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"The moon does not rise tonight." From McGill Daily, Oct. 30, 1980.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Just as weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them, deceased persons will open up to a good listener. Ask questions that are simple but open-ended. Resist the urge to overshare. And learn the difference between friendliness and flirtation. From Unknown, 1941.
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The nature of this UFO will be obvious to fans of the cult TV show The Prisoner: it's "Rover."
From Lumières Dans la Nuit, 1970.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Washburn's 1917 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From North Texas State's 1920 yearbook.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1903.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Orchideengarten, 1919.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Concordia's 1921 yearbook.
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A fortune teller from Chowan's 1915 yearbook. For remarkable esoteric enigmas you can solve at your writing table, see The Pencil Witch.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1893 yearbook of the University of Kansas.
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"Suddenly, a black bird swooped into the room--." From Spellbound, 1976. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Washington's 1923 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1917.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"I just can't believe that it happened here. I... I... I... I mean here ... Gosh. I just can't believe it." From Swarthmore's 1994 yearbook.
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The probabilities between two trapezoids are infinite. From Nebelspalter, 1958.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The famous six-word story popularly attributed to Hemingway, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn," pales in comparison to this six-word headline: "Man on lonely beach sees UFO." While the Hemingwayesque story is tragic, it's excruciatingly mundane. Yes, life is fragile—welcome to reality. We can see why Hemingway got credited with this six-word story — he wrote about how The Sun Also Rises and how it rains in spring, other excruciatingly ordinary topics. Mortality, sunrises, and rainfalls aren't interesting. Granting that the headline recalls The Old Man and the Sea, the flash of extraterrestrial mystery saves it from humdrum existence.
We spotted a sort of follow-up headline, from six years later. Another man on a lonely beach (at 2:30 a.m.) saw a UFO float in with the tide.
Headlines courtesy of UFO Newsclipping Service, 1975, 1981.
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unearths some literary gems.
From A Picture of Murder, by T. E. Kinsey:
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"No one ever said ghosts had access to the Land Registry."
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From Lasell's 1929 yearbook.
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Mosquito netting. From Judge's Library, 1905.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Northern Illinois' 1904 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Evil has no hold on you." From Greensboro's 1972 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Typing atop a winged horse requires dedicated practice, patience, and correction fluid. From the University of Chicago's 1912 yearbook.
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The old woodman talks with the bear. From A Book of Fairy-Tale Bears by Clifton Johnson and illustrated by Frank A. Nankivell, 1913.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lake Forest's 1960 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1917.
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,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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Reblog if there should be more humane ways of dispatching hood ornaments. From Nebelspalter, 1958.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's common to see birds perching upon wires like notes on sheet music, but this is our first encounter with birds perching upon an edge of sheet music. From Winthrop's 1899 yearbook.
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From Le Pêle-Mêle, 1895.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1895.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Guilford's 1914 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1928.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This hungry cheese is a precursor to Pacman. From Nebelspalter, 1935.
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An emerald monocle that shows the viewer the moment of his death. We have one, and it's flattering to wear, but for some reason we keep it in a drawer. From Unknown, 1939.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"I'm a chestnut but don't roast me." Courtsey of UpNorthMemories.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Mystery apparently unraveled. Bigfoot's named Butch." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1974.
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From St. Joseph's 1937 yearbook.
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"Can you enjoy being a housewife?" Without irony, we'd recommend wrinkle-free fabrics and wrinkle-releasing sprays. From Awake magazine, 1961.
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From Lasell's 1929 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A play on "jambalaya." From Tulane's 1921 yearbook.
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From Der Orchideengarten, 1920.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Instead of an 8, it's a 1/2, on the page for the 7 1/2 Club in Hampden-Sydney's 1929 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to reveal the photo that inspired the bookplate. From Union College's 1928 yearbook. 
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From Lustige Blätter, 1917.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Here's one of our favorite ways to look on the bright side of life. From Swarthmore's 1994 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1876.
