No me tenet vincula, no me tenet clavis.
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A little girl hangs three Siamese kittens on a washing line in a garden in Croydon, London. c.1931
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Jeune femme au narguilé. Tirage argentique d’époque. Circa 1920
(Source: firsttimeuser)
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Jan. 17, 1956
The original Los Angeles Times caption put it best:
The moment cement workers turned their backs yesterday after laying new sidewalk at 4th St. and Grand Ave., where pigeons are accustomed to feed, the pigeons came back. Here’s pictorial proof that a bunch of angry, parading pigeons can really stay wheels of progress.
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(Source: Los Angeles Times)
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“Melpomene”, Landon Rives by Edward Steichen.
(Source: moonsago)
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Australian nurse with a kangaroo mascot by Australian War Memorial collection on Flickr.
Harefield, England. Taken during the First World War. An Australian nurse at No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital about to feed their pet kangaroo Jimony.
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1945
Russian soldiers sleeping with a puppy in Prague during World War 2.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Round shape 3.
(Source: thesongoftheearth)
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Vintage Chicago Public Library Bookmobile
Check out the digital collection for more!
(h/t thelifeguardlibrarian for inspiring this post)
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Henri Giffard’s balloon being prepared for ascent, Tuileries, Paris, 1878 (by trialsanderrors)