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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Memories of college. From Swarthmore's 1953 yearbook.
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"You will greatly oblige me by sending those books." From Manual and Diagrams to Accompany Metcalf's Grammars, 1901.
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By Virgil Finlay. From Twilight Zone magazine, 1981 (courtesy of Archive.org).
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Washburn's 1917 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1926.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 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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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Park College's 1931 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1905.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Memories of college. From Park's 1981 yearbook.
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"She thought the water was cleaner in the past and had only turned bad recently, although she didn't know where she had gotten this idea" (Robert Williams, Peculiar, MO, 2007). Well, here's one place she might have gotten that idea. From Lustige Blätter, 1917.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A rarely seen word -- "fozzled." From The Film Daily, 1926.
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We, too, have been to collage and are therefore less easily fooled (though, admittedly, we find ourselves stuck to various materials). From Wake Forest's 1969 yearbook.
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How true those words are, even today. "Throw out your politicians and diplomats." From Listen, Little Man! by Wilhelm Reich and illustrated by William Steig.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 lean toward believing this headline. From The Gateway, 1982.
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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We encountered a charming wizard's song in "What If a Witch?" by Elaine McQueen (Ethos, 1964).
I came from there
and now I'm here
and tomorrow I'll be
I don't know where ...
I'm a flunk at ghosts
I can't make toasts
and instead of boiling
my cauldron roasts ...
My name is ___,
a wizard by whim.
I spin magic marvels
when daytime grows dim ...
But you're all so friendly
I'll try to be good
and put all my magic
away in the wood.
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From Swarthmore's 1973 yearbook.
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It's an awful thing to have your LP collection stolen by a vindictive ex. As And One sings in the final line of " Tonight," "Please bring back my CD-collection of Depeche Mode." From The Film Daily, 1946.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lumières Dans la Nuit, 1971.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Twilight Zone magazine, 1981 (courtesy of Archive.org).
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia's 1932 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to say "Watch the birdie!"
From the University of North Carolina at Wilmington's 1973 yearbook. 
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Ole Miss yearbook of 1919.
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Instruments don't necessarily get along, hence the disarray of one's storage compartments. From Nebelspalter, 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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An illustration by Wellner for Lustige Blätter, 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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Reblog if you've hoisted an effigy today. From Lees-McRae's 1975 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1928.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Don't keep UFOs to yourself." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1991.
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"The way you can tell a fine pendulum is by the reflections of the lights. Do you see the lights? And do you see the colors? All the colors of the spectrum. Can you see the center? The exact center—do you see it? Keep trying. Look at the colors. See how they move. Watch them—they’re brilliant colors. They flash by. Try to find the center. Can you hear anything? The chiming of the hours?"
Yes, the mesmeric words are based on Dr. Julia Hoffman's hypnotic technique in Dark Shadows. We're looking the other way so as not to hypnotize ourselves.
The pendulum, with its reflective sphere in the middle, is from a haunted grandfather clock we are restoring.
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It's been said that "Jesus is always with us." As a test, see if you can find Jesus in this random photo. From Swarthmore's 1973 yearbook.
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"April 28." From The Film Daily, 1939.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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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unearths some literary gems.
From Dead End, by Joan Lock:
***
He had a high-domed forehead and a long nose that sat like an exclamation mark atop a particularly luxuriant walrus moustache.
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"Do you live in crowded loneliness?" From Awake magazine, 1958.
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Catching wisdom between two kites, from atop a mountain of books. From Henderson's 1910 yearbook.
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Here's a fire in The Sewanee Purple newspaper, 1982.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1912.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Barnard's 1905 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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As if petrified, our Uncanny Detector app froze twice while scanning this foggy scene for ghosts. From Mars Hill's 1953 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 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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"Poets not writing poetry?" -- turns out that poets never have written poetry. It's all been a big scam. From The Gateway, 1982.
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Of course, in cultures like Japan the color pink is masculine. Plus, there's actually nothing funny about an apron, unless it's one of those novelty items showing space cats on pizzas or rude innuendo. From Good Times Tomorrow by Gates and Peardon.
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We, too, often find theatrical seating to be uncomfortable. From The Film Daily, 1934.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 Blue Planet Project: Alien Technical Research - 25 (undated).
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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It's simultaneously 5:35 and 10:50 in this temporal anomaly in Daytona Beach, Florida, documented by Paulbr75. Though we weren't on location to discover the exact cause of this timely weirdness, we offer this photo to help hone the insights of would-be investigators of temporal anomalies. The more clocks one sees that are "on the fritz" (Fritz being the German clockmaker who first went "cuckoo"), the better attuned one will be to time warps in the wild.
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The Tarzan of Tarzans. From Moving Picture World, 1921.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We initially misread this to say, "Books often give way more to important pastimes." From Canton Community College's 1967 yearbook.
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From Twilight Zone magazine, 1981 (courtesy of Archive.org).
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| If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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You've heard of "distance learning," but how are course materials actually transmitted? From Valdosta's 1981 yearbook.
