CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
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December 31, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Out of this Center is Security: In this Circumference, Peace and Tranquilty. Blind Passions and Thunderbolts return into themselves; No Evil Shall get entrance into this Tabernacle.
From The Paradoxical Emblems of Dionysius Andreas Freher, 1649-1728.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #magick #emblem #talisman #protection #illustration
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1924.
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#cat #vintage photo #1920s #new year #kitten #photo
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mr. Crow and the Whitewash by Albert Bigelow Paine and illustrated by J. M. Condé, 1915.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #raccoon
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the [Weymouth] Reflector, 1931.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #father time #baby new year #vintage magazine #magazine
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From The Film Daily Year Book, 1944.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Northwester College's 1912 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #tiny person #new year #nut
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The City of the Dagger and Other Tales of Burma by H. H. Keely and illustrated by Christine Price.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #knife #dagger #burma
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
A replacement for doing something -- "Activity with noodle" soup.  From the University of North Carolina at Asheville's 1972 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #soup can #soup
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
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#vintage illustration #demon #devil #harp #top hat #new year #head butting #candy cane
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing's 1959 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage photo #vintage yearbook #nurse #ping pong #psychiatry #1950s #table tennis
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Black and White Budget, 1900.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #father time #new year
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The New Comic Annual for 1831 by Thomas Hood, 1830.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #ghost
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"The new buries the old."  From Wittenberg College's 1967 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#death #vintage yearbook #1960s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Master New Year, soon to be crowned king of all the land."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1907.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #elf #new year
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
From The Wind on the Heath by May Byron, 1912.
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#night #poem
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1895.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #insect #beetle
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"For this we have a faculty."  From Medical College of Virginia's 1916 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #sleepy
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Old News (permalink)
"Here and waiting."  From The Improvement Era, 1970.
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#vintage headline #waiting #headline #limbo
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Staring Into the Depths (permalink)
From College of Industrial Arts' 1917 yearbook.
[The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #staring into the depths
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Franke Reade Weekly Magazine, 1895.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #animal attack #cave #bear
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December 30, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The F-U-N Book for Canadian Boys and Girls by Mabel Guinnip LaRue and illustrated by Maud & Miska Petersham, 1930.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #bird #robin #1930s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
The old year comes to the end.  From The Duluth Herald, 1907.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #political cartoon #1900s #illustration #old year
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Old News (permalink)
"Screen off the ugly things.  Nature gives us beauty free."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1939.
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#vintage headline #beauty #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Cowardly Lion of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1923.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #beard #turban #oz #mood
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book, or Adventures Among the Knitting People by Jane Eayre Fryer and illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer, 1918.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #living toy #yarn doll
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
The wind giant.  From Around a Toadstool Table by Rowena Bennett, 1930.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #giant #wind #wind giant
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Old News (permalink)
From The Instructor, 1964.
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#vintage illustration #vintage headline #forgiveness #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From KPFK Folio, 1968.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #grotesque #skull face #vintage magazine
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
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#vintage illustration #demon #imp #devil #magick #conjuration #anthropomorphism #cat #black magic #evocation #hyena
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Otterbein College's 1905 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #snail #vintage yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Passion in control."  From Mental Disease by Peter Michaels.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #dog #animal attack
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #the end #rifle
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Old Stories For Young Readers by Laura A. Large, 1916.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fable #anthropomorphism #cauldron #pig
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From College of the Holy Cross's 1968 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage photo #vintage yearbook #night photography #yearbook #fence
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Puck's Broom by E. Gordon Browne and illustrated by Kathleen I. Nixon, 1923.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy #fairy tale #rooster
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Richmond Professional Institute's 1935 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #ex libris #bookplate
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Tarzan the Terrible by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1921.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#tarzan #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Michigan State Normal College's 1925 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #castle #vintage yearbook #yearbook #gate
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford, 1906.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy tale #vintage book #book
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Indiana University's 1972 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#cat #vintage yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #demon
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December 29, 2023

Rhetorical Questions, Answered! (permalink)
"Can a mutton-chop wood?  We don't know."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1935.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #anthropomorphism #meat #1930s #illustration #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Here's today's absence of hens.  "With tangled hair, scratched noses, and no hens."  From The Diary of a Goose Girl by Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #1900s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Do not colour the big hat."  From My Do and Learn Book to Accompany The Little White House, 1957.  Related: The Minimalist Coloring Book.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #illustration #hat #anti-coloring
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Tangent, 1934.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#mermaid #vintage illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1923.  (So many inaccuracies in this book, but then again history books have always offered the most fiction.)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #history
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
The serpent rope of a mother's grief.  From the Fables of Aesop, told anew by Joseph Jacobs, 1894.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #thief #snake #aesop #rope
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #sculpture #modern art #cubism #go west
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Old News (permalink)
From Ashland College's 1974 yearbook.
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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of Serapina by Anne White and illustrated by Tony Palazzo.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Glowing trees continue to spread backward through time, in the pages of old college yearbooks.  From College of the Holy Cross's 1968 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage photo #vintage yearbook #night photography #yearbook #1960s #glowing tree
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Book of Betty Barber by Maggie Browne and illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1914.
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#vintage illustration #fairy
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Emerson's 1967 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #armor
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1883.
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#vintage illustration #cat #spilled ink #ink
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tri-State College's 1947 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Instructor, 1966.
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#skull #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Michigan State Normal College's 1925 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #monster #dragon #knight #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Stories From the Faerie Queen by Mary Macleod and illustrated by A. G. Walker, 1905.
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#vintage illustration #wizard #merlin #knight #castle in the air
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Spirit wrestlers on the march.  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1902.
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#vintage illustration #ghost #zombie #doukhobors
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Canadian Children's Own Readers: Fun and Frolic by Mary Elizabeth Pennell, et al. and illustrated by Marguerite Davis, 1900.
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#vintage illustration #bear
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #gambling #vintage yearbook #yearbook #playing cards
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Old News (permalink)
"Contend not with others."  From The Improvement Era, 1970.
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#vintage headline #headline #competition
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December 28, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Alexandra Readers First Reader by McIntyre & Saul, 1908.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #mouse #1900s #illustration #country mouse #city mouse
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This May Surprise You (permalink)
You've heard of things being written from the heart, and here's how it works.  "This is the heart."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1963.
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#vintage ad #typewriter #ad
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
Find Robinson Crusoe's two cats, parrot, dog, and herd of goats.  From Chatterbox, 1909.
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#vintage illustration #robinson crusoe #boat #hidden pictures
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Old News (permalink)
"Cupid accused of leading soldiers and sailors to desert."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1902.
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#cupid #vintage headline #headline
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Old News (permalink)
Great news: "It's malaria, but you need not worry.  If that were only true -- but it is true!"  From The Bombay Chronicle, 1947.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #malaria #disease #vintage headline #headline #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Instructor, 1969.
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#vintage illustration #despair #emily dickinson #poem
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #monster #serpent #snake
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #birds #yearbook #as above so below #costume #tarot magician #feed the birds #passion play
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Arkansas's 1903 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #goat #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Our Man Stanley by Philip Hamburger.
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#vintage illustration #crab #king crab
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #cartooning #making faces #1910s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Stories Old and New, Book One by F. C. Biehl.
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#vintage illustration #cat #bird
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The Right Word (permalink)
The imp of three o'clock speaks a magic word.  From King Time by Percy Keese Fitzhugh, 1908.  See Magic Words: A Dictionary.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #clock face #magic word
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tufts University's 1977 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #drawing #yearbook
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"No woman likes to wash a dirty handkerchief."  From Movie Classic, 1931.
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#vintage ad #laundry #handkerchief #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Olivet Nazarene University's 1972 yearbook.

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#coffin #horror #vintage yearbook #vampire #1970s #dracula
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #witch #flying broomstick
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The Right Word (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.
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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Nonsense Dept. (permalink)
A hint of actor fatigue in the long-running Dark Shadows: "I've had just about enough of this nonsense I didn't write" (ep. 50) and "Nothing seems to go right, ever!" (ep. 56).
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#dark shadows
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio College of Dental Surgery's 1902 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #illustration #editor
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Old News (permalink)
"Mice who pull their beds to pieces."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1932.
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#mice #vintage headline #headline
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December 27, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Stage Costuming by Agnes Brooks Young, 1927.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #scissors #thimble #thread #sewing #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Junior Language Book A by Donalda Dickie, 1938.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy #fairy queen #1930s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Paths To Conservation by James S. Tippett, 1937.
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#vintage illustration #bird #illustration #bobwhite
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Simmons College's 1947 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #microscope #vintage yearbook #yearbook #tiny woman
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From KPFA Folio, 1980.
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#vintage illustration #music #musical notation #sheet music #new age
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Old News (permalink)
"The gulf between resolution and reality."  From The Instructor, 1968.
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#vintage headline #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Wizard, 1936.
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#vintage illustration #bridge #vintage automobile #automobile
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Redwood City Times Gazette, 1930.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #futurism #crystal ball #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tufts University's 1977 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #musician #bass
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Nebelspalter, 1958.
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#vintage illustration #moon #cat #night #rooftop #antennae
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Michigan State Normal College's 1925 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #castle #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"That night she slept in a bower of flowers."  From The Built Upon House by Janet Field Heath and illustrated by Lloyd J. Dotterer, 1929.
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#vintage illustration #sleeping #flowers
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #yearbook #wedding #pen
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #falling #waterfall #native american
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Presbyterian College's 1922 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #jester #vintage yearbook #yearbook #marotte
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Old News (permalink)
From Official UFO, 1977.
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#ufo #mad scientist #vintage headline #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Contrary to the popular ideal, prophecy usually doesn't involve a wizard's hat or hooded cloak.  From Presbyterian College's 1916 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #divination #prophecy #crystal ball #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1910s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
That's exactly the same hat we don to make each of our posts.  From Chatterbox, 1909.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #monkey #musician #hat #accordion #one-man band
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Southern Methodist University's 1939 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #horse #vintage yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Reptiles and Amphibians by Feberal Writers' Project, 1939.
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#vintage illustration #vintage diagram #pie chart #diagram
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December 26, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"The way things vanish."  From Text Books of Art Education V by Hugo Froehlich and Bonnie Snow, 1904.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #bridge #1900s #illustration #vanishing #ephemera
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Peter Puck wants to know if a good novel is bound to sell."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1938.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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#vintage illustration #illustration #walrus
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Old News (permalink)
"Doctor must be priest as well as physician."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1936.
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#doctor #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #constellation #orion
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #pegasus #bird #winged horse #horsepower #vintage car #car #shinny
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Monmouth College's 1910 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #elephant #vintage yearbook #shoes
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Tangent, 1937.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #artist #milk #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the Baptist College at Charleston's 1967 yearbook.