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*Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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Weed fiend, loudest dressed, and night owl. From Charlotte College's 1951 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We're delighted by this 5-star review of pencil witch of The Pencil Witch:
"When the power of a focused, analytical mind combines with a resolute, independent spirit and a kind heart, the results are virtually guaranteed to be magical. 'The Pencil Witch' is a case in point. I started reading this literally and figuratively charming book with the understanding that it would be a simple grimoire of practical magic, which it is. From the very first pages it's also a lot more. Professor Oddfellow took me on a metaphorical exploration of metaphysical principles, but with such whimsy that I was never consciously aware of being educated even as I was entertained. The individual concepts covered are ingenious and fascinating in and of themselves, but what I loved most about the book was the way it's prompted me to revisit my understanding of the relationship between mind and matter. The Pencil Witch has given rise to a series of lively discussions about metaphysics inside my brain. Five stars." —Natasha, on Amazon
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We applaud this headline (finally, news we can believe!) and also the portrait for depicting the thrice great Charles Fort with a halo. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1990. The headline reads, "Fortean followers are keeping spirit of the weird alive."
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's simultaneously 10 p.m. and nearly 2 a.m. in this Oakland, California temporal anomaly documented by Patrick Boury. Though we weren't on location to discover the exact cause of this timely weirdness, we spotlight this photo to help hone the insights of would-be investigators of temporal anomalies. The more clocks one sees that are "on the fritz" (Fritz being the German clockmaker who first went "cuckoo"), the better attuned one will be to time warps in the wild.
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"Her book." From Lasell's 1929 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The Sphinx Club, from the Ole Miss yearbook of 1909.
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"The Japanese St. George." From Nebelspalter, 1895.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Reblog if this is why we shouldn't chop down trees. From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Courrier Français, 1894.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Washington's 1923 yearbook.
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Encountering the shadow self. "In a world intent upon the unrealities we must become aware of the realities." From Catawba's 1969 yearbook.
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"A cat imagines things about you, nothing you can know for sure" (Leonard Michaels). See How to Be Your Own Cat.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From an era when journalism still had integrity: "Something strange is going on." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1993.
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Such an important reminder never to play chess anywhere near a game of Clue, lest a wrench-wielding Prof. Plum ruin everything. From Astounding, 1953.
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Some folks sleep with a comfort teddy bear, but teddy bears can have nightmares of their own. From Der Bärenspiegel, 1925.
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If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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unearths some literary gems.
From The Santa Klaus Murder, by Mavis Doriel Hay:
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Nurse Bryan flaunted naturally; she would probably have flaunted whilst walking in her sleep.
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"All that shutter business is just a blind!" [This is then revealed to have been an unintentional pun.]
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[Bonus: This is one of those novels in which the chapters have titles, and chapter 14 is called "A Pair of Eyebrows."]
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From Lasell's 1929 yearbook.
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One of the many tools we use to create our weblog. (For Teresa.) From Le Charivari, 1880.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Park College's 1982 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1915.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1902.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"A most difficult thing for many." From The Business of Life by A. B. ZuTavern and A. E. Bullock and illustrated by Leo Thiele, 1936.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1925.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wilmington's 1966 yearbook.
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"Atomic landscape." From Nebelspalter, 1958.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A restoration of an image from The Entheogen Review Complete.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We're honored that Bobby Bræger (screenwriter, genealogist, lost film hunter, and hauntologist on the cheap) considers the fractued mirror of our Abecedarian blog on Tumblr to be "one of five or six vital blogs" on that medium.
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Yeah, we've had weekends like this. From Unknown, 1939.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The Cat Who Married a Mouse" … and the bottle of meat that came between them. From Kitty-Cat Tales by Alice Van Leer Carrick, 1932.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lasell's 1929 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1926.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1941.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Everyone is as God has made her, and ofttimes a great deal worse." From Lasell's 1898 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Reblog if "swat life" is something we're born into, not something we choose. From Swarthmore's 1994 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1925.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Swarthmore's 1932 yearbook.
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The warning ring. From Spellbound, 1977. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Taylor's Gem yearbook, 1931.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1915.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Satiricheskoe Obozrenie, 1906.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Krasnyi Smekh, 1906.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The phrase "trundle bed of nails" is a Googlewhack. But here's one! From Unknown, 1942.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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This is the one and only occurrence of the phrase "de-monsterably shy," making it a Googlewhack. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1985.
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From Northern Illinois' 1909 yearbook.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1903.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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From Kladderadatsch, 1932.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's rare to see Pegasus' party mask. From Fliegende Blätter, 1925.
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The flinging of ectoplasmic bunnies is no longer a sanctioned activity at most universities. From Dubuque 's 1989 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Ole Miss yearbook of 1909.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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You might have assumed that dandies look so good because they have the help of manservants, but the truth is that they rely upon sophisticated robotics. From Purdue's 1910 yearbook.
