Retronautic WTF III
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Ikea Stonehenge
1910 visions of 2000
Victorian Surrealism
The Writing Ball
Mike the Headless chicken
'Almost Alice' by Maggie Taylor
Vintage Recipes
Synthetica. A New Continent of Plastics
Rolls-Royce 10EX Concept Car, 1925
Iconatomy
'Paint Your Wagon', By Sir Hugh Casson, 1970
Cynthia, 1932
Evolution of Good Housekeeping, 1886-1934
'Jump', 1959, by Philippe Halsman
Colour photographs of children, 1936-1947, by Nickolas Murray
Student Party, Wolseley Street, Belfast, September 1970
Abandoned Classic Cars
Harry Hill's Take on Tate
Sennett Bathing Beauties, 1915
"The Fairy Book", 1923
Colour photographs of the German Front, WWI
Hi Chris, This really is a fantastic collection. At first I thought it was something to waste your time with for 5 minutes but the more I looked the more I looked. Its facinating and very, very well done.
I do have a complaint though – I have lots of work to do and your website is far too distracting.
I don’t know how I got here but I’m not leaving!
Thanks
Jim
Thanks Jim! Hope you continue to enjoy your retronautic travel.
I think that the first picture was a promo or a kind of representation of Murder in the Rue Morgue by E.A.Poe!
A great collection! I love the bee.
More phots of the Lake Delton Wonder Spot:
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/003605.asp
Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Spot
Ah The Wonder Spot, you will be missed
Seems the human race has always been a bit eccentric.
A Great set of WTF!
Regarding the photo 3rd from last showing two men in white tights and black shorts. The one on the left looks very like Max Wall, a British comedian who was popular in the 1920-30s, fell out of favour but enjoyed a revival in the 1950-70s.
It’s not just the look. His act included some silly walking which is reminiscent of the photo. You can see YouTube video’s of this walk and Google images shows you how he looked.
What was up with the hayfield in Janesville, Wisconsin? I don’t get it…..
What do you mean, Robert? That’s how they do things there. Obviously.
We came a long way… got to love humanity and it s curiousness… thanks for sharing these bizarre, yet heartwarming pics… Greetings from Greece
But when did Max Wall start wearing his hair like that? It seems an early photograph. If you look at him in younger days, he looked nothing like that and was even a handsome man.
this is neat, is there a way that you can find the dates to the photos?
@Sandra: It is not a bee, but a fly. The picture shows French barytone Désiré in costume from Offenbach’s “Orpheus” (1858). He plays the role of Jupiter, who disguises as a fly to court Euridice.
Fantastic website! I’m inspired ,especially like the jewelled skeletons.
many thankls
Why am I not even remotely surprised that the bear chair was presented to Andrew Johnson? I can totally imagine him chilling in it after a long day of dueling.
Wow – you see the first couple of pic’s and think – thats so weird – its the strangest thing I have seen in ages… and then you start scrolling and each picture makes you think it!
I think the old sort of ‘pornography’ shot of the women vacuuming with her skirt up showing her ‘underclothes’ is classic!