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An illustration by Trier for Lustige Blätter, 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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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 Washington College's 1958 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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Our every wall is festooned with "rest points" because everything we do involves close application. From Popular Mechanics, 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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"Yeah ... but how about the other guy?" From The Film Daily, 1936.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A detail from a larger illustration in The Man in the Moon by Margaret G. Otto and illustrated by Paul Galdone.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Wishing will make it so. Until the final moment, it's hard to tell the difference between a trick and a treat."
It's true: there's a fine line between a trick and a treat.
From Twilight Zone magazine, 1981 (courtesy of Archive.org).
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From Marion's 1933 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1917.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Click each image for its source.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1926.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Here's a ghost haunting SUNY Plattsburgh's 1972 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 Mary Washington's 1914 yearbook.
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From Spellbound, 1977. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Q: "What was that woo woo woo in the night?" (Aug. 18)
A: "Janitor causes woo woo woo" (Aug. 19)
From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1982.
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Nowadays there are apps to remind you to water your effigy. From York Junior's 1965 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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Sometimes rolling a seven ends a game. From The Film Daily, 1936. For an interesting way to interpret 21 discrete dice throws, see Astragalomancy.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Bebe Daniels and feline friend, from Cine-Mundial, 1921.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Twilight Zone magazine, 1981 (courtesy of Archive.org).
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia's 1932 yearbook.
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An illustration by Trier. From Lustige Blätter, 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 Kladderadatsch, 1927.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"And when a wind-up monkey's on my arm, it's like I've got rockets in my ass." From The Sewanee Purple newspaper, 1982.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From William and Mary's 1908 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This isn't about whether lobster won't make you gain weight. From Nebelspalter, 1897.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the University of North Carolina at Asheville's 1976 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From North Central's 1966 yearbook.
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Dinner table boasting -- how he killed the dragon. From Europa's Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John Batten, 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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Illustration by J. Clinton Shepherd, for the film Wild Cargo. From The Film Daily, 1934.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Memories of college. From George Fox's 1975 yearbook.
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"Lights in the sky baffling." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1983.
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We encountered and possibly determined the cause of a temporal anomaly in Alma, Georgia. The town clock was 40 minutes in error. As constant investigators of such phenomena, we diagnosed the probable source of the problem in the location itself. The letters of "ALMA GEORGIA" reorganize into "A LARGE IMAGO" (referring to an idealized mental image) as well as "A MIRAGE GOAL." In other words, it may very well be that Alma, Georgia is an illusion, and if it doesn't exist in space then it makes sense not to exist in time, either.
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unearths some literary gems.
From The Perfect Body, by Frankie Bow:
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The handwriting was like the man himself, small and spidery.
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"It's not like Gunderson can just take the money and go spend it all at Ye Olde Elbow Patch Shoppe or wherever he buys his clothes."
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[This time the monocle-in-motion is a hypothetical/nonexistent one!]
Gunderson turned to stare at Emma. If he had been wearing a monocole, it would have dropped into his lap.
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From Stern's 1964 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 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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Nobody wants to be in the middle. From Middle Tennessee's 1992 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 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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So many old yearbooks harbor cemeteries within themselves. From the University of North Carolina at Wilmington's 1973 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Was it worth the candle? From the University of Chicago's 1912 yearbook. This is worth the candle: The Pencil Witch.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This photo is unexplained in the yearbook. You may not wish to enlarge the photo to see his ghostly eyes. We tried to narrow down the model of typewriter he's holding … presumably an Underwood, though the lip on the back seems too pronounced. From Swarthmore'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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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Hmm, what does this remind me of? An unelected expert on a pedestal, proclaiming that there are germs in the air, from Listen, Little Man! by Wilhelm Reich and illustrated by William Steig.
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We, too, mean no harm when we take away balloons. From Blacky Daw by Adelaide Palmer and illustrated by Dorothy Saunders, 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 The Film Daily, 1922.
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1927.
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| *Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 retained the caption to this one. From Duke's 1915 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1928.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Orchideengarten, 1919.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Exactly like our own higher education experience -- a professor uses an alchemical elixir to shape-shift. From William and Mary's 1975 yearbook.
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From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1905.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Exactly 70 years before Men Without Hats sang "The Safety Dance" ... From Swarthmore's 1912 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 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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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Click each image for its source.
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Some of her favorite squash. (Other favorites not pictured, possibly due to camera-shyness or scheduling conflicts.) From Weird Trips, 1974.
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You've heard that the moon is made of cheese, but that's ridiculous -- it's "a cocoanut palace against a mountain of vanilla ice cream." From Drowsy by John Ames Mitchell, 1917.
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Exhausted by laughter. From The Film Daily, 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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May this be a promise of peace. "Coming—the white dove." From Wid's Daily, 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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"I came to the conclusion that I couldn't make conclusions." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1993.
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A spirit photograph from State Teacher's College, Farmville, Va.'s 1934 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Spectral Tales #01 (1988).
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Times takes a shellacking. From Barnard's 1955 yearbook.
