet mostly they're such uninteresting places. Acacia Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, that sort of thing. But of course there's a good supply of them in New York which may be more interesting."
Quite properly, no one took any notice of him.
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[Nonsense Meets Rhetorical Questions dept.]
"Why has everyone suddenly taken to talking nonsense?"
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"Felix, I wish you'd stick to detecting instead of to having strange experiences, it suits you better."
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"Do you think that mere delusions steal necklaces?" [Cf. Wodehouse's Do Butlers Burgle Banks?]
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From St. Joseph's 1937 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lenoir's 1910 yearbook.
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Brandon Tynan as King Lear. From Theatre Magazine, March, 1918.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1918.
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You've heard of "the man in the moon," and here's proof -- his handprints. From Guilford's 1990 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Dark Regions, 1987, courtesy of Archive.org.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From William and Mary's 1910 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Clarion's 1986 yearbook.
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From Washington College's 1982 yearbook.
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This is from a contest requiring one to total all the numbers pictured. From The Goblin, 1928.
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"Blue Monday for some folks—but it's just one long weekend for me!" From The Film Daily, 1943.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Due to political correctness and the "inner beauty" movement, few universities offer a bachelor's degree in ugliness anymore. We got a master's in ugliness before it was too late, then had to pursue a Ph.D. in ugliness from an unaccredited institution. Photo from Middle Tennessee's 1965 yearbook
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Receiving one's first tin-foil hat -- an unforgettable moment. From Joplin Junior College's 1942 yearbook.
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23 years before the debut of the M&M's mascot, there was this fellow in Purple Parrot, 1941.
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A toilet under a mushroom, plus a double-decker bathtub! From The Parrot's American Home, 1945.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A precursor to The X Files. From Saucers, Space & Science, 1971.
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"How far that little candle throws its beams." From Manual and Diagrams to Accompany Metcalf's Grammars, 1901
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From Memphis State's 1975 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A yearbook-spanning forest is actually a composite of the reflectance of all tree species' canopies and the visible midstory and understory (as per Wilkie and Finn's insights on pixellated woodlands).
From DePauw's 1905 yearbook.
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From The Enchanted Bird by Antoinette Decoursey Patterson and illustrated by Elizabeth Pilsbry, 1917.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Swarthmore's 1984 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Our guess is that this was an accidental spirit photograph and the yearbook editor just went with it. From Omaha's 1918 yearbook.
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From St. Nicholas Book of Plays and Operettas, 1905.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Sacrificial altars of Hollywood." From Talking Screen, 1930.
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"Snow silences the unforgettable and creates the forgotten overnight." From Duke's 1977 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
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Charles Daggett, who is careful about pencils.
Joan Fontaine, a lap leaper. [Precursor to Elyse of Pleasure Dial?]
Paul Jones, a tangent-talker.
Havelock Ellis, an expert on things.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1938.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The name "Vercingetorix Chilblains," as of this posting, delivers zero Google results. From Purple Parrot, 1923.
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It's so great to see an accurate caption for once. "Two live things sitting together." From The Cats' Arabian Nights by Abby Morton Diaz, 1881.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine. The caption reads: "What of the night?"
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From Illinois Woman's College's 1929 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lasell's 1913 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1908.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Sometimes inhabited by small dogs -- the glowing forests spanning old yearbooks. From Duke's 1977 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1926.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Johns Hopkins' 1896 yearbook.
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From Wizardry Monsters Manual.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wizardry: The Return of Werdna: The Fourth Scenario handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From William and Mary's 1913 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The best of wishes, gentles all. Here's health and wealth to you! Come, fill the goblets, large and small, and drink the goblin's brew!" From The Goblin, 1921. See Of Drinking in Remembrance of the Dead.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1905.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Guckkasten, 1918.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"'Please,' she said, 'I want to be a nightingale.'" From Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell and illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1910.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We almost failed to detect the artist hidden in this image. From DePauw's 1905 yearbook.