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With the advent of political correctness, physicists no longer stomp on tiny space aliens, not even with scientific rigor. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1970. The headline reads, "U.S. physicist steps on little green men."
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The magic word "rolyksnolyb" is a Googlewhack. The word comes down to us via a short story by L. Ron Hubbard. From Unknown, 1941.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1926.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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From Johns Hopkins University's Hullabaloo yearbook of 1892.
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From Der Orchideengarten, 1919.
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From Northwestern's 1921 yearbook (our restoration, as per usual).
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Favorite details -- Puss in Boots and the gnomes. From Nebelspalter, 1895.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1847.
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You knew that "the sky is the limit," and you've seen the sky, but here's the actual limit itself. From MacMurray's 1961 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1915.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Purdue's 1903 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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A rose is a peacock feather. From Rosa Amorosa by George Egerton, 1901.
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The UFO landing in Whitfield, Scotland (1967), from Awareness magazine, 1972.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
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unearths some literary gems.
From Death on the Cherwell, by Mavis Doriel Hay:
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"And don't squeak so; they'll think I'm keeping guinea-pigs in my room."
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"Will you please stop saying 'eek,'" requested Jacob, with a hint of testiness. "You're going to use up all the e's."]
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"Did you motor down?" Gwyneth asked Basil politely.
"We did—but I thought it was always called 'up?'" [Misordered punctuation sic]
"Well, of course, you come up, if you come to college, but when you motor from London on a visit I think you motor down."
"Very subtle! But of course, Oxford thought is subtle."
Gwyneth laughed uncertainly, fearing that Basil was a high-brow being obscurely witty.
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[Imaginary Sister for the Sake of a Joke dept.]
"My sister...married a Talbot."
[The Talbot is apparently a model of automobile, and the speaker subsequently admits that he invented the sister for the sake of the joke. I've done that myself! "My sister is so economical that when she goes out in the cold, she comes back with one rosy cheek."]
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The whole academic world seemed to be changing its nature, putting on wigs and false eyebrows and taking part in a melodrama.
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From Northern Illinois' 1909 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1942.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1927.
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From Northern Illinois' 1904 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1905.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"I will have a thousand memories." From Birmingham-Southern's 1960 yearbook.
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The snow queen, illustrated by W. A. Wellner. From Lustige Blätter, 1915.
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*Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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Like scenes in a horror film, this is page three of Lenoir-Rhyne's 1963 yearbook.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1903.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From North Texas State's 1920 yearbook.
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When a bookworm doubles as a bookmark. From Unknown magazine, July 1940.
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"Set the hour and I'll turnip." Courtsey of UpNorthMemories.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Northeastern's 1966 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1935.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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From Kladderadatsch, 1939.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's never disturbing to encounter things like this in an old yearbook. From York Junior College's 1962 annual.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1893.
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"'It's nothing,' the maid says calmly. 'Don't be upset. These are just the silly stories her papa tells her'" (Eugène Ionesco, Story Number 1, 1968). From Washington College's 1971 yearbook.
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From L'Album Comique de la Famille, 1905.
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From Keuka College's 1930 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lenoir-Rhyne's 1924 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times -- "Grab bags are dangerous." From Unknown magazine, 1942.
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From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1989.
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"When I dance amid the striking lightning, he dances with me too." He'll dance with anybody, but please don't prove that for yourself by going on during an electrical storm. From Weird Tales, 1939, illustrated by Virgil Finlay.
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Evicted by the divine landlord. From The Varsity, March 31, 1976.
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It is simultaneously 4:00 and 8:00 in this temporal anomaly from Serbia, documented by Bicanski. We might note a bit of irony: although time at that clock tower is unstable, the numbers four and eight happen to be symbolic of stability, symmetry, and squareness in Chinese culture. Though we weren't on location to discover the exact cause of this timely weirdness, we offer this photo to help hone the insights of would-be investigators of temporal anomalies. The more clocks one sees that are "on the fritz" (Fritz being the German clockmaker who first went "cuckoo"), the better attuned one will be to time warps in the wild.
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From Medical College of Virginia's 1934 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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He's praying that an effigy named Cato will burn forever. From Susquehanna's 1901 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1904.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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INSTRUCTIONS: An isolated pedestrian is on one page; click for the context on another. From Eastern Kentucky's 1968 yearbook. 
