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"I'm perpendicular." From The Canadian Spelling Program 6 by Thomas and Braun, 1979.
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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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"Four little kittens go upstairs to bed." From The Children's Newspaper, 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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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Virginia Commonwealth University's 1973 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1928.
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From Syracuse University's 1952 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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unearths some literary gems.
[Some make-believe show titles!]
[a series of Second Avenue cabarets]
Don't Make Me Laugh, So Who Are You Kidding?, I'm Entitled, and You Should Live So Long
Toast and Mrs. Toast
Redoubtable Antics of '62
***
Bonus: "an all-parrot Importance of Being Earnest"!
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 Black and White Budget, 1902.
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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 Emerson College's 1910 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 Susquehanna University's 1912 yearbook.
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"The sun sets weeping." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1961.
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From Assumption College's 1964 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 Life magazine, 1884.
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We came for the constructive symbology and stayed for the "certain other things." From Rosicrvcian Symbology by George Winslow Plummer, 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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"She plays it pianissimo." Two tiny pianos from Together, 1959.
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"By the light of the silvery spook ... Just another journey on Devil's Promenade." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1981.
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From Vassar's 1945 yearbook.
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"And, lo, the bird of time is on the wing." From Lighted Pathway, 1958.
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Two depictions of an angelic colonnade, from Ball State's 1938 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1943.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Simultaneously bear-like and owl-like. From Collier's, 1915.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Virginia Commonwealth University's 1973 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the U.S. Air Force Academy's 1963 yearbook.
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A little row of bracketed dots that frees the narrative to return to the heroine. From Someone and Somebody by Porter Emerson Browne, 1917.
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"When will I be able to let go?" From Emerson College's 1910 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 Central College's 1945 yearbook.
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Our own two cents is that coolness definitely exists. From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1900.
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Carlo Catalano wrote: "You have the wildest & most uniquely funny shows on YOU TUBE, I've tried to share your work but my shares were pulled off Fb as fake news. Esoteric humour will do that. Joyce thought Finnegans Wake was funny because it made Beckett laugh so much. Beckett was hard of hearing & hallucinated many of the jokes he wrote in as amanuensis."
Thank you, Carlo, for this amazing comment and incredible insight in your last two sentences. As I fled FB years ago, I didn't know they had labeled me fake news, but I did know from my channel stats that my content is actively being suppressed. What a world!
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"Snakes go to bed." From The Children's Newspaper, 1921.
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From Purple Parrot, 1943.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Salem's 1951 yearbook.
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A fairy doctor takes a pulse. From Artful Anticks by Oliver Herford (1894).
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Sacred Heart College's 1951 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 Eastern Illinois University's 1979 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Indiana University's 1931 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Today's book ladder is from Lasell Seminary's 1894 yearbook.
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In these old magazines, unlikely pairings of animals are invariably either killing or rescuing one another. It's a window into strange alternate reality. Eagle versus stag: which would you wager to win? From Chatterbox, 1895.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From West Virginia Wesleyan College's 1916 yearbook.
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The spirit of population growth per minute, from 1916.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wake Forest College's 1949 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Our Dumb Animals, 1959.
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Memories of college. From Centenary's 1963 yearbook.
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That special moment when you know he's "the one." From Western Ontario's 1988 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The shrine of Terpsichore. From the 1923 Ole Miss yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1925.
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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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"But now I must confront my buried self." From Eastern Mennonite College's 1966 yearbook.
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From Northwester College's 1912 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Prayer in all times. Men take naturally to supplication to God, says rabbi. Deeds are best evidence of sincerity of words uttered." From the Duluth Herald, 1912. See Strange Prayers for Strange Times.
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unearths some literary gems.
From "Writing Plays for Television," by Gore Vidal:
***Nearly all [nineteenth-century novels] were published first in magazines edited for gentlewomen and supervised by Mrs. Grundy, her fist full of asterisks.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Beyond Infinity Vol. 1, No. 1.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Indiana University's 1931 yearbook.
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From Home Words for Heart & Hearth by Charles Bullock, 1901.
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From Eastern Nazarene's 1932 yearbook.
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"What is a witch?" From The Martlet, 1965.
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One's shadow self may be massively larger. From Pennsylvania State's 1952 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1923 Ole Miss yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Purple Parrot, 1925.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Only advanced psychonauts should use this photograph as a tool for astral or time travel, as the faux 3-D effect will yield too strong a pull for neophytes. From Saint Mary's College's 1949 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 Chicago Normal College's 1927 yearbook.
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"I won't have to buy any new frocks." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1935.
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From Southern Methodist University's 1927 yearbook.
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"Hosts of robins in the city. Thousands of them." From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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From Purdue University's 1927 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Franke Reade Weekly Magazine, 1894.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to 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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You've heard of doing "yeoman's service," and here's what a yeoman looks like. From Chatterbox, 1880.
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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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Illustration by Dorr Steele. From Collier's, 1915.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"UFOs pop up here despite official no-no." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1969.
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From Barnard's 1894 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1944.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lasell Junior College's 1967 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 Texas Technological College's 1950 yearbook.
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From the 1902 Ole Miss yearbook.
