We’ve gone through the Vintage Weird Facebook group and found some of our favorite images from simpler, yet possibly stranger, times to share with all of you vintage enthusiasts out there. So slip into that dress your grandmother gave you, get those Elvis tunes playing, and enjoy this list of peculiar blasts from the past. Be sure to upvote your favorite pics, and then if you’re interested in checking out some bizarre vintage ads, we’ve got the perfect Bored Panda piece for you to read next right here.
#1 Martin Claus 1892-1975
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Vintage Weird was created in October 2018 and has amassed a loyal following of over 400k members since then. The page’s description notes that it “celebrates genuine, verifiable vintage weirdness”, which clearly appeals to a lot of people. The images members share must be from 1983 or earlier, and they need to be more interesting than the typical classic photo. “We reach for something beyond simple nostalgia & into the strange, puzzling, magickal, surreal, and more,” the page says. But they note that harmful and upsetting topics are to be avoided on the page and make a point to tell members up front that the group is “pro-woman, pro-LGBQT+, and anti-racist”. “We welcome like-minded weirdos to our ranks!”
People tend to be drawn to vintage images or photography, as they can give us insight into what our world was like before we showed up, but strange vintage photos are even more fascinating. Many of us view the past as simple, with less options available for our professions and roles in society. But seeing that there were quirky people and objects around a century ago is a great reminder that we’re not so different from our great-grandparents. Just because they didn’t have memes does not mean their lives were boring.
#2 Giant Studebaker. World's Largest Vehicle Under Construction. Chicago, 1934
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#3 17-Year-Old Bianca Passarge From Hamburg Dances On Wine Bottles In A Cat Costume, 1958
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When it comes to the appeal of Vintage Weird, the oddities are definitely part of the draw. Seeing strange or confusing images is always interesting because we want to understand them. Most of us probably have not seen a magician tricking audiences into believing a woman is levitating on the beach or a ballerina dancing on top of glass bottles, but at one point in time, these occurrences did happen.
But aside from being strange, these vintage images appeal to audiences because of the feeling of nostalgia they evoke. Nostalgia can be a powerful feeling, and according to psychologist Dr. Krystine Batcho, it actually has a psychological purpose. “Nostalgia by motivating us to remember the past in our own life helps to unite us to that authentic self and remind us of who we have been and then compare that to who we feel we are today,” said Dr. Batcho on the Speaking of Psychology podcast.
#4 From Circa 1975, An Ad For Men's Business Attire. With Western Canada Breaking Temperature Records All Over The Place, This Might Not Be A Bad Idea
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#5 A Lady’s Compact From The 1920’s
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#6 (Apologies If Repost) Ford Unsuccessfully Tried To Reinvent The (Steering) Wheel By Replacing With A Pair Of Twisty Dials In The 1960s. Ford Pr Geared It Towards Those “Non-Technical” People That Are Commonly Referred To As Women, Who Are Apparently Hopeless At Parallel Parking. In All Their Cockiness Though, Ford Were Apparently Oblivious To The Fact That The System Was No Easier Or Better Than A Standard Steering Wheel Anyway!
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Dr. Batcho goes on to explain that nostalgia also “gives us a sense of who we want to be down the road in the future”. It is not only about looking back. She explains that it’s a social emotion as well. “It connects us to other people. It does that in so many beautiful ways. In the beginning, when we're very young, it's part of what bonds us to the most important people in our life, our parents, our siblings, our friends. As we go through life, it can broaden out and extend to a wider sphere of the people we interact with. It's a social connectedness phenomenon, and nostalgia is in that sense a very healthy pro-social emotion.” A Facebook group like Vintage Weird may seem like a silly place online to look at photos, but the community bonds members together by their shared feelings of nostalgia, which can be a beautiful thing.
#7 Ge Walking Truck, 1969
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#8 Philippe Halsman, The Versatile Jean Cocteau, 1949
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#9 Beauty Treatment For Women: 1941 The Glamour Bonnet Went Over A Woman's Head, And The Attached Hose Was Supposed To Create Low Atmospheric Pressure Like A Vacuum To Improve Skin Complexion
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Nostalgia can even bring us comfort during times of change or transition. Have you ever spent hours looking back at old photos while packing up to move or swapping stories of your favorite memories with friends right before a big life change? Dr. Batcho explains that, “It stimulates memories of the times when we were accepted and loved unconditionally. That is such a powerfully comforting phenomenon, knowing that there was a time in life when we didn't have to earn our love, or we didn't deserve it because we earned a certain amount of money or we were successful in a certain venue. Our parents, for example, or our siblings or our friends simply loved us unconditionally. That is a wonderfully comforting feeling when we're undergoing any kind of turmoil in our personal lives.”