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We would have blogged this for Septober 31, but the computer doesn't recognize that as a valid date. If it's not real, why does every Septober 31 play out like this cartoon?
From Tulane's 1921 yearbook.
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We spotted this satiated alligator at our local concrete statue shop.
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The old woman throws the milk at the fox. From A Book of Fairy-Tale Foxes by Clifton Johnson and illustrated by Frank A. Nankivell, 1914.
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From North Texas State's 1920 yearbook.
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From Recueil d'Antiquités by Antoine Mongez, 1804.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"New radicalism is cuddly and lovable, unlike 60's version." From The Varsity, Oct. 31, 1975.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We sensed something disquieting about this photo, and sure enough, a zoom onto the figure's face reveals an otherwordly entity. We chose not to investigate what, exactly, the figure might be cradling.
From Medical College of Virginia's 1977 yearbook.
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From Green Pipes by Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 1929.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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unearths some literary gems.
From Past Imperfect, by Julian Fellowes:
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[How to Be Your Own Ghost]
London is a haunted city for me now and I am the ghost that haunts it.
[Btw, that's the first sentence of the book--not bad!]
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His vagueness was more akin to Mr. Pastry.
[That sent me to Wikipedia! I'll spare you the trip: 'The series, with the theme tune "Pop Goes The Weasel", had episodes lasting 25 minutes in which Hearne assumed the character of "Mr Pastry" – an old man with a walrus moustache, dressed in a black suit or raincoat and with a trademark bowler hat. Each week, the bumbling old man would have adventures, partly slapstick, partly comic dance, with two young friends. Jon Pertwee also starred in the show in a variety of roles.']
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From Northeastern's 1966 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1928.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1904.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"As we like to appear" contrasted with "as we sometimes appear." It's true -- we sometimes appear as Bibendum or a monkey trapped in a cobweb.
From Mary Washington'a 1919 yearbook.
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From Le Courrier Français, 1889.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1907.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Purdue's 1903 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From North Adams' 1975 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1931.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded." —Gertude Stein
"Colors seen by candle-light will not look the same by day." —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Never think she loves him wholly, never believe her love is blind, all his faults are locked securely in a closet of her mind." —Sara Teasdale
From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1958 yearbook.
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The finest mandolins are spewed from volanoes. From L'Eclipse, 1868.
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If basketball were still like this, perhaps spectatorship would rise. Bring back the old ways! From Saint Mary's 1900 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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It's been said that our most powerful teachers may reveal a darkness within our psyches. From Francis Marion's 1973 yearbook.
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From The Beacon Third Reader by James Hiram Fassett and illustrated by Charles Copeland, 1914.
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"Odd, though, how easy it is to recall the terrible loneliness." From Washington & Lee's 1955 yearbook.
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"Up the arduous height. And ever as they go, the sun climbs higher. At zenith, almost, now --." From the Carthage yearbook of 1916.
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Money-grubbing requires a financial hand. The caption doesn't identify this as the hand of a manager of monetary resources. Rather, it says that the hand itself is financial. Therefore, the illustration is transformed into a talisman, akin to the Hand of Fatima. From New Discoveries in Palmistry by Joseph Bryant Hargett, 1901.
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Reblog if you already drink from a pitcher or might be driven to that. From Lustige Blätter, 1915.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1891.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
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When stage magicians conjure rabbits out of top hats, they rarely say this spell aloud. From The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
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From the University of Montana's 1947 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1936.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1920.
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The endpapers from Barnard's 1929 yearbook.
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From Anderson's 1920 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1847.
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"As we look back in time." From Hinds Community College's 1993 yearbook.
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The first building to be erected on a foundation of sandwiches! From the Muhlenberg Weekly, 1938.
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Pamela Colman Smith, "Beethoven's Sonata No. 11," 1907.
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From Franklin College's 1921 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1915.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Northeastern's 1966 yearbook.
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Wookie tracks (like Bigfoot) and flying saucers perplex the Vaders, years before the debut of Star Wars. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1971.
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From Le Courrier Français, 1894.
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From Der Orchideengarten, 1919.
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This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1942.
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,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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From Manchester College's 1923 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From William and Mary's 1910 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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You know the theatrical masks, Comedy and Tragedy. But there's an entire range of expressions in between. From the State Female Normal School's 1903 yearbook.