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Andromeda, from Star People by Katharine Fay Dewey, 1910.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Though mysterious orbs made their debut in the 1990s with the rise of digital cameras, here's one from all the way back in 1933. From Guilford's 1933 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Duke's 1977 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
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Edward watched, fascinated, as the eyebrows, which had bounced upward...came diving down again.
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The old Co-op grocery shop had been rebuilt, and above it there now rose a tall, ungainly addition like a monstrous wooden box delivered to the wrong address.
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[The title of the book plays on the fact that the events are set within the Department of Chemistry at University of Cambridge. Thus we have the following wordplay around different branches of chemistry.]
"Was she in love with him?"
"I think their chemistry was physical."
"Organic, surely?" Edward said, grinning at her.
"Depending on which organs. Leave out the heart. Anyhow, it wasn't theoretical, or she wouldn't have been pregnant."
***
She had almost two feet of file cards already. How much was enough? A yard? An ell? A rod? A furlong of file cards. How long was a furlong? The word came from furrow, she knew that. How long was a furrow? She reached for the dictionary, abandoning her file cards.
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Jester imps from Florida Southern's 1927 yearbook.
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"Contact, from the future." Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2001.
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"It makes a girl feel all creepy, having all that hocus pocus said over her." From Dark Shadows episode 874.
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This might help. From Zork I Handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The skinside and the inside." From The Psychiatric Bulletin, 1951.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1933.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Memories of college. From Greensboro's 1953 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1906.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Florida Southern's 1927 yearbook.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From William and Mary's 1913 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Swami Tyāgarāja said that moods fall into two classes, those of union or gain or success and those of separation or loss or frustration. From UNC Chapel Hill's 1955 yearbook.
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A restoration of an image from The Entheogen Review Complete.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From George Fox's 1974 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Here's a precursor to drag queen Maddelynn Hatter's ensemble being upstaged by a prop in The Boulet Brothers' Dragula season 3. From three decades earlier, in Aurora, 1981. Why can't we learn from history?
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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From Drowsy by John Ames Mitchell, 1917.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"It's you, you, you. I never know how much to say with you, you, you."
The Big U is from Wid's Daily, 1919.
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The "flying cheese wedge" UFO. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1982.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to check out his lyre. From Nebelspalter, 1919. 
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1938.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1952 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Southwest Texas State Teachers College's 1919 yearbook.
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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From Wake Forest's 1930 yearbook.
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"Stop it! Don't do that! Stop! Please stop!" From Spellbound, 1977. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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May any hydra be less difficult to overcome than its legend bespeaks. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A ghost ship from Unknown, 1940.
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"And they say it is all in the wrist." From Medical College of Virginia's 1983 yearbook.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kansas State's 1929 yearbook.
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Reblog if a deer is your sibling. From The Fairy Ring by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin & Nora Archibald Smith, illustrated by Elizabeth MacKinstry, 1916.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Western Michigan's 1923 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From The Butterfly, 1899.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1931.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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She beckons us all to look at the mosaic -- not at her dress, but at the mosaic on the wall. From Longwood's 1975 yearbook.
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"A pale specter, black-robed; and there, throwing out a handful of moonbeams from the phantom chest, was the diamond!" From Argosy, 1941.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
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It is, indeed, just credible that the past is meant to be left behind you, in spite of what the time-experts say, and that I didn’t realize this fact. This must be why people who live in the present are so uniformly contented and easygoing. I see their point.
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Poor Mell as the elder got the largest jorum, and once whoever mixed it mixed it too strong, and when she tried to say her prayers, got her petitions handsomely mixed up with an old tune on my musical-box and began, ‘Oh Lord, God bless the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo’. The nurse tumbled to the situation first (she had brothers of her own) and looked incredulous and then scandalized, and poddled off to inform, as she warned Mell, ‘y’mother or father’, and Mell shouted, ‘Publish and be damned!’, from one of father’s biographies,
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But one or two houses, quite monstrously closing their eyes to the juvenility of the illustrated invitation, sent stern, adult white squares of printed announcement, to acknowledge which that baffling, treacherous and currishly snapping commodity, the third person singular, had to be resorted to, a medium in which I am not at my best to this day.
