There's something about the aesthetic of a vintage photograph that invokes feelings of the occult and the otherworldly. It may be
more or less comforting to know that none of the photographs here were of anything but true, unvarnished reality, a moment in time from a world we'll never see again.
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Victorian woman suffering from syphilis.
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Melted Wax Figures Rescued From The 1925 Fire At Madam Tussaud's London Museum
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A small mountain of bison skulls.
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A 17th century metal mask for those deemed insanel.
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A pile of bones my aunt found in her backyard.
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Glurpo, The Underwater Clown
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Early 20th century Halloween costumes.
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The sheer number of human teeth found in the wall of what once was a dentist's office.
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A train torn to shreds by a boiler explosion.
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Special effects for the 1902 french film, "Trip to the Moon"
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That's the baby's mom holding her.
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Van Camp's Pork & Beans ad.
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Just a perfectly normal clown.
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Wax mannequins melting in the summer heat.
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A vintage doll factory.
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The Mickey mouse Club meets in 1930
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Linda Blair's makeup for The Exorcist.
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Dummy heads from World War One.
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The mask for medieval doctors. The beaks are stuffed with herbs and plants and were thought to act as filters against poorly understood pathogens.
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My Grandpa and grand-aunt.
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Goldilocks And The Three Bears, 1908
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The oldest diving suit still intact.
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US soldier posing with a giant jungle centipede.
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An early-20th century freckle removal procedure.