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The ghost on the right has no head, the ghost on the left is mostly a red blur, and the head of the ghost in the middle is transparent. From Appalachian's 1977 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1915.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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You've heard that it doesn't matter how you get there; it just matters that you do. From Broome's 1976 yearbook.
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Here's an unholy hybrid from Le Journal Amusant, 1898.
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Not every flying donut one sees is necessarily a UFO -- one's eyes may simply be glazed. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1985.
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From Kansas State's 1929 yearbook.
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unearths some literary gems.
From Less, by Andrew Sean Greer:
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Listen: you might hear anxiety ticking, ticking, ticking away as he stares at that clock, which unfortunately is not ticking itself. It stopped fifteen years ago.
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New York is a city of eight million people, approximately seven million of whom will be furious when they hear you were in town and didn't meet them for an expensive dinner...[it goes on in that vein]....but only five actually available to meet you.
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From Kent State's 1924 yearbook.
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From Lebanon Valley's 1900 yearbook.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Change night to day. (Original postcard scans via UpNorthMemories). 
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From Union College's 1972 yearbook.
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A sobbing umbrella. From Nebelspalter, 1893.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1904.
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From the 1965 Lehigh yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1904.
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*Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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From Duke's 1993 yearbook.
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Reblog if you don't like vegetables all that much, even though they're supposed to be good for you, yada yada yada. From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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From Der Guckkasten, 1918.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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"We are impressed, we are depressed; but we are here." From Mansfield's 1972 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Night was made hideous by the howling of wolves." From Manual and Diagrams to Accompany Metcalf's Grammars, 1901.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1903.
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"Elizabethan atmosphere will prevail." It's the best news, especially for those of us related to every Shakespeare authorship contender. This headline is from the Muhlenberg Weekly, 1938. For how we proved our connection to every Shakespearean contender , see our video as well as Heirs to the Queen of Hearts.
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From Hampden-Sydney's 1929 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1925.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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There is a ghost car on the left side of this photograph from Eastern Kentucky's 1996 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1917.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1952 yearbook of Colorado College, and a photograph of the same mountain range in the 1951 yearbook.
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From Le Pêle-Mêle, 1896.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1904.
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From Trinity Christian's 1975 yearbook.
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Low brain weight of congressmen from the Pacific Northwest. From Modern Mechanix, 1934.
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Turning a marotte upside down to use as a walking stick -- not only is it bad luck, but there's nothing funny about it. From The Wave, 1894.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1931.
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We encountered and determined the cause of a temporal anomaly in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. The clock tower of the Chestnut Hill Baptist church (whose motto, ironically, is "a historic church with a timely message") displays faces with three incorrect times. As constant investigators of such phenomena, we diagnosed the source of the problem at a glance. An oculus window replaces the clock face on the fourth side of the tower and is the cause of the trouble. The architect presumably sought to save a quarter of the cost of clockwork, and while three-quarter time may keep waltzes spinning, such an imbalance in a clock tower is its own death knell. Though the cause is simple enough, great mysteries yet abound, for precisely why does a window into the nature of time trigger a standstill?
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As we exclusively revealed here, the glowing trees in old yearbooks constitute a worldwide forest that has to this day eluded the study of arboriculturists. From North Carolina Wesleyan's 1998 yearbook.
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From The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1994.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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We looked up Draculinda and discovered that she was a late-nite horror host on Raleigh's WRAL-TV in 1960. From Chowan's 1960 yearbook.
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"And there you are!" From Life, 1923.
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From Susquehanna's 1907 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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"Discarded." From Spoon River College's 1964 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The snows of yesteryear, in Muhlenberg's 1942 yearbook.
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This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1917.
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,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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"Something happened, but it wasn't worth the wait." From The Varsity, Oct. 31, 1975.
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Before the invention of the cell phone, people had to watch very tiny movies on other devices. From Taylor's 1975 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
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From L'Oeil de la Police, 1908.
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From Agnes Scott College's 1914 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder, by Dianne Freeman:
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"Ladies," he said with a tip of his straw boater. "I was hoping to find you here. Well, actually I was only hoping to find you, cousin Frances."
He paused, but as I drew breath to speak, he continued. "Not that I didn't want to find you, Lady Fiona, just that I wasn't actively seeking you, you understand? Good to find you all the same. Rather like looking for a book you'd mislaid somewhere and stumbling across another that turns out to be equally diverting."
