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Chicken broth, milk, cream, and consommé from a plant -- a precursor to vegan alternatives. From The Echo-Maid by Alice Aspinwall, 1897.
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Though they always seem to be wearing the same outfit, jesters pack heavy trunks.
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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 Flora Macdonald's 1931 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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Dancing with the turtle woman. From St. Nicholas, 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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"Who needs language?" From Together, 1971.
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An angel with a spyglass. From Mars Hill's 1955 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 Missouri Valley College's 1909 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1942.
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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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unearths some literary gems.
From The Dippers, by Ben Travers:
***The various appliances attached to the bath were stamped respectively with small metal tallies: "wave," "splash," "plunge," "shower," "surf," "gurge," "swash" and "tornado."[...]"Never mind," replied Mrs. Tavistock. "When I have my bath I'll try swashing for a start."***"I have sometimes seen English girls dancing quite as well in my opinion as some of the Russian prima ballerine, even those with the longest names."***"All these butlers and chauffers and footmans--feetmen--foot--"***Mr. Harry Pink was there...one of those...country gentlemen who may be counted on to do the right thing in the wrong way.***Mrs. Duckingham-Leape [of Coombe Puddy]...was...chattering with the irrelevant pertinacity of a parrot. [This is the first parrot encounter worth noting in a while!]***The twin imps of mischief and humour are always on the heels of wit, alert for a commision.***Bonuses:Moffat, Yard and CompanyMr. and Mrs. Buzzard KnowlesMiss Blanche ScollopAnd some interesting dingbats [attached].
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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 Northwestern University's 1922 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 Ohio State University's 1970 yearbook.
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His will stipulated that all of the funeral carriages be empty and that no one be present at his funeral (at least not those in corporeal form). From The Duluth Herald, 1903.
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Imagine -- five dollars! Add several zeroes to that to adjust for modern medical corruption. From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1919 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 Tulane's 1913 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1976.
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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 UNC Chapel Hill's 1937 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1942.
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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 Arlington State College's 1965 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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"You're taking 'poison' and liking it." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1940.
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From Rockford College's 1921 yearbook.
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"Cold, cruel, Monday morning." From Rockford College's 1970 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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We checked, and there's still no better way to dispel the ghost of Caspari de la Orndorf que Bastin et Shimpf. From the University of Southern California's 1910 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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Today's bluff blossoms are from the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.
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"Every one ordered to go naked." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1936.
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From Ohio State University'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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Revealed -- the stems on musical notes are braids. From the University of Arkansas' 1907 yearbook.
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Reblog if, upon seeing an interesting recipe, you, too, exclaim, "I've got to make some this very minute." From St. Nicholas, 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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At first glance, we mistook this mountain of carpets near Tehran, Iran for the Sonoran Desert's Salvation Mountain.
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"Would die for spite." From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's Our Dumb Animals, 1947.
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May any corpses reanimated by witchcraft not crave human brains. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna 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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At first glance, we thought the hat said "jakes," (no joke), as in "Everything's jake [alright] again." From Indiana University's 1907 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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A skeleton strung onto an electrical wire. From Otterbein's 1904 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1945.
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From St. Procopius' 1968 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 Trinity University's 1965 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 Arkansas Polytechnic College's 1925 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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From Eastern Baptist College's 1954 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 Long Beach City College's 1953 yearbook.
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From Franke Reade Weekly Magazine, 1895.
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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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Here's a precursor to RuPaul's Drag Race: "'Queens' will be popular." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1952.
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From The Daily Tar Heel, 1966.
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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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"Long 'finger' to insert parts into hard-to-reach places." From Popular Mechanics, 1942.
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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 Wittenberg College's 1952 yearbook.
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Today's elephants playing tennis are from Tufts' 1922 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 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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From North Central College's 1970 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 Indiana University'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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From Lamaism by L. Austine Waddell, 1934.
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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 Heidelberg University's 1931 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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His 16-inch moustache was snipped from behind by a miscreant. From The Duluth Herald, 1903.
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"I never drew a skeleton. I never hope to draw one; but I can tell you this, I sometime hope to be one." From the University of Southern California's 1910 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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I was asked why I wear the hat, wig, and glasses, when the props seem to get in the way. In this video, I had presumed that the horror sound effect cues would ensure that the wig and glasses were meant to be silly fun. The last thing I could do at this point in my life is take myself or my contraptions seriously. I have three or four mop wigs that I wear in occasional videos to present more ridiculously, and the hat is part of my daily outfit and looks even sillier atop a mop wig, so I couldn't dream of leaving it off. The light-up glasses are from a Japanese manga, but I wear them for the slapstick opportunity for Mr. Meow to guide my hand when necessary (though he didn't do it in this video), as well as for subtle implications -- being "blinded by the light," a bright idea have a slightly debilitating side effect, "the brighter the light, the deeper the shadows" (which ties to many of my esoteric interests and the subtly occult feel to the Penetralia web series), operating according to second sight / intuition, the visual pun of "sun - glasses," and the fact that my feeling around for a button recalls using a Ouija board (which is an insight courtesy of world-renowned lecturer George Parker from another video featuring my light-up glasses). So yeah, the wig for comedy / self-deprecation and the glasses for the symbolism of blind prophets. Oh, also: I wear the glow-glasses because I think they're neat. I wear the hat because it makes me look like a grown up, and when I pair it with a childish mop wig, there's a contradiction.
