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A teen-aged Grand Duchess Anastasia takes a photograph using a…
A teen-aged Grand Duchess Anastasia takes a photograph using a mirror and a Kodak Brownie camera. 1913.
Unicorn Drops, ca. 1853.
Cassini outdoes itself. A mosaic of Saturn passing in front of…
Cassini outdoes itself.
A mosaic of Saturn passing in front of the Sun from the point of view of Cassini.
There is a high-resolution version, an annotated version, and a description of the image.
Automated Transfer Vehicle Albert Einstein burns up on re-entry…
Automated Transfer Vehicle Albert Einstein burns up on re-entry over the Pacific Ocean after resupplying the ISS back in June.
Wars on Kinkade
houghtonlib: “Stone Henge, Wiltshire” from Turner, J. M. W….
“Stone Henge, Wiltshire” from Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. Picturesque views in England and Wales, 1838.
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Look out! Look out, boys! Clear the track! The witches are…
Look out! Look out, boys! Clear the track!
The witches are here! They’ve all come back!
They hanged them high,—No use! No use!
What cares a witch for a hangman’s noose?
They buried them deep, but they wouldn’t lie still,
For cats and witches are hard to kill;
They swore they shouldn’t and wouldn’t die,—
Books said they did, but they lie! they lie!
Illustrations from Oliver Wendell Holmes’ “The Broomstick Train; Or, The Return Of The Witches” drawn by Howard Pyle, 1908.
De Robot Anti-war cartoon by Dutch illustrator LJ Jordaan,…
De Robot
Anti-war cartoon by Dutch illustrator LJ Jordaan, 1940; one of many anti-nazi political illustrations published in De Groene Amsterdammer in occupied Holland.
houghtonlib: Feliciano, Felice, 15th cent. Poems and…
Feliciano, Felice, 15th cent. Poems and epistles : with novellas by other authors : manuscript, 1471-1472.
Houghton Library, Harvard University