Day dresses, 1916 US, McCall’s Magazine
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Day dresses, jacket and fashionable motifs, 1917 US, McCall’s Magazine
Couldn’t they have come up with a more flattering name for it than a “bowling pin skirt”? It’s like a couple years ago when they were trying to bring back drop-crotch pants by calling them “carrot fit”.
Renaissance Prayer Nut (that’s a thing, apparently!) - circa 1520 - South Netherlandish
(Source: simonerein, via fuckyeahrenaissancehistory)
A remarkable set of original early glass negatives detailing everyday 19th-century street scenes has been found by Aaron Guy, who works at Newcastle’s Mining Institute. Most are from Newcastle, but some in the collection are from other parts of the north-east. The photographer is unknown
• All images from NEMiPA - Collection of the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle. For more, visit the Guardian website.
A pigeon zine! Made by the lovely Small Science Collective. Meave and I are totally all about this! Goddamn I love pigeons.
They have a little discussion about pigeons on the site. Pigeons and Darwin. I actually read that passage about pigeons by Darwin that they are talking about. It’s hella boring. Sorry. I love Darwin though! Though I’m not sure I believe in the idea of species. Some people have suggested that we’d learn a lot more if we organize a map illustrating the dispersal of different traits in a type of animal rather than segregating them into different species. The traits would likely correspond with different environmental conditions and we’d see why or how the traits evolved. As the definition of species gets murkier and murkier, we might want to look for alternative systems of organization.
That’s enough book-learning for today!
Posted with permission from the Small Science Collective!
(via fuckyeahpigeon)