#10 Pablo Picasso As Popeye. 1957. Photo By André Villers
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#11 #8 Freckle Removal. A Complicated Apparatus Is Employed. Eyes Are Covered With A Special, Air-Tight Piece, And The Nostrils Filled In. Breathing Is Done Through A Special Tube. Sensitive Parts Of The Face Must Be Treated Separately, 1930
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#12 Back In 1956, Magician Robert Harbin Demonstrated One Of His Levitation Tricks On A Few Beachgoers. These Women Looked Pretty Impressed And At Ease, Especially The Woman ‘Levitating’ Over Rocks. This Is Definitely Not Something You Would See At Beaches Today
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But you might be wondering if the posts on this page qualify as causing nostalgia if the members were not even alive at the time the photos were taken. Well, there is actually a word for that seemingly indescribable feeling of nostalgia for something you did not personally live through: anemoia. J.W. Barlament explains anemoia in depth on his blog as, “Nostalgia for the ‘good ol’ days’; more specifically, the good ol’ days you are too young to have known. It is a sense that something was intrinsically better in the distant past than it is in the present; that we’ve lost something crucial in our ceaseless march of progress. Few haven’t felt it. Fewer still have contemplated if it really has a meaning behind senseless longing.”
#13 Luna Park, Melbourne. Google It. The Place Was (And Is) Amazing
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#14 Otto Soltau (1885-1915), "The Centaur Playing With Her Child," 1909
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#15 ‘Duska' Red And Black Glass Perfume Flacon, Modelled As A Skyscraper, By Langlois And Probably Executed By The Cristallerie De Nancy, 1928
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As an avid listener of 80s music and huge fan of 80’s cinema, I know the feeling of anemoia all too well. Maybe you have felt it while watching Stranger Things even though your parents were teens at that time, or perhaps you’ve flipped through enough family photo albums to feel it when you see a picture of your grandparents at your age. Why this happens is not totally clear, but J.W. hypothesizes that it has to do with our tendency to romanticize the past. And while the world certainly was not perfect “back in the day”, J.W. understands why we might wish for that time.
“It is definitely disingenuous to say that people lived in peace,” he writes. “It is very much possible, however, that people lived with peace of mind. Nowadays, while we are more connected than ever, it is well-accepted that we feel evermore alone. In comparison, our ancestors — especially our ancient ancestors — while ostensibly worse off, shared an unbreakable bond between each other that we today can barely even conceive of. This may very well be the part of the past that the people of today long for.”
#16 A Disguised Secret Witness Testifies In A Courtroom On A Drug Case. Washington, 30 April 1952
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#17 Max Klinger - Dreams (1884)
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#18 The Unbroken Seal On King Tutankhamun's Tomb, Which Stayed 3,245 Years Untouched Until The Excavation In 1922
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Aside from simply romanticizing and longing for the past, people tend to love incorporating vintage items into their lives for the charm, whether that be a piece of furniture, a car or their entire closet. But even if you are not an avid thrifter, there are plenty of reasons to start buying vintage. First of all, it’s probably going to save you some money. There are some places that sell high-end vintage at exorbitant prices, but for the most part, second hand items are cheaper. The low prices do not mean low quality, though. Before the days of fast fashion and mass-produced IKEA furniture, everything was built to last. Your grandparents probably have the same tables and chairs they had fifty years ago, and they are likely still in excellent condition. Don’t underestimate the value of a vintage piece. If it’s lasted this long, you can assume it will hold up for another few decades.
