National Fairground Archive

The University of Sheffield houses this growing collection of fairground photographs, posters and video. Link…

Russian library

This site has a large amount of complete books in DjVu, pdf and doc format. They have left the site as an open directory, which makes it handy for going directly to an author or viewing the latest updates. The three example are from Georgiy Naumenko, Zinaida Aleksandrova and Murzilka. Link…

The disillusionment of Dmitry

ATTENTION !
After long unsuccessful attempts was have sufficient grounds from creation and sale artworks Dmitry finished all experiences in art and now look for a job which shall give money for his family and return debts.
Artist told us that God betray his and kill Dmitry's faith from beggar and starvation by his family and by his direct. Therefore Dmitry decide bury his talent that given by God and be atheist and full art-renegade.
If you want purchase old Dmitry's artwork please connect to Dmitry's civil wife Mrs. Tatiana L. Vasilieva therefore Dmitry do not want have any attitudes with Internet in future. Link…

Propaganda

Posters from the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Link…

Concept cars

From concept to production. Pictured - 1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket. Link…

Ulk

The satire supplement 'Joke' was published from 1872 to 1933. Available in two newspapers, it had a large readership. Wonderful illustrations. Link…

Tribology

Songs, images and videos from 6 different tribal populations that live in the southern district of Koraput, Orissa, India. It's only a small site but check out this cute video - great little cassette player they've got there. Link…

Super symbol

The evolution of Superman's S. Link…

Maya sculpture

Rubbings from Tikal.

The Nuremberg Chronicle

A medieval encyclopedia (large scans of the illustrations). Link…

System 11

A very comprehensive rundown (posters, rules, easter eggs, etc) on System 11 pinball machines. Link…

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum

An illustrated catalogue of more that 100,000 ancient vases. Link…

Duluth

A set of postcards depicting Duluth, Minnesota. There are some strange choices of subject that don't exactly scream 'Come to Beautiful Duluth'. Link…

Charlotte Corday

She pulled the knife from her scarf and plunged it into his chest. He called out, À moi, ma chère amie! ("Help me, my dear friend!") and died. Link…

Visual Art & Social Commentary

Strong stuff.
Here is the story of fascism goosestepping through the quiet halls of your children’s schools and colleges—an ugly, threatening story. Here is also a story of soldiers fighting for the great traditions of learning, soldiers without uniforms, the winter soldiers of education. Link…

The Vinland map

The controversial Vinland Map is a medieval-style map of the Old World that includes a large island in the western Atlantic identified as "Vinilanda Insula", the Vinland of the Icelandic sagas. It came to light in the 1950s, bound together with a slender and then otherwise unknown tract dating to about 1440, entitled the Tartar Relation. If genuine, the map would demonstrate that mainstream Western Europeans were aware of at least a portion of North America some 50 years before Columbus, and that this information was not restricted to Iceland or even Scandinavia. Link…

Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild

As well as establishing a private zoological museum at Tring,

Rothschild also established the edible dormouse or Glis glis.

He was a big fan of the cassowary

and author of Birds of Laysan.

All things tonsorial

Everything from shaving plates and moustache cups to lady razors, postcards, shaving sticks, mugs and strops. Link…

The Guitar, the Lute and the Early Keyboard

Kenneth Sparr's site contains among other material, pictures of people with stringed instruments. Link…

AEIOU

The Annotatable Elektronic Interactive Oesterreich Universal Information. All things Austrian. Link…