An Excursive Mind

Sarah Esteje is an amazing artist with some pretty compelling pen skills. Her portraits of people and animals in blue bic pen are incredible.

abadidabou:

platypus © sarah esteje

beautiful.

(Source: scientificillustration, via thingsorganizedneatly)

originofcool:

Book Carvings By Brian Dettmer aka “The Book Surgeon”

poundoflogic:

Young boys, victims of child labor, working in a bowling alley, 1910. This picture was taken at 1 a.m.

wiscohisto:

Colonial Theater, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, ca. 1913.

Showing the silent melodrama Traffic in Souls, tickets 25 cents. Photo by Hermann C. Benke. 

via: Manitowoc Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

A smartly waxed vintage Barbour hunting jacket is a thing of beautiful form and function. A closet must-have.

(Source: barbour.com, via waxedcotton)

motherjones:

After he said stuff like “War is hell” and introduced the bed-head hairstyle, General William Tecumseh Sherman appears to have become a lover, not a fighter. According to an 1886 magazine, the retired general’s “specialty is in kissing young women, of which he has probably done more than any living American.” Another account has him telling President Ulysses S. Grant, “You may drive your fast horses and I will kiss all the pretty girls! Ha! ha! that shall be my fad.” For more on American historical figures kissing unsuspecting victims, see here.

byronic:

Advert for the first Kodak camera, 1889 via Eastman Kodak: 130 years of history – in pictures | Business | guardian.co.uk

Worn-in canvas salvaged from a WWII era US Navy sea bag has been paired with a 1940’s era work apron and turned into a durable everyday carryall with a reinforced bottom constructed out of WWII era canvas.

The material used to construct this bag is over 60 years old but still in the most wonderful condition. Printing from the original canvas has been incorporated into this tote to highlight the unique nature of the material. Any discoloration of the fabric is the result of many years of natural wear and aging.

Fully lined with sturdy olive colored cotton, this large carryall is just the right size for carrying everything you need - your laptop, groceries from the farmers market, library books etc. One good-sized inside pockets as well as three outer pockets can easily hold a cell phone, wallet, ipod, etc.

Shoulder straps made from sturdy, brown cowhide.

Closure made from brown cowhide & a brass stud rivet.

Bag measures approximately 20 inches wide, 15 inches tall, 8 inches deep.

• Amazing image of an older Albanian man, taking a break with his pipe.
• Title: [Old man, seated on ground, full-length, smoking pipe, Tepelena, Albania]
• Creator(s): American Red Cross.,
• Date Created/Published: 1923.
• Medium: 1 photographic print.
• Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-92141 (b&w film copy neg.)
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
• Call Number: LOT 11461-1 <item>
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• Notes:
  • Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

(Source: wolfstak, via socialsurvival)

Looks like my bedroom.

(Source: browndresswithwhitedots)

featureshoot:

Photo from the remote town of Tiksi on the Siberian coast by Evgenia Arbugaeva