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Books etc scanned by me. Credits given + alt text.
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From the story "The Argonauts", featuring Medeia kneeled beneath Arete, weeping. From the story "The Cyclops", features a tall cascading mountain, trees and greenery growing up it. An impressive boat sails in the foreground. From "The Argonauts", features three ladies embracing each other pleasantly, foliage framing them in. From the story "The Gorgon's Head", features three women wearing robes that roll and fold all over themselves. The three hunch together and look at you with their black eyes. A sun? Moon? Orb? floats above them.
June 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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From the story "The Argonauts", features a group of 7 young boys bathing and swimming under a small waterfall. There are dotty ripples in the water. From the story "The Argonauts", this illustration features two harpies flying in the air. A womanly head on a birdish body, two wings, two arms/spidery hands, no feet, and a bird's tail. They're looking below. From the story "How Odin Lost His Eye", a bearded man stands leaning on his shield, wearing a crown with a decorative bird on top. He is dressed in chainmail and robes, there are two black birds flying either side of him, he reaches out for one's affection. From the story "The Argonauts", features a group of 10 women, some riding on seahorses and fish, others swimming along. One woman is seated in a seashell chariot, gesturing to the flying fish swimming above her.
June 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Illustrations from "Myths Every Child Should Know" drawn by Colleen Browning.
Stories originally published in 1905 by Hamilton Wright Mabie, this book is a cleaned-up reproduction published/illustrated in 1955. (thread)
#1950s #50s #archive #myths #mythology #vintage
From the story "The Miraculous Pitcher", an illustration featuring a large tree split into 2, each trunk supporting a tuft of leaves that form into a face. Their expressions suggest an embrace between them. People and pets playing/sitting around it, birds in the air. From the story "The Argonauts", this two-page illustration features a man in chariot, leading a gang of soldiers and commoners. There is expressive and stylish foliage surrounding them. From the story "The Argonauts", a two-page illustration. On the left, warriors fight with shields and spears in Greek armour. On the right, cavemen-looking creatures with multiple arms fight back with clubs, logs, and whole trees. There is a fallen soldier on each side. From the story "The Paradise of Children", this illustrates Pandora and Epimetheus fleeing from Pandora's open box. There are small, interesting bat-like creatures with stinging tails escaping the vessel.
June 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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recents 5x5
1. Eddy Grant - Killer on the Rampage 2. Haruomi Hosono - Paraiso 3. Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster 4. Mirah - You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This (20 Year Anniversary Reissue) 5. Cat Power - Moon Pix 6. Yazoo - You and Me Both 7. Yapoos - DADADA ISM 8. Yapoos - ダイヤルYを廻せ！ 9. The Breeders - Mountain Battles 10. MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS - World Is Yours 11. The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From the Satellite Heart 12. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt 13. Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt 14. The Flaming Lips - Hear It Is 15. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 16. Parannoul - To See the Next Part of the Dream 17. Beat Happening - Beat Happening 18. Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) 19. ラブワンダーランド - 永い昼 20. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene 21. Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons 22. Saâda Bonaire - Saâda Bonaire 23. Broadcast - Tender Buttons 24. Enon - High Society 25. Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been
April 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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thinking about Her
Louise Fletcher as Lillian Reynolds in Brainstorm (1983)
April 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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A black and white chapter title illustration featuring a large business man taking a call smugly at his desk, which is made up of two office buildings on either side of his legs, busy miniature employees working inside them. The title reads "The Business World." A coloured photograph of a swimmer applying sunscreen to his shoulder. He wears a yellowish swim cap and large grey swim goggles on his head. Thick haired sideburns and handlebar moustache, a very 70's look to him. A coloured chapter title illustration set on a different planet. On the left, a human-made gadget with a satellite and metallic arm reaching out for a handshake. On the right, a group of green, large-snouted aliens with silly eyes hold up a banner reading "Welcome Earthman". One of them is reaching for the gadget's human-like hand. A black and white picture of a focused woman peeling an apple. Text below reads "New Yorker Kathy Wafler in action, breaking her own world's record for peeling an apple with unbroken rind of 172 ft 52,5 m."
March 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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A few clippings/photos from Guinness Book of World Records 1978
#archive #70s #canada #books #photography
Canary yellow book cover front with "Guinness Book of World Records" in brown, bold. In red subtext, "1978 edition" as well as "with added Canadian records." There are various sportsmen, animal, and vehicle illustrations racing across the cover beneath the title. A black and white photo of a cowboy drawing a gun from his holster. He wears a leather jacket with decorative patches/embellishments all over, such as feathers, arrows, and tassels. Killer sideburns. Text beneath says "Bob Munden's quick-draw skills may be of necessity—his wife is a record holder too." A black and white photo of a man, chin hovering over the center of 31 glass drinking bottles lined up on a table as a measuring device. Two people stand at either side supporting the man's lengthy white moustache along the tops of the bottles. Text beneath reads "The longest ever moustache in Britain, that of Mr. John Roy, which has reached a maximum of 174 cm. (R. J. Collorick)" A page featuring Canadian buildings/structures. The text reads "above: The interior of the largest bookshop in Canada—the Classic Book Shop in Montreal, which has 1672 yds, 1528 m of shelving." "above right: The world's tallest chimney, that of the International Nickel Company in Sudbury, Ontario, reaching a height of 1251 ft 285 m." "right: One of the four Bank of Montreal logos, comprising the highest advertising sign in the world, atop the 72 storey 935 ft 285 m tall, First Canadian Place in Montreal. (Claude Neon Ltd.)" "below: The 61 ft 18,74 m tall advertising sign on the Hiram Walker Distillery grain elevators—Canada's largest sign." (The sign says "Home of Canadian Club".)
March 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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chakra 🫶
January 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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"Rodeo contestant as a spectator." "Bird of....." "Klondike dancers of Edmonton." ""Old" is beautiful."
November 29, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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"Pathways of the past." "Alberta boasts many beautiful girls." "Arts and music are vital parts of Albertan lives." "A beautiful evening on the lagoon in Bowness Park."
November 29, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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Petrigo's Alberta by Walter Petrigo, published 1976
"Hunting is a favourite pastime. There is an abundance of game in Alberta." "Underwater study of swimmer, utilizing reflections." "Endings can be pleasant." "Look-out at Morley Indian Reserve."
November 29, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Found this incredible Hmong story cloth in an elderly travelling woman's free pile a while ago
August 17, 2024 at 1:20 AM