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The Randolph parties were null affairs in which the iced cake of the tea-table made its ravaged reappearance at supper, a circumstance that I found depressing, for if you were faced with the same cake four hours later you lost all sense of time and couldn’t enjoy the fact of still being out of bed at nine o’clock, as the cake still leered at you that it was only four-thirty.
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I sensed that Mr. Field was licensed to be queer just as some people are licensed to sell wines and spirits …
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Evelyn Stortford said, ‘I like a party where everything goes wrong, you know where you are with that sort. It’s when only one or two contretemps happen that it’s really frightful’.
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Even now I can’t overcome my unease at merry-go-rounds. Is it possibly because their musical repertoire is almost never current, but of an era forgotten or superseded?
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Stiles specialized in horticultural Malapropisms which I was then too young to appreciate; to him an Antirrhinum was an Anteroom.
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His principal verb was ‘to mystify’. It covered all the ground – literally, just as the house servants employed the word ‘fornicate’ in several connections but the right one. With them to fornicate or to be fornicating signified alternatively insincere flattery, a state of fluster, a waste of time, and a cook’s complaint that the sweep had been fornicating half the morning with the flues was entirely typical. Between the lot of them they have so confused me that I have practically had to eliminate the word from my own vocabulary, not that it ever occupied a prominent place therein, just as in the same way and through a similar abuse of the word on the part of one of my friends who positively ought to know better I have been compelled to jettison ‘criterion’, unless I put in some uncommonly hard thinking beforehand!
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I succeeded, on the principle that if you sit about looking like a distinctly rusé edition of Emily Brontë and then smash the effect by a catchword or gag, you bludgeon the company into curiosity and interest.
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And what a company! Never in my life had I seen the pleasantest insincerity brought to a higher pitch, or dreamed that such a percentage of words in one lorn sentence could be only conveyed if in manuscript by italics.
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'You’re Barbara Morant, and we knew each other’.
‘Ohhh … are you – Trevor Ackworth-Mead?’
‘Not in the least.’
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To me quite unexpectedly, the ha-ha-ha’s of the laughing lines gave the producer trouble; half-sung and half-laughed he pronounced the effect patchy and muddled: rhythmically laughed by the chorus in unison he swore was artificial and unoriginal and perfectly flat and a little bloody. Painfully and eventually it was threshed out and tried out and finally confirmed that the chorus should only laugh in rhythm on the first line and disintegrate into laughter on the second: that on the repeat, the conductor should be allowed a fractional pause in which to join in, and be followed by the whole orchestra who would cease to play but be privily timed by the first violin who would signal them to resume. This exact calculation took about a day on and off to get smooth.
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'I shall hope to be honoured by another lyric soon: shall be a better judge of serious toshery – like the younger Strauss and Gipsy Love, for instance. But toshical toshery is, as I say, rather beyond my scope …’
[Cf. Kenneth Williams's "rubbishy" rubbish.]
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[Nonexistent Songs dept.]
I wrote Well, it’s Something to Know You Can Buy Them, They All Get an Answer from Me, I Began as I Meant to Go On, I Can Get it Much Cheaper Than That and You’d Never Think I was a Lady. They were what I called ‘build-up’ numbers in which the verses from innocuousness grew progressively more blue, if your mind elected to take them that way.
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‘It’s as though the people in a family album suddenly got up and walked out of their mounts.’
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[Speaking of "silly pillows" as an epithet]
"You unmitigated Chesterfield sofa of damnable stuffed obtuseness!"
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A Beatrice Lillie number, I think, sung with dispassionate understatement and almost no punctuation.
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Bonus:
A reference to cheating at Snakes and Ladders [I think we've encountered that elsewhere]
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From Ontario College of Art's Sketch magazine, 1947.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Beehive mop hair, styled perfectly. From Concordia's 1978 yearbook.