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#umbrella #vintage photo #vintage yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Argus, 1991.
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#vintage illustration #triangle #yoga #1990s
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.

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#witch #vintage photo #vintage yearbook #costume #1900s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Our Cats and All About Them by Harrison Weir, 1889.
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#vintage illustration #cat
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Old News (permalink)
"How do we recreate our energies?"  From The Instructor, 1962.
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#vintage headline #energy #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Alberta's 1948 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #anthropomorphism #magician #cow #magic trick #ad
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
INSTRUCTIONS: Click to shift to the title page. From The Life of An Amorous Man by Saikaku Ihara.

From The Life of An Amarous Man by Saikaku Ihara
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#vintage book #book #animated gif #bear #teddy bear #living toy
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Michigan State Normal College's 1925 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #king #jester #vintage yearbook #yearbook #laughter #1920s #jokes
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fairy Stories My Children Love Best of All by Edgar Dubs Shimer and illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins, 1920.
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#vintage illustration #fairy tale #dwarfs #snow white
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Swarthmore College's 1919 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #veterinarian #medicine #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Girl's Own Paper, 1881.
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#vintage illustration #living toy
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

Highlights from Vanity Fair May 1916:

A modernist bathing hat from 1916 (as worn at swim-class graduation ceremonies?).

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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Mystery and Lore of Apparitions by C. J. S. Thompson, 1930.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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December 25, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Via UpNorthMemories.  (Our restoration, as per usual.)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #santa #vintage postcard #illustration #postcard
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Old News (permalink)
"Once Santa Claus was thin."  From The Improvement Era, 1952.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
C. 1908 - 1910, via UpNorthMemories.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Butter and eggs as Christmas presents for multi-millionaires.  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1906.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Record Changer, 1951.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Child-Library Readers Primer by William Elson and Lura Runkel, 1923.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire"?  We consulted an old book of dream symbolism, The Gates of the Future Thrown Open by Carlotta de Barsy (1899) to see if the imagery in that old Christmas carol is auspicious.  
Chestnuts are auspicious:
A little fire in the fireplace is auspicious:
Jack Frost is auspicious:
The nipping at your nose is auspicious:
So yes, this Christmas carol is 100% auspicious.
If you have a strange dream to share, send it along!
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#vintage illustration #christmas #chestnuts #christmas carol
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Film Daily, 1943.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
You may have already guessed where I'm going with this.  Santa smokes like, well ... like a chimney.  From The Lehigh Review, 1936.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Manet, 1933.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
At first glance we thought Santa was merely resting on a chimney.  What a terrible image for Christmas.  From The Gateway, 1972.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Purple Parrot, 1942.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Santa lands atop a house of books.  From McMaster's 1957 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #vintage yearbook #yearbook #santa
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Film Daily, 1943.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #santa
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #devil #vintage christmas #christmas #pitchfork #lion #santa #prosperity #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Child-Library Readers Primer by William Elson and Lura Runkel, 1923.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1959.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Centenary College's 1936 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #vintage yearbook #yearbook #illustration #pelted
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Caricature, the Wit & Humor of a Nation In Picture, Song and Story, 1914.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #anthropomorphism #christmas #santa #duck #1910s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Via UpNorthMemories.  (Our restoration, as per usual.)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas, 1892.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #fireplace #santa
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December 24, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Double vision (of caterers and Santas) in two ads of the same issue of B.A.R., 1980.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #seeing double #santa #illustration #caterer #ad
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1958.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #reindeer #crossword puzzle
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas, 1891.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Old News (permalink)
"She seemed to forget it was Christmas Eve."  From The Instructor, 1954.
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#vintage christmas #christmas #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas, 1892.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #christmas tree #vintage christmas #christmas
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1905.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Old News (permalink)
"White Christmas assured by snow."  From the Duluth Herald, 1920.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Through the Nursery Door by Isabel McKenzie, 1914.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"'Christmas is the best,' said Santa."  From Child-Library Readers Primer by William Elson and Lura Runkel, 1923.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From The Sandman: His Animal Stories by Harry Whittier Frees, 1916.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #anthropomorphism #christmas #cat #santa cat
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
Gaze in a mirror on Christmas eve at midnight so as to predict the events of the coming year.  From The Gates of the Future Thrown Open by Carlotta de Barsy, 1899.
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#divination #mirror #christmas
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Don't forget to ask Santa Claus to send another coffin."  From The Film Daily, 1939.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #vintage christmas #christmas #coffin #santa #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Not a creature was stirring a cocktail."  From Purple Parrot, 1937.  See Of Drinking in Remembrance of the Dead.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Revealed -- Santa's beard is to hide a tacky Christmas necktie.  From Purple Parrot, 1929.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Danville Junior College's 1970 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage christmas #vintage yearbook #1970s #paper bag head
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Gateway, 1964.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #outer space #santa #astronaut
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Why ornaments break.  From the University of North Carolina at Asheville's 1972 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage christmas #ornament #vintage yearbook #tiny man
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Old News (permalink)
"Santa is real."  From Current Sauce, 1969.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Christmas.
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#santa #vintage headline #headline
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

From Some Slips Don't Show, by Erle Stanley Gardner:

"If I'd tell you, it would knock you right off the Christmas tree."
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From L'asino, 1920.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #halo #jesus #donkey #vintage magazine #magazine
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December 23, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Preparatory Book to Accompany We Grow Up by Gates, Huber & Peardon, 1939.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #elf #elves #shoe #1930s #illustration
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The Right Word (permalink)
"What's my name?  Hello—we've met before—but do you know my name?  My name is Sir Kreemy Knut."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1954.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #dandy #monocle #illustration #1950s #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From 73 Magazine, 1962.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"How Tommy pictured Christmas at his uncle's in the country. How it turned out."  From Punch, 1910.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #ideal and actual
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Old Line, 1941.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #vintage magazine #missile #war and peace #war on christmas #wreath #magazine
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Only Funny If ... (permalink)
"This message received on our best psychograph: 'Have fun any season -- for life is to laugh."  From The Aberree, 1963.  
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
This is incorrect.  One is never too old for a stocking.  From Chatterbox, 1916.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Emblemland by John Kendrick Bangs and Charles Raymond Macauley, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Lindenwood Tales by Marguerite Behman and illustrated by H. C. Meyer, 1921.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #christmas tree #vintage christmas #anthropomorphism #christmas #snow #faces in things #snowflake
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Child-Library Readers Primer by William Elson and Lura Runkel, 1923.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Picture Show, 1920.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage christmas #christmas #santa #1920s #chimney #vintage magazine #vintage hollywood #hollywood #magazine
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Here's a state of things!  How in the world am I ever to get down there?"  From St. Nicholas, 1885.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Saying "cause there ain't no Santa Claus" for the 10, 731st time.  From Earlham College's 1927 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Caricature, the Wit & Humor of a Nation In Picture, Song and Story, 1914.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #knight
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
An undated postcard via UpNorthMemories, with our restoration.  
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Junior Language Book B by Donalda Dickie, 1938.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 (permalink)
"Can a nutcracker say, 'Don't be surprised'?"  From Starting Points in Language Arts, Level 3 by Kambeitz & Roth, 1977.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lasell Junior College's 1944 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #alarm clock #rude awakening #illustration
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Old News (permalink)
You knew that Christmas comes earlier each year, but did you know that the goal is Christmas all year 'round?  From The Instructor, 1959.
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December 22, 2023

