Saury, or Skipper Pike, Esox saurus.

 

The natural history of British fishes: including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species...

Date Issued: 1808

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-637f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. Season's Greetings. 

King of clubs.

 

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 (Collector)

Playing cards: Engineering

Date Created: 1869 - 1932 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ce2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Dry sandy soil makes farming impossible. Oneida County, Idaho. Grazing project

 

• Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer
• 1936 May.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017760666/
  

The pitcher plant.

 

Colour in nature : A series of 50 (Ogden's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-372f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: The Raven (1963)

 

Vincent Price. Peter Lorre. Boris Karloff. An AIP film. Directed by Roger Corman. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven_(1963_film)

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4608pric.html

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2973

https://scenesfromthemorgue.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/the-boris-karloff-blogathon-quoth-the-raven-wocka-wocka-wocka-may-1963/

Double wooden bridge of the natural road at Cambridge, Ohio

 

Photograph shows view of a two-lane covered bridge spanning a river in Cambridge, Ohio

• c1906 Feb. 27.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2004679018/
  

Escape - The Price of the Head

 

Model Forty-one; [Two-cylinder Runabout].

 

Rambler automobiles.

Date Issued: 1903 - 1916 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-042b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

KUNG FU ADVENTURE SET (1975)

 

Antique glass

 

• [between 1898 and 1946]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2019701295/
  

Track racing position.

 

Cycling : A series of 50 (Player's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4bd1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

[Harvest time, Flathead Valley, Montana]

 

• c1907.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2006686989/
  

Rose (baby dorothy).

 

Flower culture in pots : A series of 50 (Wills's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-4471-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Two Lost Worlds

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043080/

Accipiter Palumbarius, The Pigeon-Hawk.

 

The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

Date Issued: 1754

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-6490-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Queen of clubs.

 

Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932 (Collector)

Playing cards: Engineering

Date Created: 1869 - 1932 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ce29-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

[The firing of the rockets at Şile]

 

• Group of uniformed men look on as one lights a small rocket to send breeches buoy line into the water.
• [between 1880 and 1893]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2003668389/
  

The guelder rose.

 

Colour in nature : A series of 50 (Ogden's Cigarettes)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-372d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Svengoolie: Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

 

Directed by Michael Curtiz. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_of_the_Wax_Museum

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84482/mystery-of-the-wax-museum#articles-reviews?articleId=76262

https://trailersfromhell.com/mystery-of-the-wax-museum/