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Temporal anomaly investigator Michael Pereckas shares this photo from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Of course the clock faces on the near tower don't agree, when the far tower broadcasts non-time in four directions. What we see here is a mechanical attempt to average out temporal incertitude and arrive at equilibriality.
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From The New Movie Magazine, 1935.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lumières Dans La Nuit, 1970.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1940.
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From Indiana University's 1913 yearbook.
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From Washington College's 1909 yearbook.
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From Emerson's 1908 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1900.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The Easter Bunny's rotten peace egg. From Nebelspalter, 1915.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From DePauw's 1905 yearbook.
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An old postcard gifted to me by friends in Wales. Date uncertain.
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Reblog if you've forced to your mind to say yes when your conscience whispered question. From Concord's 1969 yearbook.
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A question for the ages: "Is Hollywood emotionally unbalanced?" From Photoplay, Sept. 1928.
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A mermaid relies upon lost luggage to catch up on fashion trends. From the State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va.'s 1902 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Indiana University's 1913 yearbook.
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From St. Nicholas Book of Plays and Operettas, 1905.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Periodical worms have shorter lifespans than bookworms. From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1952 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The higher the castle in the air, the farther in the future. From Indiana University's 1920 yearbook.
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For various reasons, the truth has been suppressed that the Eiffel Tower was originally designed as a foot rest for a giant painter. From Le Charivari, 1890.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Clarion's 1986 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge handbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From The Clay-Worker, 1884.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
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"And it wouldn't 'ave occurred to you, would it"--here Mr. Maycock bent slightly at the knees, as though the weight of his sarcasm was altogether too much for his large frame to support comfortably--"to 'ave a dekko in my room and see if I was 'ere? Ho no. I'm only the Station-master, that's all I am."
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"He was one of those men who somehow contrive to be fussy and careless at one and the same time--an exhausting combination...."
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[Discussing the Binomial Theorem with a Broom dept.]
To woo them politically was like attempting to discuss the binomial theorem with a broom.
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A precursor to Twitter: "Words without knowledge." From Lighted Pathway, 1970.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1924.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The cloud monkey of prophecy. From the 1915 yearbook of the State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va.
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A postcard from our personal archives.
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From Southwest Texas State Teachers College's 1919 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Well?" From Washington College's 1909 yearbook.
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Reblog if, like Edna Murphy, you're coming out of your shell. From Talking Screen, 1930.
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The least-understood forests on earth -- the glowing trees we find in old yearbooks. From Park College's 1969 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va.'s 1902 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Taking time by the forelock. From Lenoir's 1911 yearbook.
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Zoom in if you dare: the figure on the left has glowing eyes with no pupils. The photo is captioned, "Happenings." From Lenoir-Rhyne's 1972 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We suppose that's the spirit of his future graduate self, but how many people avoid higher education after this sort of scare? From DePauw's 1905 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Purdue's 1896 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II strategy handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We're honored by this 5-star review of The One Minute Mystic, verifying the book delivers what it promises.
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From Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn, The Third Scenario handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1938.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Our current pharmaeutical society was in the works for a very long time. From Purdue's 1900 yearbook.
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"Why all this softness?" From Awake magazine, 1958.
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From the Peace Institute's 1913 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Johns Hopkins' 1899 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Peace Institute's 1906 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The old worm's skeleton." From Millikin's 1933 yearbook.
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Within the toy community, the murder-sucicide crisis is barely discussed. From Fliegende Blätter, 1847.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The sign says, "Please do not stand here at any time for any reason." From the 1973 Ole Miss yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
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[Spoken to a vicar who is preparing to meet his bishop at a gathering.]
"If you are serious and want to get noticed, you're going about it in the wrong way. You'll be lost in the crowd--all wearing the same outfits and the same 'short back-and-sides' haircuts. One has to be an individual to be noticed. I'd suggest a Groucho Marx moustache and cigar, and if you can walk like him, so much the better."
