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We drove 90 minutes to a ruined cemetery, inspired by this passage from the fantastic play The Tenth Man by Paddy Chayefsky. When we passed a hearse and drove behind a truck branded with the word “BEYOND,” we knew we were on the right road.
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From Big Book of Halloween Entertainments, 1944.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A night of horrors, apparitions, lanterns, lunacy, witches, evil, and endless nightmares. Where were you on October 31, 1987? From Tulane's 1988 yearbook.
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A card reader and her canine animal familiar, from Les Hommes du Jour, 1916.
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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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His official yearbook portrait. From Emerson's 1978 yearbook.
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From Northern Junket, 1972.
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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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It used to be that Oct. 32 was when things really got going. From Illinois Woman's College's 1915 yearbook.
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It is mere superstition that on October 31, Zorro will scrawl in lipstick, "Happy Halloween superwitch" on one's mirror. From Guilford's 1967 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 Presbyterian College's 1918 yearbook.
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From Der Guckkasten, 1918.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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When jack-o'-lanterns question your dietary choices. From Guilford's 1994 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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[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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"BOO, girl!" From Wesleyan College's 1963 yearbook.
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Shoulder fans. From Nebelspalter, 1892.
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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 Rockford's 1918 yearbook.
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Date unknown. Courtesy of UpNorth Memories.
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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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Last we checked, the hardcover of this book was nearly $900 on Amazon: Letters From the Dead by Campbell Black (our restoration of a poor scan).
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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
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We double-checked, and these are indeed the nine states of existence: 1. OK, 2. afraid, 3. asleep, 4. paralyzed, 5. petrified, 6. poisoned, 7. dead, 8. ashes, 9. lost [as a ghost wandering the otherworld]. From Wizardry Handbook.
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From A Child's Book of Holiday Plays by Frances Gillespy Wickes, 1916.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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From Colorado College's 1978 yearbook.
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From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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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 Rockford's 1922 yearbook.
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From the Peace Institue's 1905 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1893.
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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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Together for an enjoyable time. From Brevard's 1983 yearbook.
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From Rockford's 1915 yearbook.
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"They come on the wind." From Awake magazine, 1958.
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unearths some literary gems.
"Baraud was your great-grandfather, wasn't he?" "My step-great-grandfather actually," Ann answered. "He was my great-grandmother's first husband."
[The funny thing here is that they're calling the spouse who preceded the spouse who was a biological parent of the grandparent a "step," where normally it would be a spouse who succeeded the biological (great-)(grand-)parent who'd be called the "step." So it's [wait for it] a "step" backward! (But then, since all genealogy involves stepping backward, does it cancel out and become a step forward? (:v>)]
*** [I certainly don't agree with this, but I think it's an amusing bit of aphoristic nonsense.]
"You shouldn't read the books of people you like, any more than you should meet people who've written books you've admired. You're probably in for disillusionment either way." ***
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From Salem's 1977 yearbook.
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If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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It's been said that you can always add on sub-themes to your costume "that are inspired by the current cultural zeitgeist" (Jim Glaser). From Charleston Southern's 1970 yearbook.
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Some folks are saying that Of Feeding & Caring For Sheet Ghosts doesn't actually exist. We offer proof, but as with seemingly all paranormal issues, not everyone agrees on what constitutes actual evidence.
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"The reason for the season"? The headline reads, "Jesus, not Jack-o-Lanterns, honored on Halloween." From George Fox's 1979 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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Here's how to use correct punctuation. From the College of William and Mary's 1922 yearbook.
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You don't need to hire a staff to look your best, but you do need to employ a staff, if you get our double wordplay. From the Master Of Monsters II handbook.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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Date unknown. Courtesy of UpNorth Memories.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A bed of syringes. From Woroni, 1980.
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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 The Film Daily, 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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The witch's familiar senses us watching them tumble through the air. From Unknown, 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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"If nine-foot tricker or treater shows up, feed him." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1980.
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From Big Book of Halloween Entertainments, 1944.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Watches over the Blood Feast." From Wesleyan College (Macon GA)'s 1990 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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If you've already taken the bull by the horns, take the world by the nose. From Presbyterian College's 1918 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 Swarthmore's 1909 yearbook.
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From Spellbound. 1976. (Courtesy of Archive.org; restoration our own.)
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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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This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1939.
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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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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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A night cloak or a shadow cloak -- maybe tonight? 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 Big Book of Halloween Entertainments, 1944.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Swarthmore's 1927 yearbook.
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Life in the big city. From Weird Tales, 1948. (Courtesy of Archive.org, with our own restorations.)
