"I'm on my way--I'll be seein' yeh. Photo by F. D. Conard, Garden City, Ks. No. 49."
Originally posted on Ipernity: I'm on My Way!
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See also the full photo of the bug toy (below).
Either that's a giant mutant insect getting ready to attack that poor kid or it's a toy of some sort, perhaps something like the mechanical crawling beetle pictured in the Victoria and Albert Museum's image collection.
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See also a detail showing a close-up of the bug toy (below).
Either that's a giant mutant insect getting ready to attack that poor kid or it's a toy of some sort, perhaps something like the mechanical crawling beetle pictured in the Victoria and Albert Museum's image collection.
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Some areas in the vicinity of Altoona and Hollidaysburg--located in the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania--are noted for the presence of large mounds (or "ant hills") created by the Allegheny mound ant. Those with an entomological bent will want to seek out Henry C. McCook's early article, "Mound-Making Ants of the Alleghenies, Their Architecture and Habits," published in the Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1867-1877), vol. 6 (1877), pp. 253-296.
Originally posted on Ipernity for the Incredibly Boring Postcards group: Ant Hills, Altoona, Pa.
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A katydid perches on the left-hand side of a Victorian-era calling card for someone named E. L. Houghton.
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