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From the Venango Bulletin, 1988.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Volshebnyi Fonar', 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 Kladderadatsch, 1929.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Reblog to formally call for a revival of this beachwear. From Nebelspalter, 1897.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A diploma as a gun to murder the world. From the University of Chicago's 1912 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1905.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Here's a precursor to Roz Chast cartoons. "Dash in there, Percival, and demoralize Ohio." From Siren, 1930.
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| If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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"Cold snap!" From The Film Daily, 1934.
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| *Inspired by the world's only accurate meteorological report, "Yesterday's Weather," as seen on Check It Out. |
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From Northeastern's 1925 yearbook.
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Tag yourself if you, too, are "On the road to God knows where." From Wid's Daily, 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 McGill Daily, Oct. 30, 1980.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We have an easy mnemonic for whether or not to touch exotic foliage. "If the flower has a face, step back a pace." From Unknown, 1942.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From And Death Came Too, by Richard Hull:
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"Now you're being both ponderous and arch at the same time, which definitely is unwise."
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Lansley was one of those people who was capable of extracting the maximum of noise from a piece of paper.
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Though the 1970s were dubbed the "Me Decade," there was yet an awareness of the "Inner We" that future generations would lose touch with. From Rockingham's 1970 yearbook.
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It didn't always mean "Live long and prosper." From Kladderadatsch, 1927.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From the Venango Bulletin, 1988.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 pull away the semi-transparent page with a cut-out circle.
From the University of North Carolina at Wilmington's 1973 yearbook. 
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1895.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Before the laptop computer, there was the laptop typewriter. From Emerson's 1977 yearbook.
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"Welcome to hell, comrade." From the Innis Herald, 1985.
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An angelic cowboy makes a killing at the box office. From The Film Daily, 1947.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Extra surrealism courtesy of the scanner. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1970.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Photographed at 4:22, the clock faces display 6:16 and 8:15. Brian Rawson-Ketchum noticed and documented this temporal anomaly in Battle Creek, Michigan. Though we weren't on location to discover the exact cause of the timely weirdness, we offer this photo to help hone the insights of would-be investigators of temporal anomalies. The more clocks one sees that are "on the fritz" (Fritz being the German clockmaker who first went "cuckoo"), the better attuned one will be to time warps in the wild.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 1924 yearbook.
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This is the most accurate depiction of campus life we've encountered. From St. Patrick's 1950 yearbook.
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This remains the easiest solution for when your reflection stinks. From Lustige Blätter, 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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Tag yourself. I thought I was the one holding up a black hole, but in truth I'm the one bending over backwards that only one guy has noticed.
From Barnard's 1931 yearbook.
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One of the many tools we use in our work. (Thanks, Teresa!) From Nebelspalter, 1958.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The palm feels, thinks, talks, as the mouth can never speak. It speaks truths that words could never express from lips. It is the communicating medium of our most thrilling and lasting soul unions and spirit yearnings." —Joseph Bryant Hargett
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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If the door is locked, does he have a skeleton key? From Swarthmore's 1912 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1876.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A scientific snooze. (Did you know that insomniacs can study the theory of relaxation through distance learning?) From Barnard's 1955 yearbook.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1902.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1921.
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`-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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"This is your death." From George Fox's 1975 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 L'Assiette au Beurre, 1902.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Tulane's 1907 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The opposite of a chest bump is very much as you probably imagined it. From Columbia Bible College's 1979 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We wondered whether a ball of twine ever wrote its autobiography. One actually did in 1912. The opening words are, "I am a ball of twine." Our photo is from Susquehanna's 1973 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Pluto and Proserpina. From Le Journal Amusant, 1896.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Swarthmore'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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"Spirit of the Rule." From Winthrop's 1911 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1907.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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You knew about "the cat and the fiddle," but did you know it was a hostile takeover?
From The Film Daily, 1934.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Here is the giant of Chowan's 1971 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 William and Mary's 1908 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 giant-headed skeleton with crossed walking sticks riding a goat, an iPad flying out his bag, is from the 1893 yearbook of the University of Kansas. See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1907.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Memories of college. From Tennessee Wesleyan's 1975 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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It's dangerous for a book to carry a torch. From Elmhurst's 1944 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 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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From Monmouth's 1910 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1926.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Rockingham's 1970 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1973.
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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The moon is actually …
- an egg that won't hatch for a long time.
- a big TV.
- older than the earth.
- not made of green cheese but rather mozzarella.
- a small planet.
- darker than the sky.
- a hollow alien spaceship.
- smaller than any star.
- a god.
- constructed of styrofoam.
- Hell.
- more strongly bound to the sun than to earth.
- silver.
- an oval.
- falling like a stone.
- a rather poor reflector.
- semi-transparent.
- orbiting within Lucifer’s atmospheric envelope.
- rather pleasant.
- anything but a boring place.
- making our day a little bit longer every thousand years.
- the place of departed spirits.
- a museum world.
[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research. See the remarkable collection, entitled Bullet Lists.]
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Fourteen years before Marilyn Monroe's famous " flying skirt" photo. From The Film Daily, 1941.
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The word "gleebus" is very rare, with fewer than 90 Google results. As shown here, a gleebus is the creature that eats telephone receivers. From UNC Chapel Hill's 1963 yearbook.
