General Robley’s Tattooed Heads
Added to the collection on June 19th, 2013
Major General Horatio Gordon Robley with his collection of tattooed heads featured in Barnum’s dime museum, 1883.
Life Cycle of a Beetle
Added to the collection on June 17th, 2013
Vintage shadow box made in Denmark in the 1920s showing the life cycle of a beetle.
This odd and beautiful piece is available on Etsy right here.
World Record Black Sea Bass
Added to the collection on June 13th, 2013These vintage photos depict fisherman with their world record black sea bass caught off of California’s Catalina Island.
A world’s record 384-pound black sea bass caught by Franklin Schenck of Brooklyn with rod and reel off Catalina Island, California, on August 17, 1900.
World record (1905) black sea bass caught by John T. Perkins at Catalina Island on June 3rd, 1905. The fish weighed in at 428 lbs. and took 57 minutes to land on rod and reel. Geo. Farnsworth – Boatman.
Home Dentistry in the 1920s
Added to the collection on June 11th, 2013
A woman prepares to pull a child’s tooth with a pliers in this photo from the 1920s.
World’s Largest Kidney Stone
Added to the collection on June 4th, 2013
This is the world’s largest ever recorded kidney stone, removed from a patient in Hungary. It weighs 2.5lb and is 17cm in diameter.