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From The Rainbow Cat by Rose Fyleman and illustrated by Thema Cudlipp Grosvenor, 1923.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's not that the cats have gotten smaller; the giants have gotten bigger. From The Wishing Tree by Ruth Chew.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Let the gods decide!" From Amazing Stories, 1950.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
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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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"Zero, zilch." From Lebanon Valley's 1974 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1960.
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From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1948 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 Missouri Valley College's 1909 yearbook.
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"Do not hitch here." From North Central College's 1970 yearbook.
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From The Parrot's American Home, 1945.
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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 Susquehanna University's 1933 yearbook.
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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 The Intellectuals, by Mary Dixon Thayer:
***She bumped into me as I was about to emerge into the street. She had never condescended to bump into me before.
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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 University of Mississippis 1905 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 Sam Houston State Teachers College's 1937 yearbook.
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From The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1919.
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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 Northwestern University's 1922 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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From Purple Parrot, 1928.
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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 Johnson Journal, 1946.
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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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There are, indeed, two handles to every tomorrow, and we can't seem to get a grip on either of them. From Lighted Pathway, 1958.
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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
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Just as you may have guessed, fairy tea contains heartsease, Johnny-jump-up, May-bloom, joy-weed, and waterfall water. Note that both "heartsease" and "Johnny-jump-up" are names for wild pansies. How to tell one from the other? We suggest that one is mostly purple and one is mostly yellow. From St. Nicholas, 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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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
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Poets' Wit and Humor by W. H. Wills and illustrated by Charles Bennett and George H. Thomas, 1860.
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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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1909 yearbook.
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"Chances are, you don't believe in aliens -- unless you've been taken by them." Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2003.
Similarly, "UFOs don't exist ... until you bump into one" (2005).
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From Tufts' 1922 yearbook.
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From Barton County Community College's 1987 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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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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"His clothing wild vines. Young man found wandering in woods dressed like Adam." From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1907.
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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 Phil May's Illustrated Winter Annual, 1896.
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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
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A folktale about a bat who writes poetry: The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell.
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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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May your enthusiasm never be deflated by a rich benefactor's condescension and griping, and may you even still enjoy your consolation prizes. From Together, 1965.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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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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May you hereby be free of gargolic encounters today. 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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From Lighted Pathway, 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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Almost a "castle in the air" quality to this. From the University of the South's 1918 yearbook.
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Today's coin person delivering wool is from St. Nicholas, 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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From Tufts' 1922 yearbook.
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From Georgia School of Technology's 1932 yearbook.
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The world's largest typewriter, built in 1915 and displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1939. Courtesy of UpNorthMemories.
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"Give me back my child." From Washington State University's 1907 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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Yes, it's our bizarre take on Visage's " Damned Don't Cry." Thanks to Dimi Ob for saying, " I was waiting for this kind of music all of my life."
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From The Australian Women's Weekly, 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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From Park College's 1932 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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From Bradley's 1943 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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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 Wittenberg College's 1952 yearbook.
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Still shining: the mysterious glowing forests accessed through old yearbooks. From Tufts' 1922 yearbook.
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The imps of mathematical headaches. From Purple Parrot, 1930.
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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 Missouri Valley College's 1909 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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"You have to believe." From Lighted Pathway, 1964.
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From Reading for Meaning, Practice For Come Along by Paul McKee et al., 1957.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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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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unearths some literary gems.
From What Price Gloria! by Geoffrey Clayton:
***"What's an Uncle or two among friends?"***[This is Lord Wivenhurst, who is constructed more or less along the lines of Wodehouse's Lord Emsworth.]As a rule it was but a matter of seconds for him to forget, not only the name, but also the presence of anyone with whom he was supposed to be conversing.***Here it was, barely half-past ten, and yet some egg-plant was already trying to rob her of her beauty sleep.***[Among the song-pitching crowd of New York. Gloria is actually a person.]"Do either of you happen to know Miss Gloria Lee?"..."Who's it published by?"***When Kitty threw a party it stayed thrown.***"Don't take any notice of Kitty....She always gets that way in the summer."[A good all-purpose excuse for the coming season!]***"Nobody ever got anywhere by letting things slide.""Oh, I don't know, you know," said Hugh. "Think of a trombone player"...."I will not think of a trombone player!"***[Bonus: Bozeman, Bibbens, and Yoost, Inc., music publishers]
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From Ohio State University's 1952 yearbook.
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| This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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From Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 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
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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"Are you sold on it?" From The Lighted Pathway, 1962.
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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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"Our guiding light." From The Martlet, 1965.
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Wm. H. Beard's American museum of art. From Scribner's, 1871.
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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 New Primer by Walter Hervey & Melvin Hix, and illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright, 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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A dark thought from Buchtel College's 1918 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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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1912 yearbook.
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"Alas, for castles in the air! -- There's no delusion anywhere." From Artful Anticks by Oliver Herford (1894).
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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 Texas State University's 1971 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 why more poems don't get published. From Hampden-Sydney College's 1911 yearbook.
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From Improvement Era, 1950.
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This is very much how we dress to walk the sausage. From Southern Methodist University's 1928 yearbook.
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"Loss of money causes lockjaw." From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1905.
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"Leonore Piper—the psychic. Unconscious ... her head buried in a pillow ... her hand clutching a pencil." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1941.