#19 Walking On Stilts Is Already Impressive Enough, But This Man Pushed It One Step Further And Skated On Stilts! Fritz Dietl, Who Was Better Known As The Stilt-Man, Was Photographed Practicing His Skills With Four-Year-Old Pat Kemp At The Empire Pool In Wembley. 1937
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#20 It’s True It These Weird Trousers Were The Mad Rage In The 1920’s. 2 British Men Who Are Cambridge University Undergraduates Photographed There Wearing “Plus 10’s”. 1926. — Plus 10’s Are Variation On The Plus 4 Golfing Knickers. The Number Increases For How Many Inches Below The Knee The Fabric Hung. These Pants Became A Huge Look For Fashion Forward Pioneered By The Prince Of Wales , Film Stars And Was Espoused Mainly By Elite University Students And Spread. “Plus Fours” Came In Tweed Wool, Linen, Corduroy, And Flannel. They Were Worn With Sweaters , Jacket And Tie, Dress Shirts And Were Also Worn By Daring Females Or Children. Jaunty Hats Were The Norm To Complete The Look
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#21 Photocubirealist Portrait Of Picasso. I Can't Find Information About This, But From His Age I'm Guessing Circa '60s
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Another perk of buying vintage is that you can find some amazingly unique pieces. Why would you want to dress exactly the same as everyone else in your office when you could be the only person sporting a windbreaker from the 80s. Decorating your apartment with second hand finds will also make your home feel special. Every piece has a history of its own, and you get to add to its story by proudly displaying it in your home. Even if you don’t know exactly where everything came from, it is certainly more interesting to say that you dug that painting out of a bin at a flea market and an old woman with an eyepatch sold it to you than, “Oh, it’s from H&M.”
#22 Stanley Green Was A ‘Human Billboard’ And An Ubiquitous Figure In London. For 25 Years, From 1968 Until 1993, Green Patrolled Oxford Street With A Placard Recommending "Protein Wisdom", A Low-Protein Diet That He Said Would Dampen The Libido And Make People Kinder. His 14-Page Self-Published Pamphlet, Eight Passion Proteins With Care Went Through 84 Editions And Sold 87,000 Copies Over 20 Years. A True British Eccentric, There Is A Longer Account On Wikipedia That Makes Interesting Reading
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#23 Im Henson Helping An Old Lady ( Aughra) Cross The Street In 1982. "Aughra Is A Major Character From Jim Henson's 1982 Film The Dark Crystal And The Deuteragonist Of The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Prequel Series. She Was Performed By Puppeteer Frank Oz, With The Late Billie Whitelaw Providing Her Voice. In The 2019 Prequel Age Of Resistance, She Is Performed By Kevin Clash And Voiced By Donna Kimball. "
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#24 Department Store Wax Mannequins Melting During A Heatwave In 1929. (Via Alex Eccleston)
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Buying vintage pieces is also great for the environment. According to the Institute of Sustainable Communication, the clothing industry is the second largest contributor to clean water pollution in the world. At the same time, the clothing industry emits 10% of the world’s carbon emissions and creates 21 billion tons of waste every year. These are harrowing facts considering that we all need clothes, so most people have no intentions of stopping their purchases. But we don’t all need to contribute to the rapid production of clothing. Instead, we can check out our local thrift stores the next time we need a new pair of jeans or sweater for the winter. Even online retailers selling vintage clothing are more sustainable options than supporting the fast fashion industry.
#25 Opera Singer Fritzi Massary Dressed As A Rooster In 1912
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#26 Alice Rahon, (1904-1987) The Juggler From The Orion’s Ballet Series, White Ink On Card, 1946
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#27 Map Of The Ancient Roman World From Their Perspective: Orbis Terrarum. Pomponius Mela, Who Wrote Around Ad 43, Was The Earliest Roman Geographer. He Was Born In Tingentera (Now Algeciras) And Died C. Ad 45. Pomponius Dividing The Earth Into Five Zones, Of Which Two Only Were Habitable, He Asserts The Existence Of Antichthones, Inhabiting The Southern Temperate Zone Inaccessible To The Folk Of The Northern Temperate Regions From The Unbearable Heat Of The Intervening Torrid Belt. On The Divisions And Boundaries Of Europe, Asia, And Africa, He Repeats Eratosthenes; Like All Classical Geographers From Alexander The Great (Except Ptolemy) He Regards The Caspian Sea As An Inlet Of The Northern Ocean, Corresponding To The Persian And Arabian (Red Sea) Gulfs On The South. India Occupies The South-Eastern Angle Of Asia, Whence The Coast Trended Northwards To Scythia, And Then Swept Round Westward To The Caspian Sea. Credit: Traces Of History And Archeology And Art
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We hope you're enjoying this quirky list of images from the past and the fun facts that go along with them. If you're interested in seeing even more photos like these, be sure to check out Vintage Weird on Facebook. Keep upvoting the pics that stand out the most to you, and then let us know in the comments what the strangest photo from the past you've ever seen was. Maybe you're even feeling inspired to spend some time sifting through your family photo albums now to keep that feeling of nostalgia going; I'm sure if you look hard enough, you'll find something that's "Vintage Weird worthy".
