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An Illustrated Guide to the Human Race circa. 1960s

The internet is a little bit like a maze of doors, some that lead to a spiralling descent of procrastination and some, though not many, can lead to forgotten treasure. Today I picked the winning door and found one of the most impressive online collections of vintage ephemera I’ve ever had the pleasure of stumbling across. Pages and…

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

1. 500 years of walking up the marble stairs of The Leaning Tower of Pisa. Found on Reddit 2. Inside the Penn Station Lost & Found Tucked away in the labyrinth of Penn Station is a window you won’t notice until you need it. Behind it there are tequila bottles, laptops, electric guitars,…

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

1. Baghdad, Iraq, 1965 Not the South of France. Here’s a current photo of the bridge in the background… Found on Reddit. 2. The Isolator The Isolator is a bizarre helmet invented in 1925 that encourages focus and concentration by rendering the wearer deaf, piping them full of oxygen, and limiting their vision…

These 10 Quirky Paris Dream Homes are For Sale so let’s Snoop Around

Every now and again, I find myself wandering over to the Christie’s real estate website for a good snoop through their Paris files. It’s a completely delusional exercise, but I do it anyway, staring wide-eyed at the dream homes, all the while obliviously dropping croissant flakes over my keyboard. I find it helps to quench my curiosity for what lies behind…

For Sale: Burt Reynolds’ Rolodex and other Awkward Stuff He’s Selling

So here’s a unique Christmas gift– Burt Reynolds’ Rolodex! You could own BR’s very own “little black book” from his home office, including the (possibly/ very likely out-of-date) contact information for his groovy celebrity friends, restaurants, and business contacts. It’s basically priceless (but last time I checked it has a current bid of $900). Burt Reynolds was…

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

1. The Highly Questionable Advertisements of Newport, 1970s-80s “Alive with pleasure!” adverts that were in magazines everywhere in the 70s and 80s, found on Vintage Everyday. 2. The Museum of Endangered Sounds Yep, a place on the internet where sounds made famous by my favorite old technologies and electronics equipment are being preserved. Click…

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

1. The Original Batmobile you never Knew Existed is up For Sale The 1956 Oldsmobile 88, the first car DC Comics ever licensed, now for sale in an upcoming Heritage Auction in Dallas…. Here’s the history: What is believed to be the world’s first car that became an officially licensed Batmobile was conceived and customized starting…

The 1920s College Kids and the Fur “Pimp Coat” Craze

Man has worn fur since he was living in a cave, but there’s something about this photograph and the fresh-faced young men, all “pimped-out” in full-length fur that stopped me in my tracks. I had stumbled upon a snapshot of a moment in fashion history when American Ivy league-ers and young college undergrads began sporting…

I Have this Thing with Floors: An Instagram Dedicated Entirely to Looking Down

Living in Europe, we’re a little spoilt for beautiful mosaic/ tiled flooring found in cafés, museums and historic buildings, and of course here in Paris, with all its charming architecture, the eye is almost trained to constantly look up. But a newly discovered instagram account has reminded me just how much I’m forgetting to do one very important…

Kangaroo Bathtime at a New York City Madhouse

Anyone who has a pet knows that bathtime can be a rather tricky affair. But after discovering this photo story deep in the LIFE archives, giving a thorough scrub to my oversized pup now seems like a breeze, in fact, I’m rather looking forward to it! I found these photographs without any accompanying information other than…

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