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Children's Books: "Let Us Take the New Rifles"

This edition of Vladimir Mayakovsky's (1893-1930) poem "Возьмем винтовки новые" ("Let Us Take the New Rifles") was published in 1982. The fact that it clearly states that it is meant for pre-school kids along with the militaristic content makes it both fascinating and horrifying. On the other hand, the outer qualities of the illustrations by Veniamin Losin can hardly be denied.

See all the pages here:
«Маяковский "Возьмем винтовки новые"» uploaded by Sidr1977

...or here at LiveJournal - KidPix.

If anyone has a translation of the poem, information about the illustrator or other comments. Please, don't be a stranger.

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Illustration: Cyril K. Bird (Fougasse)

Cyril K. Bird (Fougasse)

Via Coisas do arco da velha

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Paranormal: "Silverpilen"

Swedish subway train, C5 model, "Silverpilen".
Photo by: Michael "Bussmicke" Nilsson

"Silverpilen ("The Silver Arrow") is a ghost subway train that haunts the Stockholm Metro, according to an urban legend circulating in the Swedish capital Stockholm. The train is usually referred to as being composed of silver model C5 cars. Only one such train, composed of eight cars, was built; it was manufactured in the mid-1960s as a test and taken out of service years ago and replaced by more modern cars." ...more - Wikipedia

This post is dedicated to MrJ who is being haunted by ghost trains.
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Book Covers: Jules Verne

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras, 1866) by Jules Verne as published by Hetzel in the book series Voyages Extraordinaires ("Extraordinary Journeys").

A few more.

Other beautiful Jules Verne editions - in English.

Vintage illustrations from Jules Verne books.

The maps from the Voyages Extraordinaires.

If anyone knows of an extensive collection of Jules Verne book covers - Hetzel edition or other - scanned in a decent size, please let me know.

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Flickr: "The Periscope of Jules Verne"

Uploaded to Flickr by magic fly paula.

"Jules Verne had a special way of seeing reality, he saw further than others. His world has one special meaning to me, his books makes me dream." - magic fly paula

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Illustration: Gerhard Munthe

Odin on his horse Sleipnier. His ravens, Huginn and Muninn, at his side.

Gerhard Munthe

(1849-1929)

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Illustration: Halfdan Egedius

"Seidemennene paa Skrattskjaer" - Olav Tryggvasons saga in Heimskringla

Halfdan Egedius

(1877 – 1899) !!

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Zoology: Baby elephant

Photographed and uploaded by kjdrill.

"Baby elephant Impunga sits up on his big brother Vus'musi, they are best friends."

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Poster Art: Tadanori Yokoo

Roger Corman's The Trip, 1967

Tadanori Yokoo

More by Tadanori Yokoo

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Funny: They Didn't Study

They didn't study

No they didn't. Funny or/and disturbing.

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Vintage Tobacco: Adamas Cigarettes

"The most famous, and much coveted, Danish billboard is the Adamas Cigarettes billboard from 1928 made by Johs. Thejll of Copenhagen for American Tobacco Company. It was drawn by the Danish advertising illustrator Aage Lippert." says Danish billboard collector Søren Christensen at his site Emaljskilte. (Enamel porcelain coated signs)

You will find a couple of signs on this page and one here and here . Evidently the Adamas character that was created became such a success that they published books about him. However, according to Christensen, the cigarette brand never became a big hit and it seized to exist in 1942.

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