Tuesday, June 23, 2009

World's First Mouseketeer?


Since I'm at Disney World on vacation (sorry for no recent posts!), I thought I'd post a rare 19th century photo of the world's first Mouseketeer.

It's said that she visited the Disneys often and little Walt felt that there was just "something" about her...

Friday, June 12, 2009

Tintype of a Mystery Object (Or Non-Object)

Circa 1910 Woman's Suffrage Buttons




The design of these seem so strangely contemporary even though these were made roughly 100 years ago. Manufactured by Suffrage Publishing Co., NYC

Monday, June 8, 2009

The Living Insignias of Eugene Omar Goldbeck



Eugene Omar Goldbeck (1891-1986), San Antonio photographer was master of both the panoramic photograph and the “Living” symbol photographs made up of thousands of people, usually military, forming an insignia or flag.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Oh So Wrong 1930's Scrapbook Drawings of Paul Gebo






Paul Gebo had a knack for rendering his subjects just wrong enough to be just right! These drawings were discovered by a collector and are currently available on eBay. Just Click Here.