WANT.
Via postagedue:
A postbox with a beautiful patina and tiny bird carrying a letter/envelope.
(via teachingliteracy)
A bookplate for Georgie Evelyn Cave Gaskin. Arthur Gaskin, from The yellow book vol. 9, London, Boston, April 1896. Via oldbookillustrations.
(Source archive.org.)
Percy Dearmer, front cover from The yellow book vol. 9, London, Boston, April 1896.
Via oldbookillustrations.
(Source archive.org.)
Ah, self-loathing. I know thee well.
Via flentes: six (by blue and gold print)
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Typographic design: “Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Island, Queens.” By Evan Hecox, whose “Dark Island” exhibit opens May 24th at the Joshua Liner Gallery. Via Arrested Motion.
(Source: nevver)
Miles Davis poster, via Aesthetic Apparatus
(via prettyclever)
Vintage ad design, via hoodoothatvoodoo:
Naughty ‘Nudies’ Glasses
(via numberoftheday)
YES.
Via goodmailday:
penny farthing post 4 (by donovanbeeson)
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from Nick Cave’s Handwritten Dictionary of Words, 1984
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Alice.
(Source: followmedownalice, via teachingliteracy)
It’s Free Comic Book Day!
YESSSSSSSS. The fact that someone was spotted reading Rimbaud makes me very happy.
Via coverspy:
A Season in Hell, Arthur Rimbaud (F, 20s, long blonde hair with pink tips, short black skirt, black ankle boots, L train) http://bit.ly/K1nNue
On this day in 1931, President Herbert Hoover dedicated the Empire State Building, which was the tallest building in the world for 40 years. This iconic NYC skyscraper has 102 stories and rises 1,250 feet above the ground.
c. 1964, symbolic numeral “1” in honor of Labor Day
(designer unknown)