#28 Late Victorian Mountaineers, Including A Fully Dressed And Corseted Lady, Cross A Crevasse In The Alps (1900)
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#29 Johannes Hendrikus Antonius Maria Lutz, Person Dressed Up As A Fox, 1907 - 1916
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#30 Some Wonderfully Weird And Expertly Crafted Late 19th And Early 20th Century Pottery By The Martin Brothers Of England
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#31 Vintage Weird Holiday Weekend* Plans Are In Full Swing! _ "Hurrying Along In The Shuffle Race" From Things Worth Doing And How To Do Them (1906) By Lina Beard And Adelia B. Beard * It's Us Independence Day On July 4th. Whee!
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#32 A Couple Gets Into Their Bmw Isetta, Through The Front Door, 1950
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#33 Je Règle Mon Pas Sur Le Pas De Mon Père Friedrich Seidenstücker : In His Father’s Trousers, C. 1950
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#34 Paul Boyton (1848-1924) Photographed By Alphonse Bernoud (1820-1889). Boyton Was An Adventurer Having Spurred Worldwide Interest In Water Sports As A Hobby. He's Best Known For Crossing The English Channel In A Novel Rubber Suit That Functioned Similarly To A Kayak
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#35 A Young Woman Sand Surfing Near Seaside, Oregon [1941]
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#36 1939 Schlörwagen... Built By German Engineer Hans Schlör Von Westhofen Dirmstein To Resemble The Shape Of An Airplane Wing. This Car Was More Aerodynamicaly Efficient Than Most 21th Century Cars With A Cw Value Of Just 0,15!
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#37 Expressions Diverses De La Physionomie Humaine Résultant De L'application Du Courant Électrique Sur Le Trajet Des Muscles De La Face." Illustration In Les Merveilles De La Science, Ou Description Populaire Des Inventions Modernes (1870) By Louis Figuier
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#38 The Timberline Lodge Ski Resort, Which Is Located In Oregon (USA), Could Be Reached Along The Mountain Road By Your Own Car, By Bus, As Well As By An Unusual Bus.
The latter outwardly did not differ in any way from the standard Kenworth-Pacific T-216. The cabin could accommodate 36 passengers. When people entered the bus and took their seats, the doors were closed and the car set off ... by air. He moved along the cable car with the help of electric motors. The fare on the “heavenly bus” was $ 1. By the way, it was possible to get to the resort for 20 cents on a regular bus along the way. Officially, this cable car served from 1951 to 1953. Then it was closed for lack of profitability. But at the insistence of tourists, it was reopened and it served until the mid-60s of the last century. But already in the role of some kind of attraction
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#39 Kinda Cute
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#40 Perhaps The Strangest And Most Mysterious Mask Of Them All, The Moretta Mask Experienced A Brief Surge Of Popularity Before Disappearing Almost Entirely By 1760. A Full-Face Mask Like The Bauta, The Moretta Mask (Also Sometimes Called The Servetta Muta, Or Mute Maidservant) Had No Straps Or Dowels To Secure It To Ones Face. Instead, The Moretta Mask Was Kept In Place By Means Of A Button Sewn Onto The Inside That The Wearer Would Clamp Between Their Teeth, Rendering Them Mute. Traditionally Worn Only By Women, The Moretta Encouraged The Renaissance Ideal Of Feminine Beauty By Accentuating The Delicate Curves Of The Face, And By Obliging The Wearer To Communicate Via Body Language Instead Of By Speaking. Ironically, This Mute Mask Speaks Volumes About The Eras Understanding Of A Womans Place In Society
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#41 This Is The 60ft Giant Yard Bird That Once Stood At The Entrance Of The Yard Birds Family Shopping Center In Chehalis, Wa. It Was Completed In 1971. It Was So Big A Semi Truck Could Drive Between Its Legs. Then In 1976, A Guy's Souped Up Camero's Carburetors Backfired And Shot Flames Up The Leg Of The Freshly Repainted Bird. The Bird Burned In 12 Minutes And Sent Up A Column Of Black Smoke That Could Be Seen From Miles Around
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#42 Self Portrait, Photo Montage By Herbert Bayer, 1932
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#43 Melchior D’hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636–1695) - Vogelkonzert (1670)
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#44 Air Conditioned Luxury Lawn Mower In The 1950's
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#45 Moe And His Mini Me In "The 3 Little Pigskins", 1935
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#46 A California Pioneer M.c. Close And His Mermaid Trixie, La Jolla, California, 1910 From The Southwest Postcard Collection
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#47 Fritz Schwimbeck (1889-1972), Eingang Der Fischfrösche, 1919
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#48 A Security Guard Walking Down Us Highway 101 Where There Are Towering Stacks Of Hollow Iron Floats From Which The Iron Antisubmarine Nets Were Suspended To Protect The Us Ports During The Last War, By Hank Walker, 1953
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#49 "Vampire's Kiss," Illustration By Max Ernst, 1934
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#50 Ice Cube Face Mask By Max Factor, 1947
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#51 Joseph Beuys Erdtelephon, 1968 Telephone, Lump Of Clay, Dried Grass, Cord, Wood 19 × 38.5 × 104.5 Cm (7 ½ × 15 ⅛ × 41 ⅛ In.)
