The last post on memento mori photography was pretty dark, so here is the brighter counterpart! When hypnosis became popular, Victorians were eager to try it but they also saw the humorous potential. These images, circa 1900, warned of the dangers of hypnotism!
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In May 1910, child welfare investigator Edward F. Brown carefully recorded the details he had gathered about the children selling papers on the streets of Wilmington, Delaware. One boy, in particular, had drawn his attention: 9-year-old paper boy Donald Mallick, nicknamed Happy. A familiar face in the town, Happy could be found out hustling at all hours […]
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The word propaganda is considered to be negative: it suggests lying, exaggeration, and manipulation. But if propaganda can be defined as spreading information to support a cause, then it could be a good thing. Almost every country and organization uses some kind of propaganda. The U.S. began to use domestic propaganda in an organized way during World […]
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