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| Strange Prayers for Strange Times |
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"A voice through space and time." From The Children's Newspaper, 1924.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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May your day hereby be free of unwanted doppelgängers. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of North Carolina Wilmington's 1976 yearbook.
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"Do you enjoy feeling sore?" From Lighted Pathway, 1955.
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From the 1923 Ole Miss yearbook.
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St. Sebastian by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1465.
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From Texas Technological College's 1950 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1921.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1902 Ole Miss yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's so difficult to catch anyone's attention. From Southern Illinois University's 1954 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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That feeling of being called upon. From Duke University's 1939 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 Piedmont College's 1931 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Mississippis 1905 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1921.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1923 Ole Miss yearbook.
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From Current Sauce, 1988.
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From Texas Technological College's 1950 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1902 Ole Miss yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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There's the theory, and there's what you take away from it. So beautifully depicted here. From Adrian College's 1965 yearbook.
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From The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1923. (So many inaccuracies in this book, but then again history books have always offered the most fiction.)
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From "Shop Talk," by E. B. White:
***[Columnist Lucius] Beebe, whose text the picture illustrates was telling how he stayed sensibly in town during a hot weekend, and how pleasant this experience was. Nobody even phoned, he wrote. Not even [press agent] Dick Maney phoned, he continued. And the Tribune, suiting the action to the word, gravely produced a picture of Mr. Maney and ran it—a man whose only immediate news value was that he had not phoned Lucius Beebe over a hot weekend.***A course in ghostwriting opens this month at American University, Washington, D.C., and youngsters whose dream is to put words into somebody else's mouth may further their ambition by enrolling.***
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Greensboro Female College's 1911 yearbook.
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From the University of Saskatchewan's 1956 yearbook.
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With Christmas beginning earlier every year, it's easy to forget that the eighteenth of November occurs on March 24. From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1935.
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"Don't despair. There's lots of everything. That's right." From The Martlet, 1964.
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"Insanity on increase." From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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From The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1919.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to shift to page 124. From A Choice of Magic by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques. 
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From the Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II strategy handbook.
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From American University's 1980 yearbook.
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A possible band name? "Boyfriends in Sodom." From Lighted Pathway, 1977.
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From Hollins College's 1921 yearbook.
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His official yearbook portrait. From the University of Arizona's 1954 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1924.
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From the 1902 Ole Miss yearbook.
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From The Brother Bears by Anna Williams Arnett and illustrated by Ludwig & Regina, 1927.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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"The moving finger writes and having writ, moves on." From Manchester College's 1938 yearbook.
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From Indiana University's 1931 yearbook.
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Buffalo versus lion: which do you wager for the win? From Chatterbox, 1893.
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From Manchester College's 1931 yearbook.
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From Snickerty Nick by Julia Ellsworth Ford and illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1919.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wabash College's 1938 yearbook.
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"Learning to let them go and living without them." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1966.
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"I suppose soon we'll just have one word for everything. Just different inflections."
"I hate to think what the word will be."
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From The Children's Newspaper, 1929.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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"Exciting, exhilarating and exasperating." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1936.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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"Doesn't it feel nice to be wanted." From Woroni, 1974.
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We, too, find all the best faded roses beneath the pages of forgotten books. From Manchester College's 1946 yearbook.
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We tracked down a temporal Anomaly to the Bolivar, Tennessee courthouse. "It's as if time were moving at a different speed in some areas" (Colin Brake, Time-Quake).
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From Wake Forest College's 1916 yearbook.
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Find twenty birds or beasts. From Chatterbox, 1921.
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From Barnard College's 1914 yearbook.
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From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1906.
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From Tri-State University's 1979 yearbook.
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From The Deadwood Dick Library, 1899.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From West Virginia Wesleyan College's 1916 yearbook.
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Today's chiseling with a carrot and a bottle is from Wake Forest College's 1949 yearbook.
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From Hood College's 1942 yearbook.
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We fact-checked this, and it's true -- it's "still better in 1950." Intriguingly, this headline came out in 1949, and we applaud the time-bending. From Fort Wayne Works News, 1949.
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A rooster named Chauncey. From Together, 1958.
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From West Virginia's 1922 yearbook.
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"Are you really awake?" From Awake magazine, 1957.
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From Barnard's 1894 yearbook.
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"I heard you cried last night." From Purple Parrot, 1944.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1902 Ole Miss yearbook.
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"Every little green man helps." Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2008.
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From Boston College's 1930 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From "Notes on Our Times," by E. B. White:
***Up early this day, trying to decide whether or not to bequeath our brain to our alma mater, which is making a collection of such stuff. It struck us as odd that the decision will have to be made by the brain itself.***The small leaves descended singly and serenely, except now and then when a breeze entered and caused a momentary rain of leaves--what one weather prophet on the radio calls "inner mitten" showers.
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"It's the dog that is blind, as the card says." From Chatterbox, 1903.
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From Puck's Broom by E. Gordon Browne and illustrated by Kathleen I. Nixon, 1923.
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From Ohio State University's College of Medicine's 1955 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Manchester College's 1924 yearbook.
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From Life magazine, 1884.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The age of the four a's. Anxiety, apprehension, agonizing and then aspirin -- that solvent for all of them. Just one big F would I give." From Lighted Pathway, 1969.
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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 Barnard's 1894 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1925.
