O, Temperance, O, Mores!

Young Gentlemen & Ladies Social & Temperance Society of Chester, CT.
A minute book of the organization, 1829-1841

complete with statement of purpose

And lists of members

However, if you fell off the wagon, your name was crossed out *and* you got the finger!

[Watch out for those Smith boys!]

Shoe Portrait

Blanche Dunn’s legs and shoes, Photographed by Carl Van Vechten

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, photographed in Morningside Park, New York City, by Carl Van Vechten in 1940.

 

 

 

Goliard Press

A selection of publications (which brings Beinecke’s collection to near completeness) from the press run by Tom Raworth and Barry Hall in the late 1960s.

Magnum headache

Magnum: die Zeitschrift für das moderne Leben, 1954-1966, was a German/Austrian compendium of images and commentary on modern design, art, architecture, fashion, and lifestyle.
Issue 3, was titled “Wie Weiter?” [What Next?]

 And it included a memorable cartoon [titled : “Still no solution!”]

 

 See: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_(Zeitschrift)
 and http://www.paulflora.com/