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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 der Guckkasten, 1911.
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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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Madam Lynx, from Duke's 1949 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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This is the first college we've encountered that counts Santa Claus and a Halloween monster as graduates. From Black Hawk East's 1968 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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Her official yearbook portrait -- a cat in a jack-o'-lantern. From Emerson's 1978 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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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Click each image for its source.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1899.
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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 Hamilton's 1896 yearbook.
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The crying, talking mannequins obsessed with mortality and reincarnation don't appear until episode 1096 of Dark Shadows.
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Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 1989.
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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
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Here's an ornate frame we restored, from Butler's 1909 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 Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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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
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The way is easily lost. There's a ghost in every room." From North Central's 1977 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 Lustige Blätter, 1901.
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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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"October 27. 15 yards to earth. Unhurt. Why?" From Bluffton's 1918 yearbook.
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From der Guckkasten, 1911.
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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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A library ghost (confirmed by our custom Uncanny Detector app), from Pfeiffer's 1974 yearbook.
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"A scene from Maxim Gorky's 'The Lower Depths' ('Night Lodging'). Presented by the Moscow Art Theatre in New York. Drawn by Lucie R. Sayler." From The Drama Magazine, 1923.
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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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"Were we, in fact, running away from ourselves?" From the University of Nebraska at Omaha's 1971 yearbook.
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Very rare -- a bucking Pegasus with a jester. From Duke's 1926 yearbook.
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unearths some literary gems.
*** Sheep and pigs...and cows...bleated, grunted and lowed, according to their persuasion.
*** He was in the early fifties, clean-shaven, with thick greying hair brushed back from his forehead, large well-kept hands—but it will be as well if we return to our interrupted narrative.
*** "That's the trouble with you," said Charlton severely. "You haven't mastered the art of digression."
*** "We do know that all the persons who supplied the names in your copper-plate records are as innocent as a new-born babe or any other revolting simile that may occur to us."
*** Martin murmured something about angles that would have pained Euclid.
*** "Have you ever caught yourself taking an intense interest in anything written upside down?"
*** To the best of her belief, the lettering on the side of it said: "Something about somebody's biscuits."
*** Mr. Muttigen smiled deprecatingly. "The 'g' is hard, as in 'tiger,'" he said, as if the phonetic anomaly was entirely his fault.
*** She suggested rather testily that he came [sic] inside, instead of standing there like, to use her own phrase, that.
*** "I shall tell 'im just what I think, Mrs. Simmonds, and if you don't like it, you can do the other thing." [I guess the unmentionable "other thing" would be lumping it?]
*** "Thank you, Miss Higgins," smiled Charlton. "Iggens is the name," repeated the cook with an impatient flounce, "and Iggens is what I said. There's no haitch."
*** "I'd 'ave given in me notice and packed me trunk before you could say--" "But surely," threw in Charlton, who was sick of the gentleman she was about to mention. "Jack Robinson," said Miss Iggens triumphantly.
[Unlike Charlton, I don't find I encounter Mr. Robinson all that often; but it happened that Jack R. also popped up around the same time in The Good Companions, which I was reading concurrently--and with some hat eating, for good measure. "If we're not up, right at top o't'tree, a'most afore you can say Jack Robi'son, nay, I'll eat this cap."]
*** "There are twenty-three Geoffrey Somebodies."
*** [Falling in Love with Your Own Characters department, Editorial "We" division]
As John Rutherford was to say, she had dark shingled hair, an incontrovertibly tip-tilted nose, big brown eyes and a voice like the sweet sound that breathes upon a bank of violets. He was madly in love with the girl, of course, but then, if it comes to that, so are we.
*** "There are now anxiously waiting for me a large assortment of ailing ladies, who have been at death's door for so many years that I really don't think there's anyone at home!"
*** [Blank Maps to Nonexistent Risqué Poetry dept. The protagonists are looking over what is presumably a specimen of "dirty" verse, which is not shared with the reader.]
"That line doesn't scan," he said. "Listen to this." He read the first few stanzas aloud, beating the rhythm with his hand. "There, that's wrong, isn't it? If they'd put 'mournfully' instead of 'sadly' it would have made all the difference." "Or 'disconsolately,'" suggested Charlton, falling in with the spirit of the thing. "That's it!" said the Super enthusiastically. "'Disconsolately dumti-dumti-dum.'"
