Plan of Work for a Small Servantless House

No servant? No problem. A Good Housekeeping guide published in 1950 helps organize your house with a housewife’s weekly duties for cleaning, cooking, and tea preparation.

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Via I Love Charts

Exotic Pets From 1891-1971

Dogs and cats are one thing to have as pets, but when it comes to the wilder side of the animal kingdom, it’s a dangerous game. These days, we generally hear about these kinds of pets when something goes horribly wrong, but there was a time when the glamour was publicized more than the gore.

Retronaut has a collection of photos of people and their wild pets from the years 1891-1971, but, please, don’t get any ideas.

Beatrix Potter with rabbit, Benjamin Bouncer, 1891


A girl has tea with her pet dog and raccoon, Massachusetts, 1930


Josephine Baker takes her pet cheetah Chiquita for a walk, 1931


Parisian woman with cheetah, 1932


Frida Kahlo with Granizo, 1939


Phyllis Gordon and her pet Cheetah, 1939


Burlesque dancer Zorita walking her snake


Man with pet Lemur, 1950


Actress June Havoc with her pet toucan, 1950


A soldier walks his pet lion Fagen on the beach, US, 1951


Rupert the Rhino, 1960


A man eats breakfast with his pet chimpanzee, US, 1971

Tech Sounds You Don’t Hear Anymore

What used to be state of the art devices a few decades ago are now totally outdated and are no longer produced. Here are the characteristic tech sounds which you are unlikely to hear today.

Dial-up Modem Handshake


The Mac OS “Uh-Oh” Sound


VHS Rewind


The Whir of a Floppy Disk Drive


Dial Tone


Busy Signal


Rotary Phone Winding


Boot-up Beeps


“You’ve Got Mail!”


Windows 95 Shutdown Sound


Dot Matrix Printout


CRT TV On and Off Sound


Clicky Keyboard

Via laptopmag

1942 Photo Guide on How To Kiss

Do you know how to kiss? Probably not! Fear not — this quick photo lesson from this 1942 Life Magazine will set you straight.








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Presidential Campaign Posters: 200 Years of Election Art

A new book, Presidential Campaign Posters: Two Hundred Years of Election Art has 100 U.S. political posters that are suitable for framing, going back, well, 200 years. See a sampling of 18 of the posters at Brain Pickings.




























1988: George H. W. Bush (Republican) v. Michael Dukakis (Democrat)


2008: Barack Obama (Democrat) v. John McCain (Republican)


2008: Barack Obama (Democrat) v. John McCain (Republican)

Vintage Mugshots Of Bad Girls

I don't know what these ladies did to get arrested, but their mugshots are incredible. Here are some awesome vintage mugshots of bad girls from the past from the collection of Least Wanted.














































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