Sets and actors from the early 1900s. Thanks to peacay for the pointer. Link…
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Clowns
From the Cushman collection. That first picture reeks of "Don't fuck with me or you'll get this stick up your arse", the second looks like the kid is totally freaking - wringing his hands and screaming. The Jello clown with the little girl is all kinds of wrong and what's happening with that dog? Unsettling. Link…
Monday, April 21, 2008
Medical Chests
"The series of MD Chests was introduced to the Medical Department in 1942 as a means by which to transport large unit medical supplies and to enable medical units to easily redeploy." Link…
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Invoice
I'm moving house this weekend. I had a garage sale to get rid of some of the junk that has accumulated over the years. One of the things for sale was a Macintosh SE*. I pulled it out of its bag, plugged it in, and it booted up like it had been used yesterday. Tucked in the side pocket of the bag was this invoice. A little bit of history that documents the computerisation of the Yellow Pages in Australia. The things that strikes me as strange when I review it are that we bought five machines but we only bought one copy of each of the programs and that a 'diskette storage box' cost $31.
*No, it didn't sell but I had a nicely nostalgic time playing 'Dungeon of Doom' and 'Scruffy'.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Jack Peppercorn
Wonderful caricatures and illustrations from the Hungarian satirical publication, Borsszem Jankó (1863) [PDF format]. Link…
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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