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Do not color Betty's hat.  It is white."  From Manual for Teaching the Primer The Little White House by Russell & Ousley, 1948.  Related: The Minimalist Coloring Book.
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#anti-coloring
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1960.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #santa #1960s #illustration #crossword puzzle
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mother Nature's Children by Allen Walton Gould, 1900.
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#vintage illustration #hippo #illustration
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Golden Legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Sidney H. Meteyard, 1914.
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#vintage illustration #angel
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Old News (permalink)
"Snake in Christmas tree.  House nearly burns down in killing unwelcome visitor."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1907.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
The endpapers from The Boy Who Lived in Pudding Lane by Sarah Addington and illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay, 1922.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #santa #reindeer #sleigh #endpapers
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Talking Machine World, 1920.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Little Compliments of the Season by Eleanor Donnelly, 1887.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Dance of winter and gnomes."  From Snickerty Nick by Julia Ellsworth Ford and illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1919.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Gateway, 1974.
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#vintage illustration #practical joke #vintage christmas #christmas #santa #pie in the face
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
You are right royally decreed a right royal Christmas.  From St. Nicholas, 1885.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #dancing #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Book of Cats by Charles Henry Ross, 1868.
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#vintage illustration #cat #dog #cat and dog #beware of the dog
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Illinois's 1922 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #door #key
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Punch, 1922.
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#dancing #vintage illustration
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

Snippets from Vanity Fair March '16:

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"my uncle Theodore, the well-known importer of Swiss cheese holes" [Wodehouse]
***

[More attached. My caption for the hat item is "Couture of the Pointed Firs?"]
[Bonus: Mention is made of a real-life sculptor named Paul Manship, which of course makes me think of the -manship books by Potter. I'd say Paul is just setting himself up for being one-upped!]
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Disguised as a Christmas Tree (permalink)
From Caricature, the Wit & Humor of a Nation In Picture, Song and Story, 1914.
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#vintage illustration #transformation #christmas tree #vintage christmas #disguised as a christmas tree
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lasell Female Seminary's 1951 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #vintage yearbook #yearbook #illustration #1950s #presents
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Old Line, 1946.
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#vintage illustration #beard #vintage christmas #christmas #santa #vintage magazine #magazine
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December 21, 2023

Old News (permalink)
"The hedgehog who overslept."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1932.
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#vintage headline #hedgehog #headline
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Staring at the Sun (permalink)
"A very sunny Christmas!"  From The Aberree, 1963.  
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Santa Claus to the rescue.  From Return of the Fairies by Charles J. Bellamy, 1899.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Myself and I by Helen Van Valkenburgh and illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright, 1918.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #santa #fireworks #rooftop
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Emblemland by John Kendrick Bangs and Charles Raymond Macauley, 1902.
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#vintage illustration #jack-in-the-box #santa
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Current Sauce, 1969.
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#santa #vintage illustration
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Old News (permalink)
"Whistle while you wassail."  From The Purple Parrot, 1941.
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#vintage christmas #christmas #whistling #vintage headline #headline #wassail
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Kalyana-Kalpataru, The Valmiki-Ramayana Number 1.
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#vintage illustration #halo #deity #vintage magazine #magazine
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Yesterday's Weather (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.
*Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out.
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#vintage photo #snow #winter #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1900s #hat
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
This is how tin can telephones work.  From Katy's Birthday by Sarah O. Jewett, 1883.
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#vintage illustration #fairy #telephone #tin can
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lenoir Rhyne College's 1969 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage christmas #christmas #vintage yearbook #yearbook #sign
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #elves #santa
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1908.
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#vintage illustration #bird #migration #stork #winged migration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Clarion State College's 1963 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #pegasus #vintage yearbook #yearbook #flying horse #winged horse
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1888.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #santa claus #soap #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Butler University's 1926 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #scales
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Cat in the Mysteries of Religion and Magic by M. Oldfield Howey, 1930.
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#vintage illustration #demon #cat
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
This may be the first epitaph for a pipe organ we've encountered.  From the Estherian and Lanier Literary Societies of Anderson College's 1916 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #epitaph #organ
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"That was before this."  From Dark Shadows episode 21.
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#this and that #dark shadows
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From David Lipscomb College's 1935 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1930s #illustration #hitchhiker
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Today's praying mantis is discussed in The Bestiary of Christ by Louis Charbonneau-Lassay, 1940.
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#vintage illustration #illustration #praying mantis
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December 20, 2023

Precursors (permalink)
Is the coat-wearing dog on the left a precursor to the cartoon character Mumbly?  From The Children's Newspaper, 1953.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #illustration #mumbly
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Junior Language Book B by Donalda Dickie, 1938.
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#vintage illustration #biblical #illustration #joseph and mary
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1897.
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#vintage illustration #winter #sled
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
INSTRUCTIONS: Click to reveal the elf as he appears within the book.
From Torten's Christmas Secret by Maurice Dolbier and illustrated by Robert Henneberger.

From Torten's Christmas Secret by Maurice Dolbier and illustrated by Robert Henneberger
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#elf #vintage christmas #christmas #vintage book #book #animated gif
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman by Annie Fellows Johnson and illustrated by Reginald B. Birch, 1913.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #fireplace
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Little Compliments of the Season by Eleanor Donnelly, 1887.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #toys
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Graphology for Everyman by Eric Singer.
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#vintage illustration #handwriting analysis #graphology
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Purple Parrot, 1943.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #reindeer #1940s #airplane
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Monmouth College's 1910 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #finis #vintage yearbook #yearbook #the end #hobo
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Life magazine, 1884.
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#vintage illustration #statue of liberty #living statue
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.
* Our printed collection of vintage nautical postcards is entitled Your Ship Will Come In and is available from Amazon.com.
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#vintage illustration #ship #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Wizard, 1921.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #vintage magazine #magazine
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Disguised as a Christmas Tree (permalink)
Disguised as a Christmas tree.  From Sacred Heart College's 1969 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #santa #reindeer #sleigh #endpapers
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Marion College's 1923 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #native american
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1894.
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#picture puzzle #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tufts University's 1954 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #starry night #astronomy #telescope
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
From The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter by Padraic Colum, 1920.
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#star #poem #betelguise #betelgeuse
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #pipe smoker #lazy
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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#beaver #vintage illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Art of Pantomime by Charles Aubert, 1927.
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#vintage illustration #hypocrisy #1920s #illustration #making faces
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December 19, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Exploring the World of Science by Charles Lake, 1939.
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#vintage illustration #vintage diagram #spiral #candle #diagram #1930s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Today's flying rabbit is from Follow Me by Thorn et al., 1970.
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#vintage illustration #rabbit #hybrid #1970s #illustration #flying rabbit #winged rabbit
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Today's fairy granting a wish to a pig is from Canadian Children's Own Readers 3 by Pennell, Cusack & Macleod, 1900.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
She may be reading Secrets of Chicken Whispering.  From Barnes' Language Lessons or Short Studies in English, 1887.
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Old News (permalink)
"Squirrels and little owls in disgrace."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1919.
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#owl #squirrel #vintage headline #headline
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Staring at the Sun (permalink)
INSTRUCTIONS: Click to move from cover to title page.
From Discourses of Authority in Medieval and Renaissance Literature.

From Discourses of Authority in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Dedicated to a skeleton.  From Swarthmore College's 1916 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#skeleton #vintage yearbook #book dedication
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Northland Trails by Syndey Ells, 1900.
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#vintage illustration #winter #polar #dogsled
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Texas State Normal College's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #bullhorn #megaphone
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"He found his wife sitting on the saddle."  From Old Stories For Young Readers by Laura A. Large, 1916.
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#vintage illustration #saddle #cowgirl
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Birmingham-Southern College's 1979 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#christmas costume #vintage christmas #vintage yearbook #costume #1970s #zipper
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
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#vintage illustration #elf #vintage christmas #christmas
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"The day grinds down, then — freak out!"  From Norteastern University's 1967 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1960s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A headless snowman from the Duluth Evening Herald, 1907.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tufts University's 1954 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #baseball
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From Little Snow White (written and illustrated by various), 1906.
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#vintage illustration #paper dolls #paper boat #paper folding
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #banjo #musical animal #musician #singing cat
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker, 1882.
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

Benchley on Bohêming:

[Three snippets attached from a Benchley piece in Vanity Fair March 1916. I love how candid he is about his vested interest in pursuing his thesis so as to have something to turn in--and how, with his typical gentle humility, he admits that he doesn't really know what he's talking about. And, yes, though it's not shown here, he does indeed verbify "Bohemia" in this piece.]