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There's only one Google result for "allergic to shrouds." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1999.
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"Sometimes you will find it easier to start again." From Ontario College of Art's Sketch magazine, 1946.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 1931.
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unearths some literary gems.
From The Maltese Herring, by L. C. Tyler:
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"I've constructed a timeline."
"Am I paying you to construct timelines?" I asked.
"You're not paying me at all."
[Cf. The Can of Yams: "Look, I’m not paying you to undermine my sense of artistic mission." / "At the moment, you’re not paying me at all."]
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Our tyres screeched alarmingly as Ethelred put his foot down and the Ashmolean Museum flashed past the passenger window in a blur of Cotswold stone.
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I wondered whether to point out that fluttering her eyelashes like that was causing a nasty draught, but I let her continue.
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"He told me his grandfather was worth ten of mine--not that I ever had any plans to have more than two."
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[And, though this book is hot off the press, the author demonstrates that the art of author-disclaimer variations lives on!]
None of my characters (as they say) resembles a real person in any way whatsoever. If you don't believe me, check out a few real people.
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Memories of college. From Mars Hill's 1984 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1907.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Hampden-Sydney's 1909 yearbook.
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(Our restoration, as per usual.) From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 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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Actual engines of psionic energy, powering the occult that lies within old yearbooks. How to find them and how to use them: How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook. From Rockingham's 1970 yearbook.
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1903.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From The Film Daily, 1922.
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Tables turned -- extraterrestrials get probed back. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1982.
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From Caveat Emptor, 1971.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Green Pipes by Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 1929.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Elon's 1970 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This gargoyle's portrait is featured amongst the students in Salve Regina's 1978 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1941.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1918.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Olivet Nazarene's 1924 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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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"But living takes me time." From Tennessee Wesleyan's 1975 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1904.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Monmouth's 1910 yearbook.
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Ever wonder why we don't see magicians' trained dragons on stage anymore? We have the smoking ordinances and fire codes to thank for that.
"The dragon had been trained to do a lot of showy tricks." From The Youth's Realm, 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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Yes, it's a goat-headed locomotive in heels, begging for a handout from Uncle Sam. From Goats by Frank Wright Noxon, 1924.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"They're having Night and Day at the same time in 250 cities!" From The Film Daily, 1946.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A tin-foil hat from 1919 was made from a stovepipe. It promised to shut off the outside world by turning one into a tin-shelled turtle. From Hardware World, 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 Kladderadatsch, 1941.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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If you think you're tired, here's what it took folks in 1905 to get out of bed. From L'Impartial de l'Est, 1905.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Q: "The end. Or is it the beginning, as you see it?" From George Washington's 2000 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This is the door one has to get through to view Swarthmore's 1934 yearbook.
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A fear of roosters, alektorophobia. From Shpilka, 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 Le Journal Amusant, 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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An oracular leaf insect? Not in the original context but in the way we look at it. From Oracle SQL* Plus, 1999).
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Ruins on the moon. From Drowsy by John Ames Mitchell, 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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"True Confessions." From The Film Daily, 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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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Bigfoot discovered out picking violets." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1996.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Bärenspiegel, 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 Kansas State'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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unearths some literary gems.
From Cork on Location, by Macdonald Hastings:
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In the go-go-go world of television, it seemed that anything went.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Salve Regina's 1978 yearbook.
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Is his Muse plugging her ears? From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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And yet in recorded history no person has ever smiled upon noticing that a clown has snuck up from behind. From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1926 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 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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Someone should write a self-help book entitled Finding Your Inner Ampersand. (Thanks, Jonathan Caws-Elwitt!) Speaking of ampersands, this is very unusual: the little-known, incredibly unlikely, yet fully documented history of the Ampersand.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 Russ Meyer film titles. From The Film Daily, 1947.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 encountered and determined the cause of a temporal anomaly in Frostproof, Florida. The Citizens Bank clock displays four faces with three different times. As constant investigators of such phenomena, we diagnosed the source of the problem at a glance. Painted on one side of the building is a trompe l'oeil door, recalling Egyptian tombs' false doors to the afterlife (doors "as permeable as fog," in chambers "where nothing purports to be real, where everything stands for something else. ... Even in this timeless scene, change is visible"*). Indeed, the false door has manifested timelessness through the visible adjustments of the clock faces. Though the cause is simple enough, great mysteries yet abound, for whose souls have passed through the false door or received offerings through it?
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| This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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The nature of this UFO will be obvious to fans of the cult TV show The Prisoner: it's "Rover." From Lumières Dans la Nuit, 1971.
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`-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' ` "The sea is a cruel mistress. Yet again the sea has behaved unconscionably. It's time to address this terrible problem that is the sea." —Captain Neddie, from the hilarious BBC series Broken News |
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An old postcard gifted to me by friends in Wales. Photo credited to H. H. Davies and Son, Aberystwyth. Undated.
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From Dark Regions, 1987, courtesy of Archive.org.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 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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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 1884 yearbook.
