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Jack Rabbit on the Run, Kansas, 1935.
It’s a boy !
Isabelle Wenzel
In Seville, a small white bull resembling a cat terrorizes a torero.
In Nigeria, relocating is done by the neighbours.
Headless portrait, 1800’s.
dropboxofcuriosities: Disappeared man
Fiji mermaid.
Femme à barbe.
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Protection against that dreaded disease Silicosis is assured underground workers with this new sand-blasting helmet developed by William P. Biggs, Safety Engineer of the Navy Department, 1936.
For some reason this Sister of Charity in Waterville, Maine, is drawn to a painting of a seagull taking wing.
Publicité pour Atabrine, un médicament anti-malaria. Nouvelle-Guinée, Deuxième Guerre Mondiale.
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Human Centipede, 1960.
Coney Island Beauty Contest, 1935.
Les victimes de Pompei.
Irina Ionesco - Histoire de l'oeil
Inquisition era torture devices.
In San Francisco, Old Lionface waits for afternoon tea.
In Crescent, Oregon, four-year-old Susie Grady turns on the light.
In Bombay, delivery men demonstrate an easy way to carry a tune.
Jean Auscher - Détecteur acoustique marin, 1960. Improving Stereo Localisation.
spoookyscary: “Foundling House” | Photographer: Coal Father, 2013
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Image by Robert W. Kelley, a LIFE magazine photographer who documented one “legs-out” attempt by a bunch of college boys in 1959.
Huge Black Cat, San Diego, CA, 1935.
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Planet of the Apes, 1968.
PLA policemen testing life-jackets, c. 1930.
How does that grab you ?
Houdini’s Tank.
Horst P. Horst - Barefoot Beauty, New York, 1941.
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Hortence J. Pacadorf
Homemade Jetpack.
Hollande, mai 1941. Utilisation d'un véhicule automobile quand l'essence est réservée aux troupes d'occupation. Second World War. During the German occupation of The Netherlands people used a car without gasoline/fuel because of shortages. In this
After fourteen months at sea on Her Majesty’s frigate Whitby, seaman Anthony Bennett meets his baby for the first time.
Joseph Merrick (Elephant Man)
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Hippolyte Bayard - Le Mammouth de George Lawrence, le plus gros appareil photo jamais construit : 700 kg, 4 m de long et 15 hommes pour le manoeuvrer, 1895.
Helmut Newton for Vogue Australia, 1964.
Helen Levitt - Trick-or-treaters, 1939.
In Paris, an artist idealizes his model.
In front of the Brandenburg Gate,1920’s.
alexaphoto: Alexandra L. - La tête - Pont-d’Ain, Ain, France.
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Auguste Lumière démontre la rapidité d’une plaque instantanée, 1885. Célèbres découvreurs lyonnais, les Frères Lumière sont à l’origine de multiples brevets scientifiques. Leurs inventivités, leurs passions communes pour la photographie
Grey Villet
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German contortionist Eddy Merky savors the daffodils of London’s Hyde Park.
Frieda’s bath has been drawn, a warm towel awaits her, and now she can lean back and relax in her kitchen sink turned hot tub.
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Ringo Starr, George Harrison & Paul McCartney.
Femme à barbe
Every time seven-year-old Steve Wessels wins a bubble-blowing contest he loses face.
Driving directions in this London suburb are slightly CONFSUING.
