Walter Schnackenberg's Surreal Drawings

The decapitated girl and the bat (1949)
The sleepwalker (1956)

You can see more of these fascinating drawings at

A Journey Round My Skull .

Walter Schnackenberg was a German artist born in Bad Lauterburg in 1880. This small body of work is highly imaginative, unique and unforgettable.

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Zulus Playing Ping Pong

Missionaries taught the Zulu tribe to play games. Click on images to enlarge. More photos: LINK

(Thanks, dirty.ru)

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This is Hanging in My Kitchen

These are Victorian trade cards -which I blogged about some time ago. The top one, "Brooks Spool Cotton" happens to be an image that I live with everyday. I have a metal repro-sign hanging on the wall of my kitchen. It makes me smile when I make my coffee in the morning. The trade cards for the sewing industry are among my favorites. Here's one for J & P Coats thread featuring cats teasing a vicious dog (bottom image). Right up my alley!

Thanks for reminding me of this great art BibliOdyssey .

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Glamour Halloween

A collection of vintage glamour Halloween photos plus more:

Halloween 1

Halloween 2

Thanks to Confetta on flickr. So cool!

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Vintage Halloween Part Two!

Tuck Series 150 postcard
Barton and Spooner postcard

If you liked the collection of vintage Halloween photos by Steve Chasmar that I blogged about about earlier, take a look at this extensive collection of old postcards by

riptheskull on flickr.

(Thanks, Dave) This collection goes on for miles and it's simply beautiful! What a great way to get into October and the change of season. I love flickr!

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Halloween in the Time of Cholera

The older the better, I always say. This is a Halloween photo from 1911. Steve Chasmar with his seemingly never-ending collection of wonderfully weird photos of times past is uploading one vintage Halloween photo a day for the month of October to

flickr

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Ukulele Orchestra

This is a sweet little video -"Brand New Key"- performed by the Bastard Fairies accompanied by the Uncle Lincoln Ukulele Group. LINK