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From Lebanon Valley's 1909 yearbook.
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If you were going down for the last time, would you play rock, paper, or scissors? From Europa's Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John Batten, 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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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to calm his spasms. From Duke's 1976 yearbook. 
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. Click each image for its source.
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If we're to trust Google Maps, this place is either "Desert Oraoracle" or "Desersert Oracle," depending upon how you approach. Note that there are two mail slots on the door, presumably one for each parallel universe. Here's the link, not that you wouldn't believe us. [Update: they saw my post and fixed the glitch!]
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The mystery deepens! You've seen our strange research into the eerily glowing trees that spread through old yearbooks. We finally encountered a yearbook that acknowledges the bizarre phenomenon: "Light takes the trees ... But who can tell us how?" From Salve Regina's 1969 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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In 1992, the Wall Street Journal had the audacity to proclaim that it didn't mean to give any ideas to people living on the Potomac. As Vic Reeves would say, that’s quite a boast! From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1993.
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From The Film Daily, 1946.
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The rising sun says to enjoy your sweet Eastern bunny before it melts. From Nebelspalter, 1933.
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From Pfeiffer's 1971 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 Kladderadatsch, 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 Purdue's 1908 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Reblog if you are bizarre but in an elegant way. From Lebanon Valley's 1900 yearbook.
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Courtesy of La Biblioteca Universitaria de Sevilla's Goya collection.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Though the Easter Bunny gets all the spotlight, it is of course angels who deliver the eggs. From Nebelspalter, 1900.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 stress of being on television can make a person blink a staggering 176 times a minute. But as proven here, one blinks only on television, not off of it. It's a weird phenomenon. From Washington College's 1974 yearbook.
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"The mundane universe and face of nature." This is as accurate a depiction as we've yet found. From In the Beginning by Emily Meade, 1910.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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UPDATED. Interesting how often the people in old yearbooks all look alike, given clothing and hairstyle trends ... even fads like taking your own chair everywhere you go. The fad endured through the 1980s. From Manhattanville's 1944 yearbook (top) and Swarthmore's 1980 yearbook (bottom).
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A riddle:
A great explorer crossed a vast ocean and arrived at a jungle island inhabited by highly intelligent parrots. They could speak and learn new words, though of course what they could conceive was limited by their experience of the world. Intrigued yet skeptical, they gathered that the explorer was not born of an egg. (“A miracle!” some muttered. “Impossible!” others whispered.)
He claimed to have come from beyond the horizon (another unbelievable idea, but the parrots, being a civilized people, indulged him politely; as was obvious, the coastline of their island demarcated the entire world).
The explorer was struck by the beauty of the wild sunflowers that provided sustenance to his parrot friends. He longed to tell them of the elaborate feasts he had experienced at the banquet tables of kings. Weirdly, the first exotic food that popped into his head was an old fashioned Tomato Aspic—a Bloody Mary cocktail made of jello, with green olives suspended throughout. How to describe a jello mold to creatures who knew only sunflowers? Or vodka? Or green olives? Much less the why of such a creation! All the explorer could say was, “I have eaten the no-sunflower.”
He longed to describe the exotic places he had seen—mountain peaks, valleys, deserts, prairies, tundras. All he could say was, “I have been to the no-jungle.”
What of the colors he had witnessed on his travels? The parrots knew the beauty of sunflower yellow, sky blue, feather red, and rainforest green, but there the palette ended. He tried to communicate the spectrum he knew: “Cerise, cerulean, chartreuse, virvidian, vermilion, umber, ocher.” (One parrot whispered, “He’s babbling! He’s chanting nonsense!” Another said, “No-sunflower, no-jungle … he’s a nihilist!”)
Sensing incredulity, the explorer beseeched them, “Can’t you at least try to picture the no-jungle? Perhaps speaking the names of the no-colors might break you out of your habitual thinking?” Some did.
What is the one-word title of this story?
Answer: "Buddhism.". (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
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"The night we saw a flying chandelier" reminds of that time in Gadsden, Alabama when we encountered some anchored Moroccan lanterns.
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Priscilla Dean. From The Film Daily, 1922.
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sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Reblog if some applause is in order. From Washington College's 1974 yearbook.
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From Guilford's 1936 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1933.
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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 Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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An anomalous figure hovers at the end of the hallway. From Chowan's 1971 yearbook.
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The face of frostbite. From the Lambda newspaper of Sudbury, Ontario, 1982.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 title page of Lasell's 1989 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 North Central's 1923 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Tulane'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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Though "white as a sheet" and "white as a ghost" are clichés, "white as a sheet ghost" is a totally fresh expression and should be used at any opportunity. See Of Feeding & Caring For Sheet Ghosts.
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"Pan piped softly and mournfully at the grave of his last worshiper." From Unknown magazine, 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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unearths some literary gems.
From The Headless Lady, by Clayton Rawson:
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Everything Mildred did and said bristled like a hedgehog with question marks--big curly ones.
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"Did you know that the side show has a very special attraction this afternoon? Something never before seen on land or sea? Might be good for a press release."
"No. What?"
