Scene from Kalīla wa-Dimna an Arabic collection of animal related folktales first published in the 8th century. This particular illustration is dated C 1354.
Those weird creatures found in artwork dated 500-1500AD
Scene from the Oxford Bestiary, late 12th century.
Those weird creatures found in artwork dated 500-1500AD
Menu dated 27th January 1910. Dinner at the Chakkri Palace, Bangkok, hosted by His Majesty King Chulalongkorn of Siam in honor of a visit by Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg.Courtesy of Royal- menus .com
Old menus - pre-1990.
The Inquiring Photographer: "In a recent magazine article, Justice John J. Freschi of Special Sessions says that women are natural thieves. Is it so?" May 31st, 1925
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Illustration of a Changeling," was painted by the Italian artist Martino di Bartolomeo (c. 1389–1434) as part of "The Legend of St. Stephen"
Those weird creatures found in artwork dated 500-1500AD
Let’s Talk pie! On December 17, 1922 the Inquiring Photographer asked New Yorkers in Tribeca about pie preferences .
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SABEAN STONE STELA DEPICTING A WOMAN, 200 BCE - 200 CE.Barakat Gallery, London [1283x1400]
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From an Islamic manuscript, likely a copy of Zakariya al-Qazwini's Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat (Wonders of Creation and Marvels of Existence), a 13th-century cosmographical treatis.
Those weird creatures found in artwork dated 500-1500AD
The Inquiring Photographer asks Manhattan schoolkids what their idea of an ideal summer vacation is. June 30th, 1922.
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Some women have issues with the Inquiring Photographer and write in to complain! 1920s
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Maternal Grandmother 1930s.
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Dog Brooch of gold ,silver, garnets and diamonds C.1890. Workshop of Jeweler Frédéric Boucheron[1284x2106]
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Pope Silvester II and the Devil. Miniature from Martinus Oppaviensis' Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum, Cod. Pal. germ. 137, Folio 216v, ~1460.
Those weird creatures found in artwork dated 500-1500AD
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Meat Ball Stew Early 1960s.
Ads from the past!
The Inquiring Photographer: Can a married couple live happily together if one is educated and the other is not?"July 8th, 1925
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A suggested Christmas dinner menu from the Princeton Herald, December 17, 1943. Princeton Archives.
Old menus - pre-1990.
The Devil (Iblis), surrounded by lesser demons. From The Kitab al-Bulhan or Book of Wonders, a 14th and 15th century Arabic manuscript, compiled by Hassan Esfahani (Abd al-Hasan al-Isfahani) probably bound during the reign of Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad (1382-1410) in Baghdad .
Those weird creatures found in artwork dated 500-1500AD
Five ceramic figurines dating to around 400 B.C.found on the tallest pyramid at Archeological site of San Isidro in western El Salvador. [1284x737]
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San Diego, California. Raja Yoga Sunbeams, a group of children of the Raja Yoga Academy. Taken between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915
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Mississippi butter Chicken Spaghetti
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Mississippi butter Chicken Spaghetti!
Things that literally look like shit from a literal butt but are not literally shit from a butt.
Dog Brooch of gold ,silver, garnets and diamonds C.1890. Workshop of Jeweler Frédéric Boucheron[1284x2106]
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Inquiring Photographer: Are you today what you wanted to be while in school? June 21st, 1924
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Girl braces herself for her Typhoid vaccine, San Augustine County, Texas 1939. kodachrome shot.
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