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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 Lighted Pathway, 1966.
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From Purple Parrot, 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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Materialized dreams. From Together, 1961.
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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 got the invitation (quite beautiful, with very ornate calligraphy and offset printing), but we've RSVP'd our regrets.
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"In grandmother's garret." From St. Nicholas, 1913.
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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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May high corsairs plunder in other vicinities today. 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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| [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 1923 yearbook.
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The worry ditch. From Centenary's 1970 yearbook.
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From the University of Toledo's 1940 yearbook.
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From Imagine, Adventure Games Magazine, No. 26.
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unearths some literary gems.
From Double or Quits, by A. A. Fair:
***It seemed that she was dreading something. Perhaps it was just that her eyes were too big for her face.***"I wouldn't trust that man as far as I could throw an elephant by the tail," he announced.Bertha Cool, who had walked up to stand behind him, said, "Make it a hippopotamus as far as I'm concerned."[Now, doing the math (via Google) confirms that even an African elephant typically weighs substantially more than a hippopotamus. So Bertha's attempt to one-up here would seem to be a failure--unless she happens to know that elephants are more aerodynamic? Ultimately, it feels like "make it a hippopotamus" simply represents a knee-jerk reaction by someone who's more used to ordering drinks than throwing hypothetical animals.]***"His address is the Albatross Apartments."***
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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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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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| [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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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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"Not invited." From St. Nicholas, 1913.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Icicle fairies. From The Fairy Housekeepers by Norma Bright Carson and illustrated by Hazeltine Fewsmith, 1917.
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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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Looks like Demonic Hellcat is vulnerable to deep freezes, amd that makes sense. Even non-demonic hellcats prefer warmth. From the Wizardry: Bane Of The Cosmic Forge Handbook.
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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 Butler's 1944 yearbook.
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"King-size queen. Sometimes she felt little. Sometimes, with no mirrors around, she felt dainty and glamorous. 'I was the complete freak: too tall, too big, too thin, straw-colored hair--all accented by dark-rimmed glasses." From Together, 1965.
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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 West Virginia Wesleyan's 1912 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 Missouri Valley College's 1909 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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From Purple Parrot, 1937.
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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 Washington State University's 1907 yearbook.
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"Humor as a health tonic. Playing at being glad a saving grace for body and soul." From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1914.
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Here's a precursor to British comedian Jennifer Saunders, from the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1945.
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Hotei, Japanese god of good fortune. From Rockford's 1929 yearbook.
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From The Purple Parrot, 1928.
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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 the University of Toledo's 1940 yearbook.
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Great news -- every little thing counts. From The Lighted Pathway, 1962.
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"Have a nice weekend." From DeKalb Area Technical's 1973 yearbook.
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From Homespun magazine, 1927.
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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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| [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 Puck's Broom by E. Gordon Browne and illustrated by Kathleen I. Nixon, 1923.
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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 Santa Clara College's 1929 yearbook.
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"Don't waste words. Save your breath." From The Film Daily, 1943.
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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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unearths some literary gems.
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"Then let me give you a word of advice," said the older man, smiling so flat a smile that his clipped grey moustache stood out like a hedgehog's back.
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Down the same steps came Beamish, a much younger man, tall and loose-limbed, in appearance rather like a hock-bottle with a fancy cork stopper.
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"Thanks, I'd love to," said Beamish, standing like an umbrella in his long M.A. gown.
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And here was John Beamish stalking down the road like a split niblick.
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"I'm a convinced Freudian, and I shall expose all your horrid complexes."
"Not until after the claret," said Stubbs firmly.
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"Well, that was simple enough!" he said aloud in great surprise, as he stuck the letter up on the bureau and looked at it as something portentous--as if he had laid an egg." [SPOILER: We are in for a LOT of unexpected egg references.]
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Next morning he went up to school with the letter in his pocket, fingering it now and then as if afraid it was not licked up tightly enough to keep his decision in.
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"There's a strange pleasure in doing the same thing at the same time year after year."
"Makes you feel like a heavenly body, I suppose?"
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"He used to say to my mother: 'You know, Mrs. Egg'--Egg was my mother's married name, and I was a Miss Egg when I first met Adam...."
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dressed in a grey flannel suit with architectural shoulders
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"Take him to see Two Geese and a Gander by Dmitir Popoff." [Implied eggs here? And will the show lay an egg?]
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So here he was in his own flat, quite alone except for the egg-shaped bust in steel--"Stainless Stephen" he called it to himself.
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Stubbs began to have something of a fellow-feeling for the steel egg, almost as if he had really laid it himself.
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Perhaps this little qualm was due to the fact that his beard was not yet one thing or the other?
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The programme, Stubbs noted, was to consist of two parts: no fewer than thirty emotional attitudes by Mrs. Darker herself, followed after an interval for refreshments by a reading by Miss Claribel Blockhouse from her own poem-states. At the end of all, Stubbs noted the ominous word "Discussion."
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He was not at all sure whether, without the help of the programme, he could have distinguished No. 2, "Emotions on seeing a Sunflower," from No. 8, "Meditation before Marriage"; or No. 6, "Trapped!" from No. 21, "Surprise on finding a Pearl."
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"Could you have guessed which was Meditation before Marriage and which was Cauliflowers in Moonlight?"