"A Headless and Bodiless Lady. Her head's invisible, and now the rest of her is missing. Ross and I found her empty trailer. It would appear that she has lammed."
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Reblog if you, too, are making something out of fleeting laughter and passing adventure and all things pleasant and perishable. From Barnard's 1924 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1901.
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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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Though a powerful tool for astral travel, this hallway should not be used by those susceptible to near-death experiences. From Tri-State's 1969 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Bachelors enjoy lifestyle." From Butler's 1987 yearbook.
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| This Terrible Problem That Is the Sea |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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From Monmouth's 1910 yearbook.
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From the University of Omaha's 1923 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1939.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"To get a good scare, there's no place like home." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1998.
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"Was Death under lock and key?" From The Film Daily, 1944.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Orchideengarten, 1919.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Very sad -- waiting over 50 years for the flower people's UFO to come back and take you away. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1975.
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Distilled laughter. From Wid's Daily, 1920.
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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 Milwaukee State's 1922 yearbook.
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Norbert Wiener wrote, "If I were to choose a patron saint for cybernetics out of the history of science, I should have to choose Leibniz" ( Cybernetics, 1965).
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From Monmouth's 1913 yearbook.
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1921.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Half of the world is transparent; the other half, opaque" (Carlos Fuentes). That means this transparent globe is half inaccurate. Then again, no map is wholly accurate. From Northeastern Illinois' yearbook of 1971.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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This photograph may be used to make contact with a shadowy figure distant from you; the photograph may also facilitate astral travel. From the North Adams State College yearbook, 1966.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1910.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lebanon Valley's 1909 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1934.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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I wonder if he liked his portrait. From Charleston Southern's 1977 yearbook.
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To facilitate our survival on the planet, human beings must make basic assumptions about physical reality. That's essential in practical terms if we're to maintain our existence, but for a species which craves a sense of stability and continuity, it's also a psychological imperative. We need to 'know' certain things are true. But can we? Since the days of ancient Greece, philosophers have pondered the question of whether or not it's possible for us to know what we think we know about anything. Debate on this point and those arising from it has never ceased. Neither has our common human desire to arm ourselves with 'facts', a desire which manifests clearly in our affinity for quantification. We seem to derive great comfort from representing things in numbers and/or expressing our understanding of the world through formulae. There is a sense of certainty, illusory or not, to be had in 'doing the math'. Enter Craig Conley. By means of presenting a series of simple and often hilarious math problems, his book ' Presumptive Conundrums' invites the reader to contemplate both epistemology and our species' profound relationship with numbers. Pythagoras said, "number is the within of all things." Mr. Conley is a master of showing us the within of things in a beautifully illustrated and profoundly engaging manner. 5-stars. —Natasha at Amazon
Presumptive Conundrums offers all sorts of literary, rhetorical math problems that seemingly have no serious answer or provability. It's the ultimate puzzler for logical- and mathematical-minded folks.
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"Your name is a spell that raises all ringing sprites that dwell in the air." From "Together" by Carl Spencer, 1915.
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Meanwhile, Dracula himself is the "patron saint for every desperate filmmaker on a budget" (Jim Steinmeyer, Who Was Dracula? 2013).
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From Presbyterian College's 1929 yearbook.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Salem's 1932 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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A surreal peek into another sort of world, from MacMurray's 1961 yearbook.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1921.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| If you have a strange dream to share, send it along! |
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From Duke's 1914 yearbook.
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"The Satanic trinity: the Dragon (the 'Anti-God'), the Beast (the 'Anti-Christ'), and the False Prophet (the 'Anti-Spirit'). From Rightly Dividing the Word by Clarence Larkin, 1921.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Guilford's 1927 yearbook.
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"Who is 'your best friend.'" From The Film Daily, 1922.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 blackmailer's postcard, from our personal archives.
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How true those words are, even today: "When conforting with fairies, it's best that you be polite." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1998.
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June:
What does I.T. stand for?
Jen Barber:
What does it stand for? What doesn't it stand for?
June:
Yes, yes, but what does it stand for?
Jen:
It stands for, it stands for commitment. It stands for audacity. It stands for courage in the face of...
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What a mentality, to associate a graduation with book burning. We associate graduations with added shelves to one's library. Perhaps we shouldn't have attiributed a "mentality" to this illustration -- it seems more the product of anti-intellectual imbecility. From Hyde Park's 1895 yearbook.
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flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Blonds didn't have more fun a century ago. From Hearst's, 1921.
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Morning sends the vampires, wraiths, and ghouls of night back to the mouth of hell. From The Wave, 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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It's simultaneously 12:20 and 12:07 in this temporal anomaly at the University of Guelph, documented by David Allan Barker. Though we weren't on location to discover the exact cause of the timely weirdness, we offer this photo to help hone the insights of would-be investigators of temporal anomalies. The more clocks one sees that are "on the fritz" (Fritz being the German clockmaker who first went "cuckoo"), the better attuned one will be to time warps in the wild.
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unearths some literary gems.
From Rich, Radiant Slaughter by Orania Papazoglou:
[Recently we discussed breakfast as a place. But meals being places isn't just for breakfast anymore!]