*** "You say that it didn't matter to the Sniper whether 'e shot Ransome or the Four 'Orsemen of the Apoca-how-much."
*** "I laugh only at my own jokes before lunch," said Weston severely. ***
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From Maybe I'm Dead by Joe Klaas. You may know that Cotard Syndrome or Walking Corpse Syndrome is what psychiatrists call a delusion that one is already dead. The thrice great Charles Fort had it [see our important post about that], as did the immortal Philip K. Dick.* Thing is ... if this life actually does turn out to be a purgatorial realm, then those aware of being dead are the only ones not crazy.
*From Dick's Exegesis: " We are dead but don't know it, reliving our former lives but on tape (programmed), in a simulated world controlled by Valis the master entity or reality generator (like Brahman), where we relive in a virtually closed cycle again and again until we manage to add enough new good karma to trigger off divine intervention, which wakes us up and causes us to simultaneously both remember and forget, so that we can begin our reascent back up to our real home. This, then, is purgatorio, the afterlife, and we are under constant scrutiny and judgment, but don't know it, in a perfect simulation of the world we knew and remember -- v. Ubik and Lem's paradigm. We have for a long time been dying brains/souls slipping lower and lower through the realms, but the punishment of reliving this bottom-realm life is also an opportunity to add new good karma and break the vicious cycle of otherwise endless reliving of a portion of our former life. This, then, is the sophia summa of the six esoteric systems -- seven if you count alchemy -- of the entire world. Eight if you count hermeticism. We are dead, don't know it, and mechanically relive our life in a fake world until we get it right. Ma'at has judged us; we are punished, but we can change the balance... but we don't know we are here to do this, let alone know where we are. We must change the 'groove' for the better or just keep coming back, not remembering, not reascending."
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Here's what a pumpkin really is and really means. From Monsters News, 2012.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"I am exciting [sic] to meet new people and fully live life as a gopher" (University of Minnesota, "Orientation & Transition Experiences," 2009).
Our photo is from Pfeiffer's 1974 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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Reblog if you wear a lampshade on your skull head, lest you blind others with your dazzling light. From der Guckkasten, 1912.
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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 Sacred Heart's 1968 yearbook.
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"As the shadows lengthen." From The Judge, 1922.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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If you read while holding a pumpkin head, reblog this. From Colorado College's 1964 yearbook.
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From Santa Clara's 1948 yearbook.
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From Greensboro's 1976 yearbook.
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A postcard from our personal archives.
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From Hamilton's 1896 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[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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Reblog if you've danced with a jack-o'-lantern. From Millikin's 1968 yearbook.
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From A Child's Book of Holiday Plays by Frances Gillespy Wickes, 1916.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The Sawers" by Frank Long. From Berea's 1938 yearbook.
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From Der Bildermann, 1916.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Elon's 1913 yearbook.
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From der Guckkasten, 1911.
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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 Sacred Heart's 1968 yearbook.
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INCENSE.
Laborer: Well, I'll be blowed!
Isis (to Osiris): At last, a worshipper!"
By Otho Cushing, for Life (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 Lustige Blätter, 1918.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Staring at himself in the mirror, as opposed to looking at the camera lens so as to engage with the viewer. From Emerson's 1978 yearbook.
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"Your automatic sprinkler system called tears." From Awake magazine, 1961.
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For several worried moments, we though he'd finally had enough. From Park College's 1966 yearbook.
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From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From The Magic Shop by Maurice Dolbier and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.
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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 Psychiatric Bulletin, 1953.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From The Spooktator, Oct. 24, 1997. (Our restoration, as per usual.)
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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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It's all-too-rare for a student's official yearbook portrait to feature his shadow self just beyond the pane. From Guilford's 1976 yearbook.
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From Photo-Play Journal, November 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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Lisping oneself into the great Beyond is surely rarer than being killed by one's own art. From Mitchell's 1921 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1891.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Earlham's 1920 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 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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Memories of college. From Eastern Kentucky's 1978 yearbook.
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A self-portrait of Pamela Colman Smith.
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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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A halo of incense. From West Virginia Conference Seminary's 1904 yearbook.
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From Le Courrier Français, 1893.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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"Lost in time. He hardly believes it himself." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1988.
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So much has changed since the 1980s, and yet it's said that the most powerful core values endure over time. From Saint Mary's 1980 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1904.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1933.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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*Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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"Long ago it must be." From Santa Clara's 1969 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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Mask down, mask up. (We tried to make an animated gif of these photos but failed to notice from the backgrounds that they obviously wouldn't match up.) From Pfeiffer's 1974 yearbook.
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It's all-too-rare to encounter a scarecrow on a decrepit bicycle, holding a ruined umbrella. From The Relief Society Magazine, 1953.
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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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Mae Marsh, from Cine-Mundial, 1922.
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From La Caricature, 1830.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[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 Medical College of Virginia's 1972 yearbook.
