Showing posts with label 1894. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1894. Show all posts

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Figurines of a Male and a Female Personage from the Walpi Flute Altar (1894)

Jesse Walter Fewkes, “The Walpi Flute Observations,” The Journal of American Folklore 7 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894), 287, plate 1.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

They Were as Full of Life and Spirits as if There No Such Thing as Suffering in the World (1894)

M.E. Braddon, The Christmas Hirelings, Illustrated by F.H. Townsend (London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, & Kent, 1894), 215.

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

For a Christmas in the Woods (1894)

“Boxing Day at the End of the World,” The Illustrated American 16 (Christmas 1894): 818.

Saturday, December 2, 2017

Monday, October 31, 2016

Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Snow Man Takes a Hand in the Snowballing (1894)

J. Carter Beard, “The Great Horn Spoon and the Enterprising Boy,”  St. Nicholas  22 (November 1894): 73.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Diver Ready to Go Down—Showing "Tender" With Life-Line and Air-Pipe (1894)

Gustav Kobbé. "Life Under Water." Illustrations by Carlton T. Chapman. Scribner's Magazine 15. (April 1894).


Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Nansen Takes a Walk, Blessing Goes Off in Search of Algae (1897)

Farthest North: being a record of voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram"1893-96, and of a fifteen month sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johannsen. Vol. II.  (New York: Harper and Brothers Publishing, 1897).

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Over a Jorum of Punch (1894)

Seated over a jorum of punch, reading the "Christmas Carol."
L.F. Austin and A.R. Ropes. "The Whirligig of Time." Illustrated by Phil May. The English Illustrated Magazine 11 (1893-1894).

Monday, November 26, 2012

Through These We Smashed (1894)

Through These We Smashed
Robert V. V. Sewell. "My First and Last Balloon Ascension (Artists' Adventure Series). The Century Magazine. 47 (April 1894).

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Wiring a Frog (1894)

A frog should be skinned through the mouth and the entire vertebrae column should remain intact attached to the skin of the back in order to preserve the peculiar characteristic shape of the back. The legs are made with cotton and the body is filled with the same material through the mouth. The of manner wiring is clearly shown.
Oliver Davie. Methods in the Art of Taxidermy. Illustrations by Theodore Jasper. (Columbus: Hann & Adair, 1894)

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Wiring & Poisoning the Tarsus (1894)

The tarsus of the leg should be poisoned as well as any portion of the bird's skin, and it is done as here illustrated. Saturate the wire with arsenical paste (see recipe, page 15) above the heel and at the ball of the foot. Draw the wire up and down several times until the poison has penetrated the tarsus.
Oliver Davie. Methods in the Art of Taxidermy. Illustrations by Theodore Jasper. (Columbus: Hann & Adair, 1894). [Poison is not a typo for position.  "Arsenical paste" is advised here as a preservative.]

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

If Christ Came to Chicago (1894)

Ninteenth Precinct, Harrison & Dearborn, Chicago 1984 showing location of brothels, pawnbrokers, saloons & lodging houses.
Ninteenth Precinct, Dearborn & Polk, Chicago 1984 showing location of brothels, pawnbrokers, saloons & lodging houses.
William Thomas Stead. If Christ Came to Chicago: A Plea for the Union of All Who Love in the Service of All Who Suffer. (Chicago: Laird and Lee Publishers, 1894).


Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Child in a Den of Lions (1894)

Child in a Den of Lions
"A Child in a Den of Lions." Chatterbox. (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1894).

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Match Against Her Foot (1894)

Robert Appleton. Violet, The American Sappho: A Realistic Novel of Bohemia. (Boston: Franklin Publishing Company, 1894).

Sunday, January 29, 2012

L'ours de Neige (1894)

La Nature: Revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et à l'industrie. 23 (December 1894).

Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Thaw (1894)

M.E. Braddon. The Christmas Hirelings. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend. (London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, & Kent, 1894).