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Famed paleontologist Richard Owen misidentified the #pterosaur Lonchodraco as Pterodactylus in the 1850s. #science #fossils https://t.co/OSK2nC3Mry
I really need to commission some art of Leilia in this adorable greeting card style from the 40s-50s. 😍
The romantic artist Samuel Palmer was nearly erased from history (1805-1881). His early paintings were pawned by his drunken brother & his later works were burned by his son - "The fire...lasted for days". He died largely forgotten and was only rediscovered in the 1950s.
Don’t mess with these ladies! Vintage Photos of Badass Wrestling Women! They are from my book Amazons of Yesteryear: Wrestling women of the 1940s and '50s. Available from Amazon US: https://t.co/4vPFuFeSJV & Amazon UK: https://t.co/0t0NaCWCgb
#catfight #wrestling #womenwrestling
Gustave Courbet; "Woman Rowing in the Surf"; 1850s. One of the strangest paintings of the 19th century.
#JacquelineAyer illustrated for Vogue and worked w Andy Warhol in New York's Bonwit Teller fashion store, then moved to Thailand in the 50s.
Third-class carriage: common people in 1850s. By Honorè Daumier, who was born on this day 1808.
Most laugh tracks on TV were recorded in the 1950s. These days,most of the ppl you hear laughing are dead. #horror
26. NYC used to be a "marijuana jungle" in the 1950s.
#nativesecrets #nyc #newyork #collage #collageart #marijuana …
'Sir Malcolm Campbell and his famous racing car "Bluebird".' The Boys' Book of Heroes, 1950s.
Double bass. #JanBalet #illustration in What Makes an #Orchestra. 1950s. #kidlitart #midmod #nonfiction
#JanBalet #illustration in What Makes an #Orchestra, 1950s. #kidlitart #nonfiction #vintage #midmod
French Fashion Illustration 1950s. by DigitalDraft ITEM ♥ http://t.co/rjRHJFtPKP vía @Etsy #etsymnt
Here's a better look at the cover illustration I've been workin' on. Inspired by book cover illustrations from the 50s.