images that haunt us
Blue Streak Racer Roller Coaster, Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA, 1929. This rollercoaster was demolished in 1930. / via
Visual Trickery. Flushing, NY: Headed on a crash course? – No, the just just appears to be aimed toward the left field stands at She stadium. It actually is flying far beyond the stands on its way to La Guardia airport. The optical illusion was created by the cameraman’s 135mm lens. UPI Photo 7/2/69 (written on verso) / source: VTG
Ārē Dommara acrobat,
from the book
Castes and Tribes of Southern India, 1909 / via
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related posts about this book, here
Portrait of Mata Hari (1876-1917), Dutch dancer and spy for Germany during World War I, standing, in a formal cloak, 1917 / src: Life magazine on google
Portrait of Mata Hari (1876-1917), Dutch dancer and spy for Germany during World War I, standing, with snake around her middle, 1915
/ src: Life Magazine on Google
Dancers Lydia Sokolova, Anton Dolin, Bronislava Nijinska, and Leon Woizkowski wear Coco Chanel’s athletic costumes for Le Train Bleu ballet, which aren’t far removed from her innovative and sporty ready-to-wear designs, 1924 (Getty Images, uncredited photographer) / src: pleasurephoto
‘Do ducks swim? Misses Eugenia Dunbar and Mary Moose.’ The main focus here is of course the horse trough, once a common item of street furniture in many big cities. National Photo. Glass negative. April 21, 1927 / src and hi-res: Shorpy
un regard oblique 