


images that haunt us










Manuela von Meinhardis (Romy Schneider) enjoys the peace and quietness while fishing with her classmate Johanna (Paulette Dubost). A rare fun away from the strict girls’ school. Scene from Mädchen in Uniform, directed by Geza von Radvanyi (Germany / France, 1958). Produced by: Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)



Original caption on source: Miss Maria Chaliter, of Lowfield Heath, Crawley, Sussex, has advertised for a home for her 14 year old pet, an Indian monkey named Josephine. The owner has little time to devote to Josephine new she works on the land. During the day the monkey sits between a hot water bottle and paraffin stove to keep warm, with its colleague, Peter the cat. These pictures show the scene in the kitchen of Miss Chaliter’s home today with Josephine endeavouring to keep warm. November 1951.


Physogs or having fun with a very sexist, misogynist and racist game; not surprising at all from a game based on a “science” like physiognomy.

Physogs, a British game from the 1940s, is a popularized version of physiognomy, the art of judging human character from facial features. Based on sociologist Jacques Penry’s How to Judge Character from the Face (1939), the game consists of fifty-six printed cards and a key book describing thirteen distinct “facial-character types”: acquisitive-shrewd, dissipated, bad-tempered, determined, suave-obsequious, artistic-imaginative, credulous-impractical, magnetic, excitable-impetuous, self-conscious, crafty-self-centered, pleasant-cheerful, and narrow-minded-stubborn. There are four sets of playing cards: eye cards, nose cards, mouth cards, and type cards. (quoted from The Huntington Digital Library)











All cards and different compositions of ‘faces’ are available in high resolution at the Huntington Digital Library (link)







