Passionately Curious

Solar Eclipse over a snowy Central Park in New York City (1925)

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In the night garden, Mary Mattingly

A selection of "ornaments" marketed to printers by American Type Founders Co. in Inland Printer v.24 (1899:Oct.-1900:Mar.). From the text: "The ornaments here shown were collected by Will Bradley, the artist, many of them being from medieval sources, and designed by him with especial reference to the requirements of modern typography." Full text here.

The ‘Sea of Steps’ staircase leading to The Chapter House

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Portrait d'homme et paysage du pays basque, entre 1901 et 1914

Published by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company in 1917, this little book’s pages are entirely blank. More on it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/why-women-should-not-vote

An embroidery of the Wikipedia page for embroidery.

Jean Cocteau holding 'Les trois-yeux' ('The Three-Eyes'), 1958.

Richard Tennant Cooper - The Working Party 1917, 1918.

Density of foreign-born population of the US 1890

Plan of dummy tree observation post.

Snipers Heads being manufactured in papier-mâché for use in locating enemy snipers.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art