Turning the Book Wheel

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

“Her colouring is fair, the quality of her organization fine. There is, if anything, more sensitiveness than endurance ; more activity than absolute strength ; more quickness and vivacity than actual staying power or real physical vigour. At the same time, she has considerable intensity and “go,” and is not likely to give in unless absolutely obliged.”

—Author R. Dimsdale Stocker, on the physiognomy of Ellen Beach Yaw, American soprano, in The human face as expressive of character & disposition (1900), recently digitized from the National Portrait Gallery branch of the Smithsonian Libraries.

Yes, intensity and “go,” for sure. 

What do you do with examples of inserts for a praxinoscope? Animate it of course!

From Amateur Work, Illustrated. v. 6, 1881, which is chock-a-block full of amazing DIY projects from the time, including a folding chair, beehives, and a gas-burning reading lamp. Please don’t try the last one…