Prosthetic Hand, circa 1580. Eerily similar to Gotz’s hand.
Vintage American photography:
Steve Fitch: Untitled (Drive-In Movie Clown), 1976 - gelatin silver print (Smithsonian)
Daguerrotype of a sick child. It’s rare that you’ll find a pre-mortem photograph from the 19th century; most mourning photographs were created after death. Not sure of the date. Source.
Earthquake, Fukui, Japan: As fire raced through the ruins, survivors fled along streets that cracked open under their feet, 1948
monkeypants:1910’s VaudevilleI would pay a lot of money to hear him play the banjo. (The banjo is a beautiful instrument.)
Willie and George Muse, posing as “Eko and Iko,” with the caption, “Are they ambassadors from Mars?”