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Paul Berthon's "Andhré des Gachons," from The Chap-Book, 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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unearths some literary gems.
From Gay Life, by E. M. Delafield:
[Just this: There's a character called Mrs. Wolverton-Gush. That's pretty good already, but then someone refers to her as "Mrs. Thingamy-Gush."]
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Hidden Symbols, Come To Find One Another In The Dark
Five Stars. "Amazing as always, the inimitable Professor Oddfellow's tireless research and enthralling delivery has brought us a Goetic Work unlike any before it! The good Professor's comparisons of traditional Yoruban (and other African diaspora) Vévés and sigils that comprise what is in the West known as Voodoo or, more properly Vodou, but also encskeleton key of solomonompasses many Yoruba faiths like the more widely known Santeria, to European Grimoire traditions, such as the Lesser and Greater Keys of Solomon and many lesser known tomes, is ambitious. Professor Oddfellow simply compares and contrasts, he makes no feeble attempts to justify or negate anything or anyone. The ending of the book simply asks us to consider that perhaps rather than being influenced by one or the other that we all have access to a Universal technology that accesses Worlds and Intelligences far beyond our mundane world. With such a Work that the Professor has undertaken herein, there could be any number of failures and assumptions, which he avoids with tact and grace, leaving us with beautiful questions and the imagery of disparate cultures, both reaching in the dark for a Light." —Holy Mountaineer
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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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This is why, whenever we acquire a clock with a pendulum, we inquire about the return policy. From Unknown, 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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From Green Pipes by Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 1929.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Photo-Play Journal, October 1920.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Bunte Kriegsbilderbogen, 1915.
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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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"If it feels good, do it!" From Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.)'s 1981 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1901.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 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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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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You've heard of having a flair for jazz. Here's what a flare for jazz looks like. From Emerson's 1978 yearbook.
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Costume shops aren't what they used to be. From Le Charivari, 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 Le Journal Amusant, 1911.
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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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"Happiness is an 11:00 phone call." From Hope College's 1964 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1917.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Rockford's 1917 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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In the 1930s, wearing winged shoes to play basketball was not considered cheating. After winged shoes were prohibited, players had to be taller. From Swarthmore's 1933 yearbook.
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Born rooters. From The Judge, 1916.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Memories of college. From Clarion's 1975 yearbook.
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Here's what happens to last year's fashions. From Le Charivari, 1848.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 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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From the Estherian Literary Society's 1914 yearbook.
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If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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You've heard that it's the teacher who finds the student. Here's what it looks like. From Millikin's 1959 yearbook.
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"Jehovah's starry heavens." From Awake magazine, 1958.
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That's obviously an otherworldly entity he's consulting, complete with elongated cranium. From the Medical College of Virginia's 1972 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 Elon's 1913 yearbook.
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You've heard about artists and their personal demons. Sometimes a studio is full of them. From Cine-Mundial, 1922.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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Sphinx and Her Circle by Violet Wyndham (a rare book -- last we checked, it's going for over $800) does not circulate.
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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 National-Louis' 1968 yearbook.
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By Norman Anthony, for Photoplay Magazine, 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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This is actually offered as "proof" of study abroad in Australia. Overlooking the offensive stereotype of the continent, a novelty cutout of a kangaroo at a zoo is perhaps even less convincing than posing with a baguette and calling it France. From Duke's 1994 yearbook.
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From Dark Regions, 1987, courtesy of Archive.org.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's well-known that colleges dedicate inordinate resources toward athletic programs; lesser-known is why they are so coerced. Here's a hint, from UNC Chapel Hill's 1914 yearbook.
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From Der Bildermann, 1916.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.)'s 1981 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
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1911.
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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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Dancing has changed so much since the 1930s. From the University of North Carolina's 1934 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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Reblog if you, too, need a giant painting to hide the ugliness from your field of vision. From Le Charivari, 1885.
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unearths some literary gems.
*** The chief thing about a short story is that it should be both short and that it should tell a story. Otherwise it is liable to degenerate into a full length novel or an essay upon "Forty-Seven Different Ways of Cooking Bananas." This makes the thing practically useless as a short story. If therefore you find anything like this happening to your short stories, you may be morally certain that something is wrong with them.
*** The soulful story.... is written with a pen dipped deep into the human soul; and if you can contrive to dip your pen so deep that little blobs of soul drop off it and smudge the pages of your manuscript, then lift up your heart and rejoice.
*** Slowly his great bushy eyebrows rose on end, waved for a moment in the breeze and locked hairs across the bridge of his hooked nose. How well was I to know that danger signal in future--the only sign of emotion which this impassive being ever permitted himself!
