The Archivist Book Scanner A machine to bring your books into the future, intact. A beautiful black wooden bridge between your bookshelf and your e-reader. The culmination of hundreds of prototypes and years of labor. Filled with countless thoughtful details from thousands of willing contributors. People like you. Buy a kit, read the user guide, […]
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Three Scottish herring girls knitting whilst waiting for the arrival of the fishing fleet at Great Yarmouth in England, 1929. Thousands of women travel from Scotland to Great Yarmouth to process the catch during the autumn herring season. (Photo by Topical Press Agency) A Sami woman wearing a thick fur coat fishes through a […]
Vintage X-Rays Reveal Shocking Extent of Corset-Imposed Body Deformation by Lori Zimmer , 06/26/13 filed under: Fashion Artifacts Back in 1908, Dr. Ludovic O’Followell started a minor opposition against a piece of clothing that virtually every woman in every class level wore: the corset. In his diatribe, aptly titled Le Corset, O’ Followell provided […]