G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 1222
November 22, 2012
catafalques:
Invalid chair, Europe, 1850-1890: Unlike modern...
Invalid chair, Europe, 1850-1890: Unlike modern wheelchairs that have four wheels, this chair has three: two large front wheels and one small rear wheel. This means the patient was unable to wheel the chair themselves. They would have had an assistant. The chair is heavy so presumably they would not have gone very far or very fast. This elaborately carved chair dates from the late 1800s. It is made of wood with a sprung padded seat. It was donated to the Wellcome Collections by Liverpool Royal infirmary in 1928.
November 21, 2012
Peasants from Hadad, Transylvanian, c. 1838.
Artist: George...
Peasants from Hadad, Transylvanian, c. 1838.
Artist: George Edwards
Hope your holiday this week is great.
What I am thankful for are...
Hope your holiday this week is great.
What I am thankful for are the fans who email me hysterical images like this, which make me fall out of my chair laughing right after drenching my keyboard in tea.
theworldofsteam:
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allcreatures:
Felix the polar bear chews on a £1,300 camera...
Felix the polar bear chews on a £1,300 camera lens dropped into his enclosure at Nuremberg Zoo, Germany. The giant 10ft bear quickly investigated the new toy, before realising it couldn’t be eaten and hurled it into his pool.
Picture: Marion and Dieter Sempf / Barcroft Media (via Pictures of the day: 19 October 2012 - Telegraph)
November 20, 2012
Hey Theodore Roosevelt, remember that time someone tried to assassinate you, but you just laughed and proceeded to give a 90-minute long speech with the bullet lodged in your lung, where it remained for the rest of your life? Or when you tore up your leg a
Theodore Roosevelt, October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919
“Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake there would have been a fight.”
Original Badass.
All of our presidents combined can’t add up to how much of a badass he was.
TR Appreciation Post ‘12
Hey Theodore Roosevelt, remember that time someone tried to assassinate you, but you just laughed and proceeded to give a 90-minute long speech with the bullet lodged in your lung, where it remained for the rest of your life? Or when you tore up your leg a
Theodore Roosevelt, October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919
“Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake there would have been a fight.”
Original Badass.
All of our presidents combined can’t add up to how much of a badass he was.
TR Appreciation Post ‘12
Hey Theodore Roosevelt, remember that time someone tried to assassinate you, but you just laughed and proceeded to give a 90-minute long speech with the bullet lodged in your lung, where it remained for the rest of your life? Or when you tore up your leg a
Theodore Roosevelt, October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919
“Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake there would have been a fight.”
Original Badass.
All of our presidents combined can’t add up to how much of a badass he was.
TR Appreciation Post ‘12
