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

1. This Stoop Found on this Instagram account. 2. Dinner on Horseback “One of the most famous photographs of the Gilded Age in New York … the ‘Dinner on Horseback’ given by Cornelius Kingsley Garrison (CKG) Billings at Sherry’s Restaurant on 44th Street and Fifth Avenue in March 1903… Sherry’s was the hot restaurant…

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

1. Meet Baddie Winkle, Who Fell In Love With Raver Clothes At Age 87 Baddie Winkle, Instagram’s Oldest Teen. Full article found on Refinery 29. 2. Compromise Cake Found on Reddit. 3. Losing Weight in Heels at Rose Dor Farm, 1938 An editorial from a 1938 issue of LIFE magazine about Rose Dor Farms, an…

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

1. An 8.5 Million Dollar Dollhouse Built over 13 years by Elaine Diehl in the 1980s, the Astollat Dollhouse is now on display from Thursday through Dec. 8 at the Shops at Columbus Circle, in Manhattan’s Time Warner Center. More photos found on Bloomberg. 2. Hotel Notepads of Cult Movies The Overlook Hotel (The Shining) Royal Imperial Windsor Arms…

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

1. A Female Street fight duel with sand-filled socks Published in “Le Petit Journal” November 1st 1902: There are Apaches of both sexes as seen recently in the rue du Général-Morin. Louise Henin, a beautiful girl of twenty, became mortally angered by Andrée Merle, twenty-three years, for reasons difficult to specify. They resolved to meet in a…

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

1. Steve McQueen and his wife, Neile Adams, firing pistols in the Palm Springs desert in 1963 Found on Reddit. Poison Garden 2. Empty Chinese Amusement Parks What happens when the crowds go home? That’s what Stefano Cerio has spent the last year investigating for his latest book, Chinese Fun. The Italian photographer has…

13 Things I Found on the Internet (Vol. CXLVIII)

1. Haussmanhattan: Vintage Paris X New York Architect Luis Fernandes sent me his awesome Tumblr, Haussmanhattan mixing New York and Paris in the 1900-30’s. You can follow his mash-ups on Twitter and find them all on the Tumblr. 2. China’s Fake Louvre “Copycat China adds the Louvre to its ‘duplitecture’ collection”. After drawing the ire of the Egyptian government…

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

1. A Rooftop Gymnasium in Paris, 1946 French actress Barbara Laage is pictured, photographed by Nina Leen, found in the LIFE archives. 2. Classy Ladies with Hidden Tattoos Found on Miss Meadows’ Pearls 3. These Tattooed Ceramic Figures Jessica Harrison’s latest Series of Altered Ceramic Figures. 4. The old Moustaches Found on Printmag 5.…

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

1. Miniature Mom & Pop Facades of NYC Randy Hage’s has spent many years photographing the gradually disappearing street level Mom & Pop storefronts in SoHo and then recreating them in stunning three dimensional detail to preserve memories of their “hand painted signs, layers of architecture, wonderful patinas and intriguing history.” You can see all his sculptures vs…

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

1. New York City, 1900 Found on Reddit. 2. Alexandre Dumas’ hideaway on the grounds of Monte Cristo Castle in Marly le Roi, France Where he possibly wrote The Three Musketeers? Found here and Wikipedia. 3. Soldiers (left to right) from Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Austria Hungary, Italy, & Japan…

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

1. Married to the Mob (Graphic content ahead)… Actress Alice Granville shows off two bullet holes in her arm at Roosevelt Hospital after she was shot by her hitman husband, Pete Donahue, 1931. The mob moll said Donahue shot her at a nightclub party to prove his affection. Smitty White was arrested and held at…