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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 Swarthmore's 1892 yearbook.
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From Fables and Tales by W. F. Rocheleau, 1897.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Hollins College's 1921 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Don't be an ass!" From Siren, 1931.
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From the 1902 Ole Miss yearbook.
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Our guess is that anyone who doesn't already know that animals have fun wouldn't be asking the question in the first place. From Lighted Pathway, 1966.
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From Wheaton College's 1926 yearbook.
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"Mercy me, lookie at Myrtle!" From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1905.
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From Chicago Normal College's 1927 yearbook.
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"Spring didn't mean a thing to him." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1952.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Southern Methodist University's 1927 yearbook.
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"Pretty soon he told himself, he would get up and find something to eat, and promptly fell asleep, the sound of music and voices in his ear." From Improvement Era, 1939.
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From Purdue University's 1927 yearbook.
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"The Teleosaurus." From Chatterbox, 1880.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The tragic folly of developing bulging muscles and stunted minds." From The Bombay Chronicle, 1939
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 1914.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Purdue's 1922 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 Swarthmore's 1892 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1927.
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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 Southern University's 1916 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1902 Ole Miss yearbook.
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"Sugar or salvation?" From Lighted Pathway, 1966.
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Rare to see the ghost of a jester. From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1924 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Life had become a burden to me." From The Bombay Chronicle, 1936.
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unearths some literary gems.
From Boon, by H. G. Wells:
***She wrote down his sentences (spelling without blemish in all the European languages) as they came from his lips, with the aid of a bright, efficient, new-looking typewriter. If he used a rare word or a whimsical construction, she would say, “I beg your pardon, Mr. Boon,” and he would at once correct it; and if by any lapse of an always rather too nimble imagination he carried his thoughts into regions outside the tastes and interests of that enormous ante-bellum public it was his fortune to please, then, according to the nature of his divagation, she would either cough or sigh or—in certain eventualities—get up and leave the room.***Many of the fragments would be at once put out of court as modern literature by the fact that they are written in pencil on both sides of the paper!***particularly the peculiar effect that the coincidence that both Nebraska and Nismes begin with an “N” and end so very differently, had had upon his imagination***I remember how Boon sat on the wall of his vegetable garden and discoursed upon James, while several of us squatted about on the cucumber-frames and big flowerpots and suchlike seats, and how over the wall Ford Madox Hueffer was beating Wilkins at Badminton. Hueffer wanted to come and talk too; James is one of his countless subjects—and what an omniscient man he is too!—but Wilkins was too cross to let him off….***He would touch a metaphor and then return and sip it, and then sip and drink and swill until it had intoxicated him hopelessly.***They are an incomplete report of the proceedings of a section S, devoted to Poiometry, apparently the scientific measurement of literary greatness.***
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From Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Routledge, 1877).
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From the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's Our Dumb Animals, 1954.
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"Were ever such times as these" We hear every day that these are the worst times since the creation of the world. So an old monk was saying 725 years ago." From The Children's Newspaper, 1936.
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From Simmons College's 1947 yearbook.
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"We mortals seem to have a mysterious desire to define the intangible." From Young Harris College's 1974 yearbook.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Reality includes miracles." From B.A.R., 1987.
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From Indiana University's 1931 yearbook.
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"Boy kidnaped by balloon is safe." From the Duluth Herald, 1910.
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From Hood College's 1943 yearbook.
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From Millikin University's 1907 yearbook.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From North Central's 1941 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1925.
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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 Hollins College's 1921 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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"Because we had no umbrella, we shared the rain instead." From Eastern Mennonite College's 1973 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1984.
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"Arrested for singing Beethoven." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1938.
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From the University of Cincinnati's 1951 yearbook.
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You've heard that music is anchored by tradition, and here's the actual anchor. From the U.S. Naval Academy's 1947 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1927.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From c. 1911, courtesy of UpNorthMemories.
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unearths some literary gems.
From "Speaking of Counterweights," by E. B. White:
***I could have heard perfectly over the telephone if the “leg men,” as they were called, had simply talked in a natural way, but they were all keyed up and insisted on spelling everything in that “B for Boston,” “C for Chicago” style. I can’t grasp a word when it is spelled out—I have to hear the word itself, and think I am entitled to. Taking a story over the phone, I would get confused and write down the word “Boston” or the word “Chicago” and gradually lose the thread of the narrative.***The [Seattle] Times was in the habit of using feature stories about itself whenever it got the chance, which was every day. I never knew a newspaper to ramble on so about itself—it was as full of anecdote as a middle-aged author.
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we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Muskingum College's 1931 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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"Arouse your faculties even to an experiment." From The Instructor, 1970.
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From Indiana University's 1914 yearbook.
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From the University of Mississippis 1905 yearbook.
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Mademoiselle Petits-Fours. From St. Nicholas, 1889.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lebanon Valley College's 1926 yearbook.
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From Susquehanna University's 1912 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Peace Institute's 1921 yearbook.
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"Mediums really can talk to the dead, say scientists." Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 2001.
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From Wittenberg College's 1921 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Chicago Normal College's 1927 yearbook.
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"When angels play doctors." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1937.
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From Ohio University's 1972 yearbook.
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From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.
