1940s A Chinese soldier guards a line of American P-40 fighter planes, painted with the shark-face emblem of the “Flying Tigers,” at a flying field somewhere in China. 

1940s

A Chinese soldier guards a line of American P-40 fighter planes, painted with the shark-face emblem of the “Flying Tigers,” at a flying field somewhere in China. 

Reblogged from todaysdocument, 219 notes, August 4, 2011

Date unknown The James Mora Trio (via Double—M)

Date unknown

The James Mora Trio

(via Double—M)

282 notes, August 3, 2011

1949 “STOP HHRE” - a spelling error on the road at Virgil & Temple in Los Angeles, 1949. (via usclibraries)

1949

“STOP HHRE” - a spelling error on the road at Virgil & Temple in Los Angeles, 1949.

(via usclibraries)

Reblogged from latimes, 499 notes, August 3, 2011

Date unknown A woman walks her pet lobster.

Date unknown

A woman walks her pet lobster.

2,583 notes, August 2, 2011

1880s With his studio located in the Bowery, New York City, photographer Charles Eisenmann began photographing portraits of show people from dime museums in the 1870s. Eisenmann worked on his archive of “freaks” throughout the 1870s and 80s, which he sold in the cabinet style as collectables. Born with a beautiful face and giant feet, Fanny Mills came with a dowry of $5000 cash and a “well stocked farm” in Ohio from her desperate father, to any single men willing to take her as bride. (via N A R U Y A M A and turnofthecentury)

1880s

With his studio located in the Bowery, New York City, photographer Charles Eisenmann began photographing portraits of show people from dime museums in the 1870s. Eisenmann worked on his archive of “freaks” throughout the 1870s and 80s, which he sold in the cabinet style as collectables.

Born with a beautiful face and giant feet, Fanny Mills came with a dowry of $5000 cash and a “well stocked farm” in Ohio from her desperate father, to any single men willing to take her as bride.

(via N A R U Y A M A and turnofthecentury)

374 notes, August 1, 2011

Date unknown

Date unknown

353 notes, July 29, 2011

Date unknown Dog conga line.

Date unknown

Dog conga line.

267 notes, July 29, 2011

1908 Kitten clutcher. (via postaletrice)

1908

Kitten clutcher.

(via postaletrice)

118 notes, July 28, 2011