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The Coffeyville Daily Journal, Kansas, January 23, 1897

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Evansville Press, Indiana, February 5, 1912

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Famous Heroes of the Kabuki Stage Played by Frogs, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

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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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Caption this

From Tom Swift Jr by Victor Appleton II

Illustrations by Graham Kaye

#caption this #tom swift jr #tom swift #cowboy #cow #midcenturyillustration #midcenturyart #midcentury #vintagebooks #old books #old illustration #illustrations

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Dirty Job-stealing robots! What did you do with Venus and Serena?!

#caption this #tom swift jr #tom swift #vintagebooks #old books #old illustration #robots #robot #tennis #robot sports #Wimbledon #atompunk #raypunk #midcenturyart #midcentury #scifiart #scifi #classic science fiction

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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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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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Tom Swift Jr. Adventures

With guest appearances from:

K-9 Smith

The Flash

Prince Xizor

Ghost of Souperman

Grandfather of Amogus.

#tom swift jr #vintage illustration #vintagebooks #old books #k 9 doctor who #k9 smith #the flash #barry allen #superman #clark kent #among us #amogus #prince xizor #falleen

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Tom Swift Jr. Cover art Appreciation post! Here are some of my favorites. Illustrated by Graham Kaye.

#vintagebooks #tom swift #graham kaye #raypunk #atompunk #raygun gothic #scifi #retro futuristic #space age #retro #midcenturyillustration #midcenturyart #midcentury #classic sci fi #old books #booklr

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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

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i am! obsessed! with this book from the late ming dynasty about scams to watch out for (esp. if you are a traveling merchant). this guy is like, there ARE immortals who can survive without food but you WILL NOT encounter them because they live alone in the mountains and don't talk to anyone. if a monk comes to your house and claims to not need to eat, it's probably because he's secretly eating human fetuses, or something. eunuchs are invariably corrupt and the court system is useless. however, do NOT try to bribe anyone for a better SAT result for your idiot failson; this never works. nuns WILL try to seduce your wife into cheating on you. if your idiot failson does really badly on the SAT, make sure to have his father's remains buried somewhere with A+ fengshui; this is Guaranteed to work (unless your wife is cheating on you).

#totally down for this #this is the kind of content im here for #weirdbookthings #ming dynasty #china

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Chicago Tribune, Illinois, October 15, 1905

#tag yourself #I'd be fired for an impudent customer probably #edwardian #weirdarchivethings

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“phones are disrupting natural sleep cycles” I mean true but also bold of you to assume I had one before the tech boom lol catch me out here reading chapter books by the light of my light up pens in the third grade

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