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"If you don't know what it is or how to use it, don't touch it!!!" From Medical College of Virginia's 1975 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1924.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Southern Methodist University's 1939 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Illinois' 1911 yearbook.
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"Sometimes it's easy to face the truth." From Together, 1972.
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Fairies shed their heavy cloaks and float to a castle. From Hollins College's 1921 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Domineering dummies." From Simmons College's 1947 yearbook.
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From Human Culture, 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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A basketball as a pumpkin coach for Cinderella. From Manchester College's 1931 yearbook.
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| Who is your favorite imaginary saint? Do share! |
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From Clarion State Normal School's 1927 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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Here's a precursor to The Prisoner series in which people go by numbers, not names. The headline reads, "No name: man known by a number for twelve years." From The Children's Newspaper, 1922.
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You can always tell when it's finally spring. From Together magazine, 1968.
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From The Purple Parrot, 1948.
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A double date with two stacks of books. From Simmons College's 1947 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"He didn't like it very well, but he had to mind the king." From the Duluth Herald, 1920.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Indiana University's 1952 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Duke University'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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From Indiana University's 1914 yearbook.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to shift to the title page. From Flesh & Spirit by George Coulson, 1876. 
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From Purdue University's 1891 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 wife learns to be a widow." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1964.
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From Tri-State College's 1937 yearbook.
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From Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill, 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 North-Western College's 1916 yearbook.
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A handy tip for keeping the wolf from the door -- read poetry to it. From Phil May's Illustrated Winter Annual, 1896.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Can you do something for that tired feeling, doc?" From the University of Kansas' School of Medicine's 1944 yearbook.
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"The search for beauty." From Punch, 1910.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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Very unexpected -- the theme of this yearbook is that William Shakespeare is a typical student, dozing off in class, watching ritual paddlings, pushing down freshmen, and so on. From North Central College's 1941 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1949.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 Toronto's 1916 yearbook.
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From Hollins College's 1921 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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She takes consistent portraits. From George Fox University's 1982 yearbook.
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From the University of Wisconsin's 1917 yearbook.
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Great news: "No weekends are lost (it says here!)" From Simmons College's 1947 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From "R. F. Tweedle D.," by E. B. White:
The cold, clear water trickles in steadily like royalties from a good piece of nonfiction.
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"The hot-headed young scholar." From Chatterbox, 1888.
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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 Manchester College's 1924 yearbook.
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From Life magazine, 1884.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Colorado College's 1930 yearbook.
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Seems like an awfully large coffin for a mask, but you've heard of the "My tragedy is bigger than your tragedy" game. From The Death of Tragedy by George Steiner.
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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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"Goats ate an island." From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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May this hereby protect you from rocs. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Vassar's 1945 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From McMaster's 1957 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Western State Normal School's 1926 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Virginia Military Institute's 1902 yearbook.
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From Fisher Junior College's 1945 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Case School of Applied Science's 1947 yearbook.
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From Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Routledge, 1877).
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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 Mansfield College's 1927 yearbook.
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"Son of Bird Woman." From Improvement Era, 1943.
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From Purdue University's 1927 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.
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Enduring questions: "What are we doing? Where are we going?" From Lighted Pathway, 1984.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Mr. Shark will buck you up!" From The Bombay Chronicle, 1942.
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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Morticia: "I think this is the beginning of a whole new era around here."
Uncle Fester: "I sure hated the old one."
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"Look, up in the sky." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1978.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Ohio Wesleyan'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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From the University of Akron's 1970 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1925.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of Toronto's 1916 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the 1925 Lewis and Clark yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Texas Technological College's 1950 yearbook.
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"Gong was not heard." From The Duluth Herald, 1908.
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"The cake is cut." From Lasell Female Seminary's 1951 yearbook.
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From Franke Reade Weekly Magazine, 1896.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Best place to study demons." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1952.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to shift to the cover. From The Little Green God by Caroline Atwater Mason, 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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From Ohio Wesleyan's 1929 yearbook.
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A temple at Nikkō. From St. Nicholas, 1888.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 1892 yearbook.
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A panhandling scarecrow. From The Gateway, 1970.
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That feeling when the hour itself seems to hang in the room. From Pennsylvania College for Women's 1948 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1927.
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From Cleveland State's 1970 yearbook.
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From Reading for Meaning, Practice For Come Along by Paul McKee et al., 1957.
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From Erskine College's 1915 yearbook.
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"Every day must end." From The Australian Women/s Weekly, 1962.
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From Northeastern University's 1960 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the College of Wooster's 1953 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Life, Vol. 20, #509, 1892 (via TheFugitiveSaint).
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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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"Prolonged applause." From Beloit's 1889 yearbook.
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From Birmingham-Southern's 1929 yearbook.
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"Clerics should not be found immersing themselves in the delights of the dordello or ale-house -- unless religious observance demands it." From Imagine, Adventure Games Magazine, No. 20.
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From Manchester College's 1921 yearbook.
