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Apr
18th
Thu
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turnofthecentury:

Wilhelmine metamorphic postcard

turnofthecentury:

Wilhelmine metamorphic postcard

Feb
11th
Mon
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(Source: caveofhypnos)

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compendium-of-beasts:

The Natrix, or water viper. (1802) 
NYPL

compendium-of-beasts:

The Natrix, or water viper. (1802)

NYPL

(via microecos)

Jan
9th
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coolchicksfromhistory:

Edna Beard (1877-1928)
Edna was the first woman to serve in the Vermont legislature (1921).  Her first act of legislation provided $2 a week in child support for women whose husbands were “incapacitated by an incurable disease.”  After serving one term in the Vermont House, she moved on to the Vermont Senate where she chaired the Library Committee.  Her first enacted bill in the Senate made it possible for county sheriffs to hire female deputies. 

coolchicksfromhistory:

Edna Beard (1877-1928)

Edna was the first woman to serve in the Vermont legislature (1921).  Her first act of legislation provided $2 a week in child support for women whose husbands were “incapacitated by an incurable disease.”  After serving one term in the Vermont House, she moved on to the Vermont Senate where she chaired the Library Committee.  Her first enacted bill in the Senate made it possible for county sheriffs to hire female deputies. 

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Jan
3rd
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Old Texan “Dog Run” House Log Cabin, [Llano County, Texas] (by SMU Central University Libraries)

Old Texan “Dog Run” House Log Cabin, [Llano County, Texas] (by SMU Central University Libraries)

Nov
27th
Tue
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When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.
— Christopher Morley (via isaboutwords)

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Nov
10th
Sat
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(Source: chewmark, via bookporn)

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Frog from Photographic Curiosities, 1880-1960Also

Frog from Photographic Curiosities, 1880-1960

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Oct
21st
Sun
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oldbookillustrations:

The cunning of Sissoo.

Charles H. Bennett, from The chicken market and other fairy tales, by Henry Morley, London, Paris, New York, 1877.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

The cunning of Sissoo.

Charles H. Bennett, from The chicken market and other fairy tales, by Henry Morley, London, Paris, New York, 1877.

(Source: archive.org)

Oct
17th
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(Source: bookporn)