A little boy writing “liar” on the wall of a dentist’s office claiming to be painless, 1920s.
Source:
imgur.com/ceekEWy
Tags: history no context history bioknowlogy fun trending new
© All Rights Reserved
Three-year-old Peggy Kennedy enjoyed these ducklings paddling around in a tub. Peggy, a polio patient, wore a plastic chest respirator.
Francis Miller The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock
In November 1956, LIFE magazine published an article with the deceptively lighthearted title, “Animals Make a Hospital Happy.” Noting that children, especially, are acutely aware of “how depressing it is to be in a hospital . . . the University of Michigan’s hospital at Ann Arbor runs a perpetual animal show which is enjoyed by the 3,000 children who pass annually thought its wards...”
The entire gallery can be viewed here:
www.life.com/animals/animals-make-a-hospital-happy-classi...
Tags: vintage history Black and white classic trending new
© All Rights Reserved
What 5 MB of data looked like in 1966
Credit: @stem_feed
Tags: vintage history Black and white classic trending new
© All Rights Reserved
Title: Patient with Iron Lung
Description: Patient with a respirator or iron lung, which was used in severe cases. The patient is Cathy Stott of Bailey, NC. She was treated at Rex Hospital in Raleigh and returned home in the iron lung.
Location of Original: Laupus Library History Collections
Permalink: digital.lib.ecu.edu/62247
Tags: Bioknowlogy Vintage history photographs new trending interesting
© All Rights Reserved
artsandculture.google.com/asset/KAF-MlL3X4HIJQ
Artist retired to his chess board Marcel Duchamp, playing by the hour at a table with a clock that keeps track of the time between moves.
Details
•Date: 1952-02
•Location: New York, NY, US
•Publisher: TimeLife
•Provider: LIFE
•Photographer: Eliot Elisofon
•Original ID: TimeLife_image_754691
•Credits: LIFE
•Copyright: © Time Inc.
Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Originally a painter and sculptor, Duchamp’s witty take on defying conventions led to works which became prototypes for Conceptual Art.
For more information about him, please visit:
www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Duchamp
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/duch/hd_duch.htm
Tags: vintage history vintage photographs trending new
© All Rights Reserved