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From The (Berkeley) Wizard, 1937.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From Poor Relations, by Compton Mackenzie:
***This was one of those moments when he was able to feel that the accusation of sentimentality so persistently laid against his work by superior critics was rebutted out of the very mouth of real life.***"I'm glad you have a sense of humor," she exclaimed, suddenly assuming an intensely serious expression and throwing up her eyebrows like two skipping-ropes.***"Miss Merritt has written a book called The Aphorisms of Aphrodite."[...]"Miss Merritt," the old lady asserted, "was meant for bookkeeping by double-entry, instead of which she had taken to book-writing by double-entente."***"But how is one to encourage shorthand? If she had learnt the deaf and dumb alphabet I might have put aside half-an-hour every day for conversation. But it is as hard to encourage shorthand as to encourage a person who is talking in his sleep."***Her black eyebrows soared like a condor to disappear in the clouds of her snowy hair. "But do not let us talk of China," she continued. "Let us rather talk of the drama. Or will you have another muffin?""I think I should prefer the muffin," John admitted.***"For I assume you are both going in the same direction," she said, evoking with her eyebrows the suggestion of a signpost.***John laughed at the idea of being bored; then he fancied that in such a small room his laughter might have sounded hysterical, and he raised the pitch of his voice to give the impression that he always laughed like that.***"To each overture from her uncle she replies with defiance. At one moment she drowns his remarks in a typewriter; at another she flourishes her shorthand in his face; and this summer she fled to America before he had finished what he was saying."***
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Indiana University's 1931 yearbook.
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"Our choices cast a shadow." From The Instructor, 1970.
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Faculty portraits from Fenn College's 1964 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 Purdue University's 1927 yearbook.
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The Neons Gone Mad cover of "No River" by Stephin Merritt's Future Bible Heroes.
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"Find that the people are easy. They will bite at almost any bait thrown out by sharpers." From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1905.
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"Enjoy to the full the blessing of bodily vigour." From The Bombay Chronicle, 1939.
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Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"A clothes-horse on the march (wind)." From St. Nicholas, 1915.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Guilford's 1933 yearbook.
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May you hereby be free of dinks. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Birmingham-Southern's 1929 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1949.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Saint Joseph's College's 1963 yearbook.
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From the rare The Fireside Sphinx by Agnes Repplier and illustrated by Elizabeth Bonsall, 1901.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Rockford College's 1923 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From West Virginia University's 1915 yearbook.
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"The voice of the turtle." From Lighted Pathway, 1950.
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"Object: to wear the largest tie." From Winthrop University's 1898 yearbook.
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From Susquehanna University's 1916 yearbook.
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From Chicago Normal College's 1927 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Today's fainting elves are from St. Nicholas, 1889.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Birmingham-Southern'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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From Purple Parrot, 1940.
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From Western State Normal School's 1926 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The clocks are three or eight hours is diagreement in this temporal anomaly fromHillsdale (Michigan) College's 1980 yearbook.
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"Father Time flavors more soups and demands better gravy." From King Time by Percy Keese Fitzhugh, 1908.
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From Purdue University's 1891 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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"For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss." From Oberlin College's 1916 yearbook.
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"God seen in everything. Harmony of the universe not matter of chance, says rabbi. All religions based on three principles of Judaism, he says." From the Duluth Herald, 1915.
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From The Photo-Play Journal, 1917.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Washington State University's 1911 yearbook.
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"Island of 'Whisky Galore.'" From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1968.
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From North-Western College's 1916 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wake Forest College's 1916 yearbook.
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"Surprised by people." From Lighted Pathway, 1988.
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Here's a precursor to "The cake is a lie" meme from the 2007 video game Portal. "It isn't real! It's a make-believe cake for a make-believe birthday." From Dark Shadows episode 767.
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The cinema had already gone to the dogs in 1927. From The Children's Newspaper, 1927.
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Truth in advertising: "Hocuspocus, fidibus, magic and nonsense." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1936.
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Thanks to Corwin Watts, who, after watching the Neons Gone Mad game walkthrough, imagined a neon cat surfing down an erupting volcano. We tried it — and it all went off with a bang.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to shift to the title page. From The Wonderful Year by Nancy Barnes. 
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Because our teacher woudln't answer why we can hear the seashore in a seashell, we had to figure it out for ourselves (see our diagram here). From Together, 1957.
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From Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn, The Third Scenario handbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We'll be including the mysterious "Element 'X'" in a future edition of One-Letter Words: A Dictionary. From Iowa State Teachers College's 1955 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 Kent State's 1930 yearbook.
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From Purdue's 1902 yearbook.
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From Cleveland State's 1970 yearbook.
