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Dr. Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist, three-quarter length portrait. A formal black and white portrait of Dr. Lise Meitner, the pioneering Austrian physicist, seated in professional attire with a book in hand before a library bookshelf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner#/media/File:Lise_Meitner_NatGeo.jpg 717d8219b1427c9b.jpg A vibrant Art Deco-style poster for "Just Imagine" featuring bold geometric design with an orange spacecraft, stylized figures, and dramatic angles. The text "50 YEARS FROM NOW!" appears at top, with the film title in large letters at bottom. https://www.themoviedb.org/review/65ce219dd8af67018790607a b74facb95f40cf26.webp Ramon Llull/Raimundus Lullus (1232? - 1316; Encyclopedist) This is a historical engraving of Ramon Llull (also known as Raimundus Lullus), a 13th-14th century Majorcan philosopher, theologian, and encyclopedist (1232?-1316), depicted with flowing beard, ornate Renaissance-era clothing, and pipe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Llull#/media/File:Ramon_Llull.jpg ed14a3d0eb6dbee5.jpg Cover image of the book Black Manhattan by Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 The 1930 first edition cover of James Weldon Johnson's "Black Manhattan," published by Alfred A. Knopf. The minimalist design features bold black typography overlaid on an abstract red grid pattern suggesting city streets or architecture. https://archive.org/details/blackmanhattan00john_1/page/n10/mode/1up 871bdb35986b55c5.jpg Caption: Brooklyn Bridge. Wire cables under construction. Last cable wire was run October 5, 1878. bbce186659cb8e70.jpg This is an Aztec conch shell trumpet, called a "quiquiztli", signaler, called a "quiquizoani", in Nahuatl from the Codex Magliabecchi on page 023. This Aztec illustration from the Codex Magliabecchi shows a "quiquizoani" (signaler) blowing a "quiquiztli" (conch shell trumpet). The figure wears traditional dress with feathered headdress and ornaments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch_(instrument)#/media/File:Codex_Magliabecchi_Aztec_conch_shell_trumpeter_quiquizoani.png b8e7d3155622d5f5.png First-edition dust jacket cover of As I Lay Dying (1930) by the American author William Faulkner. Published in New York by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_Lay_Dying#/media/File:As_I_Lay_Dying_(1930_1st_ed_jacket_cover).jpg 6bee6dbb5859105d.jpg A woodcut "depicts a voluptuous woman wearing nothing but a fancy plumed hat and slippers, playing a lute to a jester sitting at her feet. The Latin inscription in its border, “Peccati forma femina est et mortis condicio,” can be translated roughly as, “Sin and death take the shape of woman.” - https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/12/01/on-the-beauty-of-women/ 5f9bb8672f97b524.jpg This is the title page from Edward Lear's "A Book of Nonsense," published in Boston by Roberts Brothers in 1894. The page features clean, elegant typography with the title prominently displayed at the top. Below the title and author attribution is the subtitle "WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL PICTURES AND VERSES" in italics. The centerpiece is one of Lear's characteristic whimsical illustrations showing a rotund gentleman (the "Old Derry down Derry") surrounded by cheerful children and other figures who appear to be dancing or celebrating. The drawing is done in Lear's distinctive simple line-art style, full of energy and movement. Beneath the illustration is a limerick that reads: "There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry; So he made them a Book, and with laughter they shook At the fun of that Derry down Derry." The publication information at the bottom shows this is an American edition from Roberts Brothers, a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing house. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13646/13646-h/images/bookcovers/book1.gif f9bad8c53818f1af.gif The caption claims that Betty Boop was indeed based on Helen Kane. This was published before the lawsuit in May. Photoplay, April 1932 This is an image from Photoplay magazine showing a side-by-side comparison. On the left is a black and white photograph of Helen Kane, a performer dressed in an elaborate ruffled costume with tiered skirts and decorative trim, posing against a curtained background. On the right is a drawing of Betty Boop in her iconic cartoon style - with her characteristic large round eyes, short curly black hair with a spit curl, and a short black dress showing her distinctive garter. The caption below reads: "Folks, meet Betty Boop (right). You'll be seeing a lot of her because she is the new animated cartoon character who is trying to cut in on Mickey Mouse's popularity. Does she look familiar to you? Now look at little boop-a-dooper Helen Kane. Helen was the cartoonist's inspiration for Betty, the first time a real life character has been used for the popular jumping comics" This is significant because it was published in April 1932, before Helen Kane filed her famous lawsuit against Fleischer Studios in May 1932, claiming that Betty Boop was an unauthorized use of her likeness and persona. The magazine's straightforward acknowledgment that Kane was the inspiration for Betty Boop provides important historical documentation of how the character's origins were publicly understood at the time. https://archive.org/details/photo42chic/page/n491/mode/2up 2f208e02a3a3e2cf.jpg