thats-the-way-it-was:

Skaters at Oxford. January 30, 1912
Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty

thats-the-way-it-was:

Skaters at Oxford. January 30, 1912

Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty

balnibarbi:

Calibrated Telescope Kew Observatory - Encyclopedia Britannica 1878 by AndyBrii http://flic.kr/p/dFfXwz

balnibarbi:

Calibrated Telescope Kew Observatory - Encyclopedia Britannica 1878 by AndyBrii http://flic.kr/p/dFfXwz

Fry’s Cocoa, Rich In Nerve Food! (by paul.malon)
Nerve Food…

Fry’s Cocoa, Rich In Nerve Food! (by paul.malon)

Nerve Food…

oldbookillustrations:

The fair archeress.
George du Maurier, from Pegasus re-saddled, by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, Philadelphia, 1878.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

The fair archeress.

George du Maurier, from Pegasus re-saddled, by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, Philadelphia, 1878.

(Source: archive.org)

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Preston. Official Guide and Industrial Handbook - Published by J. Burrow & Co. Ltd., Cheltenham & Gloucester c. 1960

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Preston. Official Guide and Industrial Handbook - Published by J. Burrow & Co. Ltd., Cheltenham & Gloucester c. 1960

oldbookillustrations:

Front cover from Winter pictures, by Edward. Whymper, London, not dated (c. 1875?).
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Front cover from Winter pictures, by Edward. Whymper, London, not dated (c. 1875?).

(Source: archive.org)

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Basinful of Fun was a British men’s mixed-interest magazine booklet which ran from WW2 until the 1950s.

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Basinful of Fun was a British men’s mixed-interest magazine booklet which ran from WW2 until the 1950s.

(via Historic photos: The ghosts of Halloween past)

Mary Woevodsky, English girl on the staff of the American Nurses Club, ties chin ribbons for Capt. Raymond J. Goodhart of Arlington, Va., at the Gala Hallowe’en party staged by the club in London, England, Oct. 11, 1942

(via Historic photos: The ghosts of Halloween past)

Mary Woevodsky, English girl on the staff of the American Nurses Club, ties chin ribbons for Capt. Raymond J. Goodhart of Arlington, Va., at the Gala Hallowe’en party staged by the club in London, England, Oct. 11, 1942

oldbookillustrations:

The lion had a green and yellow tie.
Leonard Leslie Brooke, from Johnny Crow’s garden, London, New York, circa 1903.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

The lion had a green and yellow tie.

Leonard Leslie Brooke, from Johnny Crow’s garden, London, New York, circa 1903.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Ligeia: The thing that was enshrouded advanced boldly and palpably into the middle of the apartment.
Byam Shaw, from Selected tales of mystery, by E. A. Poe, London, 1909.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Ligeia:
The thing that was enshrouded advanced boldly and palpably into the middle of the apartment.

Byam Shaw, from Selected tales of mystery, by E. A. Poe, London, 1909.

(Source: archive.org)