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"What a mind! What insight into the inwardness of words!"
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If there was going to be a baby it might be wiser to put Stainless Stephen into the cupboard: you never knew what influence things had on women in that condition; and how awful to have a Stainless baby!
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[The "object-poems" in this novel are essentially Joseph Cornell-style boxes. The first one we encounter includes--of course--a plaster-of-Paris egg; and the first of Stubbs's own object-poems includes an egg spoon. Later on, Stubbs destroys his object-poems.]
Fed by relays of object-poems the fire was now burning fiercely.
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[The Danish housekeeper alludes to Stainless Stephen.]
"Vere is the schentlemann?....The silver schentlemann from the sitting-room?"
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"Qui'-ow-ri', Mr. Studs, thank you."
"Stubbs. With a B. Two B's in fact."
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Bonuses (Silly Surnames dept.):
Stockington-Poker
Miss Feathers and Miss Cynthia Feathers
the Reverend Peter Picton-Sawbridge
a family called the Upshotts
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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 Medical College of Virginia's 1913 yearbook.
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By Arthur Rackham. From St. Nicholas, 1913.
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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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When Atlas proposes a game of "Catch," it's not bad sportsmanship to decline. From Ohio State University's 1923 yearbook.
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"We have become ghosts inside cerebral television sets." From At the Edge, No. 1.
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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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May any kobolds in your vicinity haunt no houses but retreat to their caves. 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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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Click each image for its source.
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From Hanover's 1912 yearbook.
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The Wendigo, from Famous Fantastic Mysteries, 1944.
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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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Impelled with steps unceasing to pursue
Some fleeting Muse, that mocks me with the view;
That like the Circle, bounding earth and skies
Allures from afar, yet, as I follow, flies.
[altered slightly from Henry Goldsmith]
From Mitchell's 1921 yearbook.
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We fact-checked this, and it's true: "battle" would be an anagram of "ballet" if there were one fewer "t" and an extra "l." From Livin' the Dreem by Harry Hill.
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From University of Saskatchewan's 1964 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1937.
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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 Western Reserve University's 1923 yearbook.
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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From American University's 1966 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1978.
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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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| [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 consulted dogs and sparrows." From Dressing Gowns and Glue by L. de G. Sieveking and illustrated by John Nash, 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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"Ye gods!" From Pennsylvania College for Women's 1925 yearbook.
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“Listen, Jules, all you’ve got to do is cross Paris and take a train for St. Gauberge. There you’ll get a stagecoach that’ll drop you at La Pernelle. You’ll take the road to the right after you’ve passed the church. Walk about two kilometers and then ask any one where I live. Every one knows me." From Bazaar Daily, 1916.
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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 Purdue University's 1891 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1922.
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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. Allen Lane, the famous introducer of the much popular Penguin Books," as a penguin. From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1939.
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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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"Trio in close encounter of the blurred kind." Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2003.
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Our shadow, too, holds a book. From Western Reserve University's 1923 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1943.
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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 Montreat College's 1953 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 Rockford College'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 Pennsylvania College for Women's 1925 yearbook.From Pennsylvania College for Women's 1925 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 Washington State University's 1907 yearbook.
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"Auto makes awful noise. Supreme Count says that the sound is 'nerve-wrecking.'" From The Duluth Herald, 1910.
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From The Deadwood Dick Library, 1899.
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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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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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Today's winged W is from West Virginia Wesleyan's 1912 yearbook.
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"Paralysed with fear, he clung to the bough." From Chatterbox, 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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We couldn't afford the $27,000 jukebox we wanted, so we built our own (Bigfoot-themed) out of recycled barn wood. It was a blast curating the playlist of Bigfoot songs. Upon learning about the jukebox, acclaimed novelist and poet Gary Barwin offered some dance instruction:
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From Park College's 1958 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 Ohio State's 1921 yearbook.
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"Too true to be good." From Together, 1964.
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You know the air quality is poor when ... From Nebelspalter, 1936.
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From Earlham'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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From University of Saskatchewan's 1964 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1944.
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From the College of William and Mary's 1980 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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We have an honorary lifetime membership. The Ancient Order of Boneheads, from West Virginia Wesleyan's 1912 yearbook.
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Remembering that man in Memphis: "I play fair ... as fair as I can." From Collier's, 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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"Infrequent shaves make you forget who you are." From the University of Detroit's 1959 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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unearths some literary gems.
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Enid called Eddie a mere barbarous mechanism and he took it pretty hard.
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He didn't say anything; he just gave sort of a cough. That is, it was more like a muffled bark--as if he was afraid if he let himself out in a good hearty cough he might commit himself to something.
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The worst thing in the lot, I thought--even worse than a glass hen sitting on glass eggs in a glass basket--was a great big china dog. He was lying down on kind of an oval plate, and too sizable for a mantelpiece ornament--he was kind of spanielish; but you couldn't tell what kind of a dog he was, unless being a china dog made him some kind of a dog. He had four awful-looking yellowish spots on him; but for the rest of him he was glistening bald all over, and the expression on what was intended to be his face honestly made me sort of sick. As a matter of fact, this dog was one of those things you don't want to look at but you can't help doing it. I'd look at him a while; then I'd walk away and try to forget about him; then I'd have to come back to see if he really did look as horrible as I thought he did, and then I'd just stand staring at him and swallowing.