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#52 Le Me When, After Five Months Of Diet, I Find That We Will Have Pizza For Dinner. _______________ Particular Of The "Last Judgement" By Michelangelo Buonarroti (1535 -1541) - Sistine Chapel, Rome
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#53 Erich Comeriner, Display Dummy Berlin C. 1930
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#54 This Clown, According To A Student Editor, Is A Fine Example Of Humor. Knee-Slapping, I Tell You. From Ball State University’s 1928 Yearbook
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#55 Cellophane Ad Poster 1950s
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#56 Clown And Clownesse, Photo By Werner Rohde, 1935
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#57 "The Eleventh Hour" By Rodney Matthews 1983
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#58 Filippo Balbi, Testa Anatomica, 1854, Oil On Panel Wellcome Library, London
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#59 The Classic Aqua-Trail “Terra Marina” Was In Business From 1956-1964+ In Many Sizes From 24'-36' And Widths Of 8' And 10' Wide. These Were Fully Amphibious Travel Trailers As The Wheels Were Retractable Into The Hull. Notice The Steering Helm Behind Lady In Red. Operator Would Stand On That Bench
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#60 Frank Zappa In The Background. Ringo Starr, Playing Frank Zappa, In The Foreground. From The Movie “200 Motels” (1971) Written And Directed By Frank Zappa And Tony Palmer
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#61 L'important C'est De Communiquer Antonio Ligabue 1899-1965
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#62 Medusa - 1597 By Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio (1571 – 1610) Collection Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Two versions of Medusa were created by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – one in 1596 and the other in 1597 – depicting the exact moment she was executed by Perseus. He plays with the concept by replacing Medusa's face with his own, as an indication of his immunity to her dreadful gaze. Due to its bizarre and intricate design, the painting is said to complement Caravaggio's unique fascination with violence and realism. It was commissioned by Italian diplomat Francesco Maria del Monte as a means of giving it to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and is now located in the Uffizi Museum in Florence without signature
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#63 Chorus Girls In Hell In Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
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#64 Perspectives D'avenir Traité Des Pratiques Geometrales Et Perspectives, Enseignées Dans L'academie Royale De La Peinture Et Sculpture . Par Abraham Bosse, 1665. Tres Utiles Pour Ceux Qui Desirent Exceller En Ces Arts, & Autres, Où Il Faut Employer La Regle & Le Compas.