"I think that Jon Lowry is out to lunch."
"Well, at least you think he's out to somewhere in particular," I said.
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A rose is a rose, unless a daisy is a rose. On the cover of this manual, we see a field of white squares and a single red one, as if all the other roses in the garden were changed into daisies.
From Visual Machine /System Product Editor User's Guide, Release 6, 1988.
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Dumskii Al'manakh, 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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Tonight we're gonna study like it's nineteen twenty-one. From Tulane's 1921 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 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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"Who's behind that eight ball? You'll never know!" From The Film Daily, 1936.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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While the "Space Invaders" video game had been around for a couple of years, Mario wouldn't debut until the next year. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1980.
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"Too bad 2 people can't occupy 1 seat at the same time — something should be done about it!" From The Film Daily, 1926.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Very bad news today: "It's not all gravy." From Modern Screen, 1952.
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"I wonder if he's going to be ill." From Hearst's, 1921.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We checked, and it's true that everybody's waiting for Thursday. That's a major plot point in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, as Mary's love interest Dennis keeps setting up momentous rendezvous on Thursdays. From The Film Daily, 1937.
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"Things are moving, aren't they." From Wid's Daily, 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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"Monster unavailable for comments to press." Either that, or the monster doesn't trust journalistic integrity. From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1983.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Monmouth's 1913 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 Kladderadatsch, 1934.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Duke's 1984 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 faculty as demonic entities: a shadow with devil horns, an offering of a forbidden apple to an innocent Eve, a presumably poisonous beaker, and a final handshake as if she's sold her soul for a degree. From American University's 1940 yearbook.
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"I don't want to be a witch!" From Spellbound. 1976. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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From Lustige Blätter, 1914.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 final curtain from Lasell's 1942 yearbook.
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"Born on Halloween." From The Varsity, Sept. 29, 1975.
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Q: What do you do all day?
A: I melt popsicles all day. What of it?
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From The Film Daily, 1945.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Town can't explain light of its life." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1983.
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This is why we haven't waxed the floor in over four years. From Unknown, 1939.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Memories of college. From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1993 yearbook.
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From La Silhouette, 1830.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Le Journal Amusant, 1898.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Kladderadatsch, 1926.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Yeshiva's 1983 yearbook.
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Happened to notice this bird wearing a hat in a larger illustration. From Nebelspalter, 1895.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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The bear gnaws the old woman's shoe. From A Book of Fairy-Tale Bears by Clifton Johnson and illustrated by Frank A. Nankivell, 1913.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Interesting to see a musical score depicted flat on the ground, with the bar serving as a net in a game and the notes as players. From the State Female Normal School's 1903 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 throne atop a giant book. Yet he didn't remove his shoes. From Monmouth's 1913 yearbook.
What is this theme of shoes on books? Also pictured is one from Bennett's 1966 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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Egyptian ideograms, our Latin alphabet, and essential secrets of the self
While reading The Egyptian Secrets In Your Name, I began to realize that the secrets in letters of my name, as in every other symbol set I encounter, are to be found within me. They remain occult only to the extent that they're unexplored and the best way to reveal the personal meaning communicated by any symbol is to make a conscious decision to allow the unconscious to operate freely. Even the most 'common' name becomes unique when you view the letters as images, allowing your own intuition to connect with their latent significance. Our intuition speaks to us through a kind of psychic poetry. Each individual is an author in this regard. As Craig Conely demonstrates using the method he's devised, an ancient symbology can be as relevant to us today as it was to to those for whom it was designed. A person's name is a private stanza of truth about the essential self. This book helped me to see mine, showing me how to look for Egyptian ideograms evoked by our Latin alphabet and engage with their energy. —Natasha at Amazon
The quest to decode the individual letters in a name goes way, way back. Our research triggered a realization that every name encodes an ancient Egypitan poem. As the original publication of our findings is freshly out of print, and as it was originally intended exclusively for professional magicians and mentalists, we were inspired to offer a revised and expanded edition containing twice the number of example readings, so that anyone can perform the technique for friends. No memory or guesswork is required. You’ll understand the hidden Egyptian meaning of your name instantly, and you’ll be able to dramatically interpret friends’ names. You don’t have to be a poet or expert on symbolism to shine with our technique. You’ll simply say aloud what you secretly know the letters to mean. Here are the details.
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You noticed how dumbed-down movies are, and here's why -- the dictionary ran out in 1934. In case viewers couldn't follow the simple statement, both the projection room and dictionary are labeled. The artist put the book title on the back cover. From The Film Daily, 1934.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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We encountered a mysterious temporal anomaly in Linville, North Carolina. The east and west faces of the town clock are nearly an hour in disagreement. As constant investigators of such phenomena, we sought to diagnose the source of the problem, but to date this anomaly remains unsolved.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Ever since we spent the night in that haunted clock tower in Solvang, we haven't been able to properly time our seasonal posts. Whenever you happen to be, this one is from Salem's 1983 yearbook.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1926.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"Order of the Old Bean Birds." From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's yearbook of 1964.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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An illustration by Trier. From Lustige Blätter, 1918.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Swarthmore'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 Duke's 1914 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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To say that the 1960s were spent lounging atop giant paisley eggs would be a terrible stereotype. From Calumet's 1969 yearbook.
