Volturno

Quite the story:

Being caught smoking constituted a $5 fine, so when a steward approached, the Russian dropped his cigarette through a hole in the floor to avoid being caught.

Not a result of Hertzian Waves.

American History

Most of these pictures are from the April 2007 - Graphics in Nineteenth-Century America issue of Common Place. There are some great articles too. I found the site whilst researching this question at Ask Metafilter.

Godey's

"Redeeming woman from her inferior position and placing her side by side with man, a help-mate for him in all his pursuits". Link… & Link…

Shitakiri suzume

This is the Dutch language version of the Shitakiri suzume, one of the so-called chirimen bon (crepe-paper books) that were created for foreigners during the Meiji period. Our copy is a tairashi-bon (prints on plain paper). This was translated by Pieter Gerard van Schermbeek and the Dutch title is De musch met de geknipte tong. This book is the last Dutch language book published in Japan in the 19th century owned by the National Diet Library.

One of the items from the 'Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period' online exhibition. Link…

San'at

There are some interesting articles to be found at the archives of a quarterly magazine published by the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. Link…

Slung about twice nightly

As well as the (more info) at YouTube, more about the act and others like it can be found at Palace of Variety. Link…

Silver Horn Target Record Book

Kiowa drawings. These drawings appear in a book used for recording army target practice sessions. They include scenes of warfare, courting, personal dress, the Sun Dance, and stories of the mythical trickster figure, Saynday. Link…

Indian myth and legend

By Donald Alexander Mackenzie (originator of the Scottish Pork Taboo Theory), illustrations from Warwick Goble. Link…