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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book, or Adventures Among the Knitting People by Jane Eayre Fryer and illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer, 1918.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #living toy #yarn doll #yarn ball #knitting needle
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Old News (permalink)
From Motion Picture News, 1916.
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#vintage illustration #falling #circus #vintage headline #trapeze #headline
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December 18, 2023

Semicolon's Dream Journal (permalink)
I dreamt I vowed to rescue myself.
From Junior English in Action 3 by J. C. Tressler and illustrated by A. B. Savrann, 1937.
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#vintage illustration #punctuation #anthropomorphism #grammar #semicolon #illustration
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Precursors (permalink)
Here's a precursor to the bizarre singing weight scales in N. F. Simpson's astonishing One-Way Pendulum.  "Singing to the gas meter."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1927.
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#vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Preparatory Book To Accompany Down Our Street by Gates, Huber & Peardon, 1939.
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#vintage illustration #cat #illustration #basket
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #illustration #seal
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Children's Own Readers, Book Four by Mary Pennell and Alice Cusack, 1929.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #winter #starry night
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Electrocuted by a strand of twinkle lights.  From The Purple Parrot, 1941.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #electrocuted #electricity
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the National College of Education's 1948 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #bicycle #balancing act #clown #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Golden Rod, 1938.
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#vintage illustration #hockey
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
Here's the rhyme that'll get you to the Church of Nix-Nowhere.  From The Rainbow String by Algernon Tassin and illustrated by Anna Richards Brewster, 1921.
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#magic #things #poem
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #vintage book #book #santa #rooftop #chimney
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Old News (permalink)
"And Santa said, 'Hail peaches!'"  From Purdue University's 1979 yearbook.
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#vintage yearbook #santa #vintage headline #peaches
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Stories of Big Animals by Lenore Elizabeth Mulets, 1913.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#moose #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Kansas State Agricultural College's 1926 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #fortune teller #crystal ball #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1887.
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#religion #vintage illustration #russian
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Middle Tennessee State University's 1967 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #eye
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Scribner's 1875.
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#vintage illustration #japanese #monkey
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Catawba College's 1929 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #books #vintage yearbook #giant book #tiny man
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"The thing that I like about this conversation is that I don't know what anybody's talking about."  From I Dream of Jeannie, season 1, episode 12
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#i dream of jeannie
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #yearbook #bathtub
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From our review of the Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena by William R. Corliss (1977).
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#vintage illustration #moon #vintage diagram #diagram
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #dragon #illustration
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December 17, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Walter de la Mare's Down Adown Derry, A Book of Fairy Poems, illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop (1922).
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#vintage illustration #fairy #snow #winter #1920s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Workbook to Accompany Enchanting Stories by Gertrude Hildreth, 1940.
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#vintage illustration #elf #bear #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Franke Reade Weekly Magazine, 1892.  
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#vintage illustration #flying machine
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Old News (permalink)
"Plan to cut Florida in two."  From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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#florida #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
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#vintage illustration #elf #vintage christmas #christmas #santa
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From American University's 1930 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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The Right Word (permalink)
A moon spell for summoning a pooka playmate.  From the delightful and rare The Unicorn with Silver Shoes by Ella Young and illustrated by Robert Lawson.
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#magic spell #magic words #pooka
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Milwaukee Downer College's 1930 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #horse #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
From Movie Classic, 1934.
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#vintage ad #before and after #1930s #makeup #woman #vintage woman #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Milwaukee Downer College's 1930 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #noise #silent night #dec. 17
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Century Magazine, 1884.
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#vintage illustration #darkness #paranoia
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Aw, come on.  Stop trying to make excuses.  You're going to get sick no matter what."  From Indiana University's 1984 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #illness
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #shaman #medicine man #native american
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

From The Girl at Central, by Geraldine Bonner:

***
[This is new to me, saying "on the line of promotion" to mean "on deck" or "next up."]
I was just finishing my corn beef hash with a cup of coffee at my elbow and stewed prunes on the line of promotion.

***
It was as if I had two brains, one on the top that went mechanical like a watch and one below that was doing the real business.
***

[Bonus: At least two instances of people metaphorically betting their hats.]
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Handing up the clothes and sticks into the belly of a giant lizard.  From The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit, 1907.
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#dinosaur #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Walla Walla College's 1948 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #costume #1940s #rabbit costume #cosplay #bunny costume
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"She's right.  I am a washout.  It's this everlasting tiredness!"  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1946.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #fatigue #illustration #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the United States Naval Academy's 1923 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #practical joke #falling #vintage yearbook #yearbook #rude awakening #illustration
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Peter Puck wants to know if night-watchmen have day dreams."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1939.
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#vintage illustration #illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hastings College's 1931 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #fashion #vintage fashion #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1930s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From How the Old World Found the New by Barnard and Tall, 1929.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #native american #illustration
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December 16, 2023

Precursors (permalink)
Here's a precursor to Disneyland's continuous loop of "It's a Small World After All": "The world is getting smaller all the time."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1950.
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#world #vintage headline #small world #headline #shrinking
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Tag yourself.  From Junior English Activities Book Three by Hatfield, Lewis, Besig & Borchers (undated, c. 1938).
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#vintage illustration #body language #stick figure #1930s #illustration #expression
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Old News (permalink)
"Where's the bag of luck?"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1936.
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#luck #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Pen Drawings and Pen Draughtsmen by Joseph Pennell, 1889.
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#vintage illustration #weight of the world
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Panning for mortarboards.  From Pennsylvania College for Women's 1949 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #cowgirl #panning for gold
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Old News (permalink)
"Get lost."  From The Instructor, 1968.
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#vintage illustration #vintage headline #tsar #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Salem's 1965 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #witch #vintage yearbook #vintage book #yearbook #book #hands #green hands
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #reindeer
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
A candle and a club.  From Indiana University's 1896 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #cave #yearbook #candle #1890s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Motion Picture Classic, 1916.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Bluffton College's 1919 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #music #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1885.
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#vintage illustration #leopard #animal fight
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Concordia Teachers College's 1925 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #castle #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Where the Wind Blows by Katharine Pyle and illustrated by Bertha Corson Day, 1902.
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#vintage illustration #fairy tale #dwarfs #snow white
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From North Central College's 1911 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #hybrid #yearbook #human headed #bird man
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Temporal Anomalies (permalink)
Not two clocks on poles, but one clock and one mirror.  Temporal anomaly investogator Graham Lees spotted this weirdness in Perth, Australia, at the Subiaco Station.  "When one clock says twenty past three, the mirror says twenty to nine."
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#temporal anomaly
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #firefly #lightning bug
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Told By the Sandman: Stories For Bedtime by Abbie Phillips Walker, 1916.
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#vintage illustration #chicken #knot #rooster #mouse
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Cowardly Lion of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1923.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The New Comic Annual for 1831 by Thomas Hood, 1830.
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#vintage illustration #men fighting
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Old News (permalink)
"Deny reports of staleness."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1911.  
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December 15, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Have you ever been guilty of making such a dreadful appearance?"  From Foundations for Living by Fern Silver & Mildred Graves Ryan, 1943.
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#vintage illustration #fashion #vintage fashion #1940s #advice #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Where are the books?"  From My Practice Book For Me Level 2 by Thorn, McCreary-Juhasz, Smith, Munroe & Richmond, 1966.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cat #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Easy Growth In Reading Workbook to Accompany I Know a Secret by Hildreth, Roy, Felton, Henderson & Meighen, 1940.
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#vintage illustration #owl #bear #illustration
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"How does an orange breathe?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1931.
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#vintage illustration #vintage headline #orange #illustration #fruit #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Personally I believe that a professional attitude at all times is a great asset to a doctor."  From Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery's 1933 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #doctor #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

Snippets from Vanity Fair Feb '16:

***
"Trombone players...never die, in fact, until extreme old age makes them incapable of working the slide." [George Bernard Shaw, quoted from an old letter]

***
[Speaking of the "talking parts" vs. unimpeded action, here's a phrase about an ideal sort of novel for reading on trains]
"action and talk cunningly sandwiched"
[Which made me hungry, natch.]
***

[More snippets attached, including a silly pillow. As for those hats with "modernist tendencies," I like the implication that the hats have agency, and are evolving on their own initiative. Meanwhile, I note that Wodehouse is kindly honoring our running theme about "fill in the blank" literature.]

 

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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1954.
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#vintage illustration #monkey #crossword puzzle
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Indiana University's 1976 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #1970s #bearded lady
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Old News (permalink)
"Bedridden nearly a year, now up and about again with new energy."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1952.
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#vintage ad #vintage headline #headline #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Indiana University's 1932 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage fashion #vintage yearbook #greek
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #santa
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #hybrid #yearbook #human headed #illustration #plant people #1910s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman by Annie Fellows Johnson and illustrated by Reginald B. Birch, 1913.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #miss santa
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wake Forest College's 1922 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #wolf #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Tangent, 1934.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cliff #house
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lambuth College's 1928 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #knight #vintage yearbook #yearbook #royalty
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Book of Knight and Barbara by David Starr Jordan, 1899. 
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#vintage illustration #owl
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Indiana University's 1896 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A rat carried by a cat carried by a dog.  From Chatterbox, 1908.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 (permalink)
Omar Khayyám, from Wesleyan College's 1935 yearbook.
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#vintage illustration #calligraphy #vintage yearbook #yearbook #omar khayyam
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Capered three or four times around the pumpkin."  From The Moon Prince by Richard Kendall Munkittrick, 1893.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #horse
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December 14, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Highroads to Reading 1 by Sheffield, Roy, Roy & Bollert, 1932.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fox #1930s #illustration #decoy #rubber duck
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From "The Moon's Tears" by Laurence Alma Tadema, in The Children's Book, 1915.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #king #queen #royalty #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From A Vocabulary First Reader Workbook for Round About by Mabel O'Donnell, 1936.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #snowman #illustration
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Old News (permalink)
"There it goes again.  Right into the mud!"  From Dry Goods Review, 1914.
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#vintage ad #vintage headline #mud #headline #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Stars in Song and Legend by Jermain Gildersleeve Porter, 1901.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #constellation #cassiopeia
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Old News (permalink)
Sometimes the errata form their own story.  From A Few Corrections by Brad Leithauser.
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#vintage headline #headline #erratum #errata
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
As with emergency exit doors, the nearest Father Time may be behind you.  From Concordia Teachers College's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #father time #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1887.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #pursued #wildman #1880s #wild man
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Swarthmore College's 1908 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #greetings
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Time and Tigers by D. R. Amato. 
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#vintage illustration #hourglass #anthropomorphism #clock #tiger
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hampden-Sydney College's 1915 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #skull #fraternity #vintage yearbook #secret society #hooded figure
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Return of the Fairies by Charles J. Bellamy, 1899.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy #fairy tale #vintage christmas #christmas
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wheaton College's 1976 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #pegasus #vintage yearbook #yearbook #winged horse
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Improvement Era, 1945.
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#vintage illustration #vintage automobile #automobile
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"To shine with such splendid scintillations as to seem safe, sage and sane."  From Wake Forest University's 1907 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #1900s #vintage men #men #hat
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Ghosts and demons."  From Dark Shadows episode 14.  There was also that time that Liz Stoddard said the single word "Goblins," here.
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#demon #ghost #dark shadows
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wilson College's 1915 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #finis #vintage yearbook #yearbook #the end #cabin in the woods #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #native american #1890s #mountain spirit #stone woman
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy #elf #vintage christmas #christmas
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio University's 1931 yearbook.  See How to Be Your Own Cat.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #hybrid #yearbook #cat people #cat headed #illustration #bobcat
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Separated at Birth? (permalink)
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.
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#vintage illustration #giraffe
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December 13, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #christmas tree #vintage christmas #christmas #dancing #teepee #1900s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Magic everywhere."  From We Can Read The Toy-box by Gerrard & McInnes and illustrated by Connie Jefferess, undated (c. 1960).
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #witch #magick #cauldron #cat #magic #1960s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1895.
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#vintage illustration #insect #beetle #ant
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)