To my surprise he did a passable imitation.
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From The Film Daily, 1928.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Courtesy of La Biblioteca Universitaria de Sevilla.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The four suits represent the four seasons, or the four quarters of the year. Winter would be diamonds, spring spades, summer hearts, and autumn clubs" ( Carol Arnold, Climbing the Rainbow.) From Salem's 1909 yearbook.
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A ghost's official yearbook portrait. From Swarthmore's 1984 yearbook.
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"Faces—terrible faces—they're looking in—they're breaking the glass!" From Weird Tales, 1931.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Mr. Peanut's in the Army now." From William and Mary's 1943 yearbook.
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Artists who are themselves cubist paint traditionally. From Le Charivari, 1890.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Perhaps a type of tin-foil hat? From Colorado College's 1978 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Oxford Seminary's 1908 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A passage into the mysterious glowing forests that span old yearbooks. From Western Carolina's 1974 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1919.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Colorado College's 1920 yearbook.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1938.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Dental hygiene has changed. From Medical College of Virginia's 1977 yearbook.
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From Volshebnyi Fonar', 1906.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn handbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Birminghan-Southern's 1934 yearbook.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1938.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Purdue's 1900 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Perhaps this is one of those matching puzzles in which you draw a line from the name to the photo. From West Georgia's 1940 yearbook.
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From Photoplay, Sept. 1928.
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Today's wolf in a Grecian urn is from Loyola's 1947 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A sort of moon hanging from the ceiling, but a real moon in the fishbowl. From Duke's 1977 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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So rare to see mirrored photos, shot from opposite sides of the subjects. From the 1973 Ole Miss yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We used to marvel over how virtually every old yearbook features a building fire. We once suspected insurance fraud, but then we finally encountered the true cause. From Western Carolina's 1974 yearbook.
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From The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1994.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Volcanoes of fury. From the State Female Normal School,'s 1905 yearbook.
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This very special video short is dedicated to those plastic grocery bags one sometimes sees floating in a ditch by the side of the road. Though it seems the ultimate in piteousness for lost spirits to find form in flimsy garbage that should otherwise have been recycled, who could begrudge them or for that matter our hermit crab brethren a bit of shelter for the night. Yes, this one goes out to the ghosts making do with a plastic bag tossed into a ditch. At least they're trying ... and you know what, guys? You look billowingly fabulous!
KlingonCaptain writes: "You bring a smile to my face, and that's saying something because I was raised conservative during the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s. The irony of that being that we were taught that all of this was real and needed to be avoided in order to prevent curses and demon possession. If only my mother had known that computers were the real danger."
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This says there's real money to be made through sharpening your pencil. All these years we mistakenly thought that using an ink pen was more elegant. From Motion Picture Herald, 1931.
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"Haunted by a strange and disturbing dream." We had a waking dream like this when we encountered open graves in a forgotten cemetery and filmed the experience. From Dark Shadows episode 1139.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1929.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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As you suspected, it's imps who inflate one's ego. From Purdue's 1896 yearbook.
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Reblog if you'd had a bad day witnessed by a squirrel. From Tiny Red Squirrel by James Douglas Williams, 1919.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
There ought to be a Nostalgics Club. The condition of entry would be a capacity for retrospective hankering.
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And nostalgia doesn’t even stop there, for the person who suffers from it in its acutest forms can with the greatest ease be homesick for places he has never seen.