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#65 Edward Steichen :: Thérèse Duncan, Isadora Duncan Daughter, At The Acropolis, Athens, 1921
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#66 The Motormat Drive-In,invented By Kenneth C.purdy,where The Food Tray Was Sent Out On Rails (1948) Los Angeles
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#67 A British Chamberpot With A Built-In Small Bust Of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ca.1803-05
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#68 Up Until 1948, 7up Put Lithium In Their Soda. For Those Unaware, That Is A Mood Stabilizer And It Is Very Much Still In Use Today
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#69 A Test Audience Reacting To The Chest Burster Scene In Alien, 1979
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#70 Hell Courtesan By Kawanabe Kyosai (1874)
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#71 The Convair Model 118 Convaircar (Also Known As The Hall Flying Automobile) Was A Prototype Flying Car Of Which Two Were Built. Company Photograph Taken Over San Diego, California, USA, November 1947
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#72 This Is Also A Coin From Syracuse, Bc 460, In A Much Nicer Condition, From My Coin Collection
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#73 Larry Lewis (American Outsider Artist 1919-2004) - Untitled (Woman With Open Mouth And Blue Dress), Mixed Media On Paper (Two-Page Spread From Collage Book, Ca. 1970, At Fred Giampietro's Booth | Oaf NYC 2015
Born in 1919, Lewis took art classes in his youth and exhibited his paintings in the 1950s with some limited success, but for reasons unknown he withdrew from the art world. Married to a nurse, he lived in Norwalk, Connecticut, where he made his living as a secretary at United Oil Products. But he did not stop making art. From the 1960s, almost until his death in 2004, Lewis worked on a series of extraordinary hand-painted scrapbooks made out of collages of photocopied pictures of Hollywood divas, Victoriana, newspaper advertisements, product labels and favourite works of art. But over those four decades he hardly showed the work to anyone, and neither did he leave behind any written explanation of what it was all about
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#74 Butterfly-Shaped Box, Japan, 19th Century, Lacquer With Gold, Silver And Mother-Of-Pearl The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
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#75 Untitled, Photo By Emery P. Reves-Biro, C.1930s
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#76 Edward Steichen Sugar Cubes C.1920's
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#77 Labor Union Members In Newark, New Jersey March Against Prohibition, Carrying Signs That Read, "We Want Beer," October 31, 1931
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#78 Coin (Silver) From Syracuse, Greece Around 466 Bce
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#79 The Berlin Gold Hat (German: Berliner Goldhut) Is A Late Bronze Age Artefact Made Of Thin Gold Leaf. It Served As The External Covering On A Long Conical Brimmed Headdress, Probably Of An Organic Material. It Is Now In The Neues Museum On Museum Island In Berlin. The Berlin Gold Hat Is The Best Preserved Specimen Among The Four Known Conical Golden Hats From Bronze Age Europe So Far. Of The Three Others, Two Were Found In Southern Germany, And One In The West Of France. (...) It Is Generally Assumed That The Hats Served As The Insignia Of Deities Or Priests In The Context Of A Sun Cult That Appears To Have Been Widespread In Central Europe At The Time. The Hats Are Also Suggested To Have Served Astronomical/Calendrical Functions
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#80 In 1916, Sisters, Adeline And Augusta Van Buren Became The First Women To Travel Across The USA On Two Solo Motorcycles. They Made It Despite Frequently Being Arrested For Wearing Pants!!!
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#81 Poster From George C. Tilyou’s Steeplechase Park Circa 1905.
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#82 We Miss You, Rod Serling! Rod Serling Left Us On June 28, 1975 At The Age Of 50. In This Image He Is Seen In The World He Created, “Twilight Zone,” Which Resonated With Audiences As He Portrayed The Search For Truth And Cures For The Human Condition In Fantasy And Sci-Fi Themes.
While “Twilight Zone” personified him, Serling created or wrote for many other shows, among them “Night Gallery,” a color update to many of the Twilight Zone themes. But his last performance was among the strangest, an otherworldly radio performance called “Fantasy Park.” Fantasy Park was a 48-hour-rock concert carried on nearly 200 radio shows on Labor Day Weekend 1975. It featured many of the biggest acts of the time, including a Beatles reunion. The only catch was it was imaginary, a “theatre of the mind for the 70’s,” using recordings of live albums and snippets of crowd noise and other audio effects. Serling was recruited to record the host segments, and he wrote disclaimers for the show such as this one: “Hello, this is Rod Serling, and welcome back to Fantasy Park- the crowds here today are unreal. This is Fantasy Park, the greatest live concert never held.” Robert M. Thompson created this Vintage TV Art image for the classic “Twilight Zone” series
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#83 Lauren Bacall Photographed For Life Magazine (1948) Photographer: Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973) *the Gold Whistle Charm Bracelet She Has On Was A Gift From Humphrey Bogart Who Gave It To Her In Reference To The Famous Line She Said To Him In To Have And Have Not (1944). The Inscription Read: "If You Want Anything, Just Whistle." When Bogart Died The Whistle Was Buried With His Ashes
