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Sunday, April 21, 2019

LEISURE ACTIVITIES . . . of the past

1915 Netherlands winter fun on icy streets, an illustration
icy Dutch streets in the Netherlands,  1915
        
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a Constantin Alajalov illustration for The New Yorker Magazine October 1944, lingering diners irritate others waiting to be seated at a table
a Constantin Alajalov illustration
        
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Florida by Drew Friedman and Harvey Pekar 1988
Drew Friedman ... an opinionated old man's mind is not what it used to be
        
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Adolf von Menzel idle rich at play
Adolf von Menzel       see full size
        
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           1950s bowling lanes sign
an old 1950s bowling lanes sign
       
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an 1895 bowling alley, large photograph
an 1895 bowling alley       see full size
        
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a 1904 bowling alley, large photograph
a 1904 bowling alley       see full size
        
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a 1925 bowling alley, large photograph
a 1925 bowling alley       see full size
        
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a 1972 amusement ride "Turbo", a color photograph
a 1972 amusement ride named  "Turbo"
        
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a 1947 Dr. Seuss children's book illustration about a fishing hole
a 1947 Dr. Seuss children's book illustration       see full size
        
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a Bruce McCall illustration, The Yachtsman, a deap sea sport fisher's car
a Bruce McCall illustration       see full size
        
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an Edmund Joseph Sullivan drawing of a sport fisher's problems
an Edmund Joseph Sullivan drawing 
                   
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a1930s roadside restaurant, made to look like giant food servings, a photograph
a 1930s novelty roadside snackbar       see full size
        
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a 1957 family camping trailer illustration
a 1957 family camping trailer or picnic tent
        
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1937 Beach Ball Jumping, an advertisement for balls with foot straps
1937  "Beach Ball Jumping"
       
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a 1908 fraternity prank machine from a supply catalog
a 1908 fraternity prank from a supply catalog combining 
spank, explosion and electric shock
       
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1930s carnival ride "The Whip", a photograph
1930s carnival ride  "The Whip"       see full size
        
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1600 Fishing time of James 1, a Dutch woodcutaround 1600   "Fishing with an angle (Dutch?)  Probably time of James 1"

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a Bernie Fuchs illustration of sport fisherman in dappled sun
a Bernie Fuchs illustration
        
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Dell Comics Gyro Gearloose fishing with his tiny sidekick, Helper
Dell Comics  "Gyro Gearloose"  with his tiny sidekick 'Helper' in a 1970s reprint from 1961
        
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a pen drawing by Heinrich Kley, dancing elephants
a pen drawing by Heinrich Kley       see full size
        
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Ivar Arosenius, a king dancing with naked women
Ivar Arosenius
        
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a 1902 German cartoon illustration of tired dancers on cables
a 1902 German cartoon illustration
        
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the 1895 tilting ladder at the Charlesbank Gymnasium, an illustration
1895  "The Tilting Ladder at the Charlesbank Gymnasium"
                   
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a compact portable 1883 gymnasium photograph, Monty Burns
a compact 1883 gymnasium

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1905 stationary bicycles
1905 stationary bicycles
        
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Kawase Hasui, a fisherman walking along the beach
Kawase Hasui       see full size
        
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1891 men's club, an illustration of wealthy white male heterosexuals
the 1891 wealthy white male heterosexual club
        
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a George Cruikshank 1836 cartoon of men drinking
George Cruikshank, 1836       see full size
        
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Edward Gorey, sinful leisure
"Frivolity,  at the edge of a Moral Swamp,  hears Hymn-Singing in the Distance
and dons the Galoshes of Remorse"      Edward Gorey