sensationfactory:

General Symbols of Alchemical Methods and Commonly Used Substances

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weirdvintage:

Mardi Gras celebration of 1935 at Venice Beach showing two young ladies on the beach wearing the alligator masks which will be used later in the parade (via Los Angeles Public Library)

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electricalice:

mrsbeefheart:

I fukin love 14th century art art because everyone looks so shady and suspicious of ppl around them its AMAZING

or just like they know something u dont and oh my gdfuck i cant

I believe the highest point is reached in Simone Martini’s Annunciation

and the look of absolute hatred Mary and Gabriel exchange. 

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weirdvintage:

“Mother Pin A Rose On Me” was a popular song c. 1905, but what that has to do with this postcard is beyond me.  (via Vintage Photo LJ)

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the-siege-perilous:

erikkwakkel:

Medieval smiley face

This is a true feel-good doodle, drawn by a medieval reader and found in the lower margin of a 13th-century page. The surprisingly modern-looking smiley face is wearing glasses and seems to float towards the text in a balloon, quite content. This little scene made my day.

Pic: Conches, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 7 (main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century).

I don’t think those are glasses, just its eyes. 

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lord-kitschener:

likeafieldmouse:

Louis Raemaekers

when your anti-german WWI propaganda just makes Germany look really fucking metal

that skeleton has really nice shoes.