culture, nature, & the obscureTumblr (3.0; @janebrickley)http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/79fc599b0fd23ff9e33ef47d17054c0c/tumblr_mky9vzKsNu1r7jdxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/47471645424http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/47471645424Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:55:11 -0400AnnetteAnnette FunicelloMouseketeerMickey Mouse ClubIconActress<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/102cca5224c3c633f09701f3fe50d1bd/tumblr_mky9oqYbx41qgf9kyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Annette Funicello<br/></strong>October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/47471693659http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/47471693659Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:55:00 -0400AnnetteAnnette FunicelloMickey Mouse ClubMouseketeer<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1a06b9c4b43f61310ba9061e12ae527c/tumblr_mi1bw1wCFx1r7zkcco1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Debbie Jellinsky…that bitch is the bomb</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/45689529033http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/45689529033Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:25:55 -0400Addams Family ValuesDebbie JellinskyJoan CusackGifExplosionBlack WidowMovie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/97996cb5e5112f0dd481a2e67c831bce/tumblr_mi2pv3FPyo1r7jdxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Saw this metal bow wreath thing today…</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/42863898682http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/42863898682Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:49:50 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e333e250c9e78ff8256a57d5b688f729/tumblr_mhnzbcVh6v1r7jdxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So…<a href="https://www.facebook.com/HeroinIsMarionsEconomy" target="_blank">this</a> is happening in the Central Ohio town I grew up in.</p> <p>I’m beyond impressed that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DweHE3vWm0A" target="_blank">someone</a> took the initiative (and invested their own money) to draw attention to the heroin epidemic that’s ravaging what used to be such a wonderful little town…but where do we go from here?</p> <p>Some of my hometown friends think it’s ingenious — finally, a legit rallying cry boldly expressed in black and white, the community conscious writ large! But others are worried it’s going to make the already crumbling infrastructure fall even faster — who wants to develop their business in a place filled with junkies and dope-slingers?</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/42220524114http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/42220524114Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:50:00 -0500MarionMarion OhioOhioHeroinDrugsRehabEconomySocietyBusinessAddictionDetoxODOverdoseDopeEconomicsCommunity<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17402875a315d9a43366b2e99d71c40e/tumblr_mf90xljKyU1r5zqleo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dick Nixon ca. 1971. Dig that wallpaper.</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39498050125http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39498050125Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:49:10 -0500Richard NixonPresident Nixon1970sBowlingAmericanaAmericaWallpaper<p>Every time I discover an old friend I&#8217;ve lost touch with on Facebook, I get really excited, and today I found a girl I&#8217;ve known since middle school but haven&#8217;t seen or spoken to in at least a decade. (She commented on a mutual friend&#8217;s status a few minutes ago. It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve seen any trace of her on FB)</p> <p>Before I added her, I wanted to make sure it was the same person I was thinking of (same face, same major details, etc.) and I went to her profile and started scrolling down her timeline just to double check.</p> <p>So I scrolled&#8230;and I scrolled&#8230;and I scrolled&#8230;and after about the 30th sassy e-card/angsty baby-daddy slam/proud-to-be-a-redneck graphic, I realized that even if I added her, I would probably end up blocking her from my newsfeed anyway.</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39329881405http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39329881405Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:45:04 -0500FacebookMusings<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9d3179a846c1b6d6ae71fc2202251d8d/tumblr_mfwlp2nCO81r7jdxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room)</strong><br/>By Henri Matisse, 1908</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39311641185http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39311641185Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:27:01 -0500Henri MatisseMatisseRedRed RoomThe Dessert Harmony in RedFauvismImpressionismModernismArtPaintingMy Favorites1900sArt History<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zxsgTrOl1qgvf41o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Carmen Dell’Orefice</strong> photographed by Erwin Blumenfeld, 1952</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39069909232http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39069909232Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:57:07 -0500Carmen Dell’OreficeErwin Blumenfeld1950sRingRingsAccessoriesFashionStyleFashion PhotographyPearlsTurquoiseNails<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f770d7727953f9332dbb13b0c5792495/tumblr_mfrdqn5LEC1r7jdxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Laundry on Lines, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco</strong><br/>Photograph by <a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/rural-laundry-boulat.html" target="_blank">Alexandra Boulat</a> (2005)</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39064473565http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39064473565Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:47:00 -0500AfricaAlexandra BoulatBerberFabricHigh Atlas MountainsLaundryLaundry LineMoroccoNorth AfricaSkyVillageClouds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f64d1479180264c3ddd8b2682ee4530/tumblr_mfrd1jYOpn1r7jdxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Cane Field, Puerto Rico</strong> <br/>Photograph by <a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/field-puerto-rico-stewart/" target="_blank">B. Anthony Stewart</a></p> <p>In a cane field in Puerto Rico, a mechanical loader is silhouetted against a blaze meant to burn away leaves and underbrush.