Ellen Arnold
@medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Medievalist, environmental historian, penguin historian, photographer, co-editor of Water History. Author of Medieval Riverscapes, Negotiating the Landscape, and Water in World History. EFArnold.com
Well this was oddly prescient.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Well this was oddly prescient.
My hotel in Uppsala is right near the botanical garden that Linnaeus worked in. It’s lovely.
August 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My hotel in Uppsala is right near the botanical garden that Linnaeus worked in. It’s lovely.
And today I got to see penguins! Always a treat!
August 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
And today I got to see penguins! Always a treat!
Spending time in a beloved place
August 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Spending time in a beloved place
The cover of the Bulletin of the NY Zoological society when they announced the successful arrival and acclimatization of King penguins In 1926.
July 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The cover of the Bulletin of the NY Zoological society when they announced the successful arrival and acclimatization of King penguins In 1926.
I am one of Mr. Popper's Penguins. :)
July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am one of Mr. Popper's Penguins. :)
Today's vintage penguin advertisement: the penguin success ensemble. (my new band name?)
July 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Today's vintage penguin advertisement: the penguin success ensemble. (my new band name?)
Have spent a lot of time looking at random "display ad"s from the NYT today, and every once in a while I find a literal gem:
July 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Have spent a lot of time looking at random "display ad"s from the NYT today, and every once in a while I find a literal gem:
Meet Dugan, the first living emperor penguin to arrive in America (and possibly the first to make it across the equator alive). The bird (gender unknown) was shipped via refrigerator from Antarctica to Valparaiso to NYC, and then on the train to DC where it was exhibited at the National Zoo.
July 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Meet Dugan, the first living emperor penguin to arrive in America (and possibly the first to make it across the equator alive). The bird (gender unknown) was shipped via refrigerator from Antarctica to Valparaiso to NYC, and then on the train to DC where it was exhibited at the National Zoo.
This is the strangest. The baby crib rocks.
May 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is the strangest. The baby crib rocks.
This one was a sea world McDonalds cross promotion
May 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This one was a sea world McDonalds cross promotion
This one is a soap bubble bottle
May 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This one is a soap bubble bottle
This one seems very old. The bow and orange plastic eyes stand out to me. No makers mark, May be hand painted
May 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This one seems very old. The bow and orange plastic eyes stand out to me. No makers mark, May be hand painted
Here’s one that still has the card
May 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Here’s one that still has the card
Peggy clearly collected penguin ornaments. Some are from the early 80s.
May 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Peggy clearly collected penguin ornaments. Some are from the early 80s.
Guys! I found a bag of penguin Christmas ornaments at goodwill. It’s not quite the scam collection I bought on eBay during the pandemic (IYKYK) but……
May 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Guys! I found a bag of penguin Christmas ornaments at goodwill. It’s not quite the scam collection I bought on eBay during the pandemic (IYKYK) but……
So, I am substitute teaching and I have just found my dream classroom office supply. I have college students draw *all the time*
May 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So, I am substitute teaching and I have just found my dream classroom office supply. I have college students draw *all the time*
Phipps Botanical garden Pittsburgh
April 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Phipps Botanical garden Pittsburgh
There is, of course, a penguin:
March 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
There is, of course, a penguin:
Found a very very strange children's book from 1912 called "Bird Children, the little playmates of the flower children" and it is like a Victorian Anne Geddes:
March 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Found a very very strange children's book from 1912 called "Bird Children, the little playmates of the flower children" and it is like a Victorian Anne Geddes:
This is the amazing poster for my talk on Monday!
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March 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is the amazing poster for my talk on Monday!
osu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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A fun image from a 1924 childrens' book, "Dickel and the Penguin"
March 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A fun image from a 1924 childrens' book, "Dickel and the Penguin"