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"Couldn't believe my luck in receiving this invitation. Thought I was definitely persona non-something or other."
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From Richmond Technical Institute's 1980 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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From Purdue's 1905 yearbook.
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A horse of coins. From Le Grelot, 1871.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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"A bit of nonsense now and then." From St. Joseph's 1922 yearbook.
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Jonathan shares: This is one of the best errata I've ever encountered. I mean, how often does one see a punctuation erratum? And just imagine the overexcited typesetter reaching automatically for the exclamation point, instead of the question mark! If it's any consolation, it's correctly punctuated with the question mark on the half-title, on the front cover, and of course in the Shakespearean epigraph whence the phrase is sourced.
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From Appalachian's 1977 yearbook.
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From Kent State's 1982 yearbook.
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"Spacemen inhabiting human bodies are apparently able to distort photographic film and to make normally invisible forces appear seemingly out of nowhere." From UFO Review, 1980.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1937.
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"A door flew open in its base." From American Fairy Tales by Garrett Brown and illustrated by John Edward O'Keeffe, 1911.
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From Muhlenberg's 1956 yearbook.
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*Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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From Lasell's 1939 yearbook.
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"Say, Warden, I'm outside in de spirit world pickin' vi'lets--wot ye goin' to do about it?" From Life, 1923.
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Ignorance as "the world's greatest burden." From the Cullowhee yearbook of 1918.
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Compassionate war? From Lustige Blätter, 1916.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From Purdue's 1903 yearbook.
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From Le Courrier Français, 1894.
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"Big fires should best be left to the experts." From Toike Oike, 1993.
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From William and Mary's 1907 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1901.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1942.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1905.
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"Note that at this point, Ralph will divide into two separate entities, enabling him to experience both sides simultaneously." From St. Andrews' 1974 yearbook.
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The "tomte" in Glimmingehus medieval castle in south-eastern Scania. The tomte is waiting for his meal at the stone table in the castle hall. Watercolour by unknown artist, possibly by A.T. Gellerstedt, from the later part of the 19th century. Courtesy of Swedish National Heritage.
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"I don't want to be a witch." From Spellbound, 1976. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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From Taylor's Gem yearbook, 1958.
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From the Medical College of Virginia's 1949 yearbook.
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Cloud College -- everyone sees something different in it. From Lenoir-Rhyne's 1924 yearbook.
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Jonathan notes: they were trying to say "tongue-tied," but somehow they couldn't get the word out. Honque if you're tonquetied.
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From Swarthmore's 1949 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1920.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From Lambuth's 1944 yearbook.
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He doesn't seem all that emotional. From The Business of Life by A. B. ZuTavern and A. E. Bullock and illustrated by Leo Thiele, 1936.
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Dancing on a dictionary. From Colorado College's 1927 yearbook.
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Reblog if you like sliding around in big slippers and/or if your tail sometimes slips out. From Fliegende Blätter, 1847.
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Reblog if you either majored or minored in dreaming. From Santa Clara's 1987 yearbook. The text reads, "Learning in a dreamworld. Not paying attention in class means expanding the imagination for daydreamers."
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From West Virginia's 1923 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1901.
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It was rough on bears. From North Texas State's 1920 yearbook.
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From William and Mary's 1916 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1929.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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"Stars are falling." A headline from the Muhlenberg Weekly, 1939.
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Crystals are essential to learning. From North Central's 1910 yearbook.
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From Chicago State's 1951 yearbook.
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From Duke's 1914 yearbook. chanticleerseria1914duke_0015
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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From Colorado College's 1945 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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Memories of college. From Wesleyan College's 1971 yearbook.
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By Juan Carlos Alonso, 1920.
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From Lenoir-Rhyne's 1924 yearbook.
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From Le Courrier Français, 1891.
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unearths some literary gems.
From The Footprints on the Ceiling, by Clayton Rawson:
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Merlini, with all that pink lemonade running in his veins and the circus performers swinging from every branch of his family tree, reverts to type every spring.
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Miss Verrill produced half a smile. It was nice, what there was of it.
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These two uncanny examples of modern black magic are the last word in something or other.
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[Anthropomorphized Clocks dept.]
The alarm did its level best and almost failed. I heard the last tired ring just as it gave up.
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I...put my complete profane vocabulary into one blistering and very satisfying paragraph. I tacked a neat row of exclamation points on the end....