</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39063307905http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39063307905Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:32:00 -0500AgricultureB. Anthony StewartBlackBurnCane FieldFarmingFireGlowMachineOrangePuerto RicoSilhouetteSugar CaneFlamesSmoke<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fa3943fc8fdb6e001e50efeade1bfc00/tumblr_mfp5g9F9l51qed8s5o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Illustration by <strong>Helen Dryden</strong> for Vogue (1916)</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39006426532http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/39006426532Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:21:00 -0500ArtButterfliesEarly 20th CenturyFashionFashion IllustrationFlowersHelen DrydenIllustrationSpringVogueArt Nouveau<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1f36fe2b15999655da8d9460e40494e/tumblr_memyk8gEq31rmjo3bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Luna Park, Paris</strong> <br/>by Giacomo Balla (1900)</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38976372971http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38976372971Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:58:42 -0500Giacomo BallaParisLuna ParkArtArt HistoryLightsCarouselImpressionismNight<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6600f1fa2eddcafd983aac4ae0c62d1b/tumblr_mfg6tm01ZW1rmer9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://movie-maidens.tumblr.com/post/38945902893/vivien-leigh-photographed-by-cecil-beaton-during">movie-maidens</a>:<br/>Vivien Leigh photographed by Cecil Beaton during the filming of <em>Anna Karenina</em>, 1947.</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38969600116http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38969600116Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:30:57 -0500Vivien LeighAnna KareninaCecil BeatonFilm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5swdlzDwB1qfkn3co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="tumblr_blog">Original set of <span class="mw-redirect">matryoshka</span> dolls, carved by Vasily Zvyozdochkin and painted by Sergey Malyutin (1892)</p></p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38931288763http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38931288763Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:22:29 -0500Matryoshka DollsVasily ZvyozdochkinSergey MalyutinRussiaFolk Artnesting dolls19th Centuryfolk craftcrafts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m27ly5fvL91rt9fz1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Crucifixion (</strong><strong>Corpus Hypercubus)</strong><br/>Salvador Dalí, 1954</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38913183101http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38913183101Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:34:00 -0500Corpus hypercubusCrucifixionDaliSalvador DaliArtSurrealism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medc5nxpQp1rtgszoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://burlyqnell.tumblr.com/post/38886214912/noel-toy-the-chinese-sally-rand-vintage-7x9">burlyqnell</a>:</p> <p><strong>Noel Toy - The Chinese Sally Rand</strong><br/>(vintage 7x9 news service photo dated 1 May 1945)</p> <p>On the back of the photo, the dialogue that went with Noel Toy’s act is recorded as follows: In traveling all around the globe, one changes her clothes to conform to the mode.  For instance I dropped into Turkey one day…” as she emerges in Turkish harem trousers and bra.</p> <p>Noel Toy was also a skilled fan dancer, hence the moniker “The Chinese Sally Rand.”</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38911773004http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38911773004Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:16:00 -05001940sBurlesqueChinese Sally RandDanceDancerNoel ToyHair<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/86739ea15e71b0003ffc42a07623334d/tumblr_mfo0qpjBtD1r7jdxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Day of the Dead, Aguacalientes, Mexico</strong> <br/>Photograph by <a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/day-of-the-dead-mexico/" target="_blank">Emma Lozano</a></p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38911576924http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38911576924Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:13:37 -0500Day of the DeadDia de los MuertosAguacalientesMexicoEmma LozanoCultureAltarReligion and Spirituality<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me4l4jStA81rby04wo1_r1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>a twerk a day…</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38910815834http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38910815834Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:03:37 -0500GifTwerk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/16f1ede2ff880a6bd93462d5b4738d6f/tumblr_mfea3cEbk41ql2tteo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Dorothy Dandridge</strong> ca. 1950s</p>http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38897837427http://janebrickley.tumblr.com/post/38897837427Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:16:45 -0500Dorothy DandridgeActress1950sSingerMy favorites