Max und Moritz

Inspiration for the Katzenjammer Kids by Wilhelm Busch. Link…

Scottish History

These pages are from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1851-2002. Link…

Military Costumes in Old Japan

This is a small selection from a book of photographs by Kazumasa Ogawa, 1895. The captions are worth reading too. Link…

War Posters

Bleak as motivation. Link…

Italian Instruments

Photographs of beautiful instruments disfigured by ugly watermarks. Quite why, I don't know. Does the image have some sort of value that is retained by the museum because it is distributed with their watermark on it? I just don't get it. Link…

Alfred Beach’s Pneumatic Subway

A tube, a car, a revolving fan! The beginnings of rapid transit in New York. Link…

Yeah, baby, yeah

Miniskirts, hot pants, bell-bottoms, hairstyles, sunglasses and boots. Link…

Fassbinder

Barrel binders. Link…