‘With a cat on the beach at Margate.’ Found image. This photograph was taken by J. Easton, Clifton Baths, Margate (UK) in the 1920′s / source: LovedayLemon
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Woman in her yard, 1940′s / source: Life is Art
Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) with gas mask and
Helen Manson
(Nan Grey) in ‘The Invisible Man Returns’, directed by Joe May, 1940
“Amplifiers at Bolling Field, 1921.″ Two giant horns with ear tubes, evidently designed to listen for approaching aircraft. National Photo Co. / source and hi-res: Shorpy
Foot Patrol. “S.S. Banks,
Washington DC, March 20, 1923.” We suspect this has something to do with traffic safety. National Photo Company glass negative
/ src: shorpy
Christopher Helin ::
Keyless Entry
or what seems to be a demonstration of the paparazzi-proof Mitchell sedan,
San Francisco, circa 1918, glass negative. / src and hi-res: shorpy
Electric elevator desks in Prague, 1937
/ unknown photographer
Though it looks like something out of Brazil (the movie directed by Terry Gilliam, 1985), these desks were real. The Central Social Institution in Prague was home to the world’s largest vertical file cabinet, with over 3,000 drawers. The desks could move up, down, left, and right at the push of a button. (src: KevlarYarmulke on Reddit)
Group of people seen from behind, France, ca. 1890. Anonymous photographer / src: Lumière des Roses
un regard oblique 