"Isn't he wonderful?" Enid asked me.
[I'm tempted to say this one-ups Tom Travers's cow creamer--but it actually predates that particular Jeeves & Bertie novel by a couple of years.]
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"It's got cubbyhole legs and duck feet," she said. Anyhow she said something like that; I'm pretty sure it was duck feet.
[Btw, I encountered this passage while we were vacationing with my family, shortly after we'd been talking about the word "cubbyhole" (as one does). And a bit of quick research suggests that "cubbyhole legs" are not, indeed, really a thing in antique furniture, but just something silly sounding that Tarkington made up.]
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Usually she became a little snappish if we didn't agree with her; but how can you agree with a person when you don't know what she's talking about?
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I was afraid she'd get nervous with me if I asked her why she'd paid three dollars and a half for "Biljor," especially as the author'd been too economical with capital letters and punctuation, I thought, to warrant any such outlay.
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"Do you feel with Raffeeny?" Enid asked this young Carlos Prang.
"Beyond anything," he told her. "Raffeeny is inevitable. You feel inevitableness with him. It's elemental inevitableness."
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I pointed to what seemed to be the picture of a pretty unpleasant chair with the perspective reversed. "For instance, that chair over there--if that's what it is--represents not a chair but the reaction of my nervous system to a chair? Is that it?"
She looked annoyed. "In a way, yes."
"Well, in what way?" I asked her. "Because I don't feel like that about a chair, at all. I haven't got any such nervous reaction to one, and if the person who painted it feels that way about chairs I don't feel as if I'd have any congeniality with him. I wouldn't even like him."
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It wasn't that I expected to miss him exactly or be homesick for him, as you might say; but still a person can't break all that furniture and bric-à-brac for you to pay for and then just disappear out of your life without leaving kind of a queer emptiness somewhere behind him.
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The noise going on inside [a club billiard room that's been invaded by rebelliously rambunctious children] was something that can't be expressed.
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"Wait till we get our glasses filled and then tell us what you were going to say and we'll enjoy your remarks infinitively more [yes, that's "infinitively"!] and everything'll be simply delicious!"
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Mr. Blodgett and Mr. Carmichael came out, dancing together and yet you might say not together, too, because they were holding on to each other but dancing different dances.
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[I love how the metonymy here blossoms into all-out anthropomorphization. "The beach" refers to the local "society," i.e., the summer families who assemble daily at oceanside to gossip and be seen.]
The beach had got its own impressions so fixed in its mind that it might as well have had cotton in its ears.
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"And now you come to me--you who--"
Well, that's all I stayed to hear; when any of my family begin to you-who at me, I generally do go.
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He simply could not understand my not having perceived results that any schoolboy and so forth.
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We went into Enid's room and looked at the frame she'd bought for his photograph....Enid had paid seventy dollars for that frame...and if you could forget what was in it nothing could have been more beautiful.
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[Bonus: Dr. A. S. Folstner Gilmerding]
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"Wassailing the apple trees." From Chatterbox, 1913.
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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 Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1904.
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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 man who hated fuss." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1935.
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Separated from St. Sebastian by crossed arrows, the Virgin and Child. Courtesy of Penn Libraries.
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May your day be free of unannounced goblin princes. 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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| [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 1916 yearbook.
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"There are too many people who have seen something that they can't explain to keep all this secret forever." Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2002.
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From Saint Joseph's 1963 yearbook.
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From UNC Chapel Hill's 1937 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1931.
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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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For some of us, daily it's 1928. From the University of Detroit's 1959 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 Hastings College's 1972 yearbook.
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"Half a haircut dolls up Fifi." From Improvement Era, 1941.
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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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"Royal English high post bed, dome top, of mahogany. Marquetry designed by Chippendale." From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.
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From Lambuth College's 1927 yearbook.
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From The Story of Tom Thumb (McLoughlin Bros.), c. 1885.
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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 Oberlin College's 1903 yearbook.
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"Her job a myth." From The Duluth Herald, 1903.
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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 1912 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 West Virginia Wesleyan's 1912 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 Wake Forest's 1925 yearbook.
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From the UFO newsletter Siecle Inconnu, 1977.
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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 tracked down a temporal anomaly to the 101 Building in Ocala, Florida, each clock face agreeing that the time was 57 minutes earlier.
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From Ohio Wesleyan University'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 Lasell Female Seminary's 1951 yearbook.
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From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1949.
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"No recipe for tracking down a male; it is just hazard and chance." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1953.
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From Franke Reade Weekly Magazine, 1896.
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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 Hanover's 1912 yearbook.
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"Instead of 'hands across the sea,' it was 'paws across the table.'" From Together, 1963.
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Rare to see a university in the form of a locomotive, winding its way through troop formations. From Indiana University's 1895 yearbook.
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"Let us talk about unpleasant things." From Harpers, 1932.
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The faux-3D effect of this photo may facilitate time travel. From UNC Chapel Hill's 1937 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1931.
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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 UNC Chapel Hill's 1937 yearbook.
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From We Find Out by Gerald Craig and Agnes Burke, and illustrated by Robert Lambdin and Revere Wistehuff, 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 West Virginia Wesleyan's 1912 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 Virginia Commonwealth University's 1973 yearbook.
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From Otterbein's 1909 yearbook.
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"The angel with the flaming sword." From The Century, 1893.
