Turning the Book Wheel
Good plan.
Die entwicklung der modernen buchkunst in Deutschland
(Yes, we know it’s German, but it’s still good advice)
TDIH RMS Lusitania sunk by German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland.
Cartoon by William Rogers, political cartoonist for the New York Herald, as found in the book America’s black and white book: one hundred pictured reasons why we are at war , c.1917.
1983 Festival of American Folklife: June 23-27, June 30-July 4 (1983)
Almost warm enough for a little sailing…
We took a little artistic license with this photograph. So what? But with that expression on Patrick’s face, this corner doesn’t look too quiet…
From The Artistic Side of Photography in Theory and Practice
Carousel advertisements from the turn of the 20th Century. Interestingly he Smithsonian carousel on the Mall is a Herschell. Want to know more about our carousel’s history? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2009/08/oom-pah-pah-carousel-time/
Shoes, shoes, and more shoes! Gazette du bon ton, 1921, t.2
It isn’t likely that the flower shop in Philly that currently stands at 34 South Third St. is honoring this 1877 ad for free samples of Sporting Life, but if you are in the neighborhood, can’t hurt to ask!
The Iconic Volute, drawn by the help of a shell.
From a lovely little volume entitled Spirals in nature and art; a study of spiral formations based on the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, with special reference to the architecture of the open staircase at Blois, in Touraine, now for the first time shown to be from his designs…
The books in this teeny tiny library measure just 1-1.5 inches each! See more of the smallest books in the world.
tiny and meta!
“Little Library” (2009), by Todd Pattison. Photo from the Guild of Book Workers.
(via libralthinking)
Happy International Workers Day!
Now, get back to work.