"'If you're going to spy,' he says, not loud, but clear and sharp, 'then help me. That'll give you something to spy on.'"
—Michael Cisco, The Divinity Student

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#spying #surveillance society
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Millikin University's 1907 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #musician
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #balancing act #hypnotism #somnambulism #catalepsy
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From London Normal School's 1945 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #studying
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #drawing #bear #fishing #illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Mansfield Female College's 1924 yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #the end #1920s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Parson Beecher and His Horse by Bricktop, 1871.
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#vintage illustration #horse
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Old News (permalink)
"How odd of God!"  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1948.
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#vintage headline
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From Purdue University's 1927 yearbook.
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#vintage illustration #calligraphy #ship #hand lettering #vintage yearbook #yearbook #illustration #cursed font
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1936.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #cat #piano #monkey #illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Santa Clara College's 1978 yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #costume #1970s #ape costume
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Riddles about the sevens."  From Canadian Individual Arithmetics, Book C, c. 1936.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #number 7 #illustration #seven #number
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From 73 Magazine, 1963.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #electrocuted #electricity
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Canadian Spelling Program 6 by Thomas and Braun, 1979.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #bookworm #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
While it's true that "Yesterday's laurels are dry and dead," dried flowers and leaves can yet be arranged beautifully.  From Impertinent Poems by Edmund Vance Cooke, 1907.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #knight #father time #resting on laurels #laurels
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the United States Naval Academy's 1922 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#religion #vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1920s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Elements of Interior Decoration by Augustus Sherrill Whiton, 1944.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #greek #roman #illustration #furniture
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Uncharted Territories (permalink)
"Just one more test and then you're all done.  What is this?"  From Northeastern University's 1991 yearbook.
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#darkness #blackness #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1990s #test
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December 12, 2023

Strange Dreams (permalink)
May you not dream of sulphur matches tonight.  From The Gates of the Future Thrown Open by Carlotta de Barsy, 1899.
If you have a strange dream to share, send it along!
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#dream #matchstick #symbol
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From George Washington University's 1929 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #dancing #yearbook #1920s #ballet
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the University of Omaha's 1928 yearbook.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fire #vintage yearbook #yearbook #native american
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Lees-McRae's 1961 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #vintage yearbook #yearbook #caveman #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Old and New Japan by Clive Holland, 1907.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #japan #torii
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wesleyan College's 1983 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#mask #vintage yearbook #hallowe'en #costume #1980s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Mouse's Tail by Helen Pettes and illustrated by Julia Greene, 1917.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cat
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Emerson College's 1958 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #outer space #vintage yearbook #yearbook #solar system #planets #orbits
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1922.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #castle
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Admit it, yesterday is still here."  From Union College's 1969 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage photo #vintage yearbook #yearbook #puddle #yesterday
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Ethos, 1964.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #crow #blackbird #rooftop #chimney
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Arkansas' 1920 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #mad scientist #vintage yearbook #explosion #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book, or Adventures Among the Knitting People by Jane Eayre Fryer and illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer, 1918.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #yearbook #book #illustration #walking dictionary #1910s
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Old News (permalink)
"If I'm bad, then I'm a crocodile; it isn't really ME!"  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1968.
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#crocodile #vintage headline #headline
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

Wodehouse IS Vanity Fair Jan. 1916:

Doing the math, I note that Plum appears FIVE times in this issue (under four different names, with one theater-crit roundup and four humor pieces). Incidentally, this same issue that featured a didactic Gillette saying that plays were meant to be performed, not read, has a waggish Wodehouse touting score-reading at home as a way to avoid going to the opera without losing face.

Speaking of Gillette, here also is some Benchley, who manages to get a word in edgewise despite the PGW monopoly. They also made room for "The Brocaded Wrap: An Almost Unsoluble Problem Play," by Louise Closser Hale (which, as Gillette would agree, would probably be more fun to see performed than to read, as there's lots of visual farce business). I note that an onstage "damn" in 1916 is the equivalent of the obligatory "Shit!" in latter-day movies seeking to avoid a G rating and cash in on a cheap laugh.

Or why not throw a Vanity Fair cover party?
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chronicles of Fairy Land by Fergus Hume and illustrated by Kirk & Dunlop, 1911.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#fairy #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Peace Institute's 1918 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #meat grinder
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1907.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #halo #oz #illustration #key
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Arkansas' 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #seeing stars #illustration #football #1910s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #beard #elf #vintage christmas #christmas
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December 11, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Peter Newell, 1901.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #alice in wonderland #snail #fish
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
Find Old King Cole's three fiddlers.  From Chatterbox, 1909.
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#vintage illustration #king #hidden pictures #old king cole
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Recreations for Girls by Lina and Adelia Beard, 1906.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #yarn #distaff
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #reindeer #antlers
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From A Round-the-World Jingle by Charlotte C. Davenport, 1918.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #england #southampton
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Puck's Broom by E. Gordon Browne and illustrated by Kathleen I. Nixon, 1923.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #castle #knight
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Lindenwood Tales by Marguerite Behman and illustrated by H. C. Meyer, 1921.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #cat #smart animal
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Old News (permalink)
"There are about as many stars as there are grains of sand in the world."  Via BUFORA Newsfile, 2000.
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#stars #vintage headline #headline #sand
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Otterbein College's 1905 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #faces in things #dynamite #fireworks
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Scorn with Extra Bile by Matthew Parris.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #knife #scorn
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Detroit's 1963 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #vintage yearbook #yearbook #triangle #pyramid #1960s #ad
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Old News (permalink)
"Lions are only big cats."  From The Instructor, 1954.
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#vintage illustration #lion #vintage headline
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Old News (permalink)
"In our sometimes-magical, sometimes-twilight, sometimes-unreal world."  From the State University of New York College at Oneonta's 1969 yearbook.
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#vintage yearbook #vintage headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Around a Toadstool Table by Rowena Bennett, 1930.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #under the sea #seashell #shell
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Egypt by Pierre Loti and illustrated by A. Lamplough, 1909.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #sphinx #egypt
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From Eastern Nazarene College's 1931 yearbook.
* Our printed collection of vintage nautical postcards is entitled Your Ship Will Come In and is available from Amazon.com.
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#vintage illustration #spiral #vintage yearbook #yearbook #boat #sailboat
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
INSTRUCTIONS: Click twice to cartoon the circles. From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.

From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1909
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#drawing #animated gif #geometry #cartooning #circles
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hood College's 1942 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #winter #vintage yearbook #yearbook #ice skating
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Diamond Dick Jr. Boy's Best Weekly, 1904.  
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #ghost #vintage magazine #magazine
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Medical College of Virginia's 1980 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage photo #vintage yearbook #yearbook #cursed image #1980s #photo
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Peter Puck wants to know ... will the Heat Wave to us again?"  From The Children's Newspaper, 1925.
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#vintage illustration #illustration #heatwave
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December 10, 2023

Old News (permalink)
"Gone mad (moon light mad) until midnight."  From the Kansas State Collegian, 1968.
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#vintage ad #moon #lunatic #vintage headline #headline #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #cat #toy
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes by Edna Walter and illustrated by Charles Folkard, 1919.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cat
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Wake Forest's 1913 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #bowing
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Scorn with Added Vitriol by Matthew Parris.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #tomato #scorn #rotten tomato
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Birmingham-Southern College's 1967 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #costume #mascot #1960s #smiling man
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Moving Picture World, 1920.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #alarm clock #tiny woman #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hartnell College's 1949 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #california #cowboy #covered wagon
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Bombay Chronicle, 1942.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #before and after #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Eastern Nazarene College's 1931 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #ex libris #bookplate
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
"Dry skin dates the face."  From Movie Classic, 1934.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #egyptian #1930s #woman #vintage woman #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From MacMurray College's 1945 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #wave
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Old News (permalink)
"Uncontented with the void."  From Goshen College's 1968 yearbook.
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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Improvement Era, 1960.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #eskimo #telephone #1960s #igloo #penguin #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"True insignificance hidden under the smart blue outfit."  From the United States Naval Academy's 1923 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #fashion #vintage fashion #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1920s #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Astounding, 1936.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #science fiction #illustration #castle in the air
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's 1913 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #falling #vintage yearbook #yearbook #illustration #stairs #1910s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From This Is the Life! by Goodspeed & Smith, 1977.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage diagram #1970s #illustration #many armed #twelve arms
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Winthrop College's 1971 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#mask #vintage photo #vintage yearbook #yearbook #costume #1970s #photo
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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December 9, 2023

