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Pictures taken moments before disaster: Cottagecore edition
"Leap-frog in the woods" from St. Nicholas illustrated magazine for young folks july 1882
#weirdbookthings#vintagebooks#illustrations#old illustration#funny animals#bear#fox#porcupine#racoon#cottagecore#booklr#victorian#cool illustrations#woodland#woodland critters#woodland creatures
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I love things #found in old books
Its like a little peephole into the past
guys i am fucking crying i got an old copy of pilgrims progress from a used booksale and i just opened it and there's a handwritten dedication to a girl from her grandfather from christmas 1888 and she put a little fucking drawing in the back and im sitting on my bed losing my fucking mind over a hundred years ago a grandpa gave this book to "miss maggie" and she loved it and it's lasted a century and im holding it right now
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My money's still on Sermek
From "Tom Swift jr." By Victor Appleton II
Illustrations by Graham Kaye
#tom swift#tom swift jr#robots#robot#battlebots#vintagebooks#old books#old illustration#vintageillustrations#vintage books#vintage robots#robot battle#weirdbookthings#graham kaye#scifi#scifi aesthetic#raypunk#atompunk#space age#caption this
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"Ok we need you to draw a man-eating iguana. You know what an Iguana is right?"
"Pfft! Of course i know what an iguana is! "
The iguana:
From "Tom Swift and his Electronic Retroscope", b Victor Appleton II"
Illustrated by Graham Kaye
#weirdbookthings#iguana#illustrations#old books#vintage books#vintageillustrations#reptile#tom swift#graham kaye#old illustration
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Nancy Drew- the Mystery of the Glowing eye 1974 ed.
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Lets タコ (tako) about this picture
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Edo Period)
#weirdarchivethings#edo period#japan#japanese#weirdbookthings#old illustrations#cool illustrations#illustrations#octopus#tako#タコ
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Grimms fairy tales
#brothers grimm#grimmsfairytales#old books#vintagebooks#bookaholic#booknerd#bibliophile#bookaddict#weirdbookthings#books & libraries#booklr#bookworm#fairy tales#dark fairytale
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Detailed drolleries from a 1920s childrens book series.
I mean these aren't even the actual illustrations, they're just decorative margins. Pictured here in mostly blue because it shows the details the best. This book series actually alternate print colors in blue, red, green and brown. And theres different ones in all the different books, these are just some I liked.
"The Children's Hour" story collection, by the Houghton Mifflin publishing company, 1928
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Hes probably dead now, but you never know with the victorians.
From St.Nicholas illustrated magazine for young folks, October 1880
#weirdbookthings#old books#vintagebooks#mesothelioma#asbestos#salamander skin coat#dont try this at home#victorian#st nicholas illustrated
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Illuminated manuscripts are the best
I am deeply enjoying the facial expressions on both woman and bird in this marginal drawing.
(Cambridge UL MS Add. 4085)
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From St Nicholas Illustrated magazine for Young Folks, November 1882
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Advertisement from the early part of the 20th century, easily pre 1920, since the telephone number only has three digits! (The back simply has the customers address in Massena, NY)
Found in a copy of "Modern Book-Keeping", J.L. Montgomery, 1902 edition
#found in old books#bookmarks#booklr#old books#weirdbookthings#vintagebooks#vintage#history#old advertisements#old illustration#books & libraries#kaltex#wicker
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I read this in the voice of the kid from the 70s tootsie pop commercial
LOUIS PASTEUR: THE VALUE OF BELIEVING IN YOURSELF - traumatizing children around the globe since 1976.
#spencer johnson#weird books#weirdbookthings#children's books#books#booklr#reading#bookish#death#louis pasteur#rabies
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They really got away with all kinds of stuff back then huh
From Letterbox section St. Nicholas illustrated magazine for young folks, 1880
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From st. Nicholas illustrated magazine for young folks 1882
#weirdbookthings#vintagebooks#old books#old illustration#illustrations#victorian#st nicholas illustrated
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