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unliteral

2010-05-26T09:14:00.006+10:00

My Picasa cup runneth over. A shame really, I was hoping to make it to 29 June and have a full 4 years. I tried a few different image storing alternatives but found them somewhat unwieldy compared to the Picasa/Blogger combination. I thought that seeing as I'm moving, that I might try a different style too. Essentially it will just be a bunch of bookmarks created with the Blog this! tool as I wander around the web. It may not be your cup of tea but if you want to check it out - unliteral.

A little bit o' the Irish

2010-05-14T12:04:00.005+10:00

A selection from the National Library of Ireland.

Volturno

2010-05-14T08:55:00.003+10:00

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.

Canadian History

2010-05-13T11:00:00.004+10:00

A selection of glass slides from the McCord Museum of Canadian History.

The North American Indian Works

2010-05-12T11:22:00.005+10:00

Between 1929 and 1952 C. Szwedzicki, a publisher in Nice, France, produced six portfolios of North American Indian art [You'll have to allow Pop-up Windows - Insight]. The accompanying text is well worth reading for the interpretations and context of the pictures you are looking at.

Modess….because

2010-05-07T08:35:00.000+10:00

The product that cannot be described from the Duke University advertising collection.

The Full Monty

2010-05-06T00:03:00.000+10:00

Four Catalogues from Montague Burton 'The Tailor of Taste', and the story of the Baggy Greens factory visit, wherein you find out the origins of the phrase 'The Full Monty'

HAT

2010-05-05T11:23:00.003+10:00

The History of Australian Theatre has interesting articles and pictures as well as a section on Houdini's tour of Australia which I have mentioned previously.

Astronomiæ Instauratæ Mechanica

2010-05-04T10:00:00.003+10:00

Instruments for the Restoration of Astronomy Tycho Brahe (1602) - here in colour.

Romanian Fireplaces Well Covered

2010-05-03T10:29:00.003+10:00

An album of ethnographic architecture in Romania.

Portuguese Scenes

2010-04-30T08:32:00.000+10:00

Sketches of Portuguese life, manners, costume, and character (1826). A very interesting read. The illustrations form the basis for the narratives. This for example, accompanies the last illustration shown here:

I was in one of these stables, when a slave merchant from the latter place came in and enquired what sort of stuff was on sale. The shopman, anxious to transact business immediately, took a sack of arrow-root (farinha de pao) and placing about a dozen little handfuls of it here and there on the ground, made signal to the slaves to come and eat, just as we see done by a servant to call together the fowls in a poultry yard. The slaves made a rush at the little heaps, and squatting down on their haunches, just like monkeys, began to eat with avidity.

It then goes on to relate several anecdotes and observations regarding the slave trade in this region.

Brazilian Lithographs

2010-04-29T11:46:00.007+10:00

Images from Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil Volume 1 — Jean Baptiste Debret 1768-1848. Volumes 2 and 3 are available on the site too but I didn't find them as interesting, depicting as they do the 'civilizing' of the natives. You can see them in colour (albeit at lower resolution) via S4U.

Meet the Fuggers

2010-04-27T10:26:00.005+10:00

Acquisitive bankers and venture capitalists that took over the Medici reign but didn't always manage to acquire a partner.

Indian Clippings

2010-04-22T09:32:00.017+10:00

A selection of images from the the Digital Repository South Asian Studies. The majority are from Sandes[h]a (1913-1934 )– a monthly for young readers, publishing fiction and information on natural sciences. Some also from Girindrakumar Datta, an activist of the Municipal Movement in Calcutta, published in Basantak.

Rosenthal Encampment Detail

2010-04-21T10:03:00.004+10:00

A couple of things here. One, the scans are huge, this is how all images on the web should be. Two, the ability to zoom in really brought home the small details to me.
I was really intrigued by the figures — their groupings, actions and definition in these camp scenes from the American Civil War.
I have greatly reduced the resolution of the scenes here, go to the University of Delaware Library site to appreciate the full set in all its glory.

Paris Under Water

2010-04-19T10:20:00.004+10:00

A site that explores the flooding of Paris in 1910. It features an interactive map as well.

Corrida

2010-04-16T09:06:00.008+10:00

Tauromaquia (1804) – Josef Delgado. Look Aunty, no chairs! [related]

Movie Magazines

2010-04-15T16:30:00.005+10:00

I assume the layout artist lost their job after this.

I've got this great idea for a shot, get under her skirt girls.

I've got this great idea for a shot, we'll drape you with vegetables.

I've got this great idea for a shot, look crazy.

Nice to see Hitler in here with the stars on his birthday. He was good in Downfall too.

Virtual History Film has full magazine scans from the 20's and 30's as well as a large collection of cards.

Virtual Slide Collection

2010-04-14T15:25:00.004+10:00

Random images from the still-under-construction HeidICON (you can log in as a guest).

Straight Form and Figure

2010-04-09T09:30:00.011+10:00

Fabulous illustrations from Gedenkweerdige Brasiliaense Zee- en Lant-Reise und Zee- en Lant-Reize door verscheide Gewesten van Oostindien, (1682) – Johan Nieuhof.

American Clown

2010-04-08T00:05:00.000+10:00

Here's a gif animation I made from the illustrations in the American Clown: Athletic Dance for Men or Boys manual.

Shadow Catcher

2010-04-07T12:00:00.005+10:00

The North American Indian photographed by Edward S. Curtis.

Nice Etchings

2010-04-06T15:20:00.008+10:00

Paradigmata Graphices variorum Artificum, Jan de Bisschop. What seems to be an uncompleted digitisation from manuscriptorium - european digital library of written cultural heritage. I thought I'd grab a few images before they finished it and slapped their watermarks all over them.

French Masters

2010-04-01T13:18:00.003+11:00

I'm off to Canberra for a few days to take in the Masterpieces from Paris. See you after Easter. Don't eat too many eggs. Speaking of which, I found out recently that my oldest daughter had been under the belief that Easter eggs symbolised the boulder that was at the entrance to Jesus' burial cave!

Youth

2010-04-01T12:59:00.005+11:00

Illustrations from Jugend (1896 to 1940). I've found the most convenient way to navigate is to (after selecting a year), click on the title page and then select the 'Vorschau' tab. You'll then be presented with every page from that issue as a clickable thumbnail.