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Taking an ax to the grandfather clock. From Purple Parrot, 1952.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Rockford College's 1923 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From Rich Relatives, by Compton Mackenzie:
***The restless alchemy of nature had set to work to change the essences of the container and the contents, so that the sandwiches tasted more like cardboard and the cardboard felt more like sandwiches***"He only intended to do a short history of England before the Norman Conquest, but the more he goes on, the further he goes back."***Mrs. Lightbody's suggestions, ghostly and practical, clung for a moment to a drain-pipe***"Perhaps we could get one out and look at it in the train.""Hadn't we better wait until I come and call?" he suggested. "It's not fair to look at things in the train. Trains wobble so, don't they?"***Inasmuch as she changed her clothes three times a day, went to bed at night, got up in the morning, and in fact behaved as a woman of flesh and blood does behave, it was obvious that she and her clothes were not really one and indivisible. Yet so solid and coherent were they that if one of her dresses had hurried downstairs after her to say that she had put on the wrong one, it might not have surprised an onlooker with any effect of strangeness.***It was easy, or difficult, to choose for presentation one of Sholto Grant's pictures, because in subject and treatment they were all much alike. In every foreground there was a peasant girl among olive trees, in every middle distance olive groves, and in every background the rocks and sea of Sirene. The choice resolved itself into whether you wanted a bunch of anemones, a bunch of poppies, an armful of broom, or a basket of cherries; it was really more like shopping at a greengrocer's than choosing a picture. In the end Jasmine, who by now was herself beginning to feel hungry, chose fruit rather than flowers, and went downstairs with a four-foot square canvas.***On an impulse to defeat misgiving she jumped out of bed, sent up the blind with a jerk that admitted Monday morning to her room like a jack-in-the-box....***"And what is the programme for to-day?" asked Sir Hector suddenly, flinging down the paper with such a crackle that Jasmine would not have been more startled if like a clown he had jumped clean through it into the conversation.***Jasmine's little talk with her uncle was the smallest ever known.***There are few places in this world that cast a more profound gloom upon the human spirit than a sunny English drawing-room at 9.45 a.m. Its welcome is as frigid as a woman who fends off a kiss because she has just made up her lips.***[A used typewriter is acquired.]Cousin Edith...used to play upon it ghostly sonatas, occasionally by mistake pressing too hard upon one of the stops and uttering a rudimentary scream of affright when she beheld an ambiguous letter take shape upon the paper.[...]Gradually Jasmine mastered some of the whims of the instrument; she learnt, for instance, that if one wanted a capital A, the birth of a capital A had to be helped by pressing down S at the same time; she also learnt to control the self-assertiveness of the Z, which used to butt in at the least excuse as if for years it had resented the infrequency of its employment.***Lady Grant had chosen a small table in the window, one of those small tables with such a large vase of flowers in the middle that the feeder is left with the impression that he is eating off the rim of a flower-pot.***"Funny that those lines should come so pat. I don't usually spout poetry, you know." [The protagonist of Slightly Perfect, which I was reading concurrently, also spouts some poetry at one point and then claims he doesn't usually do so.]***Nor did the coachman look like a proper coachman, because he had a moustache, which somehow made the cockade in his hat look like a moustache too.***Every time the rays of a passing lamp splashed the brougham Jasmine felt that she ought to say something, but before she had time to think of anything to say it was dark again; and the next splash of light always came as a surprise, so that in the end she gave up trying to think of anything to say and counted the lamp-posts instead. Driving in a brougham with Aunt Cuckoo reminded her of playing hide-and-seek in a wardrobe, when, although one was delighted to have found a good place in which to hide, one hoped that the searchers would not be long in finding it out.***"But it's just like our own risotto," she exclaimed when the heap of well-greased rice sown with morsels of meat was put before her."Very likely," said Aunt Cuckoo, and the tone in which she accepted Jasmine's comparison was so remote and vague that if Jasmine had likened the pilau to anything in the scale of edibility between Chinese birds' nests and ordinary bread and butter, she would probably have assented with the same toneless equanimity.***at the third time of hearing [a character's repertoire of travel anecdotes] one became as it were mentally saddle-sore and yearned to be back home.***Aunt Cuckoo's voice, from many years of tonelessness, was, now that she was able to feel a genuine excitement, full of astonishing little squeaks and tremolos which had she been a clock would have led the listener to oil the works at once.***The most rapid, the most inattentive glance at these pictures was enough to produce a sense of almost intolerable fatigue, because each picture was so obviously what it set out to be that the eye was not allowed a blink between a Sussex down, a Devonshire harbour, a Dorset pasture, and a London slum, and the amount of narrative compressed into the space was as if a dozen bad novelists had simultaneously read a dozen of their worst chapters.***[Times as Smells dept.]the rooms on the ground floor smelt perpetually of half-past-two on Sunday afternoon, partly of clean linen, partly of gravy.***As for Harry Vibart, it was absurd to go on thinking of him. She might as well fall in love with a jack-in-the-box. [The second metaphorical jack-in-the-b. that has unexpectedly popped up, for those keeping count.]***But it was no fun to lecture one's involuntary self unless it were done viva voce.***Seated at a large table at the far end of the room was her uncle, or rather what she supposed to be her uncle, for her first impression was that somebody had left a large ostrich egg on the table."Jasmine," her aunt announced.The ostrich egg remained motionless; but the scratching of a pen and the slow regular movement of a very plump white hand across a double sheet of foolscap indicated that the room contained human life. At the end of a minute the egg lifted itself from the table, and Jasmine found herself confronted by a very bright pair of eyes and offered that very plump white hand.***"Never let a bishop be sure of anything. He thrives on ambiguity."***"I work quite hard at typewriting, and this is a very good machine. The only thing is that it won't do dipthongs, which is a pity, because Uncle Arnold gets very angry if Saxon names are not spelt with dipthongs. There are six cousins here who are called after the six boy kings. Uncle Arnold calls them Eadward, Eadmund, Eadgar, Eadwig, Ædred and Æthelred; but other people call them Eddy, Monday, Tuesday, Why, Because, and Ethel."***Like most people who keep journals, he was usually a day or two in arrears, and when people saw him pompously entering the room with a notebook under his arm, they used to hasten anywhere to escape being asked what he had done on Thursday morning between eleven and one.***Unfortunately for Edward's plans he found that Jasmine was inclined to laugh at him when in the middle of rehearsing a dialogue from the Italian Traveller's Vade Mecum between himself and a laundress he indulged in Petrarchan apostrophes.