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#84 Saint Thomas D'aquin, Man Juggling His Own Head, C1880
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#85 Ohann Remmelin. Three Visions, Catoptrum Microcosmicum (Mirror Of The Microcosm), 1667
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#86 Ida Rentoul : The Fairy On A Bat
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#87 What We Are Coming To (1895) This Illustration By Grant E. Hamilton Ran In The February 16, 1895 Issue Of Judge Magazine
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#88 Mars Resting Ca. 1638 - A 17th Century Satiric Diego Rodríguez De Silva Y Velázquez (1599 – 1660) Museo Del Prado, Madrid
Mars or Resting Mars (Descanso de Marte, literally The Rest of Mars) is a 1640 painting by Diego Velázquez. It is now in the Prado Museum. The painting was inspired by Il Pensieroso, one of Michelangelo's sculptures for the Medici in the new sacristy of the Basilica of San Lorenzo. This painting is a satirical depiction of the god Mars. It is thought to have been finished around 1639-1640
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#89 Four Costumed Alligators: A Banjo Player, Carmen Miranda, One With A Harmonica, And One With A Trumpet. On Display At The Tropical Handbag Company Of Miami, Florida. November 1957
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#90 ‘Monkeys As Judges Of Art’ (1889) By Gabriel Von Max
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#91 Alexandre Perier & Lourenço Morganti, Deception Of The Sinners, 1735
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#92 Lobby Display For Mad Love (Karl Freund, 1935)
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#93 Floris M. Neusüss Figure In The Room (Self-Portrait) 1974
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#94 “Barbershop With Monkeys And Cats,” By Abraham Teniers. (1629-1670) (Thanks To Andrew Christopher Werling For Providing Corrections)
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#95 Gas Mask For Babies, England, 1938
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#96 To Promote His Movie 'Frenzy' Alfred Hitchcock Announced He Was Returning Home To London From Hollywood... By Floating A Lifelike Mannequin Of Himself In The Thames River 1972
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#97 Cats Being Instructed In The Art Of Mouse Catching By An Owl - Lombard School, C. 1700, Paintings: Oil On Canvas, Within A Painted Lunette
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#98 Anima Dannata - Lombardie - 1600-1610
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#99 Remedios Varo ~ “Insomnia”,1947
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#100 The Hotel Room Jugend 1930 Drawing By Anton Machek
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#101 Couple Katchina Noguchi 1943 Wood, String, Feathers
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#102 Edith Rimmington, The Decoy, 1948, Oil On Canvas National Galleries Scotland
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#103 Floaty Mannequin Captured In Window At Bonwit Teller Department Store, New York City, C. 1940.
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#104 "Ehy, That's Too Hot! Let's Get Out Of There, Buddy!" Infernal Monstrosities, Particular Of The Last Judgement By Michelangelo Buonarroti (1536–1541) - St. Peter's Basilica In Rome
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#105 Saturn Devouring His Son, C. 1819-1823 Francisco Goya (1746–1828), Museo Del Prado, Madrid
Saturn Devouring His Son is the name given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. According to the traditional interpretation, it depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (in the title Romanized to Saturn), who, fearing that he would be overthrown by one of his children,[1] ate each one upon their birth. The work is one of the 14 Black Paintings that Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1819 and 1823. It was transferred to canvas after Goya's death and has since been held in the Museo del Prado in Madrid
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#106 Forever Young - Activa Creme Radioactive - Toujours Jeune Art Deco Ad By Mauzan Achille, Paris 1921
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#107 Elemer A. Lakatos - False Faces, 1953
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#108 Out And In Book Of Hours, Flanders C. 1485 Kraków, Mnk 3025 I, P. 469-470
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#109 Floating Heads Friday: Brent Has Suspected His New Mother-In-Law Would Prove Overbearing--But Even In Regard To His Brake Linings??? (Late 1940s Gray-Rock Advertisement.)
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#110 Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) Les Voeux De Mariage (Marriage Vows), 1955 Oil On Canvas
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#111 Floating Heads Friday: 1971 Print Ad For The Mexican Beverage Refrescos Lulu. This Drink Brand Still Exists, But The Betty Boop Mascot On The Bottle Has Been Changed -- Nose Slightly Different And Hairstyle Completely Altered
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#112 Spiderweb * - Maurits Cornelis Escher, 1940-42. Dutch, 1898-1972 Woodcut * Halcyon Typografische Tijdschrift
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#113 Catedral Vegetal Oil On Masonite Remedios Varo 1957
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#114 Nathan Lerner, "Eye And String" 1939
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#115 Lions (Or Lion Suits) Illustration By Job For Liline Et Frérot : Au Pays Des Joujoux (1902) By Georges Montorgueil
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