[See Part 1 for more. Source: Allen & Ginter Cigarette Cards 1888-1889]
America Indian Chiefs Cigarette Cards – Pt. 2
Category: Retro & Vintage
American Indian Chiefs Cigarette Cards – Pt. 1
[Source: Allen & Ginter Cigarette Cards 1888-1889]
MODERN MACHINES AND INVENTIONS MAGAZINE
These retro-future fictitious covers are the work of Chet Phillips.
Art
Silent film actress Alberta Vaughn was featured in a surrealist artwork by Persian artist Jon S. Oshanna (1895-1980) circa 1924. Oshanna was a muralist and commercial artist, active in California.
[Found here.]
Muskrat Love
Spanish trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning. Stretching and drying the pelt follows this. His camp is in the marshes nearby. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parrish, Louisana, 1941.
[Image and caption found here.]
“A Tumble-Weed Ball (From A Photograph)”
[Found here.]
Electrical Experimenter Magazine 1918
More Rat Rods
[All images found at Rat Rods Rule! More rat rods here.]
The Muskegon Streetcar Riot of 1919
The Muskegon Traction Company raised the ride fare by 1 cent in August of 1919, it began a riot that lasted through the night, destroying streetcars and causing chaos in the city.
Workers refused to pay more than 6 cents per fare ($1.06 in 2023 dollars).
[More here. h/t Pam M.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 810 – Blownado, The Weavers & Mabel Normand’s Demon
[Found here, here and here. The Mabel Normand clip was part of a damaged reel from the short film Won in a Cupboard (1914).]
Tacky Raccoons 