Women wearing oversized masks at Venice Beach, California, c.1930 (x)
It was a sunny summer afternoon, July 29, 1925. Harry Warnecke, a photographer for the New York News, got a phone tip that a cat trying to carry its kittens home was tying up traffic because a policeman had stopped the cars on a busy street (Centre Street) to allow it to cross. Warnecke arrived after the event was over, but he convinced the policeman and cat’s owner to allow him to recreate the scene. Despite the policeman’s initial reluctance, the cat’s inclination to cross the street diagonally instead of in front of the cars, and furious honking motorists, Warnecke finally got his shot — after three attempts. (x)
Gregory Sukhov takes his pet bear Mickey for a walk in Moscow c. 1963 (x)
Seventeen-year-old Bianca Passarge of Hamburg dresses up as a cat and dances on wine bottles in June 1958. Her performance was based on a dream. She practiced for eight hours a day to do this. (x)
Doris Houck fights off Emil the Gorilla at Florentine Gardens. Photo by Joseph Jasgur c. 1942
1951 “Ostrich” dancer in the Folies Bergere show at theLondon Hippodrome
1963 Detroit Auto Show, “real life hood ornament” posing atop the 1964 Plymouth Barracuda.
