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  • Stating the Obvious...

    • 2 May 2012
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  • Before Mothra ~Tophats and Mandibles

    • 14 Dec 2011
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    • 13December11 Historical Monsters Newspapers Photo Manipulation insects
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    Terrible Attack by a Larva of the Puss-Moth at Covent Garden.”

     

    "The Strand Magazine ran an alarming feature in 1910: “If Insects Were Bigger.” The editors inserted photographs of ordinary English insects into contemporary Edwardian street scenes, with pretty terrifying results. “What a terrible calamity, what a stupefying circumstance, if mosquitoes were the size of camels, and a herd of wild slugs the size of elephants invaded our gardens and had to be shot with rifles!”"

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  • British Newspaper Archive

    • 12 Dec 2011
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    • 11December11 Archives British Newspapers Online
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    The British Newspaper Archive contains digitized newspaper content made up of four million pages - containing articles from local and regional papers across the United Kingdom going back to 1700.
    via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

     

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  • The Growth of US Newspapers, 1690-2011

    • 7 Oct 2011
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    • 06October11 Film Shorts Growth Historical Infographic Newspapers
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    "This animation is taken from the interactive data visualization of the Library of Congress' "Chronicling America" directory of US newspapers. It shows all newspapers in all languages in the US from 1690 to 2011."
    via vimeo.com

     

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  • Why British newspapers are more fun to read...

    • 26 Jun 2011
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