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Category Archives: Children
The Lilliputian Library – Josef Tari Collection: Miniature Books
Josef Tari is a Hungarian gentleman whom began his collection of miniature books in 1972. His library of petite reads – the smallest book being only 2.9 x 3.2 millimeters and some over 100 years old – has grown to over 5000. … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Children, Collections, Games & Toys, Literature
Tagged Apokalipszis ca. 1998, Das Grosse Tierbuch, humor, humour, Hungarian, Hungary, Im Reich der Tiere ca. 2004, Josef Tari, Josua Reichert: Bilder - ABC ca. 2000, Kovács Sándor 60 éves ca. 1972, Lilliputian Library, Móra Ferenc: Dióbél királyfi, Miatyánk - zsákkönyv ca. 2000, miniature books, miniature newspaper, novelties, Typographia
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Edison’s Talking Dolls: “Little Monsters”
A government laboratory has worked a way to play back the recordings on fragile wax cylinders, which were the working vocals of the dolls made by Thomas Edison in 1890. Edison employed an army of hundreds of girls, (according to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Entertainment, Games & Toys, Inventions, Technology, Wartime
Tagged Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, Lowell Briggs, Maine, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, nursery rhymes, Randall Stross, Robin & Joan Rolfs, talking dolls, The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World, There Was a Little Girl, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Ward Harris, wax, William W. Jacques
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The Organ Grinder & His Monkey
Organ grinders were a special people who brought smiles to the many faces of adults and children alike during very difficult times – war; high unemployment, and so on. If we could please keep our angry thoughts and comments pertaining to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Entertainment, Wartime
Tagged busking, entertainment, monkey, Organ Grinder, street performance
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Our Fancy – The Peanut Butter Solution: List of Ingredients
List of Ingredients: 1 really ripe banana 5 dead flies 1 rotten egg 3 licorice leaves A fistful of kitty litter 3 Connie Crisps 3 Crosbie Crackers 9 spoons of soil, a glass of pepper’s fizz and a spoonful of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cooking Magic, Entertainment, Our Fancies
Tagged a glass of pepper's fizz, a spoonful of peanut butter, abandoned, art, but not too much, child labour, concoction, factory, fire, fist full of kitty litter, five dead flies, ghosts, haunted house, haunted mansion, homeless, kidnapping, magic, movie, nine spoons of soil, one rotten egg, paintbrushes, ripe banana, soccer, The Fright, The Peanut Butter Solution, three Connie Crisps, three Crosbie Crackers, three licorice leaves
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Mr Potter’s Museum of Curiosities
Mr. Potter’s museum had over 10,000 stuffed animals which included a tableaux of: “…a rats’ den being raided by the local police rats … [a] village school … featuring 48 little rabbits busy writing on tiny slates, while the … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Children, Death & Culture, Entertainment, Taboos
Tagged auction, Bonhams, Damien Hirst, Guardian, Harry Hill, London, Mr Potter’s Museum of Curiosities, mummies, mummified, Museum of Everything, Peter Blake, Primerose, stuffed animals, taxidermist, taxidermy, two-headed goats
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Introduction Hansel and Gretel are sent into the forest by their mother to gather berries. The children get lost and stumble upon a house made of gingerbread, which proves too much of a temptation, despite the strange woman … Continue reading
Massachusetts’ Youngest Murderer Of The 1st Degree
“It is generally concluded that the boy is mentally deficient.” – Boston Globe Young Pomeroy was indeed a bad seed. His vicious attacks began during his adolescence in the town of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Using his skills of manipulation, he enticed younger boys around the ages of 7 – 8, to walk with … Continue reading
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