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From Der Orchideengarten, 1919.
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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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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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They don't write 'em like Dark Shadows anymore. These three are all from episode 245: "I guess some of the most beautiful sights I’ve ever seen in my life have been microscopic views of hideous malignancies."
"It’s the peculiar magnificence of the human spirit that’s required to provide the potential for such corruption."
"After all, blood is the life force. It reaches into the deepest recesses of both the heart and the brain. It is the familiar of our complete being. To surrender even one drop of it is to suggest a partial surrender of one’s utmost self."
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Great news from Rita Hayworth -- "You were never lovelier." From The Film Daily, 1942.
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"It was a beautiful thing and it was coming right down on Bismarck." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1970.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"FREUD would have something to say about that." From Swarthmore's 1949 yearbook.
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War and Peace roll the dice. An illustration by Ehrenberger. From Lustige Blätter, 1918.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1848.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination 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 Memphis yearbook of 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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The light and dark divisions in knowledge. From Rockingham's 1970 yearbook.
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"Texts revered, persecuted in own peculiar life cycle" marked by "vacuumatic silence." From the Brigham Young Universe newspaper, 1953.
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From Kladderadatsch, 1927.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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unearths some literary gems.
From Death as an Extra, by Val Gielgud:
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[Now, we've all seen countless old-fashioned literary mentions of "erections" (and "ejaculations"). But this passage here (from 1933, so not even as old as some) seems to go above and beyond.]
From the shadows in the background a young man plunged out of a queer erection that looked like the cabin of a crane. He wore stained flannel trousers....
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[A villain uses creative wordplay to threaten someone named Jerome B. Cole (through a receptionist).]
"I know all about how busy Jerome B.C. is! If he don't want to be Jerome A.D. a lot quicker than hell, he'll be glad to talk to me!"
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From The Film Daily, 1926.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| Puzzles and Games :: Letter Grids |
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In honor of the Stay Home Zine Fest: this puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?
• 7-letter words: 13
• 8-letter words: 3
All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.
Click to display solutions
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• atomies
• atomise
• atomist
• atomize
• atonies
• enemies
• homiest |
• homines
• moisten
• sozines
• stamens
• tonemes
• toniest |
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• atomizes
• mothiest |
• stoniest |
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With you, with you, with you,
With you, with you, with you,
With you, with you, with you,
With you, with you, with you.
The Big U is from Wid's Daily, 1919.
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"There were times when we worried--seriously ... then not so seriously." From Western Carolina's 1964 yearbook.
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"Take your ear off the ground." From The Film Daily, 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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The nature of this UFO will be obvious to fans of the cult TV show The Prisoner: it's "Rover."
From Lumières Dans la Nuit, 1970.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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"The main danger of wearing a mask is that one comes to identify with it, and may even forget that it was only a tool used to accomplish a specific purpose" (Arnold Nerenberg, 1992). From Belmont Abbey's 1985 yearbook.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Lustige Blätter, 1918.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Colorado College's yearbook of 1903.
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From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Bears guard the literature and business shelves. From Butler's 1985 yearbook.
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If only more magazines offered free mystic sun pendants. From Spellbound, 1976. (Courtesy of Archive.org.)
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Der Guckkasten, 1909.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Severed heads in old yearbooks come in many forms. From Lasell's 1942 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 Film Daily, 1936.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought |
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As we've mentioned, the famous six-word story popularly attributed to Hemingway, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn," can't compete with the two-word Southern expression, "Mama tried." Hemingway's is a short story while "Mama tried" is an entire Southern Gothic novel. Pictured: Professor Oddfellow.
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"White magic of your own mind." From Weird Tales, 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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There is an "ephemeral New Zealand" in Tobias Conrad Lotter's 1762 map of the world. "Now you see [New Zealand], now you don't." From UFO Newsclipping Service, 1972.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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At 7:35, the "Geneva" clock is two hours early and the others are five hours early. (By the way, in the city of Geneva itself, the time would have been 1:35.) This temporal anomaly in Manhatten was documented by Jag9889. Though we weren't on location to discover the exact cause of this timely weirdness, we spotlight this photo to help hone the insights of would-be investigators of temporal anomalies. The more clocks one sees that are "on the fritz" (Fritz being the German clockmaker who first went "cuckoo"), the better attuned one will be to time warps in the wild.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 straight freaks." From Rockingham's 1970 yearbook.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click to view the postcard's original photo.
From Mineral Springs, Frankfort, Michigan. Postcard scans via UpNorthMemories. 
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Pear-headed people need special support. From La Caricature, 1832.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let 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 seven-headed dragon. From Europa's Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John Batten, 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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A mushroom helmet from the Entheogen Review Complete.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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From Wesleyan College (Macon GA)'s 1916 yearbook.
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Mermaid poaching. From Fliegende Blätter, 1925.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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