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From Swarthmore's 1949 yearbook.
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Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2002.
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"Living proof that all family trees have their saps." From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1928 yearbook. See How to Hoodoo Hack a 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, I thought, was adding insult to injury." From Biltmore Oswald by J. Thorne Smith and illustrated by Richard Dorgan, 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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From the University of Mississippis 1905 yearbook.
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"Compares flying to strong drink. [Augustus] Post says balloons are like beer and aeriplanes like whisky." From The Duluth Herald, 1910.
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"Somehow behind it all is the idea." The Platonic ideal of a balloon? From Ohio University's 1973 yearbook.
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A murderous eagle. From Chatterbox, 1903.
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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 Wheaton College's 1950 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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Physician: "And would you like to be a doctor, Jack?"
Mother (while Jack is hesitating): "No, no! The dear boy couldn't kill a fly!"
From Punch, 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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| This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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`-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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From UNC Chapel Hill's 1937 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1925.
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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 Earlham's 1906 yearbook.
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From We Find Out by Gerald Craig and Agnes Burke, and illustrated by Robert Lambdin and Revere Wistehuff, 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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"Fraternities ... there ain't none!" From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1912 yearbook.
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Long before the Friday the 13th movies, there was the novel, though this one has nothing to do with the movies. By Thomas W. Lawson, 1907.
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From Wake Forest's 1925 yearbook.
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"The city of the dead." From Lighted Pathway, 1973.
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From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1928 yearbook.
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Caribou herds walking across the graves of those who died that food might go farther. From Blue Book, 1936.
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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 Are You Decent? by Wallace Smith:
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[Compromise cussing?]
"You're so gosh-damn' refined."
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In the hall, she collided with a man who was juggling six cigar-boxes while he whistled "Coming through the Rye." For this, by the unwritten laws of vaudeville, is in all decency the only tune to which cigar boxes may be juggled.
***
The signor writhed into a delighted knot.
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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 House Scraps by G. Duckworth Atkin and illustrated by Geo. Cruickshank, F. C. Gould, and Lucien Davis, 1887.
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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 Wheaton College's 1954 yearbook.
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"'How dare you?' he demanded, putting on the Tremolo. 'How dare you offer me Rum?'" From Hand-Made Fables by George Ade and illustrated by John T. McCutcheon, 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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She died of "overexercise in rubbing cocoa-butter on her neck." From Peace Institute's 1903 yearbook.
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Q: Who says coffee that lets you sleep has to taste "tired"? (Together, 1959)
A: We do!
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From The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 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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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to reveal the photo that inspired the drawing. From My Cat Spit McGee by Willie Morris. 
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"When taken to be shaken." An alternate scan from Poets' Wit and Humor by W. H. Wills and illustrated by Charles Bennett and George H. Thomas, 1860.
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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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Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2002.
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From Texas Wesleyan's 1937 yearbook.
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| This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,(
`-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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From the United States Naval Academy's 1970 yearbook.
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Actually, the world is continually ending. From Lighted Pathway, 1974.
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From Eastern Nazarene College'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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From Virginia Commonwealth University's 1973 yearbook.
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From The Johnson Journal, 1939.
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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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Telephone receiver upside down and lampshade on the head -- two of the best ways to improve communication. From Saint Francis College's 1967 yearbook.
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From Anderson College's 1926 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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"Gallons of coffee with no-doz for sugar." From Indiana University's 1964 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 Tulane University'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 Washington State University's 1907 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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Did you play "rock" to beat his "scissors," or did you lose with "paper"? From Bluffton College's 1941 yearbook.
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From Together magazine, 1962.
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From Hampden-Sydney's 1909 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 Purple Parrot, 1925.
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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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Two mop wigs and one instance of clothes put on backwards. From the University of Cincinnati's 1949 yearbook.
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May the lucky pewees bring you luck. From The Brother Bears by Anna Williams Arnett and illustrated by Ludwig & Regina, 1927.
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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 West Virginia Wesleyan's 1912 yearbook.
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From Wake Forest's 1925 yearbook.
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From Current Sauce, 1980.
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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 Anderson College's 1926 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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Today's Father Time and a mermaid catching buildings in a net is from Ottawa University's 1915 yearbook.
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"The dog hailed his master as he passed." From Chatterbox, 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 Saint Francis College's 1967 yearbook.
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"Death taking [fewer] badgers." From the Duluth Herald, 1920.
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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From Virginia Commonwealth University's 1973 yearbook.
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unearths some literary gems.
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Actors and audience--they must for a few brief hours change places....The audience steps across the footlights and becomes the actor, throbs to his emotions....The actor must step across the footlights and become the audience, feel his pulse beat, sense his pleasure or disapproval, know his reaction.
And in proportion to the measure with which each becomes the other...the play lives....But if either should fail--and if one fail [sic], it is because the other does--then the play is phantom. A stalking ghost walks the boards.
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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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Today's grapes of gentleness are from Eastern Pilgrim Colleges 1955 yearbook.
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A moon spell for summoning an elusive spirit brother, from the delightful and rare The Unicorn with Silver Shoes by Ella Young and illustrated by Robert Lawson.
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From Wheaton College'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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From Indiana University's 1914 yearbook.
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May you hereby be protected from lifestealers. 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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From Eastern Nazarene College'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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Memories of college. From the University of Omaha's 1954 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 Texas Wesleyan's 1937 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1977.
