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mydaguerreotypeboyfriend: Samuel Clemens (a.k.a Mark Twain), age 15, 1850. Daguerreotype taken when he was a printer in Hannibal, Missouri.  Check out that baller belt-buckle! Are you as cool as fifteen-year-old Sam? Update: That’s not a buckle! From a reader on Facebook: “He’s holding, with his right hand on its pistol grip (remember, these images are reversed), a typesetter’s composing stick, in which the metal type for his name are inserted, ready to print. He was smart enough to know that the image would be reversed, and thus show correctly in the photo!”

mydaguerreotypeboyfriend:

Samuel Clemens (a.k.a Mark Twain), age 15, 1850. Daguerreotype taken when he was a printer in Hannibal, Missouri. 

Check out that baller belt-buckle! Are you as cool as fifteen-year-old Sam?

Update: That’s not a buckle! From a reader on Facebook: “He’s holding, with his right hand on its pistol grip (remember, these images are reversed), a typesetter’s composing stick, in which the metal type for his name are inserted, ready to print. He was smart enough to know that the image would be reversed, and thus show correctly in the photo!”

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frontal-cortex: Mosquito eyes Frontal view to the compound eyes of a moquito. The surface of each single eye has a rough appearance which gives them a violet shimmer in real life. Between and above the eyes fine scales, similar to the ones at butterflies can be seen. / FEI Image Gallery Oliver Meckes

frontal-cortex:

Mosquito eyes
Frontal view to the compound eyes of a moquito. The surface of each single eye has a rough appearance which gives them a violet shimmer in real life. Between and above the eyes fine scales, similar to the ones at butterflies can be seen. / FEI Image Gallery

Oliver Meckes

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fixedsash: This is what summer is all about.  Through most of my 20s and 30s I too owned a convertible, and I can tell you that not much beats this scene right here: a warm summer’s day, top down, date in the seat next to you, and a gathering of friends.  This photo exemplifies my unabashed love of summer.  One thing I hadn’t noticed until today is the guy isn’t driving, making this photo a good reminder of the changes for women that were taking place.  The 19th Amendment had only been ratified for about a decade to give you an idea of how things were evolving.  So while the modern eye may see her in the driver’s seat and think “so what,” you have to take it a step further and see that this was probably the first generation to also think “so what.”  One other note, this car didn’t have power steering (not available until the 50s), that means that even though this was a small car it still took some oomph to turn that wheel.  With all of this in mind it really gives one a good sense of respect for that generation. 

fixedsash:

This is what summer is all about.  Through most of my 20s and 30s I too owned a convertible, and I can tell you that not much beats this scene right here: a warm summer’s day, top down, date in the seat next to you, and a gathering of friends.  This photo exemplifies my unabashed love of summer. 

One thing I hadn’t noticed until today is the guy isn’t driving, making this photo a good reminder of the changes for women that were taking place.  The 19th Amendment had only been ratified for about a decade to give you an idea of how things were evolving.  So while the modern eye may see her in the driver’s seat and think “so what,” you have to take it a step further and see that this was probably the first generation to also think “so what.”  One other note, this car didn’t have power steering (not available until the 50s), that means that even though this was a small car it still took some oomph to turn that wheel.  With all of this in mind it really gives one a good sense of respect for that generation. 

f-featherbrain: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Kintarō Riding the Carp, 1882

f-featherbrain:

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Kintarō Riding the Carp, 1882