Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938
From the Il Travaso, Rome: "When the judge asked me my age I couldn't all of a sudden recall if I was 28 or 29.
So what did you tell him?
I told him 21."
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938
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From the Hummel, Hamburg: "All right. If you don't want to marry me, don't. But you could at least help me get up."
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938 - Several ways to dance (according to eachone's profession)
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From the Humorist: "How a doctor dances... a salesman... a dentist... a swimmer... a scello player... a phrenologist."
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938 - Under the African sun
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From the Lustige Blatter, Berlim: My commandant, here are the dozen eggs you sent me for.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938 - Amateur photography
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From The Punch: The Joneses, naturally, put together a summer album with all their best photos from the time they spent at the beach but... you should have seen... those... they left out.
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938 - An invitation to dance
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From The Punch: In the time of the Minuete... of the Quadrille... of the Waltz... and of the Fox-trot
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938 - R. Martin, Heavy Sleep
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From The Humorist: Wife, waking up in the morning in her country house - "I slept very well tonight, Alfred. I didn't even notice when you arrived in your car!"
Friday, December 11, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938
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From The London Opinion: Woman - Oh, Edward, now I remember, seeing you there: I forgot to bring in the clothes from the clothes line before we left.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938 - Ridgewell
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The greatest damage: "Hey, look what you've done! You broke my son's toy, poor thing!" (From The Humorist).
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938
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The poor, starving artist who had an inspired idea (story with no words, originally from Pearson's).
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Friday, December 04, 2009
Almanaque Bertrand, 1938
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A Simple Experiment (originally from "Tit-Bits"). Elderly lady: Now, if you please, I'd like you to take everything back, yes? I'm only leaving tomorrow, you know, but I wanted to see if I could fit all the luggage in just one car.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
F. Cidon, Five o'clock tea, Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1958, 1928
Spanish artist.
Via Blog da Rua Nove.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, The Red Gods, 1925
Brazillian artist.
Via Blog da Rua Nove.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Jorge Barradas, ABC magazine, 1927
Via Blog da Rua Nove.
"Bristol Club, the merriest one".
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
ABC, No. 342, Emmérico Nunes, February 3 1927
The Charleston at the Bristol Club Dancing.
Via Hemeroteca Digital da CĂ¢mara Municipal de Lisboa.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
AnĂbal, ABC magazine, August 25 1921
Via Dias que Voam. Click image for 700 x 946 size.