A woman using a public pay phone on City Island, The Bronx, New York, 1980. Photo by Ron Terner

A woman using a public pay phone on City Island, The Bronx, New York, 1980. Photo by Ron Terner

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Melting drip pendant lamps handmade from borosilicate glass by artisan Jun Sugano (Kumbh Glass)

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Paul Newman sneaking a cat into the Griffith Park Zoo, 1956

A compliance workaround captured by photographer Sanford Roth in Los Angeles, 1956. Despite the prominent "No Dogs or Pets Allowed in Zoo" sign, Paul Newman decided to tour the grounds with a Siamese cat perched on his shoulder while eating an ice cream bar.

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A family stands in the floodwaters outside their stilt house in Loirá, Pará, Brazil, 1970. Photographed by Walter Firmo. [768x1024]

This photograph was captured by prominent Brazilian photographer Walter Firmo in 1970. It was part of his renowned documentary series titled "Cem dias na Amazônia de ninguém" (One hundred days in no man's Amazon), which won the Esso Journalism Award (Prêmio Esso de Jornalismo). The image documents a family navigating the seasonal river floods in the Amazon region.

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Fantasy Horde Illustration by Alexey Gorboot

Illustration by Alexey Gorboot for Nick Perumov's The Ring of Darkness novel series. Ink on paper style with a solid red background.

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"Superships" concept by John Berkey for Popular Mechanics (December 1988)

A 1988 concept illustration of a futuristic, SWATH-derived trimaran cruise ship. The cutaway design features a central atrium hotel structure, a revolving restaurant, a tilt-rotor VIP transport pad, a cinema, and an internal ferry dock.

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Roadside architecture in the 1940s was on another level. Mammy's Cupboard, Mississippi, 1941.

This Mississippi establishment combined a gas station, boutique, and restaurant into a single large caricature building. Photograph captured by Edward Weston in 1941.

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The Medieval Port Crane of Gdańsk, Poland, standing under a night sky.

Built between 1442 and 1444, the historic Żuraw crane is the largest surviving medieval harbor crane in Europe. This monochrome night perspective highlights its timber structure and fortified design.

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The Grasshopper's Dream Cafe, built from repurposed train carriages in Jeongseon, South Korea.

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Hair-painting performance piece by Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (2008)

This was part of Rasmussen's solo exhibition "A Void" at the Renwick Gallery in New York (2008), where she recreated historical performance pieces. The process uses hair dipped in ink to paint across the floor canvas.

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Upside Down, Olivier Neuray, Oil on panel, 2025

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Of This Men Shall Know Nothing, Max Ernst, Oil on canvas, 1923

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"Bats As Desirable Citizens" Vintage article by Robert H. Moulton in The Arvada Enterprise

Vintage newspaper layout featuring detailed biological illustrations of various bat species, highlighting their ecological importance as insect hunters. Species shown include the Welwitsch's Bat, Blainville's Bat, Spectacled Stenoderm, Gray Fruit Bat, and Vampire Bat.

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Silence, Nikolay Dubovskoy, Oil on Canvas, 1890

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Vintage TT Scrambler racing at Perris Raceway (1968/69)

Photo credit: David Livingston

A glimpse into the raw and dangerous world of late 1960s grassroots motorsport in Southern California.

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Vintage Halloween: Teenagers bobbing for apples in the 1940s.

A historic look at how the holiday was celebrated decades ago with simple parlor activities. Bobbing for apples has Celtic and Roman roots but became a staple of American Halloween traditions in the 20th century.

Photo Credit: Bettmann Archive.

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"Reading Man" nightlight designed by Nicholas Baker for the Dudd Lite exhibition (2024).

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An art student resting after a party with a papier-mâché head of Marlene Dietrich, Berlin, February 14, 1950. Photo by Hans von Nolde.

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