*** I wonder sometimes what would happen if the Man Who has been Silent all this Time at this sort of gathering had not really got a story to tell after all. But that is unthinkable!
*** The making of real poetry is the worst paid job in the world; so unless you are a real poet and therefore can't help it, I cannot advise you to take it up seriously.
*** For our model piece of real poetry we will take the subject of Parting. It doesn't really matter in the least what subject we take, because it all comes out the same. However, we will call it "Parting," and hope for the best.
*** I am an uncle, aged thirty-one. I am in point of fact several uncles, each aged thirty-one. I am also three or four step-uncles, an uncle-in-law or two, all sorts of uncles various times removed, and a large number of courtesy uncles, aged, in each case, thirty-one. Let us disguise the fact no longer. I am a born uncle (aged thirty-one).
*** "What ho! What ho!" "What ho! What ho! What?" "I mean, what about Freddie Devereux?" I asked, to change the conversation.
*** In this lesson we strike a severely practical note. We are now the stern man (or woman) of affairs, and our chin is sticking out like anything. We have probably donned a pair of horn spectacles as well. ***
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We could use a few lessons in running and hiding. From Making Up with Mr. Dog by Albert Bigelow Paine and illustrated by J. M. Paine, 1901.
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"Flying in the face of fiction. A 'wedding cake' UFO." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1987.
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There's a fine line between a pattern of changing seasons and a changing pattern of seasons. From Anderson's 1967 yearbook.
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Very rare -- ringing a bell underwater. From Olivet Nazarene's 1937 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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Today's bugle-playing eagle is from North Carolina Central's 1961 yearbook.
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From The Magic Sea Shell and Other Plays by John Farrar, 1923.
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From Purdue's 1916 yearbook.
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From La Caricature, 1830.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:
Inspired by Gary Barwin, who responds:
Falling back into the sky creating angels from stars
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From Tulane's 1961 yearbook.
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These Legion of Honor medals look like the original, cast metal playing pieces in Monopoly. From Le Charivari, 1889.
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"Hiding won't save you." From St. Andrews' 1994 yearbook.
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From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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From Der Guckkasten, 1918.
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From La Caricature, 1830.
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The color of God is "white of god red black and everything." From Visions of Gerard by Jack Kerouac, 1963.
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"A life-sized apparition built up from the ectoplasm emanating from the medium 'Eva.' One of 201 photographs taken by Mme. Bisson and Dr. Notzing, 1909-12." From Hearst's International, 1921.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1905.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1906.
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Greetings. From Swarthmore's 1909 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1925.
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So many books fall into these basic sections:
I. Utopia
II. The Mob
III. A Commentary
IV. Heroes and Hero Worship
V. Defense of Nonsense
From Swarthmore's 1918 yearbook.
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From Anderson's 1967 yearbook.
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A detail from a larger illustration in The Man in the Moon by Margaret G. Otto and illustrated by Paul Galdone.
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A constellation of orbs hovers among the dancers. From Queens College's 1957 yearbook.
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We spotted this tiny owl sitting on a quill in the corner of an illustration in Lustige Blätter, 1907.
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From Olivet Nazarene's 1937 yearbook.
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From The Spooktator, Oct. 24, 1997.
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Reblog if you're of three minds but only two moods. From Queens College's 1973 yearbook.
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"Can earth be cleansed of war?" From Awake magazine, 1958.
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Mae Murray, from Cine-Mundial, 1922.
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Here's an upside-down page that was disrespectfully dedicated to the sophomore class' ungreat history. From Swarthmore's 1909 yearbook.
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From La Caricature, 1830.
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From Mansfield's 1933 yearbook.
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A little late for him to "cleanse the soul" at a wet sponge toss. From Emory's 1983 yearbook.
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"The man who married his nightmare." From Supernatural Cats, edited by Claire Necker, 1972.
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From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1893.
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"And there began a strong battle with many great strokes." From Washburn's 1916 yearbook.
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From Der Bildermann, 1916.
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From Der Guckkasten, 1918.
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Aspirants, from the cradle to the grave. From Kansas State's 1921 yearbook.
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"'There's the moon,' said Harkness." An illustration by Harold Matthews Brett for Harper's (1906).
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unearths some literary gems.
*** Only from an angle did I catch a glimpse of the old house with its thick walls, deep-set windows and crow's-foot roof, sheltering behind the meretricious classical front like a little old lady with a mountainous toupee. ***
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Alpha Disney Pi, a little-known sorority in which country bear costumes are requisite. From Queens College's 1982 yearbook.
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"It's awful silly to gild a lily!" From The Film Daily, 1945.
