Vintage Mania

maudelynn:

Princess George Imeritinsky  wearing her costume for the ‘Pageant of the Superstitions’ in aid of the Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital Maintenance Fund.  October 1930

(Source: spaceghostzombie)

escapedemotion:

Indian woman in Zenana (Harem) in Jaipur - 1859

(via indiaphile)

escapedemotion:

Voyage to India, McCall’s Magazine, 1966

(via indiaphile)

billyjane:

Lya de Putti * & Harry Liedke

Balkanfilm movie card

[my most recent acquisition;]

solo-vintage:

Space-Age Refrigerator, 1965

biomedicalephemera:

The Ornithorhynchus

This illustration makes me feel like I could train a platypus to beg for treats…they’d probably stab me with their venomous leg-spikes. Well, the males, at least. 

Types of Animal Life. St. George Mivart, 1893.

gabmz:

AAAAh! freak out!

(Source: highlifematters)

cabbagingcove:

Gents Garters

The concept of socks that don’t keep themselves from falling down just baffles my mind. 

Prospectus of the Canfield Competitive Art - Needle Work Exhibit. H. C. Burton, 1887

(via my-ear-trumpet)

iamsangsouvanh:

nickelcobalt:

miyuki-zoku, i want a poster of this to frame on my wall

This is printed and hung up next to my closet. The only photo I need on my “inspiration wall”.

hollyhocksandtulips:

City girl, 1966