Armless Orphan: 1922
via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
July 28, 1922
“John Uslie, armless orphan”
I just know there must be more to the story
National Photo Company Collection glass negative
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
“Let’s be clear.” It’s a promise for our time, indicating that what follows will be neither clear nor even trustworthy... more
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Unshakable memories
via Prospero by C.S.-W.
Some 100m red plastic easels, branded by the Ohio Art Company as Etch A Sketches, have been sold since 1960. Judging by Amazon reviews and online comments made following the death of Andre Cassagnes, its 86-year-old inventor, in Paris last month [January 2013], at least some of them now lie unloved in dark corners collecting dust, discarded by frustrated children in favour of other, less challenging, toys.
Even today the Etch A Sketch is commonplace in children's birthday boxes and Christmas stockings, with children both marvelling at its technology and cowering at its steep learning curve. Making anything passably artistic by dragging the orthogonal stylus through a fine coating of aluminium powder often seems nigh-on impossible. Some take to it and thrive, but many try it, struggle and consign it to the back of the cupboard.
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Why was he buried in a parking lot?
via 3quarksdaily by Morgan Meis
by Cynthia Haven at The Book Haven
The first question that everyone seems to ask is: Why was he buried in a parking lot?
Few people, apparently, have heard of the dissolution of the monasteries and the destruction of churches under Henry VIII and his heirs, one of the great legacies of the Tudors.
Remember Shakespeare’s “Bare ruinèd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang”? Some of the churches were merely stripped of anything valuable, others, such as the Franciscan monastery of Leicester, were levelled to the ground.
According to Wikipedia, “The church foundations, floor levels, and demolition layer were found under some 30 centimetres (12 in) of garden soil, itself capped by a further 45 centimetres (18 in) of mill waste used to create a base for the car parking area of recent years.”
When the experts announced today that they had definitively identified the bones of Richard III (the curvature of the spine was so pronounced that breathing would have been difficult and the pain agonizing), what astonished me most was the savagery of the attack that killed the king in the Battle of Bosworth Field, 1485, which put the first Tudor, Henry VII, on the throne.
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Anti-Judaism, which has always been at the centre of Western civilization, flourishes even without Jews, since its target is not people but an idea... more
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1954 : Robot Orchestra
via Retronaut by Amanda Uren
Actually I did not include this in here for the wonder of the image but for the appalling use of the English language in its most unique fashion!
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1959 : Buddy Holly and Waylon Jennings in a photo-booth on Grand Central Station, New York City
via Retronaut by Chris Wild
I won’t spoil the surprise – it’s typical of a couple of teenagers mucking around in a photo booth!
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
In search of timeless art. Hear a song over and over again: the magic fades, the melody grates. What if you discovered an immortal song, painting, poem, novel?... more
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1882 : The Automatic Toy Works Catalogue
via Retronaut by Amanda Uren
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A Guide to Understanding Nothing
via Big Think by Daniel Honan
How could the universe be created out of nothing?
This question has so perplexed mankind that we have come up with a fantastic assortment of myths to explain the how and the why of existence.
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