May 6th, 2013
(via Anonymous Works: Madam Sirwell’s Novelty Flea Circus)

(via Anonymous Works: Madam Sirwell’s Novelty Flea Circus)

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March 4th, 2013
(via Saved From The Paper Drive: Minnie The Mermaid)

(via Saved From The Paper Drive: Minnie The Mermaid)

299 notes Source: savedfromthepaperdrive.blogspot.com #Novelty#song#1923#Bud DeSylva#Minnie the Mermaid#sheet#music#illustration#vintage#mermaid#fox trot
February 13th, 2013
(via Poetry Matters: Phillis Wheatley, Poetic Matters: Phillis Wheatley, The Slave Girl Who Became a Literary Sensation | Around The Mall) Having found herself as a poet, Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) discovered that she and her voice became appropriated by a white elite that quickly tired of her novelty. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Galley

(via Poetry Matters: Phillis Wheatley, Poetic Matters: Phillis Wheatley, The Slave Girl Who Became a Literary Sensation | Around The Mall)

Having found herself as a poet, Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) discovered that she and her voice became appropriated by a white elite that quickly tired of her novelty. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Galley

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May 27th, 2012
(via Chronically Vintage: Broaching the subject of collecting brooches)

(via Chronically Vintage: Broaching the subject of collecting brooches)

16 notes Source: chronicallyvintage.com #brooch#novelty#cat#phone#vintage#1950s
October 13th, 2011
(via bighappyfunhouse • found photos. free pie. • happiness)

(via bighappyfunhouse • found photos. free pie. • happiness)

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October 11th, 2011
(via Crazy Victorian Novelties |)

(via Crazy Victorian Novelties |)

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August 31st, 2011
mothgirlwings: The Zep Diner in Downtown Los Angeles, CA - 1931

mothgirlwings:

The Zep Diner in Downtown Los Angeles, CA - 1931

(via extranuance)

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June 8th, 2011
(by wackystuff) 1947 novelty catalog

(by wackystuff)

1947 novelty catalog

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