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1936.
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#vintage illustration #wolf #spider #illustration #wolf spider
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The Right Word (permalink)
Quite rare (based upon our research) to see the phrase, "You'll say it western" in the sense of "plain speaking" (er, Great Plains speaking?)  From The Moving Picture World, 1920.
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#vintage ad #cowboy #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
The endpapers from West Virginia Wesleyan College's 1929 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #pirate #treasure chest #endpapers
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Alberta's 1948 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #castle #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1907.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #animal attack #lion #bear #roman
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Swarthmore College's 1925 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Homespun Stories by Clara Denton, 1924.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From West Tennessee State Normal School's 1916 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #yearbook #peanut #mr. peanut
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Emblemland by John Kendrick Bangs and Charles Raymond Macauley, 1902.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#knight #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hollins College's 1952 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #hockey
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
All of history's winners don't have a book dedication, but all of history's losers do.  From The Queer Art of Failure by Judith Halberstam, 2011.
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#book dedication #loser
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Greensboro College's 1927 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #fairy #vintage yearbook #yearbook #musician
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1914.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #oz #illustration #torch
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #skull #satyr #genie #fraternity #vintage yearbook #yearbook #secret society
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Twilight Fairy Tales by May Showler Groves and illustrated by Mary Crete Crouch, 1914.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #insect #dragonfly #lily pond
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
A crossword puzzle in which one writes the entire name in each square.  From Wheaton College's 1925 yearbook.
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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #crossword puzzle #making faces
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From KPFA Folio, 1972.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #phrenology #collage
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Henderson Colleges 1908 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #dirigible
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"Will we ever be told?"  Via BUFORA Newsfile, 1996.
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#vintage illustration #ufo
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1935 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #smoking #vintage yearbook #yearbook #smoke #pipe smoker #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fabeln by by Peter Hagboldt, 1957.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fable #bee #illustration
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December 8, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Conrad's Magic Flight, Book Four by Hazel Gertrude Kinscella and illustrated by Ruth Mary Hallock, 1927.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #witch #fairy tale #illustration #hansel and gretel
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1917.
Answers: 1. pan-the-r.  2. coy-ote.  3. tap-ir.  4. ant-e-lope.
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#vintage illustration #vintage christmas #christmas #cat #illustration #word puzzle
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mother Nature's Children by Allen Walton Gould, 1900.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #sled #reindeer #illustration #lapland
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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#prof. oddfellow #video #penetralia #standup comedy
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From My Do and Learn Book To Accompany The Little White House by Ousley & Russell, 1948.  Related: The Minimalist Coloring Book.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cat #dog #illustration #anti-coloring
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Myself and I by Helen Van Valkenburgh and illustrated by Maginel Wright Enright, 1918.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #shadow #bed
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Chicago Teacher's College's 1948 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #1940s #milkshake
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Motion Picture Classic, 1929.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #1920s #eyes #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From George Williams College's 1956 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #mouse #desk #roll top desk
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mother Goose Secrets as told by the story gnome to Barbara Webb Bourjaily and illustrated by Joe King, 1925.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy tale #weightless
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Peace College's 1978 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#snowman #vintage photo #winter #vintage yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Rhymes of a Child's World by Miriam Clark Potter and illustrated by Ruth Fuller Stevens, 1920.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #bubbles #blowing bubbles #soap bubble
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Old News (permalink)
"'We were versy close friends and spent much time together, then all at once, strange things began to happen.'  Magic friendship."  From Beyond Reality, No. 27.
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#vintage headline #friendship #headline #strange friendship
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery's 1933 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #diving #vintage yearbook #yearbook #diver #swimmer
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From Mazes and Labyrinths by William Henry Matthews, 1922.
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#vintage illustration #labyrinth #maze
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

From The Londoners: An Absurdity, by Robert Hichens:

***
"I had no idea, no notion at all, that you knew Mr. Van Adam."
"Oh yes."
"Besides, I fully understood he was in Florida."
"Oh no."
"This makes my paragraph all wrong."
"Oh yes."
"It is really most unfortunate."
"Oh no."
Mrs. Verulam felt like a pendulum, and that she would go on helplessly alternating affirmatives and negatives for the next century or two. But Mr. Rodney, who, being of a very precise habit, was seriously upset by being given the lie direct—in tweed, too, on a London afternoon of May!—repeated "Oh no!" in accents of such indignant amazement that Mrs. Verulam was obliged to recover her equilibrium.
"Oh yes, I mean," she said. "Oh yes, yes, yes!"

***
"The trains are very slow on that line, I believe," Mrs. Verulam added, with a vagueness as to the different railway systems that would have made her fortune as a director.

***
"You will notice a slight mistake at the close," Mr. Rodney continued in a resentful voice, and glancing from the tweed suit to Mrs. Verulam and back again. "It would not have crept in" (errors have no other gait than that generally attributed to the insect world) "had I known that we were to have the unexpected pleasure of welcoming you to London."

***
Either Mrs. Lite was unusually clever at making pies, buns, sweetmeats, and cakes, or Mr. Lite had extraordinary business capacity, or Fortune was determined that there should be a Bun Emperor in Britain, and that Mr. Lite looked the part better than anybody else.

***
Ribton Marches had been built according to Mr. Lite's own ideas, which took the form of a huge erection combining many of the peculiar merits of the Leicester Square Alhambra and the Crystal Palace. Wherever you expected to find stone you came upon glass; wherever you anticipated glass you came upon stone. If you looked for a flat roof, your eye met a cupola; if you glanced up in search of a cupola, you probably missed it and saw a flat roof. The palace continually "had" you. It was full of winter gardens, and in all these winter gardens there were talking parrots. The palace was crammed with echoes, and as you explored it, under the careful and most suspicious supervision of Mr. Lite, its mighty walls seemed to breathe out to you from every side such mysterious expressions as "Hallelujah! Bow-wow-wow!" "Polly, go to bed!" and "Polly very drunk; naughty Polly!" the latter statement being usually succeeded by a loud noise as of the drawing of dozens of champagne corks. There were several libraries in the palace, and several boudoirs; but the boudoirs were on the ground-floor, and the libraries were upstairs.

***
"You don't know Martha Sage."
"But indeed I do," said Mr. Rodney. "She has often dandled me in her arms."
"What, recently?"
"Yes, yes," he rejoined distractedly; "often and often."
[...]
"When I was a little boy—when I was a child," said Mr. Rodney, recovering himself in time to save Lady Sage's vanishing reputation with the Duchess.
"Oh, that's nothing. She has dandled everybody at that age. But she doesn't allow anybody to influence her decisions for all that."

***
"Oh, Mr. Bush!" she added, with a most tender accent of commiseration, "I can scarcely tell you how grieved, how horrified I am that you should have been so nearly murdered—and so soon after your arrival, too!"

***
Mr. Harrison, above stairs, was with much tribulation and uncurled whiskers preparing his report to lay before the Emperor at eight o'clock on the following morning.

***
"Have any more thoughts been taking you like a storm, Marriner?"
"They have indeed, ma'am."
"If you think so much you ought to keep a lifeboat by you," said Mrs. Verulam dreamily.

***
"Lady Sage grows a little wearisome, I fancy," he murmured dissuasively.
"Do you think so? Oh, I love her recollections!"
"I think her too historical for hot summer weather, I confess," continued Mr. Rodney

***
"There's a great deal of knack in sitting a wooden horse," said the Duke.

***
"Duchess," she said, "Mr. Bush, you must know, is full of maxims."
"Dear me! Is he related to a copy-book?" replied her Grace lethargically.
[...]
Mr. Bush added, after a moment of deep thought:
"Look after the sheep, and the sheep'll look after you!"
"It sounds like 'Diana of the Crossways,'" piped Lady Drake in her acidulated manner.
"I don't know that I should care to be looked after by a sheep," said Miss Bindler practically, as she lit a small cigar. "I don't consider a sheep to be an efficient animal."
[...]
"Oh, I feel sure that even a sheep is deeply, deeply interesting, if properly studied," she said.
"Aye," said Mr. Bush.
"It's what we bring to a thing, isn't it?" she added, greatly encouraged.
"What would you bring to a sheep?" said Miss Bindler.
"Swedes,*" said Mr. Bush, before Mrs. Verulam could make reply.
[*i.e., turnips]

***
"Dear me! I had no idea that—that"—she searched her mind hurriedly for an appropriate American name—"that Vancouver intended to come over this summer."

***
"Certainly," she said, idly watching Lady Cynthia Green, who was making puns to Sir Brigham Lockbury in the middle distance—"certainly."
"Mrs. Verulam," he continued, without much subtlety of exposition, "you are marching to your doom—you are indeed! And all for what?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"Well, all for which—whom?" he cried in an under voice, seeking grammar.