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Merlini wears no theatrical opera cape, curling mustachios, or pointed Vandyke, but somehow you feel that those hallmarks of the conjurer are there in spirit.... [His voice] propels you along an apparently sound but quite illogical path of thought, and then, with no warning, springs a trap door that leaves you standing on the sheer edge of an impossibility.
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"Commercialism rears it sordid head. Probably to introduce a new breakfast cereal called Ghost-Toasties, with testimonials from famous haunts."
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"It's screwy! It's a painting by Dali. The surrealism murder. Footprints on the ceiling! Bah! Limp watches and six-legged mutton chops! Murder in Wonderland!"
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"The crystal gazer who thinks the vision is an external reality is only a magician playing tricks on himself."
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"Found them kicking about down there." Merlini nodded in the direction of the other house. I hadn't known that articles locked in a safe could be described as kicking about but I let it pass.
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In the early history of man the professions of medicine and of magic once merged in that common ancestor, the witch doctor. Both physician and magician have inherited from him a common trait, the poker face.
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Ira Brooke came through [the door] smiling expansively, for no reason that I could see, like a Y.M.C.A. secretary with a new swimming pool.
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[Doing the Clam Math dept.]
"You know very well that a clam is twice as informative as any of those gentlemen up until chapter twenty."
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"Now I wonder what he's bumped into?"
Merlini seemed to be genuinely puzzled and not very pleased about it.
"Serves you right," I said. "Are you trying to get a corner on mysterious phone calls? I've a good notion to make one myself, just to keep you guessing."
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Medium materializes medium--a new high in something or other.
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Gavigan beamed at him indulgently and waved his hand as if he were presenting the Metropolitan Museum with two new wings, fully stocked.
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You could have dropped half a dozen pins slowly, one after the other, onto an Oriental rug and heard every one of them land.
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When food tastes like "muck," it may be because it literally is muck that's fresh off a muck farm. From Muck Crops by Albert Edmund Wilkinson, 1916.
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The pseudo-3-D effect of this photo may be used to facilitate time travel. From Wesleyan College's 1928 yearbook.
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Go ahead and try to find a college art class that invites students to paint portraits of ghosts and otherwise invisible models. Secularization has all but destroyed this avenue of artistic expression. From Elizabethtown's 1974 yearbook.
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From St. Joseph's 1922 yearbook.
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From London Society Magazine (1863).
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This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( ,( `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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"Mass psychology gaining momentum." A headline from the Muhlenberg Weekly, 1939.
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"Every thought an evil one." From the University of the South's 1933 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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One might assume that these lesbian vampires came out for Monster Movie Nite, but given the occult nature of old yearbooks, who knows. From Eastern Kentucky's 1975 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1916.
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It's both 4:10 and 4:25 in this Michiganian temporal anomaly captured by Josh May at Flickr. Though we weren't on location to discover the exact cause of the timely weirdness, we offer this photo to help hone the insights of would-be investigators of temporal anomalies. The more clocks one sees that are "on the fritz" (Fritz being the German clockmaker who first went "cuckoo"), the better attuned one will be to time warps in the wild.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
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From West Virginia's 1923 yearbook. The "cacabi" of the emblem could be translated as "cauldrons." "Chuajani" is a reference to a Spanish Gypsy sorceress. From West Virginia's 1923 yearbook.
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From La Caricature, 1835.
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You are expected. From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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From Tulane's 1980 yearbook.
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"Future events important." A headline from the Muhlenberg Weekly, 1939.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Cooking shows used to be elegant. From Lustige Blätter, 1916.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1931.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Sarnia's 1927 yearbook.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1902.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Mathematics is ruled by a lamp genie. From Purdue's 1905 yearbook.
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From der Guckkasten, 1912.
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If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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This cat's name, "Fred Onepound," sounds like one of the cat names coined by comedian Bob Mortimer. (Such as Papa Handwash, Bobby Resistance, Softy Pinkpowders, and Sargeant Walnuts). Plus, this cat's the mascot of a ship named after the goddess of sorcery. From Navy News, 1967.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The Tufts gay club of 1981 showed up for their yearbook photo with bags over their heads. From Tufts' 1981 yearbook.
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Here are the marvelous first two pages of an appreciation of our 21st cousin, Emily Dickinson, from The Procession of Masks by Herbert Gorman, 1923. Gorman suggests that Emily's poems themselves are recluses, that they are unpremeditated footnotes to Emily's solitary life, that they are strange jewels set upon the unobtrusive thread of her days, and that they possess an inborn natural magic that no practice can make possible, since they are "flashes struck into existence by by the contact of an extraordinary mind with life."