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Sometimes I come across an old overlooked worry-list. The items on one ran:
1 Row with A.
2 No letter from C.
3 Tooth.
4 Look for green overall again.
5 No ideas for magazine story.
6 What D said last week (Wed: 7th).
7 People I ought to be dining.
And I am harassed this time by occasional total failure to remember who the ‘C’ of the missing letter was or what the deuce ‘D’ had ‘said’, which only shows that if you sit tight long enough nothing matters at all, while I know that this particular brand of philosophy is no good and never will be to people like myself. One must live. And worrying is probably a part of the business and a sign that one is still in the swim! It is rather the same thing with old letters that you re-read. Like a rude, whispering couple who exclude you from the conversation, they indulge in allusions you can’t trace, hint at emotions you can’t recall, and make infuriating plans of the outcome of which your mind is a complete blank. ‘Who is this stranger hissing in a corner?’ one despairingly thinks, and it is oneself, as little as five years ago. And as for the letters dating further back, you get well-nigh to the stage of begging the correspondence to let you in on the conversation, to give you at that moment a little of the love expressed for you in the letter of which you are dimly jealous! You almost whimper, ‘It’s Barbara asking my best friend, in those days’, and it’s no good at all. The Barbara of the note excludes the Barbara who holds it in her hand (though you feel she would be miserably remorseful, eagerly, tenderly explanatory, if you did meet again). Meanwhile, you are left hiding a secret from yourself, and a most extraordinary and forlorn sensation it is.
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Poor Marcus hated his name and said it was like the sound that would be made by a crocodile eating sugar almonds.
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Once, in father’s office, a male appeared whom father addressed as ‘Ha, Clifford!’...Ha-Clifford was comparatively stricken in years (he must have been quite nineteen),
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The episode comfortably closed with the caution, ‘– but don’t say it at parties’. The words one must not say at parties included, according to one nurse, Stomach and Flea.
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About the forbidden words, Mell made a verse which we recited in duet, marching round the nursery, fingertips on shoulders, and dipping deeply at the end of each alternate line:
Strumpet and Stomach and Flea
Went for a walk on Salisbury Plain
Walking by three and by three
And they never were seen again:
Oh never, oh never again.
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When we quarrelled, we would hurl phrases at each other of no known origin but of a quality quite admirably enraging. We knew! Not for us the popular epithets of abuse; to be termed a duffer, fool, ass, pig, left us unmoved. But if Mell wanted to make me cry with impotent fury she would recite abstractedly,
Drink in a Bournemouth cup
With a hat like a bon-bon block!
while Mell could be rendered purple in a moment if I retaliated in a quick-time march,
They called her Thunder Of The Lord!
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to find out who is to "hear no evil" and who is to "see no evil." From Emerson's 1985 yearbook. 
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This sort tends to be friendlier than the appear -- they simply want to be presented with gifts and then they let all their walls down. From Wizardry Gaiden I: Suffering of the Queen Strategy Guide.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1932.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We analyzed this photo with our custom Uncanny Detector app, and the glow by the radiator tests positive as a supernatural presence. From Medical College of Virginia's 1977 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wizardry: The Return of Werdna: The Fourth Scenario handbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Love is not blind." From Johns Hopkins' 1899 yearbook.
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From City Life by George Winslow Pierce, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Montana's 1947 yearbook.
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Rare to see double marottes. From Le Charivari, 1890.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Why people get lost. From St. Nicholas, 1889.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"'Daddy, Hell is so hot!' Sitting down on her cedar chest, there in the darkness she settled it that she would not go on with God." From The Free Will Baptist, 1965.
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"When an elf makes radiator ornaments—results are apt to be disturbing!" From Unknown magazine, Jan. 1940. See How to Believe in Your Elf.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The way the newsclipping service clipped and arranged the headline, it forms its own little visual poem. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1971.
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From Virginia Commonwealth's 1972 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1891.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1920.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Swarthmore's 1984 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Whether mirages are generated by two candles and two pipes, or whether mirages appear in response to such "offerings," remains a subject of debate. From DePauw's 1905 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Green Pipes by Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 1929.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Note the glowing-eyed entities looming in the very back. So often what begins as innocent fun takes a demonic turn. This cursed image is from MacMurray's 1961 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"What was the key to the monster's castle?" From The Film Daily, 1944.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"We are queer birds."
From Park College's 1906 yearbook.
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Chimney hats. From Le Charivari, 1890.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Apponequet's 1970 yearbook.
