George Barter the Anabaptist

mydarkenedeyes: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:42:21 -0400

mydarkenedeyes:

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was a Victorian-era painter, notable for his moonlit scenes and landscapes.

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Fri, 24 May 2013 18:26:21 -0400

mightyflynn: No, umpires aren’t really bearers of truth;...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:24:35 -0400

mightyflynn:

No, umpires aren’t really bearers of truth; they’re inhibitors of violence. Let a bunch of overheated, over-muscled, testosterone- and sweat-drenched men arbitrate their own disputes—the oftenest would be whether a taken pitch should be called a strike or not—and you’ll have blood and broken bones in pretty short order. The idea is to have someone else to blame, a faceless enemy we combatants can all agree is wrong. This, too, is a national pastime.

- Adam Sobsey, Bull City Summer/Paris Review

Read the rest: “Interpretations”

Photo by Leslie Jones via Boston Public Library: Group of Washington Senators. (l to r:) Jackie Hayes, Joe Judge, coach Nick Altrock, unknown, and catcher Bennie Tate confront unknown home plate umpire at Fenway Park. (1930)

Celestine V. the pope who quit.

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:50 -0400

Celestine V. the pope who quit.

artschoolglasses: George Barbier

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:48:44 -0400

artschoolglasses:

George Barbier

janerphotography: NYU Graduation at Yankee Stadium 5/22/13

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:09:48 -0400

janerphotography:

NYU Graduation at Yankee Stadium 5/22/13

butareyouexperienced: firsttimeuser: Ernest Brown. Portrait de...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:08:10 -0400

butareyouexperienced:

firsttimeuser:

Ernest Brown. Portrait de Indian. Alberta, Canada, 1886

cachimbo da paz!

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Fri, 24 May 2013 09:41:00 -0400

ohne-dich: Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake attend the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:32:01 -0400

ohne-dich:

Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake attend the ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Premiere during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival (May 19, 2013)

gthegentleman: Tobey Maguire

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:29:09 -0400

gthegentleman:

Tobey Maguire

books0977: Bookplate, 1902. Robert Hall, an avid collector of...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:24:10 -0400

books0977:

Bookplate, 1902. Robert Hall, an avid collector of Kemscott Press books.

On the library table are Kelmscott works, including William Morris’s The Glittering Plain and his 1895 translation of Beowulf. All the books are clearly bound in the distinctive Kelmscott full limp vellum tied with silk ribbons. The Wood Beyond the World is open to show a Morris-designed woodcut border and frontispiece. Leaning against the bookcase is a copy of the 1896 edition of Chaucer.

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Fri, 24 May 2013 09:20:45 -0400

fleur-de-vintage: Only a couple of weeks until Baz...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:19:14 -0400

fleur-de-vintage:

Only a couple of weeks until Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby is finally released! Our travel editor Lee Tulloch took in the glitz and opulence of the extravagant mansions – many of which the Fitzgeralds frequented – on Long Island New York’s “Gold Coast”.

From ‘The Jazz Age’ a story on page 184 of Vogue Living April 2013.

Photograph by Tony Amos.