Mammaries

On the anatomy of the breast, by Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1840. Link…

Blakiana

Sexton Blake was making his debut in the pages of the Halfpenny Marvel as Sherlock Holmes was facing his 'Final Problem' with Professor Moriarty at the edge of the Reichenback Falls in the pages of The Strand Magazine. A comprehensive resource interestingly presented with a world timeline of events.
Check out the PDF downloads too (for the advertisements if nothing else): "Boys! Wonderful news! Less coupons now needed for every B.D.V. Gift. Some down to half. Some reduced more still. Now you really must begin saving. Ask your father, uncles and friends to smoke B.D.V. and give you their coupons." Link…

Pantomime

That magical world where girls will be boys and boys will be girls and both will be animals. A wonderful collection. Link…

Dance Marathons

"Black" Dance Marathons (continuous motion) or "Derbies" became extremely popular during the depression years (1920s-30s) as many out of work people would compete for money prizes, as well as stars of some kind seeking publicity. The longest running dance marathon lasted for 22 weeks and 3½ days. Dance marathons were eventually outlawed (called Blue Laws) in most states due to the unhealthy condition they would put the contestants in. Link…
If you're interested in reading more, here is a link to an excellent thesis [PDF] written by Chelsea Dunlop.
There is also this short article from American Heritage [scroll down to 1923 - Can’t Stop Dancin’]: "On April 1 Americans awoke to find their country in the thrall of a brand-new sport: marathon dancing. The fad had begun in England in early March with an effort of nine and a half hours—a virtual sprint. A pair of doughty Scots immediately did fourteen, and within two weeks French dancers had broken the twenty-four- hour barrier. At this point, with events having clearly surpassed the bounds of sanity, it was time for the Americans to step in." more…

Tugboats

Graveyard on Staten Island. Link…

An Australian Marsupial Lion

Good grief! "This marsupial predator was adapted to have it’s own fearsome shearing teeth. The premolars essentially became laterally-compressed blades, more high-ridged and pointed at the front, yet still sharp all the way down their length. These teeth in the upper and lower jaw even helped to sharpen each other as they slid past, allowed the predator to retain a sharp edge." "A predator that was less than four-feet long and probably weighed only 220 pounds, had the a bite force equivalent to a modern lion twice its size." Link…

Pirate Attack on the Biennale in Venice

An enormous Pirate Rabbit, winged like the Lion of San Marco, with one eye covered with a classic pirate's eye patch, crossed the whole Canale della Giudecca on board a large raft, as far as the Giardini, the official venue of the Biennale, and from there - at around 6pm - it fired 52 cannon shots at the buildings of the Biennale. Link…

Island Magic

In war magic the points of the spears are made effective and the shields are made spear-proof by magic uttered over them.

Among the forces and beliefs which bear upon and regulate garden work, perhaps magic is the most important. It is a department of its own, and the garden magician, next to the chief and the sorcerer, is the most important personage of the village. The position is hereditary, and, in each village, a special system of magic is handed on in the female line from one generation to another.

Argonauts of the western Pacific; an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea, by Bronislaw Malinowski... with a preface by Sir James George Frazer... with 5 maps, 65 illustrations, and 2 figures.
It has an extensive section on magic. Link…

Post War Industrial Photography

Maurice Broomfield left school at 15 to work in a factory and spent his evenings as a student in the Derby College of Art. Inspired by the drama of industry, he endeavoured to convey this atmosphere with photographs. Link…