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Satyrs riding goats -- the best endpapers we've seen all week. From Tufts' 1932 yearbook.
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You might have already foreseen this -- it is cats who will inherit the Earth. From Weird Tales, 1946.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From Death at Broadcasting House, by Val Gielgud and Holt Marvell:
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"Unless it's another Mystery of the Yellow Room, and Spears did it, disguised as a microphone!"
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From Kladderadatsch, 1942.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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If you ever felt like some sort of cosmic science experiment, here's God's test tube. From Lehigh's 1938 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1924.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Birds with human heads, arms and hands. From Nebelspalter, 1893.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Reblog if a faun assists your selfies. From Flora Macdonald's 1925 yearbook.
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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Click each image for its source.
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From Purdue's 1903 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1920.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We're honored that upon abandoning his Tumblr presence, Dr. John Pistelli, the novelist and professor in Minneapolis, called our Tumblr mirror of the Abecedarian weblog his favorite:
My favorite follow remains @danskjavlarna, with his magical or even magickal ongoing image archive (not to mention his private generosity).
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Before the invention of the cell phone, people had to isolate themselves in different ways. From Kent State's 1982 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Mythic symbolism in carrot salad. From Santa Clara's 1979 yearbook.
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That very tiny ladder linking the two hemispheres is one of the many tools we use to create our blog. From Starwind, 1976.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We take great pains and risk eye damage to capture lens flares in our photos, and stamping "flare" in the vicinity of the sun is cheating. From Infantry magazine, 1980.
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From William and Mary's 1907 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Physics is controlled by cherubs. From Purdue's 1905 yearbook.
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From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1905.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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At first glance, we thought this was a pillow fight in progress, but our custom Uncanny Detector app revealed that they are in fact reading newspapers possessed by spook journalists. From Santa Clara's 1987 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A faceless blob with a mustache represents radiography in the Medical College of Virginia's 1949 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From North Texas State's 1920 yearbook.
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When buildings look like bottles. From Le Journal Amusant, 1929.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We're delighted that Clint of Fiddler's Green zine said over on Instagram that he smiles every time he sees our video about strange anagrams from alphabet dice. We're also delighted that the editor of Yogurt Culture Zine, Brian Kelly Denton, called our video "wholesome."
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Before cell phones, people had to isolate themselves in different ways. From Santa Clara's 1979 yearbook.
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A cat nurses fox babies. From Fox Island by Kathrene Pinkerton and illustrated by I. B. Hazelton, 1942.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Reblog if you, too, are "Even more lively by day, almost." From Elon's 1979 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1932.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1899.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Santa Clara's 1987 yearbook.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Guckkasten, 1909.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Knowledge" has a sort of owl-ledge in it. From Duke's 1914 yearbook.
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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Click each image for its source.
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"All over." From Purdue's 1903 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1906.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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To this day, this phrase is a Googlewhack: "The bright open path continues her stroll." From Salem's 1972 yearbook.
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What the elk? Ten whole years ago, London recording artist Fear of Tigers asked for permission to create an audio version of our popular Field Guide to Identifying Unicorns by Sound. Equipped with carte blanche contracts and hundreds of sound bites, Fear of Tigers led us down the garden path for an entire decade, only suddenly to release an album with a different horned animal on the cover. Again, we ask, "What the elk?" Perhaps, knowing that we uncovered the secrets to How to Be Your Own Cat, Fear of Tigers literally did fear us transforming into one. Luckily, we're not at all bitter, because in the meantime we were blessed with two spectacular soundtracks of our book by even more accomplished bands: one by the remarkable Cuddlebot and one by the extraordinary Wolfgun. It all goes to prove that artists with integrity are not quite as elusive as the legendary unicorn, after all.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"In the flickering shadows cast by a dying fire, a couple sat talking quietly, holding close a moment against the onrush of time." From Mary Washington's yearbook of 1951.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Johns Hopkins University's Hullabaloo yearbook of 1892.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This disembodied arm raises more uestions than it answers. From Piedmont's 1973 yearbook.
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From The Magic Sea Shell and Other Plays by John Farrar, 1923.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Here's how Jesus makes a snow angel. From Salve Regina's 1978 yearbook.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1909.
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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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