01 5 / 2012

vintagegal:

“Miss Information” by Bill Randall c. 1950’s

vintagegal:

“Miss Information” by Bill Randall c. 1950’s

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01 5 / 2012

biomedicalephemera:

Skeleton of the squirrel, showing its relation to the body
Check out that skull and those teeth - the family Sciuridae is more closely related to beavers, dormice, and porcupines, than they are to your average household rodent, despite looking like “fancy-dress rats”. The skull is often a key differentiating factor for comparative zoologists. The design of the inner ear and teeth/jaws can often point to a very different (and much more accurate) classification of a species than body type. 
Animal Forms: A Textbook of Zoology. David S. Jordan and Harold Heath, 1902.

biomedicalephemera:

Skeleton of the squirrel, showing its relation to the body

Check out that skull and those teeth - the family Sciuridae is more closely related to beavers, dormice, and porcupines, than they are to your average household rodent, despite looking like “fancy-dress rats”.

The skull is often a key differentiating factor for comparative zoologists. The design of the inner ear and teeth/jaws can often point to a very different (and much more accurate) classification of a species than body type.

Animal Forms: A Textbook of Zoology. David S. Jordan and Harold Heath, 1902.

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01 5 / 2012

"Imagine Humphrey Bogart without a cigarette - he would just look like a short man."

Marjane Satrapi

(Source: oldfilmsflicker)

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01 5 / 2012

almadora:

retrogasm:

This looks good…

- had this book cover on a postcard once upon a time.

almadora:

retrogasm:

This looks good…

- had this book cover on a postcard once upon a time.

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06 4 / 2012

fotojournalismus:

Vedran Smajlović performs in Sarajevo’s partially destroyed National Library in 1992. Smailović became famous by taking his cello into the streets of Sarajevo during the siege. Regularly playing his cello in ruined buildings during the siege of Sarajevo, most notably performing Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor. He protested against violence and murder by playing during bombings and funerals. He left the city in 1993 and never played again in his hometown. Till the 5th of April 2012.
[Credit : Mikhail Evstafiev]

fotojournalismus:

Vedran Smajlović performs in Sarajevo’s partially destroyed National Library in 1992. Smailović became famous by taking his cello into the streets of Sarajevo during the siege. Regularly playing his cello in ruined buildings during the siege of Sarajevo, most notably performing Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor. He protested against violence and murder by playing during bombings and funerals. He left the city in 1993 and never played again in his hometown. Till the 5th of April 2012.

[Credit : Mikhail Evstafiev]

(via npr)

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30 3 / 2012

almadora:

- muah.

almadora:

- muah.

(Source: rose-paris.com)

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29 3 / 2012

vintagegal:

Cyd Charisse at Santa Monica beach, photograph by Peter Stackpole (1945)

vintagegal:

Cyd Charisse at Santa Monica beach, photograph by Peter Stackpole (1945)

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12 3 / 2012


Clare Caulfield, Flatiron Building, New York (hand-painted screenprint)

Clare Caulfield, Flatiron Building, New York (hand-painted screenprint)

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