***"Confound this patent lighter; it's gone out."The upper room of the tower was in complete darkness, and Jasmine was inclined to hope that it would remain in darkness; she felt that even the mild illumination of the cigar-lighter gave too intimate a revelation of her countenance for any promise to be made. Harry was gaining time for his reply by devoting himself to the cigar-lighter, and Jasmine felt that if this tension was continued, she should presently begin to emit white sparks herself.[That's two disparaged patent lighters in the last two books I've read--the other one, again, being Slight Perfect--for those doing the math. (This lighter is actually present in the scene, I note, where the other was introduced gratuitously as a metaphor.) My reading choices, sometimes separated by decades and/or an ocean, seem to crosspollinating a lot lately! Well, it's true I do sometimes leave the books lying around in proximity to each other. Maybe I should embark on a branch of literary critcism that consists of reading two unrelated books concurrently and looking for random mirrorings. Then again, it's probably been done!]***[Speaking of lit crit: Who says literary criticism isn't an exact science? The formula here seems to hinge on an inverse relationship between quality and the number of appearances of the word "darling" per page.]"But do you realize that you've driven me into reading books? That's a pretty desperate state of affairs. I can't pass a railway book-stall now without buying armfuls of the most atrocious rot. And the worse it is, the more I enjoy it. About fifty darlings a page is my style now."***[Bonus: Mackenzie casually uses the word "bosky," thus defying Gelett Burgess--who, as you may recall, was quoted in a recent batch of snippets as saying, 'As for "Welkin," "Lush," and "Bosky"--who dares to lead their metric feet into the prim paths of prose? Let bygones be bygones.' In other words, the answer to Gelett's rhetorical question, half a decade after it was posed, was "Compton Mackenzie."]
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Susquehanna University's 1932 yearbook.
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"The wonderful gothic bed said to belong to Foulque Nerra, Count of Anjou, who died in 1129, but probably made 200 years later." From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.
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Who needs a flat earth when we could be living on a pyramid‽ From The Children's Newspaper, 1924.
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From Fame and Fortune Weekly, 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 Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Routledge, 1877).
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the rare A Choice of Magic by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 Wind Wagon by David Cory and illustrated by P. H. Webb, 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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"I'll be really glad if you'll carry the soft pedal." From Harper's, 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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"As though it were a mirror to the future." From Dark Shadows episode 955.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Purple Parrot, 1952.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 double-checked, and it's true that tomorrow is today, given certain definitions of "tomorrow" and "today." From Today Is Here by Don Blanding.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Click each image for its source.
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Egg gun loaded. From The Martlet, 1964.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 Poets' Wit and Humor by W. H. Wills and illustrated by Charles Bennett and George H. Thomas, 1860.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Beloit's 1889 yearbook.
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The colossus of NYC says, "Give me your votes, your money, your health, and your soul, but keep your cars, your air pollution, your complaints, and your dreams." From Saint Francis College's 1967 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1984.
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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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"World situation not so good." From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1950.
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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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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to flip to a mirror of the title page. From Hearts Are the Fields by Ellen Turngre. 
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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May level 5 priests be forgiving today. From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Swarthmore's 1954 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Purdue's 1902 yearbook.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Anderson College's 1926 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1952.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 College of Dental and Oral Surgery of New York's 1921 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 Washington University's 1950 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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[Glitch fixed]:
Should you be cautious or optimistic? Click the image to give it a spin. [Photos from Mocca, 1934.]
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"We can but should we? And what do we do with the can?" From The Children's Newspaper, 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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"Cats are prima donnas." From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1962.
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From The Instructor, 1953.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Donut got near that UFO." Via BUFORA Newsfile, 2009.
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From Beloit's 1889 yearbook.
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"It's you-you-you-you-you, you-you-you, I got nothing to lose."
The Big U is from Wid's Daily, 1919.
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One of many lighter moments in Psychology class. From Swarthmore's 1954 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1952.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Regressed into the past and hasn't been seen or heard from as yet." From Saint Francis College's 1967 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1984.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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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Sports equipment forming a key. From Otterbein College's 1961 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 Peace Institute's 1903 yearbook.
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"Going deeper yet into beer." From The Duluth Herald, 1911.
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"Supernatural phenomena: is there any natural explanation for them?" From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1939.
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This prayer remains a Goolewhack to this day: "Oh, great God, I pray to you only for the wicked, for you have done enough for the good in giving them goodness." From The Children's Newspaper, 1928. See Strange Prayers for Strange Times.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 Purdue's 1915 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wake Forest's 1925 yearbook.
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From Lighted Pathway, 1984.
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From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1960 yearbook.
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From Purple Parrot, 1930.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Butler College's 1922 yearbook.