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Cheeky philosophy -- the Temple of Feelosofee. From West Virginia Conference Seminary's 1904 yearbook.
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From Johns Hopkins' 1893 yearbook.
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God is hard on artists. From Nebelspalter, 1911.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1901.
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Just as people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, those with paper faces shouldn't toss airplanes at crayons. Or is it the other way around? From the rare (going for over $500, last we checked) Paper Faces by Michael Grater, 1968.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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Her traditions include crowning an animal's severed head on a platter and festooning it with leaves. With bells on. From Queens College's 1957 yearbook.
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From The Mystic Bell by Edward Kuntze, 1869.
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That might be Elizabeth on the right. From Queens College's 1973 yearbook.
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From The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1994.
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From Western Carolina Teachers College's 1951 yearbook. There is an easier way (and non-surgical): see How to Be Your Own Cat.
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How a theatrical ghost walks. (But no mention of how ectoplasmic perambulation occurs.) From Spook Crooks by Julien J. Proskauer, 1932.
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"Those things which are said to be done by Nature are done by Divine Art." From Manual and Diagrams to Accompany Metcalf's Grammars, 1901.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1905.
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Here's looking at you. From Berea's 1953 yearbook.
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"You are only young once. But if you want to you can make that once last forever —." From Butler's 1929 yearbook.
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"From out of the past, where forgotten things belong." Plus, the headline says that "you were there." And you didn't even tell me about it! From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1951 yearbook.
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An eerie prediction of summer 2020, 37 years in advance. From Emory's 1983 yearbook.
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In this case, "something something" means a gypsy curse that kills every person you love. From Dark Shadows episode 797.
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"Thump! and the fall was over." From State Teacher's College, Farmville, Virginia's 1932 yearbook.
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Because t imelessness is defined as zero succession and infinite simultaneity, clock towers without clock hands are paragons of timelessness. This handless clock tower near Mansfield, England was documented by Stephen McKay.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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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
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An old postcard gifted to me by friends in Wales.
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"Can pills cure anxiety?" From Awake magazine, 1958.
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It's troubling when a portrait painter ends up working directly on your face. This happened to us with a silhouette snipping artist -- those scissors haunt us to this day. From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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From the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's 1981 yearbook.
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From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1904.
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Looking backward. From the 1950 yearbook of New Jersey State Teachers College.
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All poetry worth reading begins the same way, with a battle between two bears. From Barnard's 1907 yearbook.
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Looks like the news was broken as far back as 1911. From Kittens and Cats by Eulalie Osgood Grover, 1911.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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Why was U96's "homage" (such a kinder word than "blatant ripoff") of Visage's " Fade to Grey" entitled " I Wanna Be a Kennedy"? The overlap between "grey" and "Kennedy" is, of course, Grey Gardens, the cult documentary about fading Kennedy in-laws.
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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
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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Memories of college. From Kansas State's 1977 yearbook.
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Dreaming of immortality. From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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From Barnard's 1907 yearbook.
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An illustration by Otto Bromberger. From der Guckkasten, 1912.
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From Swarthmore's 1918 yearbook.
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From Bunte Kriegsbilderbogen, 1915.
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From Barnard's 1924 yearbook.
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unearths some literary gems.
*** "He [the book's absent-minded professor] never knows if it's to-day or yesterday."
[I like the way that's worded, as if one can not merely think it's Wednesday when it's actually Thursday, but in fact think today is "yesterday."] ***
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"Is merely existing enough?" From Sacred Heart's 1974 yearbook.
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We rarely see news like this anymore. The 1970s were like an alternate universe. "Let's learn to make dulcimers." From The Current Sauce, 1977.
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Reblog if you agree that striped trousers are still most appropriate for matters of unfurling. From Butler's 1909 yearbook.
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From Butler's 1929 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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"Everybody watched him go up and up." From Star People by Katharine Fay Dewey, 1910.
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From der Guckkasten, 1912.
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From Wingate's 1968 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1906.
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From Zwanzigste Jahrhundert, 1921.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1920.
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A printed collection of A Fine Line Between... is now available from Amazon.com. |
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"The prophetic pyre." From Santa Clara's 1948 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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Her official yearbook portrait. Looks like she got her mop hair bangs cut for the occasion. As wearers of genuine mop wigs, we confirm the authenticity of this photo. From Anderson's 1989 yearbook.
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Why the earth wobbles. From Otterbein's 1920 yearbook.
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"Sculpted heads mystery. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1986.
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Prohibitionist Uncle Sam is secretly drinking "Mr. Bootlegger Kill Me Quick" moonshine. From Der Bärenspiegel, 1930.
