Archives Curated By a Weirdo
“The Sun and Solar Phenomena” is filled with rad illustrations and outdated facts. The exact year and artist is unknown for this vintage astronomy poster. Although, as far as sun diagrams go it is top tier considering it was all hand drawn!
Image is from the Wellcome Collection and is under Public Domain License.
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The Lombrosian skull is named after its maker, Cesare Lombroso. Cesare was a phrenologist. Phrenology is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.
Image is from the Careggi Institute of Pathological Human Anatomy Museum. Photo was taken by Sailko and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Information is from Wikipedia(CC BY-SA 3.0).
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This Armor with Equestrian Equipment is dated sometime between the late 18th century to the 19th century. It is from China, but has no further background information – making it quite the mystery.
Image is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is under Public Domain License.
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April 7th was created by the nonprofit organization “Beavers: Wetlands & Wildlife“. This post will be a compilation of Beaver related media I find! It is dedicated to those cute dam makers!
All media is under Public Domain License.
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Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is the Hindu god of preservation, reality, and karma. And apparently he uses a bird for transportation! Read more about Vishnu at Wikipedia. The artist and date is unknown, it does look rather old though.
Image is from Wellcome Collection and Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Information from Wikipedia(CC BY-SA 3.0).
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This is a brass corset used to either minimize the waist or as an orthopedic device. It looks rather old but its age is unknown.
Images are from the Wellcome Collection and Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
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Unknown year and author. However, something known – this image is from ‘Philosophical Transactions’, at the Royal Society of London. I found it in the Wellcome Library under the keyword ‘abnormalities’.
Image source. The Wellcome Collection by the Wellcome Library, London. Copyrighted under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0
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“This wooden signboard is hung with human teeth. The inscription translates roughly as ‘doctor for treating various diseases’. For those prospective patients unable to read the strings of teeth would have been a striking visual.” – Description.
What did the OBGYNs hang on their broads?!
Images are from the Wellcome Collection and Wikimedia Commons, under CC BY 4.0.
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Phrenology is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. Nevertheless, this chart looks awesome!
Image source. Credit to DockedShip. This file is under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
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The Grim reaper looks rather cheery! His happy face and pose makes him look like he is about to break out in dance at any moment.
This statue is from the History Museum of Basel. It’s creator and age is unknown. The Photography is by Vassil. No known copyright restrictions.
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