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| If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From Slightly Perfect, by George Malcolm-Smith:
***It was the face one sometimes sees on a city street, when out of a procession of lifeless masks comes a single, isolated countenance, so personal and intimate that one catches himself on the point of greeting an utter stranger as an old acquaintance.***[Re. oversleeping]"Haven't you ever felt that the most important thing in life was just another few minutes in bed?"[Trivia: When this novel about an insurance actuary who runs away and joins a carnival was made into a Broadway show(!), "Five More Minutes in Bed" was apparently the opening production number. (:v> Note also that the actor named Bunny did *not* play the character named Bunny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_with_It%3F_(musical)]***His nose was interesting, too. It was flattened at the tip, as though its owner viewed the world through a window, with his face pressed against the glass.***A pair of puzzled parentheses appeared between his eyebrows.***A silence prevailed that could have filled the Grand Canyon.***"Maybe he could work up an act--Professor McClumpha, the Mathematical Wizard." [That name is apparently pulled out of the air, and we never hear it again.]***He had a habit of laughing in reverse, inhaling a laugh instead of exhaling it, as though sucking his mirth back into himself.***Milton had not yet, however, written "finis" to that chapter relating to his former life. There remained a few asterisks demanding footnotes.***The mind of Herman Bogel was like a patent cigarette lighter. Only its owner could understand how it worked, and sometimes it seemed that he himself was not quite sure.***"Bogel, you are a buzzard!"The vehemence of the blast nearly removed the toupée from the elfin's skull.***He removed his pince-nez and tapped them on his left thumbnail, while two deep creases furrowed the figure "11" above his nose.***Suddenly his pince-nez sprang off his nose as the implication of his own words lifted him from his chair.***[Yet another monkey puzzle--but not a tree, this time.]"What's a species of monkey in five letters?""Oh, that again!" Bogel sighed. "Always those puzzles! I'm not interested in five-lettered monkeys at the moment." [In other words, "Not now! Not now!"]***She felt the warmth of a blush in her cheeks and in embarrassment laid another blush on top of the first one. There could be no doubt that A. P. saw it. He regarded her with alarm, like a boy appalled to see that he had actually scared somebody by yelling "boo!"***"Yup, a traveling carnival. Can you bend it?"Much less than bend it, Miss Brainard couldn't even believe it.***There she could wrestle with her dilemma in private. Dilemma-wrestling, like shadow-boxing, is best done alone.***The chief actuary had begun to gather himself together, but even with all the Bixby parts reassembled, he was only capable of voicing a mere cliché.***The rain quit shortly before noon on Wednesday morning, probably from utter exhaustion.***The only sign of life inside the ancient vehicle was a toupée moving back and forth inside the cashier's cage.***To most people, admittedly, Bogel was a distinct pain in the proverbial. [I don't recall hearing this one before, but I see that it has a presence in search results.]***Amos Carter's forehead rolled up to resemble a bewildered washboard.***
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to change their expressions. From Black and White Budget, 1900. 
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From Park College's 1916 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 Susquehanna University's 1912 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Before Get Smart's cone of silence, there was the tube of silence. From The Children's Newspaper, 1937.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Rockford College's 1937 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Western Carolina's 1971 yearbook.
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"Romance novels termed valium." From Lighted Pathway, 1984.
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From Missouri Southern State University's 1940 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kansas State Agricultural College's 1906 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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Today's half-dressed horse is from the University of Western Ontario's 1944 yearbook.
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From Ohio State University's College of Medicine's 1952 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Hiram College's 1949 yearbook.
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"The Patience Labyrinth." From Toike Oike, 1940.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Chicago Normal College's 1927 yearbook.
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"And Cinderella went to the ball!" From Elementary Science by Grades Book Three by Ellis Persing and Elizabeth Peeples, 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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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Judgment day coming. Present age strongly resembles the days of Noah. Men are living for pleasure and business alone." From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From St. Nicholas magazine, 1888.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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The only thing left is to …
- color the outlined spaces
- gather up odds and ends here and there
- attack before dawn
- connect all the wires, turn it on, and hope it works
- ask the moon for compassion
- give up
- fly higher
- accept responsibility for your actions
- get back to your bedroom
- repair
- make conditions that they can meet
- proceed upon lines already established
- cure what might have never occurred
- fight to the very death
- dispose of the body
- soften the sharp edges
- untie the knot into a circle
- try to broaden its significance
- be sorry—humbly, bitterly sorry—and swear never again to be unkind—never never never again—until the next time
- play intensely
- work out a dignified way to come down
- make sure that whoever you show it to can read it
[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research. See the remarkable collection, entitled Bullet Lists.]
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 gave my son a stepfather." From Together magazine, 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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An ice-skating kitten. From Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens by Laura Rountree Smith and illustrated by F. R. Morgan, 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 Indiana University's 1895 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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Nothing happened in March, 1897 because everyone was too busy for anything to happen. From Purdue University's 1897 yearbook.
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From Watson's Magazine, 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 Indiana University's 1924 yearbook.
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"Like a lion or a lamb? How March came in is open to some debate." From the Duluth Herald, 1913.
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From Oberlin College's 1916 yearbook.
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"I drew out my pistol, ready for what might come." From Chatterbox, 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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"I have seen botanical gardens, in full bloom, on many dentures." From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook.
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"One of the things which the Spring weather will remove from our aching vision." From Punch, 1910.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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