It becomes them
A collection of death masks in the Beinecke Library.
[NOTE: Updated 11-2-07. See below.]
H. D. [1886-1961] http://www.imagists.org/hd/
Hermann Broch [1886-1951] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Broch
Victor Serge [1890-1947] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Serge
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Eichenbaum, (a.k.a Volin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volin
*NOT* Leon Trotsky [1879-1940], as originally reported.
For a much grander selection, visit Princeton and Thanatos.net
Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around . . .
German banknotes designed by Herbert Bayer, 1923
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgeld
and: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5373/notgeld.htm
and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Bayer
The Island Weekly
Die Inselwoche, a hectographed newspaper issued by German prisoners of war in an internment camp on Ile Longue, an island off of Brest in France, 1914-1919.
Complete with advertisements:
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Longue#First_World_War
and: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31312207_ITM
Drawn to Enchant
New — An Interview with the Author: Tim Young on Drawn to Enchant (MP3)
Little girls with barbells!
Dogs using quill pens!
Odd looking men fishing for odd looking mermaids!
They are all part of the the world of Drawn to Enchant: Original Children’s Book Art in the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection, a celebration of the collection gathered by one of the world’s most astute collector’s of children’s literature.
Artists whose works are represented include many beloved favorites, among them Ludwig Bemelmans, Maurice Sendak, A. B. Frost, Wanda Gag, Peter Newell, N. C. Wyeth, Tony Sarg, Robert Lawson, and Johnny Gruelle.
From variant illustrations for Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things Are to little-known sketches for nineteenth-century periodicals that delighted generations of children, Drawn to Enchant offers a unique opportunity to study the reading lives of children throughout American history. Just as important, it invites each reader to recollect favorite images from the treasured books of his or her own childhood.
The book is officially released on October 15, 2007 and is available via the Yale University Press website: (in US at www.yale.edu/yup/ and in the UK at www.yalebooks.co.uk) and fine bookstores everywhere. Containing over 200 full color illustrations, it makes a wonderful gift for readers of all ages! [DISCLAIMER: Yes, this is a shameless plug for a publication by one of this blog’s curators. But the book is *really* lovely!]
Frederick Burr Opper, illustration (watercolor on board) for The Jolly Gymnasium, undated, apparently never published.
Unidentified artist, illustration (watercolor on board) for Little Stories for Little Folks (McLoughlin Bros., 1890).
Gelett Burgess, “Fishing for Mermaids”, pen and ink with watercolor on paper, for The Burgess Nonsense Book (Frederick R. Stokes Co. 1901).
Ombres chinoises
A group of French finger shadow puppets from World War I depicting combatants from many sides, along with requisite tools of engagement: gun, sword, bottles of booze.
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In action:
Wild West
Images from the papers of Nate Salsbury, co owner with Buffalo Bill of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, beginning with a photo of Nate during his days as leader of the comic-theater troupe the Salsbury Troubadours, before he joined Buffalo Bill in 1885. For a description of the archive see: Nathan Salsbury Papers.
Little Creatures
Photographs made for scenes in Le Grand Meaulnes, a coming-of-age novel by Alain Fournier.
These scenarios with molded figures were constructed by Louise-Edmée Chevalier and photographed by Laure Albin-Guillot. (1946)
Title page:
“Assis sur un pupitre, en balançant les jambes, Meaulnes réfléchissait.”
“A peine étions-nous assis que bondissait sur la piste un poney tout harnaché . . . ”
Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities 
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