I mostly post random images that I find in digital archives. There's no theme or purpose, although they are obviously topics I am interested in. Some of the images are chosen for aesthetics, some for documentary/historical value (in my lonely judgment). I won't flood anyone's timeline.
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Last Notes npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Nothin’ yet… npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Jiving at the Long Bar - Southend on Sea, England (1974) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Tommy Dorsey promo pic (1935) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK a cart that must have looked like one of these in Moscow! npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Hot dog stand, Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland (1983) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Ice cream stand, Moscow (1964) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Red Brick Wall", New York City (1948) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK and my wife wouldn't have existed, since her folks (from Ireland and Scotland) wouldn't have met if they hadn't each travelled out there in the early '50s. They only stayed long enough for their first 3 offspring to be born there. npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Early Texas boomtown, possibly Orangefield. A wooden plank road runs through it. Automobiles share the road with pedestrians. On the right is the Carr Hotel. A dirt sidewalk runs between the road and the businesses." (date unknown) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK British migrants leave for Australia, St. Pancras station, London (1959) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Tourism poster (??) [date unknown] npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Eartha Kitt at the Heineken brewery, Amsterdam (1962) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Traveller family on the road to the Cahirmee Horse Fair in Buttevant, County Cork (1954) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Philadelphia, Mississippi (1964) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Lakeside Supermarket, Oklahoma City (ca. 1950s-1960s) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "The Immigrants" (1951) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Mugshot of James "Deep Sea Jimmy" Carter, Los Angeles (1935) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Istanbul (1954) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Fair warning npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Rooming house, lunch counter, and pool room, Sacramento, Calif. (1925) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Palermo (October 2025) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Harlem, New York (1968) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Cotton pickers, 6:30 a.m., Alexander plantation, Pulaski County, Arkansas" (1935) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Snow scenes. Australian soldiers & Arabs snowballing" (1942) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Coney Island (ca. 1947-48) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Sicily cat pic No. 1 of 2 npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Television antennas at sunset, upper Manhattan", New York (1973) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK After sitting through an interview, John Lee Hooker drinks whisky with Muddy Waters in his hotel room, Chicago (1964) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK I knew my (future) wife was a keeper when I came across this in her book collection 😂 npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Caught in the Web", woodcut print by Werner Drewes (1974) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK i think my dad agrees with you 100% npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK who said he was? npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Engraving of "The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight" (1806) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Cleaning product advertising pamphlet (ca. 1890s) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Magnesium Plant, Austin, Tex. 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Tallulah Bankhead telephoned and wrote to J. Edgar Hoover begging for leniency. npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK James Dean, Los Angeles (1955) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Jane Wyman, actor (1937) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Neither of us were scared but we were both startled and waited for the other to make the next move. npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Dorothy Parker, New York City (1924) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Two Brothers at a Coal Mine," Hopkins County, Kentucky (1976) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Cáit O'Riordan (The Pogues), W. Berlin (ca. 1985) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Snow in Bethnal Green, London (1955) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "The Last Trolley Car leaving Liverpool, New York" (1933) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Christmas Day in Rome (1965) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Christmas Display - suburban grocery shop, Dublin (1953) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Blushers Wine Bar, Deptford, London (1995) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK McSorley's Old Ale House, Manhattan (1942) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash (1981) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Tuesday Weld in court to change her name legally, Los Angeles (1959) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Sorting through old post npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Go back to reception! npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London (1982) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK When you find the woman who works in a pizzeria and goes clubbing in New Order's 1983 video for "Confusion" on LinkedIn, it's time to get offline 😂 npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Detained American citizens at the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas (1944) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Washington Street, Boston (1968) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Members of the local Irish community protest at the British consulate, Chicago (1970) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Fire in Paper Factory, Chicago (ca. 1990s) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK 5th Avenue, Seattle (1958) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Wet Un Wild | 7-UP The Uncola poster (1970) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Ski Maidens", Brainerd, Minnesota (1953) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Harper's Bazaar magazine cover featuring Lauren Bacall (1943) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "People's Drug store lunch counter on G Street N.W. at noon," Washington, DC (1942) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Quincy Jones (1959) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK looks familiar too. I was hoping someone would i.d. him npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Young woman in bedroom watching television, Chicago (ca. 1987) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Gorgeous photos from the dawn of the military-industrial complex npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Oakland, Calif., near 7th & Willow where Huey Newton was arrested (1969) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Enso-Gutzeit Headquarters, Helsinki (ca. 1959) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Astrud Gilberto waiting to go onstage at Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood (1964) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Weg eines unglücklichen Mädchens [Way of an Unfortunate Girl] (1999) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "An audience gives the Hitler salute at the Bund headquarters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1937." npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK American Nazi Party rally at the Chicago Coliseum (1966) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Francis Apartments, Chicago (1970) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn (August 2024) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Cromer Street estate, St Pancras, London (1950) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "At the Bar, Bourbon Street," New Orleans (1955) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK A "sort of reservation"... npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Teenagers dancing on Bruce Floors." Promo likely for E.L. Bruce Co., Chicago (1955) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Silk fabric fragment from Japan (ca. 1800s) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Bachelor's Needs", Chicago (1963) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Billie" (1996) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Billie Holiday in the recording studio for the last time, New York (1958) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "Teenage Fledgling" (1957) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK MRI scan tips from someone who’s done a few of them npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Millie Small entertains an audience celebrating the 700th anniversary of the city of Örebro, Sweden (1965) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Public library npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK Marlene Dietrich (1952) npub1mxkzukjdx58fux2fawkx0tshtpfs8wqtdvr6p273cpllcs35s0tq6fh6wl SK "A diatribe of fanatical intensity..."