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You've heard that "landscape is architecture," and here's the best proof we've found to date. From Anderson's 1959 yearbook.
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From Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser, 1922.
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From the University of the South's 1954 yearbook.
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She's got problem parents, in The Daily Colonist, 1944.
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This Hallowe'en photo didn't look right no matter how we rotated it. This is how it appeared in Olivet Nazarene's 1975 yearbook. See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.
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"My God! The morgue!" From The Judge, 1920.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1904.
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This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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From Der Guckkasten, 1918.
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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 University of Omaha's 1929 yearbook.
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From The Spooktator, Oct. 24, 1997.
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From Park College's 1911 yearbook.
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"We are all puppets, being controlled by one master or the other" (Sean Williams, The Big Picture, 2009).
From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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An anthropomorphized mouse and the letters "EB" -- a precursor to E. B. White's tale of a mouse, Stuart Little. From Le Charivari, 1891.
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From Elon's 1923 yearbook.
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"Danger lurks behaind [sic] that headache." From Awake magazine, 1950.
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"He insisted that the property belonged to him for Eternity. And he was probably right, at that." From Weird Tales, 1942.
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From Catawba's 1934 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1901.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1876.
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From Lasell's 1938 yearbook.
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From Taylor's 1975 yearbook.
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An illustration by W. Juttner. From der Guckkasten, 1912.
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From Lasell's 1924 yearbook.
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From The Spooktator, Oct. 24, 1997.
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From Apponequet's 1970 yearbook.
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"No enlightenment for the blind. Darkness never relieved." From The Gateway, 1982.
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From Elon's 1923 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1905.
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How true those words are, even today. From Savannah State's 1978 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1944.
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"The dishes flew over her head into the pantry." From The House of the Red Fox by Miriam Byrne and illustrated by Anna Milo Upjohn, 1907.
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Ah, bless -- on the way to the slaughterhouse. From der Guckkasten, 1912.
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From Le Courrier Français, 1885.
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Playing card royalty, after the game. From Hampden-Sydney's 1896 yearbook.
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Reblog if all lighting should probably be like this. From Flora Macdonald's 1960 yearbook.
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When newspapers still had integrity, people wore them. From Elon's 1923 yearbook.
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unearths some literary gems.
*** [Figurative Made Literal dept.]
"I can't tell you how sorry..." At that point Nigel had a fit of coughing, so that he really could not go on saying how sorry he felt. ***
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From The Film Daily, 1935.
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Why the earth wobbles. From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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Purple masque, from University of the South's 1940 yearbook.
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From Weird Tales, 1948. (Courtesy of Archive.org, with our own restorations.)
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From Lustige Blätter, 1900.
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"The Brief" demon, from Barnard's 1907 yearbook.
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From Cullowhee's 1919 yearbook.
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From St. Nicholas magazine, March 1917.
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When you've collapsed but are still conscientious about fire safety. From Chatham's 1958 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From North Texas' 1918 yearbook.
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Reblog if a fish has gifted you a shell. From The Mystic Bell by Edward Kuntze, 1869.
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From the University of Montana's 1927 yearbook.
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Riding a tiny goat and frogs. From Wide Awake, 1884.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 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 Centenary's 1929 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"There are the keys that open the door of a house such as never was built before." From Barnard's 1907 yearbook.
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From Union College's 1922 yearbook.
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From L'Impartial de l'Est, 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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Here's a precursor to the band name Tears for Fears. "Go ahead and cry my dearest, it's good for you. It can be a relief from fear." From Dark Shadows episode 852.
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"Maybe if I run fast nothing will catch me. ... I'm went so fast that I turned into a ghost!!!" From Monsters News, 2012.
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An asterisk of time? It's a phenomenon! This one is yellowish, but there's a black asterisk of time, too: "In the black asterisk of time that I did not remember until now, right now" (Stephanie Gangi, The Next: A Novel). Photo courtesy of temporal anomaly investigator Neil Hester.
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A composite sketch of the people of Oregon. We've been to Oregon and can vouch for the authenticity. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1979.
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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 Elon's 1923 yearbook.
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From The Dogs and the Fleas by Frederic Scrimshaw, 1893.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Elizabethtown's 1978 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 Salem's 1958 yearbook.
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From Lasell's 1924 yearbook.
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From Barnard's 1907 yearbook.
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From Le Chariviari, 1884.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
Miss Webb, a quivering interrogation mark, was standing on the threshold. ***
[Bonus: This book used the phrase "good egg," not in the usual sense of "decent person," but as a jubilant expletive. Good egg!]
