November 18th, 2012
abeautifulfighter: West Virginia Country Fair 1938. “Dwarf man barked for hermaphrodites.”

abeautifulfighter:

West Virginia Country Fair 1938.

“Dwarf man barked for hermaphrodites.”

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October 28th, 2012
tomolive: Bizarre 1930’s “Apeman” picture

tomolive:

Bizarre 1930’s “Apeman” picture

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January 3rd, 2012
billyjane: Allan Barnes

billyjane:

Allan Barnes

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October 26th, 2011
billyjane: “Miss Devil, (Betty Taylor), smiles triumphantly as she overlooks the Hell scene presented by the Freshman stunt winners in their picturization of “Helle’s Bell.”The belles and gruesome skeltons in the pictures create the setting for the sad tale of Orpheus and won the cup for the class.” from 1944 Texas State College for Women Yearbook 

billyjane:

“Miss Devil, (Betty Taylor), smiles triumphantly as she overlooks the Hell scene presented by the Freshman stunt winners in their picturization of “Helle’s Bell.”The belles and gruesome skeltons in the pictures create the setting for the sad tale of Orpheus and won the cup for the class.”

from 1944 Texas State College for Women Yearbook 

(via beatenbytherain)

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October 26th, 2011
billyjane: Costumed football match, 1920  from UniOfWestminsterArchives

billyjane:

Costumed football match, 1920 

from UniOfWestminsterArchives

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August 30th, 2011
billyjane: Untitled,1950s by Herbert List * from Lempertz

billyjane:

Untitled,1950s by Herbert List *

from Lempertz


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July 16th, 2011
billyjane: The Drama of Display, Visual Merchandising and its Techniques by Jim Buckley,1953 [also] from weetstraw

billyjane:

The Drama of Display, Visual Merchandising and its Techniques by Jim Buckley,1953

[also] from weetstraw

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