Antique Memes

Wanderings through university and library image collections; etchings, leaflets, prints, lithographs, relics of yore. Items digitized from before the digital age. Let's remember what we forgot. Lest we forget.

ANTIQUE - collectible old item: a collectible decorative or household object that is valued because of its age, the style, traditions, and qualities of ancient times, old and often valuable, of interest to collectors

MEME - a cultural characteristic passed down through generations: any characteristic of a culture, e.g. its language, that can be transmitted from one generation to the next in a way analogous to the transmission of genetic information

· 31/10/11 · Reblog

  • Title: Halloween and the Minnesota snowball
  • Creator(s): Bartholomew, Charles Lewis, 1869-1949, artist
  • Date Created/Published: [between 1898 and 1915]
  • Medium: 1 drawing : India ink over pencil on bristol board ; 36.2 x 34.8 cm. (sheet)
  • Summary: Two figures are shown standing outdoors in the snow, one with a jack-o-lantern head and the other with a snowball for a head. The jack-o-lantern wears a bow tie labled “Halloween” and holds a party horn. From the corner of its mouth, smoky breath eminates, perhaps serving as an indication of the cold temperature. The snowball, in mittens and a tie labled “Minnesota Snowball,” stands next to the jack-o-lantern holding one hand to his mouth.