***
"Not far," rejoined the paragon—"not far!" And he laughed like Fee-faw-fum.

***
His expression was like the third act of a melodrama.

***
[Walking to Conclusions dept.]
The paragon, whose wits were slightly sharpened by cowardice, immediately walked to the conclusion that Mrs. Verulam had observed his ostentatious secrecy with the Duchess.

***
He...led her among the parading horses, getting so entangled with the four legs of the favourite that it seemed as if his one ambition was to become a centaur before evening.

***
"It is to say that they have discovered Yillick," answered Mrs. Verulam in an unemotional voice.
"I beg your pardon?"
"I say they have discovered Yillick," she cried irritably.
"Indeed! What is that?"
"I don't know. One can't know everything."

***
The paragon made no reply, but went on digging in a heavy and almost soporific manner. His calm was so great, so apparently complete, that it nearly attained to majesty. The sphinx could not have gardened with a greater detachment in worlds before the sun and before the birth of Time.

***
[Who Needs Context? dept.]
"I—really I—I must positively decline to clear the—ground of monkeys," said Mr. Rodney
***

[Bonus: A character who despises London (though it is his home) and wants to show it off extensively to an American visitor merely to prove how inferior it is to Paris.]
[Bonus: the word "bemuddled"]
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Monmouth College's 1910 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #question mark
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the rare The House of the Cat by Alexandra Roudybush.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#sphinx #vintage book #cat people
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fame and Fortune Weekly, 1906.
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#vintage illustration #circus #lion #vintage magazine
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hampden-Sydney College's 1911 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #reading #vintage yearbook #yearbook #pipe smoker
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Old News (permalink)
"Bunnies are wise.  Looks as though they could read signs."  From The Duluth Herald, 1903.
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#rabbit #bunny #animal intelligence #vintage headline #headline
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December 7, 2023

Uncharted Territories (permalink)
"Going to an empty square on a strange map of a wild and distant land."  From Tom Penny by Tony German, 1977.
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#blank map #uncharted
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Brownie and His Friends by Gates & Karabin, 1940.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #gnome #elf #snail #brownie #fishbowl #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Big Book of Needlecraft by Annie Paterson, 1900.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #illustration #doll #toy
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Old News (permalink)
"The mixed life of Morocco.  Men who dance till they fall."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1922.
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#dancing #vintage headline #morocco #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #illustration #seal
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Old News (permalink)
By the year 2047, "there will be no literary tastes and no literature."  A mob of machine drivers will rule.  Every hour will be lived by mankind in talk, nothing but talk.  There will be no silence, no retirement, no village life.  A gaping crowd of conceited fools will be everywhere.  There will be no calm, contented days, no beautiful nights, no good works.  All will be the same, all common.  Thought and inspiration will be dead."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1947.
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#prediction #pessimism #dire future
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Birmingham-Southern's 1947 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #cat people #football
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mystery at Four Chimneys by Nina Brown Baker, 1939.
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#vintage illustration #cat #shadow
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Indoor sailing is becoming a lost art.  From the University of Bridgeport's 1960 yearbook.

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#vintage photo #vintage yearbook #sailboat
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Images Moving Through Time (permalink)
INSTRUCTIONS: Click to move from cover to title page.

Click to move from cover to title page
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#vintage book #book #gif
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
From The Moving Picture World, 1920.
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#vintage ad #life after death #reincarnation #spiritualism #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From MacMurray College's 1969 yearbook.

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#cat #vintage photo #vintage yearbook #mouse #cat and mouse
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Lamaism by L. Austine Waddell, 1934.
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#vintage illustration #buddhism #lucky charm #tibetan #luck flag
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Millikin's 1910 yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #jester #vintage yearbook #yearbook #quill pen
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Shakespeare's 'Great Bed of Ware,' formerly of Rye House but not at Saracen's Head, Roxbury, England."  From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.
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#vintage illustration #bed
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Salem College's 1929 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #smoke #candle #the end #1920s #candelabrum
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"The haunt of the heron."  From Chatterbox, 1908.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #bird #heron
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Like a modest violet half hidden from the eye."  From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1917 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #flower #violet
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
"What do you want me to believe?"
"Nothing."
"All right, I believe it."
From Dark Shadows episode 53.
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#dark shadows #believe nothing
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hiram College's 1949 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #angel #vintage yearbook #halo #yearbook #scroll
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #mask #dancing #native american #fire ceremony #fire dance
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December 6, 2023

Colorful Allusions (permalink)
"Colors have personalities."  From Stage Costuming by Agnes Brooks Young, 1927.
* Though printed in black and white, great literature is bursting with vibrant colour. In this rebus-style puzzle, color words and parts of words have been replaced with colored boxes. Try to guess the exact hue of each. Roll your mouse over the colored boxes to reveal the missing words. Click the colored boxes to learn more about each hue. Special thanks to Paul Dean for his colorful research.
 
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #palette #1920s #color #illustration #paint
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Art of Pantomime by Charles Aubert, 1927.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #1920s #illustration #making faces
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Old News (permalink)
"How to be 30 for 40 years."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1962.
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#longevity #aging #vintage headline #headline
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
From The Wonderful Bed by Gertrude Knevels and illustrated by Emily Hall Chamberlin, 1912.
If you have a strange dream to share, send it along!
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#vintage illustration #elves #bed
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Purple Parrot, 1945.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #yawn
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Gannon's 1953 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #bowling #uphill
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Body Politic, 1977.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #insect #bug #fly
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Georgetown College's 1920 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #fraternity #vintage yearbook #hazing #paddling
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cat
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
A classic look -- mop wig and pail accessory.  From Ohio State University's 1962 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage photo #vintage yearbook #1960s #procession #mop wig
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Old News (permalink)
"Wives -- it's dangerous for you to know too much!"  From Moving Picture World, 1923.
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#vintage headline #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Holy Cross College's 1930 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #dinosaur #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"The ant-lion."  From Princess Mary's Gift Book, 1914.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #insect #ant
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Chatham College's 1981 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#lampshade #vintage fashion #vintage yearbook #1980s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Talking Machine World, 1920.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #satyr #pan pipes #goat legged
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Butler University's 1927 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #ghost #skull #occult #skull and crossbones #vintage yearbook #yearbook #secret society
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1906.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #frog
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Today's affluent cactus is from the University of Arizona's 1953 yearbook.  See This Book is a Cactus.
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#vintage illustration #money #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #cactus
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Today's playing card royalty playing cards himself is from The Book of Hobbies; or, A Guide to Happiness by Charles Taussig and Theodore Meyer, 1924.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#playing card #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Today's imp of chemistry.  From Purdue University's 1940 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #chemistry #test tube
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Staring at the Sun (permalink)
From Japan, Home of the Sun by Dearmin & Peck and illustrated by Kikuko Mori, 1963.
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#vintage illustration #sun #japan #illustration
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December 5, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel and illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1918.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #silhouette #fairy tale #if you had wings #illustration #the people could fly
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Young Nimrods in North America by Thomas Wallace Knox, 1881.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #raft #illustration #river
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Your Ship Will Come In (permalink)
From North Central College's 1930 yearbook.
* Our printed collection of vintage nautical postcards is entitled Your Ship Will Come In and is available from Amazon.com.
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#vintage illustration #ship #vintage yearbook #yearbook #ex libris
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Life magazine, 1884.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cat
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Georgetown College's 1920 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #pole vaulting
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The All-Seeing Eye, 1927.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #astrology #zodiac
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Holy Cross College's 1930 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #musician #saxophone
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Aeolus, from History of the Heathen Gods and Heroes of Antiquity by William Sheldon, 1816.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #Aeolus #wind #deity
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Sing Me a Song by Kirth, McManus & Carmack.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #inkblot #pen and ink #spilled ink #ink #jack of the inkpot
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Butler University's 1927 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #man in the moon #winter #vintage yearbook #yearbook #faces in things #moon face #vintage automobile #car accident #automobile
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Shadowland, 1922.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#starry night #flying carpet
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Tri-State College's 1956 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #thermometer
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Girl's Own Paper, 1880.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #up a tree
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

From Advertisement, by Basil Macdonald Hastings:


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Old News (permalink)
"Gardens are such friendly people."  From The Improvement Era, 1970.
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#gardening #flowers #vintage headline #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Peace Institute's 1918 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #goat #vintage yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1907.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #tiger #oz
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ashland College's 1931 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #giant #king #vintage yearbook #yearbook #deity #stadium #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From "This Was Your Life" (1972) by J. T. C.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #angel #life after death
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Come to these then, if you would see things deep, things hid, and that mysterious be."  From Goucher College's 1928 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #jester #vintage yearbook #yearbook #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1936.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #faces in things #illustration #poem
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December 4, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Restoration of the city of Babylon in the age of Nebuchadnezzar.  From Ancient Times, A History of the Early World, Second Edition by James Henry Breasted, 1935.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #architecture #babylon #illustration #babylonian
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Free from heartless competition."  From Abe Martin's Primer by Kin Hubbard, 1914.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #farmer #plow
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Old News (permalink)
"Four funerals held over the remains of one woman."  From The Duluth Herald, 1903.
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#vintage headline #funeral #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A bright cloud inside a tornado funnel.  From our review of the Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena by William R. Corliss (1977).
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage diagram #tornado #diagram
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Old News (permalink)
"Always there is the question ... How fast shall we sing?"  From The Instructor, 1957
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#singing #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From King Longbeard, Or Annals of the Golden Dreamland by Barrington MacGregor and illustrated by Charles Robinson, 1897.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #rabbit
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Old News (permalink)
"Man blame car wreck on prehistoric winged reptile."  Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2008.
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#vintage illustration #pterodactyl #dinosaur #vintage headline #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the State University of New York Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Binghamton's 1949 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #skull #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From the rare A Choice of Magic by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#witch #vintage illustration
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Bridgeport's 1960 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #vintage automobile
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Bombay Chronicle, 1942.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #shaving #ad
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Precursors (permalink)
Here's a precursor to Xavier: Renegade Angel episode 9, "Signs from Godrilla" (2007): an interpreter says, "Now she's being very eloquent, saying some very touching things.  She's being moving."  From the University of Wisconsin's 1931 yearbook.
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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #gorilla
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Real Fairy Folk by Louise Jamison and illustrated by James M. Gleeson, 1912.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #ant
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Holy Cross College's 1930 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #heaven #vintage yearbook #yearbook #deity
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
A psychic's hand, from Character Analysis In Condensed Form by Ona Marie Rasher, 1919.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #hand #palmistry #psychic
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Memories of college.  From Chatham College's 1981 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #costume #squirrel #1980s #squirrel costume
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Near at hand it was even more terrifying than at a distance."  From The Young Section-Hand by Burton E. Stevenson and illustrated by L. J. Bridgman, 1905.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #ghost #spooky
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Here's a grand example of the mysteriously glowing trees that spread through old college yearbooks.  From Michigan State College's 1954 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage christmas #christmas #vintage yearbook #night photography #yearbook #1950s #glowing tree
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1906.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #animals
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Old News (permalink)
We don't usually skip ahead in a book, but lately we could be tempted to find out "What is going to happen."  From Dreamers With Power, The Menominee by George and Louise Spindler, 1984.
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#future #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Toys At Play by Ketchum & Rice and illustrated by Hart, 1932.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #illustration #living toy #toy
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December 3, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Children's Newspaper, 1927.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #monkey #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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#vintage illustration #illustration #ox #bantenge #banteng #forest ox
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Old News (permalink)
"The death in death."  From The Popular Magazine, 1930.
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#death #vintage headline #headline
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Strange Prayers for Strange Times (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1909.  See Strange Prayers for Strange Times.
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#vintage illustration #prayer #boat #stranded
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From House Scraps by G. Duckworth Atkin and illustrated by Geo. Cruickshank, F. C. Gould, and Lucien Davis, 1887.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #bear #bull #stag
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Old News (permalink)
As some already suspected, God and Evil both wear short shorts (though Evil calls them "hotpants").  From The Gateway, 1968.
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#good and evil #vintage headline #headline #short shorts #hotpants
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From West Virginia University's 1915 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #crystal ball #fraternity #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
The secret to making a candle last -- putting it out.  From Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke, 1916.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #candle #1910s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Moving Picture World, 1920.
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#vintage illustration #vintage gay #dandies #gay #smoker
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Old News (permalink)
"Professors tell students to 'go fly a kite.'"  From the University of Detroit's 1963 yearbook.
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#vintage yearbook #kite #vintage headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Jim's a demon."  From The Bombay Chronicle, 1942.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #demon #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Kent State's 1970 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage photo #vintage yearbook #mouse #feet #1970s
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Garden of the Little Lame Princess by Myrtle Jamison Trachsel and illustrated by L. J. Bridgman, 1927.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #bear #pussy willow
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Saint Francis College's 1949 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #basketball
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Kitty and Her Kits by Frances Crompton et al. and illustrated by Harriet Bennett et al., 1895.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy #hook
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
The faculty is not pictured.  From Hampden-Sydney College's 1908 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #not pictured
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Shadowland, 1922.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fashion #vintage fashion #1920s #costume
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hiram College's 1896 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #fairy #vintage yearbook #yearbook #bellows
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Hidden WItchery by Nigel Tourneur and decorated by Will Mein, 1898.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #skull #scythe
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Clarion State Normal School's 1927 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #hermit #pathway #tarot hermit
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Routledge, 1877). 
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #owl #nursery rhyme
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December 2, 2023

Old News (permalink)
"Basket ball by girls 'immoral.'"  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1911.  
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#vintage headline #basketball
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Tale of Bunny Cotton-tail by Laura Rountree Smith and illustrated by Dorothy Dulin, 1922.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #rabbit #soap bubbles #blowing bubbles #bunny #1920s
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Broome Community College's 1980 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #1980s #paper bag head
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker, 1825.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy #cherry tree
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Old News (permalink)
Attention so-called "modern artists": "You needn't be an artist."  From The Instructor, 1957.
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#artist #vintage headline #headline
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Winter's kiss.  From Movie Classic, 1937.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #old man winter #jack frost #1930s #kiss #ad
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1906.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cat
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Lovely archetypal characters like these, from old theatrical books, can be used to create your own divination deck.  We explain the easy process in this article.  This particular set of characters is from Let's Pretend: A Book of Children's Plays by Lindsey Barbee, 1917.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #archetypes
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Initiates of the Flame by Manly P. Hall, 1922.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #esoteric #sacred geometry #gem #philosopher's stone
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From A Manual of Cheirosophy by Edward Heron Allen and illustrated by Rosamund Brunel Horsley, 1885.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #astrology #bull #taurus
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Old News (permalink)
Wonderful news!  "Everything is great."  From Current Sauce, 1962.
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#vintage headline #you'll be okay #headline #everything is great
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Saint Joseph's College's 1964 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#snow #winter #vintage yearbook #1960s #solitude
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Princess Belle-Etoile by Walter Crane, 1909.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fairy tale
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From DePauw University's 1922 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #dragon #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
Checkers, but with chess-like pieces.  From Motion Picture Herald, 1933.
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#vintage illustration #cat #board game #checkers
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Make no noise as you will awaken the patients."  From Johns Hopkins University's 1898 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #doctor #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Solomon's stone."  From Unknown magazine, 1942.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #occult #gemstone #1940s
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
Memories of college.  From Birmingham-Southern College's 1979 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#mask #vintage yearbook #1970s
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
From Nightmare Land by G. Orr Clark and illustrated by Caroline Love Goodwin, 1901.
If you have a strange dream to share, send it along!
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#vintage illustration #world #earth
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1927 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #donkey
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Temporal Anomalies (permalink)
Temporal anomaly investigator Nick Normal spotted this time warp in Mott Haven, New York.
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#clock tower #temporal anomaly
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December 1, 2023

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"But think of the pie and cake and cheese."  From The Canadian Readers Book II, 1924.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #mouse #1920s #illustration #country mouse #city mouse
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From I Know a Secret by Hildreth, Felton, Henderson & Meighen, 1940.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #duck #illustration
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From St. Nicholas, 1915.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #elf #ireland #leprechaun #illustration #irish #poem #lurikeen
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Old News (permalink)
"Flowers in December.  Animals and birds asleep or indoors."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1922.
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#december #vintage headline #headline
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Butler University's 1926 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #snow #winter #vintage yearbook #yearbook #poem
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Crystal Locket by Nellie M. Rowe and illustrated by Elizabeth Enright, 1935.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #mirror
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Aberree, 1962.  
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #winter #december #deer #vintage magazine #satellite #magazine #spacecraft
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Susquehanna University's 1932 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #castle #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Miscellanies of Mr. Jonathan (permalink)

Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

unearths some literary gems.

Fom Love--and What Then? by Basil Macdonald Hastings:

[See first attachment, "epigrammatic": One of the occupational hazards of being a character in a drawing-room comedy.]

[See second attachment, "pierrette": I wasn't really hip to female Pierrots, so I did an image search. I did *not* include anything about "half" in my search, but nonetheless the Internet stepped up to tell me and Beryl that you can too be half a Pierrette! https://sundryshop.com/antique-vintage/figurines/pierrette-half-doll---fine-porcelain-germany-1900s-pink-ruffled-ribbon-dress-pin-cushion-often-mistaken-for-the-flapper-art-deco.html]



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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1919.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #mythology #harp #centaur #chiron
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Loyola University's 1928 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #world #earth #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #faces in things
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Billy Bunny and His Friends by David Cory, 1917.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #dog #fox
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Hampden-Sydney College's 1911 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #tennis #vintage yearbook #yearbook #pipe smoker
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Babylon's gardens are burning."  From Going-To-The-Sun by Vachel Lindsay, 1923.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #fire #end of the world #babylon
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
No mirrors in hell.  From the University of Cincinnati's 1928 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #hell #fashion #vintage fashion #vintage yearbook #yearbook
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"Right up among the live wires."  From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1914.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #pipe smoker #electricity #electrical pole #lineman #live wire #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Ohio University's 1931 yearbook.  See How to Be Your Own Cat.
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#vintage illustration #anthropomorphism #vintage yearbook #hybrid #yearbook #cat people #cat headed #illustration #cheerleader #bobcat
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The Right Word (permalink)
From an ad for the film Ninotchka, in The Film Daily, 1939.
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#vintage illustration #vintage ad #ad
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Akron's 1921 yearbook.

*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage illustration #vintage yearbook #yearbook #fountain
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Christopher Cricket On Cats by Anthony Henderson Euwer, 1909.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #cat
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Alexandra Readers Primer by W. A. McIntyre & John C. Saul, 1908.
[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy.  We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free.  The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]
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#vintage illustration #rabbit #1900s #illustration
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