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From Graphic Presentation by Williard Brinton, 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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From Tennessee Wesleyan's 1935 yearbook.
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From der Guckkasten, 1912.
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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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Things to do. From Lasell's 1976 yearbook.
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From Bunte Kriegsbilderbogen, 1915.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From St. Joseph's 1973 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1901.
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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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Aspiring to the holy grail. From Chowan's 1927 yearbook.
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Courtesy of La Biblioteca Universitaria de Sevilla.
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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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"Baron Samedi, the strongest of the voodoo houngans." From Voodoo Island by Michael Duckworth, 1989.
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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 Boston College's 1934 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 Chatham's 1963 yearbook.
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If you have trouble with math, maybe it's not you -- "Numbers don't add up." From Antioch News, Oct. 1996.
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The first three photos in Hollins College's 1964 yearbook challenge the viewer's prescription lenses.
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"The trees could easily accommodate an entire team of spies." From Woroni, 1988.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Though demon looks come and then change with the time, their basic function never changes." From The Current Sauce, 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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The bearded skull of revolution. From Nebelspalter, 1906.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1891.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1907.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1933.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Thorns and stingers. From Bunte Kriegsbilderbogen, 1915.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Colorado College's 1945 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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"It's sacred too." From the University of the South'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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Yes, we're picturing a blueblooded fox keeping quiet in an elevator. From Mars Hill's 1989 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1905.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[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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If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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"A day-to-day existence insignificant in fragments, but important in its entirety." From Salem'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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Today, when a campus is undergoing growing pains, portable trailer classrooms are employed. But back in the day, hollowed-out giant fruit was the only solution. We, too, studied within an enormous apricot. From Wesleyan College's 1974 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 Full of Fun by Dean Rivers, George Thatcher, and Henry Firth Wood, 1921.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A lawyer joke from Wake Forest's 1914 yearbook.
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Some levitation from Wide Awake, 1884. The caption reads, "Not going to rise? Ah, she had to!"
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lasell's 1924 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1905.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Butler's 1979 yearbook.
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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this pairing of two instances of our dictionary of one-letter words spotted sitting atop a Bible.
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From Western Reserve's 1913 yearbook.
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From Der Bildermann, 1916.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Henderson-Brown's 1920 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 Salem's 1970 yearbook.
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The endpapers from Atta Troll by Heinrich Heine and illustrated by Willy Pogány, 1914.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Hartnell's 1962 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 UFO Newsclipping Service, 1992.
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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 Salem's 1970 yearbook.
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Meeting the "Bad-Penny." From The Kingdom of Coins by Bradley Gilman, 1894.
We met at least one bad penny that time we unlocked a vintage weight scale that was literally overflowing with pennies: video.
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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 Man in the Moon, from Moon Lore by Timothy Harley, 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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A snowman over a bonfire. From Nebelspalter, 1914.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We've been to this sort of card game. Frankly, by the end of the night, it's just overwhelming. From American University's 1929 yearbook.
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"Dolls with a history -- and a mystery." From Spellbound. 1976. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Butler's 1979 yearbook.
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The endpapers from Lakeview'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 Lasell's 1924 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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unearths some literary gems.
"Appallingly pleased to meet you."
*** Dr. Bastable's wooden face wrestled with a knowing expression.
*** "A low-wing monoplane," he added. "Do you know enough about these noisy contraptions to recognize that?" "I think so. I know that's not one, anyway," Bray answered, pointing to a bulky machine in the corner. "Of course it isn't. That's the aereodrome mowing-machine." ***
Bonus: A small treasure trove of funny names!
Lord Grunnage and his sister, the Countess of Crumbles a Hollywood star named Veronica Gubbage Lord Entourage
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From Blue Planet Project: Alien Technical Research - 25 (undated).
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From Green Pipes by Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 1929.
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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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Giving artists the benefit of the doubt, my best guess as to why they regularly put titles on the wrong side of the book is that their artwork gets inverted during the printing process. Otherwise, artists give an unsettling impression that they've never seen an actual book and are depicting them from pure imagination.
From Richmond Professional Institute's 1938 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We suggest that more candles with faces should figure into religion. From Knox's 1915 yearbook.
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From St. Nicholas magazine, March 1917.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's true that when one gets to a certain age, one looks better in silhouette. From the University of the South'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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May October fling you into its autumnal atmosphere. From Colorado College's yearbook of 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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[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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"October." From Tennessee Wesleyan's 1957 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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One's shadow self may be massively larger. From Pennsylvania State's 1952 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Chatham's 1958 yearbook.
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"Women take bath." From The Gateway, 1982.
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