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M. Jean, of Paris, observed that ordinary gas masks had the effect of strangling babies and small children. So he proposes to sew them up in an old cow’s hide on the principle shown above. Father stands by – if still alive – and pumps
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1935
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blame it on my wild heart
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Partie de Pêche avec voiture Amphibie Ay Ell, 1961.
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Leonardo DiCaprio sur le tournage de Critters 3, 1991.
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picture me in the trees
sloth unleashed
amalgameheteroclite: Elliott Erwitt - Saint Tropez, France, 1979.
Mariage sur l’île d’Izu. Les habitants utilisent des masques à gaz à cause du niveau élevé de souffre dans l’air en raison de l’activité volcanique.
Maidenform en 1950.
Come out of the bone age darling…, 1950.
BadAss, 1928.
The Giant Spider Crab from Japan.
Simon Warmer - Octopus Playing Accordion
Seated in fossil shark jaw restoration, 1909.
mannequinsvitrine: Rogers, 1800s.
Pierre Jahan - Main aux yeux, 1947.
Mikola Gnisyuk - People in Trees (The Rooks Have Arrived), 1964.
mannequinsvitrine: Diane Arbus - Masked Child with a Doll, 1961.
Alice Elizabeth Doherty (1887-1933) Alice E. Doherty was born in 1887 with a rare genetic mutation called “hypertrichosis”, or “werewolf syndrome”, which causes excessive body hair. She was billed as “The Minnesota Woolly
Whose Little Wife Are You ?, 1918.
René Maltête - Silence hôpital
Headless portrait, 1800’s.
Sam Cannon
Static electricity makes a Stamford schoolgirl’s hair stand on end, 1948.
Illinois cat fans air while reaching eagerly for its regulars evening meal squirted with a practiced hand by young farmer Robert Carlson of Hillsdale, 1948.
British immersion suit, 1950.
1948
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1924 Dormoy ‘Bathtub’ Airplane.
oldshowbiz: Must be the farm report
Geoff Kern
Dolphin in harness pulls surfboarder, 1951.
Alfred Hockley, a painter, returns from his lunch break to find an elephant named Dumbo seated on his freshly painted bench, London Zoo, 1956.
William Wegman - Man Ray contemplating the Bust of Man Ray, 1978.
Plastic masks, which are designed to protect their wearers against gas or radioactive particles in the air, are displayed on bronze heads, 1957.
Last by a hare, 1957.
Erich Hartmann - Man, dog and barmaid in a pub, 1976.
Bruce Weber - Untitled, 1985.
1957
Fifi prepares for a bang as Joey blows up a balloon at the London Zoo’s Christmas party, 1955.
A keeper stands on an African elephant’s back as he sweeps it with a broom, London Zoo, ca. 1935.
Quite a hat at that, 1962. There was Prince Philip and Alderman Robert Evan Thomas, Lord Mayor of Manchester.
J'arrete de boire
A London Zoo keeper watches as an impala named Randy leap through the air, 1960.
Vélo pour des excursions sur glace avec des gants de protection sur le volant. Il a été inventé par Joe Shtaynlaufa pour naviguer dans les rues enneigées de Chicago.