Why are the Adam and (to a lesser extent) the Eve of Venus, or Perelandra, tan from the shoulders up? Also, enormous? And can some extraterrestrial meterologist explain the cloud patterns on that planet?
I will just add that the people who bought this book based on its cover were among the most cruelly disappointed people in history.
I have no clue what this is from but it is lovely .
While interning at the American Library in Paris a few summers ago, I came across this issue of Library Journal from 1950. This is sweet, beautiful proof that we’ve been worried about new media making reading obsolete for oh…ever.
When computers first came about, people were frightened that paper and pens would be obsolete. Remember when you could walk into any stationary store and still buy them by the bulk? Oh, that’s now? Huh.
Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, 1950, at Chatsworth House.
A 1950s Coronet instructional film detailing how teenagers should spend their free time (especially not mopping)
(Source: littleplasticthings)
Model reading while waiting her turn at fashion show. Photograph by Eliot Elisofon. New York City, October 1950.
(via atompunk)
