This morning I was looking for a mindless distraction in between copywriting projects and took a dive into this Tumblr pool of photos someone has curated from dusty old issues of National Geographic.
Some of them offer a humorous take on the world, others look like they could today. Mostly I just enjoyed them for some total and utter time-travel escapism. Maybe you will too! Here are a few of my faves…
Tree-ripe dates give Tuscon, Arizona an oriental flavour, September 1953Giant sponge off Roatan Island in the Carribean, March 1977La Jolla’s Cliffs in San Diego, January 1942Just a cowboy boot-shaped pool in Texas, April 1980Marshall Islands (between Hawaii and the Philippines), September 1945Diver with a baby porpoise at Marineland in Florida, July 1947Aurora borealis in Troy, New York, October 1990Cabin on Porcupine Creek in Alaska, February 1994 Snowflake, an albino gorilla, March 1967 Hula dancer in Tahiti, January 1949Cluster of observatories atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano, June 1983Heads of State stand neck and neck with other famous and infamous figures from Madame Tussaud’s wax exhibition in London, October 1979Abandoned house keeps company with dairy cattle in Penobscot County in Maine, June 1977Viennese and their guests gather in the Great Gallery at the showroom of Schönbrunn, June 1968Ioanninan shoemaker making slippers in Athens, March 1940Flooded and abandoned Russian Orthodox chapel in Russia, June 1994Members of the San Diego Ballet rehearse The Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker, July 1969New Guinean warriors pound drums, July 1969Maori grandmother and granddaughter near Reporua in New Zealand, October 1994Wild horses are rounded up at Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon, April 1979Greenland tots, December 1973Meadow in the Crest of Tirsuli, Himalayas, August 1952
Lose hours of your time to the Vintage National Geographic Tumblr feed here.
Never enough time for my "National Geographic" collection. Some I've gifted to the library, other's I've clipped out some fabulous pieces and sold/selling in one of my Etsy shops…the other ones, I love and keep then home with me. Quite a plethora of knowledge. And like you have noted here…I too agree>>>>>the photos have captured our world with such intrigue.!! ~Cooks Falls Lodge~
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Awesome images, thanks for sharing them!
I found it hard to stop adding to the list!
Loving the boot shaped pool in Texas.
Me too x
This post epitomises why I love your blog so much. Last comment or you will get sick of me as I work backwards through your posts, XX
I thought I'd replied to this! I think your comment is the nicest I've ever received. You make me compelled to keep on blogging! xxx
Never enough time for my "National Geographic" collection. Some I've gifted to the library, other's I've clipped out some fabulous pieces and sold/selling in one of my Etsy shops…the other ones, I love and keep then home with me. Quite a plethora of knowledge. And like you have noted here…I too agree>>>>>the photos have captured our world with such intrigue.!!
~Cooks Falls Lodge~