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From Agnes Scott College's 1914 yearbook.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1934.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The queen is looking straight at me." From Kittens and Cats by Eulalie Osgood Grover, 1911.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Time is like a snail. From Lenoir's 1911 yearbook.
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From Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser, 1922.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This monster appears twice, once in an inverted form. From Mars Hill's 1983 yearbook.
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"A great teacher will be able to teach the class no matter what the teacher wears" (Dushyant Shrivastava). From Emerson's 1931 yearbook.
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unearths some literary gems.
From Frank Sullivan:
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If the household had consisted of just ourself, the telephone company would have whistled for its dough. We should have written a letter to all the directors of the company stating the amount due from us and asking them to name a day for the whistling. The triumph would have been ours, too, for the chances are that not one out of twenty-five telephone company directors can whistle worth a hoot. Granted that a larger proportion could, that could be fixed easily by parading up and down in front of the whistling ranks sucking a lemon. That would fix their whistles for a while.
[Note that the editorial we's cousin is evidently the editorial "ourself," not "ourselves"!]
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So you can see why there was no year. Men were too busy with other things to bother with inventing the year. Time existed, but in bulk. It had not been squared and cut, like a pan of fresh fudge. In those days, also, time was rather young and not so snooty as it is to-day. Time was glad enough to wait for men then. But it’s the way with all successful businesses. Once time got a start, it was a case of forgetting the old friends it had been glad to wait for in the old days.
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Where would America be to-day if it were not for Vassar girls? It probably would be all askew, with the present Atlantic Coast stuck down near the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes bordering on what is now Puget Sound. In fact, that was the shape the country was in early in the last century. The trouble was due to the fact that Oregon and Washington had caught on the edge of Canada.
Who was it braved the perils of a trip across the then trackless waste of the continent and unhooked the United States from Canada so that it could slide around into its proper position? It was two Vassar graduates, Lewis and Clarke, that’s who it was.
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“By George,” he exclaimed, “I never thought of that.”
“By George who?”
He thought that over.
“By George, I guess you’ve got me there,” he said. “I don’t know what George I say ‘By George’ about.”
“Sloppy diction,” I rebuked. “Lazy mental processes. Don’t do it, my good man. Settle upon one George and stick to him.”
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God robes go pretty well with ... all of creation, actually. Not rainproof, though, so you'd literally better be able to walk on water. From the Phantasie handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A photo of a college club inexplicably came out solid red. From Knox College's 1913 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From La Silhouette, 1830.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Courrier Français, 1885.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"From now until Jan. 22 this place will be a morgue!" From Washington College's 1966 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Her keen humor and her unflagging energy" (not pictured?). From Washington College's 1941 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Wild, but not yet crazy." From National-Louis' 1989 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wake Forest's 1930 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1973 Ole Miss yearbook.
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Greek letters in the alphabet soup, prescribed by a steam doctor. From Millikin's 1932 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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From the Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn handbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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It's been said that i n every birth is a death, every death a birth. The very first episode of Dark Shadows proclaims, "Welcome to the beginning and the end of the world."
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From Fairy Tales by Marion Florence Lansing, 1908.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Green Pipes by Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 1929.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The world's tiniest violin is technically a mandolin. From Purdue's 1896 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Millikin's 1932 yearbook.
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The new year fairy. From Montreat's 1947 yearbook.
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A lot goes into the changing of the year, including the grim reaper pulling the old year to its final resting place. From Nebelspalter, 1897.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Do not touch a frog. From a teacher training guide to Navajo cultural beliefs, 1986.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The owl asks the crows if they have any spare time. From Kitty-Cat Tales by Alice Van Leer Carrick, 1932.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
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[Nonsense department, Spinach Flan division]
"If that was so, why the insistence that she didn't know the car was in front of her house and all that nonsense about the spinach flan?"
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[Rhetorical question implicitly answered?]
"For God's sake, what d'you take me for?"
He knew only too well what I took him for, but I did not pursue the subject.
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From Lumières Dans la Nuit, 1976.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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