Aleister Crowley on Wax

The famous evil mage Aleister Crowley can be heard via a wax cylinder recording.

Listen to his chants--if you dare!

Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 21, 2022 - Comments (2)
Category: Eccentrics, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, 1910s, United Kingdom

Follies of the Madmen #535

Source. (Page 19)

Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 14, 2022 - Comments (3)
Category: Death, Advertising, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1910s

The Dinosaur and the Missing Link

Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 13, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: History, Unexplained Historical Enigmas, Movies, Science, Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures, 1910s

The Artist’s Dream

The quality of the film is less than perfect, but I think it's still enjoyable--and weird!

Posted By: Paul - Tue May 17, 2022 - Comments (2)
Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Cartoons, Dogs, 1910s

Theora Carter, Apostle of the Toothbrush

Read more about the lady here.

Posted By: Paul - Sat May 07, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Hygiene, 1910s, Teeth

Tank Pigeons

Tanks were first used in combat during World War I, but they often relied on a very old-fashioned form of communication: pigeons.

From military-history.org:

A pigeon about to be thrown from a tank during World War I

Posted By: Alex - Sun May 01, 2022 - Comments (2)
Category: Animals, Military, War, 1910s

Anti-Submarine Seagulls

During World War I the British Navy attempted to train seagulls to reveal the presence of German submarines. The idea was to use a dummy periscope "from which at intervals food would be discharged like sausage-meat from a machine." The birds would, hopefully, learn to associate periscopes with food and would then fly around approaching German submarines, revealing where they were.

Initial tests were conducted by Admiral Sir Frederick Inglefield in Poole harbour in Dorset. Inglefield tried to train the birds not only to fly around periscopes, but also to poop on them.

Subsequent tests were briefly conducted in 1917, but then the Navy abandoned the idea.

One private inventor, Thomas Mills, refused to give up on the idea. In 1918 he patented what he called an "apparatus for use in connection with the location of submarines" (Patent GB116,976). It was basically a dummy periscope that disgorged ribbons of food.

Unfortunately for Mills, the development of sonar then made submarine-detecting seagulls unnecessary.

More info: "Avian Anti-Submarine Warfare Proposals In Britain, 1915-18: The Admiralty And Thomas Mills," by David A.H. Wilson in the International Journal of Naval History - Apr 2006, 5(1).

Thomas Mills' seagull-training device

Mills and his invention

Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 27, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Military, Patents, 1910s

Panko:  The Suffragette Card Game

See more cards and history here.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 24, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Games, Politics, 1910s, Women

Dud Leaves Home

Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 03, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Children, Cartoons, Dogs, 1910s, Love & Romance

Motorcycle Travel Via Pipeline

Source.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 28, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Technology, Infrastructure, 1910s, Motorcycles