Friday Ephemera #71

Louise Brooks, the woman who supposedly popularized bobbed hair in the 1920s. I'm starting to think about my senior thesis this week, and this photo has a vague relation to it. Sorry, I can't remember where I found the photo.

Friday Ephemera #70

Bingo in the summer, New Ulm, Minnesota, circa 1975. Photo by Flip Schulke, thanks to the U.S. National Archives. I'm craving summer, can you tell?

Friday Ephemera #69

1902, from the Illinois Urban Landscapes Project. I've taken to searching flickr Commons for random things related to whatever I'm musing on at the moment. This time I searched "metamorphosis".

Friday Ephemera #68

Happy New Year's Eve! Celebrations at a cafe, sometime between 1910 and 1915, thanks to the Library of Congress. We should all have such festive celebrations.

Friday Ephemera #67

1947, The first Christmas tree given to Britain by Norway as thanks for their support in World War II. Thanks to the National Archives.

Friday Ephemera #66

A photochrom of a fishmarket in Bergen, Norway, circa the 1890s. Thanks to the Library of Congress.

Friday Ephemera #65

1918, Isisford, Australia. Kids on kids! Thanks to the State Library of Queensland.

Friday Ephemera #64

Ah, San Francisco. Such hills. Photo by Håkan Dahlström.

Friday Ephemera #63

Denny Hall, this Monday in the snow, the same building I posted a 1900 photo of last week.

Friday Ephemera #62

Denny Hall, the first building on the current University of Washington campus, taken in 1900 by Calvin F. Todd. Image thanks to UW Libraries.

Friday Ephemera #61

Woman reading in garden, thanks to the George Eastman House Collection on Flickr.

Friday Ephemera #60

Tuesday was election day, and this year is the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in Washington state, so let's have a suffragette for the occasion. It was taken between 1910 and 1915, but I don't know where. Thanks to the Library of Congress.

Friday Ephemera #59

I'm continuing my tradition of posting the best pumpkins Google images has to offer for Halloween. Found here, here, and here.

Friday Ephemera #58

Have a map. 1675, by a fellow named Jan Jansson, and I think it's of Norway. Found here.

Friday Ephemera #57

Two ladies from the 1910s, dressed for the 1860s.

Friday Ephemera #56

Actual ephemera, for a change. A screenshot of what's on hold for me at the library. 

Friday Ephemera #55

Ice skaters on Lake Union, date unknown. The idea of Lake Union freezing over is fairly mind-blowing to me, since any body of water freezing over in Seattle is remarkable, let alone one so large. Image thanks to the University of Washington.

Friday Ephemera #54

The view from my new window, in the rain. It's definitely fall now.

Friday Ephemera #53

I've always liked cartography. When I was younger I used to draw maps of imaginary places, which often became the settings for stories. I don't think this particular map ever acquired a mythology, but it's one of my better ones. Obviously, drawn during my fascination with Welsh. Sorry it's so pale, but old pencil doesn't scan well and I couldn't get it any darker.

I have a bunch more maps, so at some point I may post some of them.

Friday Ephemera #52

This stripey 1890ish dress is super fabulous. I especially like the cuffs. Thanks to lamodeillustree for the photo.