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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCV)

1. This Provençale Chateau for rent Chateau Grimaldi, found via Instagram/Sassy Fanny. 2. A Dream Cabinet of Curiosities, Lost in Time The Leverian collection was a natural history and ethnographic collection assembled by Ashton Lever. It was noted in particular for the content it acquired from the voyages of Captain James Cook. For three decades it was on…

Vintage Dude du Jour: James Bond’s Big Brother

Meet Captain Peter Fleming, English explorer and intelligence agent who wrote a spy novel before James Bond had even been created by his younger brother, Ian Fleming. When he was 25 years old, Peter replied to an advertisement in The Times recruiting volunteers for an expedition to the Amazon to ascertain the fate of the missing explorers who…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCIV)

1. Antique 18th Century Vanity Cases Found on Live Internet. 2. A 1920s vision of Versailles Fairytales from Versailles. Umberto Brunelleschi illustrations, for ‘La Lecon d’Amour Dans un Parc’ by Rene Bolesve. Published in Paris c.1920 Found here via This isn’t Happiness. 3. A 19th Century Pizza Seller Found in this article on the History of Pizza.…

Memories of a Summer on the Coast of Yugoslavia

Summer holidays on the coast of the Adriatic in Yugoslavia in the 60’s? An offbeat vacation spot that isn’t the Cote d’Azur nor Dirty Dancing’s Kellerman’s, but something in between. Mountains, beaches, shopping, midnight dinners, and more; these shots make us nostalgic for early photojournalism and magazine covers with smiling vacationers, vintage wardrobes, and the irresistible happiness that…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCIII)

1. The Scandalous Secret Diary found in the Floorboards of Chateau When the new owners of the chateau of Picomtal decided to renovate the parquet in some of their upstairs rooms, they made a remarkable discovery. On the underside of the floorboards – invisible until the boards were taken up to be replaced – were…

The Cautionary Tale of the Harlem Hoarders

New York City fire fighters still use the term “a Collyer’s mansion situation” as code for a hoarder’s house fire. It usually means it’s not safe for them to enter the building. In 1947, it took police five hours to plough through the junk and find the first Collyer brother’s body. It took them three…

Seriously Though, How Did the Most Beautiful Library in America Get Demolished?

The old Public library of Cincinnati was the sort of place you only see in a Harry Potter film; colossal cast-iron book alcoves and spiral staircases that went several stories high, checker board marble floors that shone beneath the skylight roof; a magnificent maze of books that is now lost forever. In 1955, without a whimper, the building was demolished when…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCII)

1. In search of the permanent wave… Wireless permanent-waving machine introduced in 1934 by Icall Limited to satisfy a demand for a machine in which there was no direct connection to electricity when the heaters were applied. The heaters were disconnected before applying to the head, known as the “falling-heat” method. Because such heaters started cooling…

A 1920s Road Trip through Death Valley

Exactly 92 years ago, a group of young friends took a road trip to Death Valley in 1926. The photo album, with detailed captions, a written record in the form of diary entries, ended up in the California archives for me to find all these years later. The identity of the diarist and the photographer are unknown.…

The Zoo that Hid Jews from the German Army

It’s at times of great inhumanity that you can find the greatest examples of humanity, if you look closely enough. During WW2, the Warsaw Zoo provided shelter to over 200 Jews who sought refuge from the horrors of the Holocaust. Several families were hosted in the residential villa of the zoo’s owners, and temporary hiding-places were created…

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