#vintage publication

[sovietpostcards]

In the Novosibirsk metro (USSR, 1989)

[detroitlib]

Portrait of actor James Earl Jones in a scene from Shakespeare's "The tempest." Stamped on back: "Friedman-Abeles Photographers, Inc., 351 West 54th Street, New York 19, N.Y." Handwritten on back: "James Earl Jones in 'The tempest.'"

E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

[questionableadvice]

~ Beaver Valley Times, November 1, 1946

[todayontumblr]

Wednesday, January 3.

Set sail for Freedom Island, baby.

Thomas, there's a mouse in the house. But don't worry, Thomas, this isn't a problem, as this isn't just any mouse. This little pal is more than welcome in our house, as it happens. That is because this here is Mickey Mouse, and our smiley rodent friend is here to stay. 

Copyright on the 1928 Disney short animation Steamboat Willie has expired and entered the public domain. Tumblr is being delightfully Tumblr about it. Welcome aboard. *whistles* 

@ifwebefriends

[alifeoffairytales]

Details from Arthur Rackham’s illustration "And now they never meet in grove or green," (1908) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

[prismcreative]

He is joined by another.

[possible-streetwear]

[poppingmary]

Lori Nelson and Mamie Van Doren in a publicity photo for “Untamade Youth” - 1957

[tightyhighandtight]

[mudzdale]

wanted to try a 'boiling'-style animation for the first time in several years

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Two young readers in the Seward Park Public Library on the Lower East Side, ca. 1925.

Photo: NYPL

[detroitlib]

Close-up view of a man, wearing a fur coat and holding a cat, posing in an automobile. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Clothing, 1912."

Lazarnick Collection

National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

[sovietpostcards]

"Nevsky Prospect Before Reconstruction" by Sergey Lastochkin (1954)

[adventurelandia]

Steamboat Willie (1928)

[semioticapocalypse]

Unidentified vaudeville publicity photo. Apeda studio, New York. C. 1920.

I Am Collective Memories   •    Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk

[retropopcult]

Betty Grable