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From Pembroke's 1965 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1948.
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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 Lafayette College's 1909 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 Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Routledge, 1877).
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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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Can an iron gate serve as a magic mirror? Yes! From Ohio State's 1921 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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Memories of college. From Santa Clara's 1928 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 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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Quite the perspective! From Manchester College'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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From Virginia Commonwealth University's 1973 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 Wake Forest's 1925 yearbook.
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"Sponging off Socrates." From Lighted Pathway, 1971.
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The artist gave one of the boys glowing red eyes. From Together, 1963.
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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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Paris styles of pencil wearing. From Salem Normal School's 1908 yearbook.
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Raised by wolves. From Chatterbox, 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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Carved by bears. From Baylor University's 1916 yearbook.
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Thanks to Montreal's Mark Mori for saying of our haunted clockwork cover of Bearcraft's "We Don't Deserve to Die": " Wow, this is really a piece of art. Deeply touched me in my heart. Great video clip. Simply beautiful."
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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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"O, ride a hob horse." From Improvement Era, 1935.
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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 Lamaism by L. Austine Waddell, 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 endpapers 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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From Austin College's 1976 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 Purple Parrot, 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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This goes a long way toward explaining some of the beauty queens we've seen in old yearbooks. From the University of Toledo's 1940 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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"How-dee-do" is the polite way of addressing a toad for the first time. From St. Nicholas, 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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The blurred figure on the right had a lion cub-like spirit animal on his shoulder (see the enlargement, and a non-blurred photo of the man showing his shoulder without spirit animal present). From Virginia Commonwealth University's 1973 yearbook.
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We can vouch for this -- the most exciting visitors are those who don't come to dinner. From Together, 1962.
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From Wake Forest's 1925 yearbook.
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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Here's the only way these two images could be related: How to Be Your Own Cat. Click each image for its source.
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From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1928 yearbook.
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"Has the gentleman the nightmare?" From Scribner's 1876.
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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 soon as death clears away the mist of matter, we look at once into the next world." From Together, 1957.
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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 Lehigh's 1887 yearbook.
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"Explanation of sliming still remains hazy." Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2003.
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From Tennessee Wesleyan's 1935 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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From the U.S. Naval Academy's 1947 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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His master's voice. From Virginia Commonwealth University's 1973 yearbook.
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"Hazy forms, floating in the air. They began to take shape." From Dark Shadows episode 592.
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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 Tulsa's 1960 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1974.
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From Purple Parrot, 1929.
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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 Otterbein College's 1961 yearbook.
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"A rose is a rose is a rose, sometimes ...?" From B.A.R., 1976.
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From Oklahoma A&M's 1927 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 University of Mississippis 1905 yearbook.
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"Names for towns are very unusual in some parts of Kentucky. Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel are some of them." From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1904.
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My conjunctions are "if" and &, and my pronoun is "chrysanthemum," as explained in our surprisingly popular video:
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From Washington College's 1980 yearbook.
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Great inclusion of a little sand dune next to the P, and the backwards Y gives the flavor of an ambigram. From Panzer's 1929 yearbook.
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From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1928 yearbook.
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From The (Berkeley) Wizard, 1937.
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unearths some literary gems.
From Bateman and I in Filmland, by Dudley Clark (illustrated by H. M. Bateman):
[The conceit here is a primer or tourist guide about how the inhabitants of "Filmland"--i.e., life as it's shown in the (silent) movies--behave. The observations are all pretty obvious (and I imagine were already so in the year of publication, 1926), but sometimes they made me smile despite that.]
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Everybody drinks champagne--gallons of it. Society Filmlanders have not much time to spare for eating. They just toss off a few goblets of champagne, look at their watches, and walk or slouch or slink or stagger away. They settle their bills with a sheaf of notes and never expect any change.
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[The Filmlander] is not content that his face, however picturesque, should be purely ornamental; he expects it to work for its living, and to work hard. So addicted, in fact, is he to facial intercourse that when circumstances compel him to use the telephone he wastes quite a lot of fine silent emotion upon the unresponsive transmitter.
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It is not that Filmlanders dislike books; on the contrary, they take them up and put them down quite a lot....
In the Filmland home the library is dedicated to domestic quarrels, murders, and startling revelations by the family solicitor. There is no literary use for the place. The most a Filmlander cares to read at a sitting is about a quarter of a newspaper column consisting almost entirely of headlines.
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No one knows until the bell rings whether the favourite will be running, or, if running, who will ride him.
The Filmland race-horse is neither surprised nor discomposed when at the last moment his jockey is found to be missing. He knows that in thirty seconds or so the owner's daughter, or fiancée, who is clasping her hands in the front row of the grand stand, will have changed her clothes [and] leapt on his back....
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In Filmland they do not go in for any little wispy bits of moon that look like a slice of melon. The Filmland moon, when it shines, shines all over, irrespective of anything the calendar may have to say about it.
"Don't talk to me about 'phases' and 'partial eclipses,'" says the Filmland moon...."Look at all those people down there making love and so on. What's the use of their trying to be picturesque and working their faces about if I don't give 'em a decent light to do it by?"
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The Filmlander knows, or should know by this time, exactly what sort of weather he is going to get according to what he intends doing when he goes out.
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It is wonderful the way in which Filmlanders will master the contents of a long letter simply by tearing it open, glancing at it, and crushing it convulsively in their hands.
