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Desmond but just sometimes he goes to the skate park dressed like Adam Sandler and fails miserably at skating. Do you like my au

Oh em gee best au ever I had to make fanart

Whoa.

i like to imagine that Ron sits in front of an industrial sized fan every morning as part of his hair routine :) <3

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I'm honestly not entirely certain as there were definitely dolls available in 1918 that would seem to fit Ruth's criteria.

(source: Sears catalog, Fall/Winter 1918)

My best guess is that she was either referring to quality, and/or she wanted a doll with a bisque porcelain head and limbs - as that would have been the predominant style when her mother was a child.

By the late teens most doll heads/limbs were made of composition - a material consisting mainly of sawdust and glue. Composition dolls were marketed as "almost unbreakable" (as you can see above) which, considering how many late 19th/early 20th century letters to Santa involve stories of broken porcelain dolls, was definitely a needed innovation.

The most prized dolls at the time were made in Germany and France - which obviously meant that WWI severely interrupted the supply chain.

The fact that so many little girls coveted German-made dolls took a rather hilarious turn once the US and Germany were at war. I've found many, many dear Santa letters from children vehemently declaring that they would rather not have a doll at all than one made in Germany. Some went as far as to purposely break their German dolls in tiny fits of patriotism - such as Nancy from last year who had to request a new doll from Santa after she took her German-made doll and "chop it head off".

(source: Grand magasins du Louvre catalog, Christmas 1918.)

If you compare the Sears catalog dolls to dolls from a French catalog from the same period, you can definitely see the difference in quality - as well as the fact they more closely resemble dolls from when Ruth's mother was growing up.

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The most intriguing vintage masks I’ve encountered are here.

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Frederic Stanley - Costume Surprise, The Saturday Evening Post (1921)

Dude imagine Desmond sycamore doing a sick flip. Woaaaa

is this good

What if Vaporeon Watches Fantastic Planet

Their is so much beauty in the world...

Doctor Hermey will see you now!

no one asked for this

and this image is cursed

but ta da

Johnny and Gyro drawing celebrating Steel Ball Run's anime announcement by Hirohiko Araki, via x.

Children at the Beach (1897) by Maurice Prendergast

groucho marx meowing at a beautiful woman until she dances with him dot mp4

Lucky Marx…

Keying Up, The Court Jester (1875) by William Merritt Chase

From reddit

Watching American psycho, fuck Patrick bateman nothing can be too new wave

looks very nice to write in

The Doll House

Four Fairies Fanning a Flame

Tiny Tim with comically large comb, circa 1968

how crayons are made