[....]
Sometimes they are rather careless in the way they leave them lying about. A tremendous amount of trouble is caused in Filmland by letters and dispatches being read by people other than those for whom they are intended.
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From Eastern Nazarene College's 1930 yearbook.
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Properly used, a speaker's glass of water is never for a parched throat but rather for making a very dramatic point. From Wake Forest's 1925 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1941.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Ohio Wesleyan's 1929 yearbook.
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"Don't gulp life." Probably decent advice. From Together magazine, 1967.
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From West Georgia's 1947 yearbook.
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From Indiana University's 1931 yearbook.
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Here's a precursor to those candles that smell like old books. "Aroma de l'antique" and other scents of yore are actually excavated, as we learn in Wheaton College's 1921 yearbook.
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King Dodo. From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.
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"One of the most amazing methods of countering the supposed influence of the Evil Eye makes a delightful centerpiece for your garden." From Fate Magazine, 1990.
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"The skin of our teeth." From Middlebury's 1947 yearbook.
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From Olivet Nazarene's 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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From Augustana College's 1931 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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From Washburn's 1916 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1974.
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Revealed -- ghosts can in fact see their reflections, but in the future. From Ohio Wesleyan's 1945 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1941.
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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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Just a phase? From Saint Joseph's College's 1963 yearbook.
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Revealed -- why the earth wobbles on its axis. From Wake Forest's 1925 yearbook.
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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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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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"They found a tiny oak tree." From Elementary Science by Grades Book Three by Ellis Persing and Elizabeth Peeples, 1928.
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From Tulane University's 1910 yearbook.
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From People's Computers, 1978.
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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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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 Fliegende Blätter, 1926.
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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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Tag yourself: Bunnyboy, Pinkeyes, Cuddledown, or Browny. From St. Nicholas, 1889.
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From der Guckkasten, 1911.
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By Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, in Essay de Papillonneries Humaines (1756). Via LifeTakesLemons.
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May any spirits you might encounter today confine themselves to a seance. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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A hydra from Nebelspalter, 1904.
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From Indiana University's 1911 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 Tuft's 1962 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1963.
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From the University of Tulsa's 1960 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1939.
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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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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 Dartmouth College's 1931 yearbook.
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Ah, bless: "Alone and friendless." From The Duluth Herald, 1910.
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Here's why the tow truck takes so long to arrive. From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1957.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Elon's 1972 yearbook.
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From Hampden-Sydney's 1903 yearbook.
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From Lenoir-Rhyne's 1924 yearbook.
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"They stuck to it like grim death." From The Boy's Own Paper, 1884.
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From Purple Parrot, 1939.
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Either on top of the world or riding the cannon ball to his fate (or both?) From Hampden-Sydney College's 1916 yearbook.
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"Euphoria anyone?" From Woroni, 1965.
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unearths some literary gems.
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KING: I tell you I am sick of trying to turn a business plant into a family tree.
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ABBY: But, James, what shall I do about my memory class?
KING: Forget it!
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[Bonus: See attached. Now that's what I call merry and carefree!]
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We almost missed it, but there's a sea monster headed toward Norfolk. Here's why sea serpents and dragons should never be missing from a map. From the United States Naval Academy's 1930 yearbook.
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Here's mentioned a ghost named Murgatroid Q. Schnellbessenbinder. It's said that one can't catch a ghost unless one knows its name, and this news item is a good example of why it's pointless to guess at a ghost's name. From Current Sauce, 1963.
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From Midland Lutheran College's 1967 yearbook.
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"Sharing an umbrella is a better thing to do than sitting by the windowsill, waiting for the blue." From Eastern Mennonite College's 1973 yearbook.
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From The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1904.
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Nobody was buried, either:
That's easly proved: the coffins are uncannily empty:
That's right: there was no one there, and that's the greatest horror of them all:
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From our review of Strange Maine, illustrated by Peter Farrow. We love this sort of anthology that seems hell-bent to convince readers that the locality in question is plagued by vampires, werewolves, ghost ships, sea serpents, aliens, flying carpets, and other haunting anomalies. Every region should have one!
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From the University of Arkansas' 1937 yearbook.
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From Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn, The Third Scenario handbook.
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From Barnard's 1903 yearbook.
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From Farmer's Magazine, 1913.
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From Earlham's 1959 yearbook.
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From Goshen College's 1971 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1950.
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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 Franklin College's 1929 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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From Tri-State College's 1949 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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Today's horse reporter is from the University of Western Ontario's 1944 yearbook.
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"New Yorkers living too rapidly." From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1905.
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From Ohio State University's College of Medicine's 1952 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 The Bar Examiner, 1951.
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"Sixty-mile drives for caterpillars' food." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1968.
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From Improvement Era, 1933.
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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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"Any day can be New Year's Day." And any night can be New Year's Eve, for recall that the former Pleasure Island nighttime entertainment complex at Walt Disney World celebrated New Year's Eve every evening of the year. From Lighted Pathway, 1961.
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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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The Dean of Women from the University of Arkansas' 1937 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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Memories of college. From Millikin's 1964 yearbook.
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Cedar swamp, Northampton. From Harper's, 1879.
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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 Fort Hays State's 1970 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 University of Chicago's 1898 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 Purdue University's 1897 yearbook.
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From Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 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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