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

Permalink [John Bull smoking, with cornucopia, roast beef, ale, and his dog.]
Permalink [The dog and the cat that killed the rat.]
Permalink Image ID: 822822 [Dogs having a fist fight.] (1857)
Permalink Title: Dog: You certainly have an advantage : Goat: Why so? : Dog: Why, the summer showers don’t take the curl out of your horns Creator(s): Blaisdell, E. Warde, b. 1872, artist Date Created/Published: [1903?] Medium: 1 drawing : watercolor. Part of: Cabinet of American Illustration (Library of Congress) Reproduction Number: —- Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see “Cabinet of American Illustration,”(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/111_cai.html) Access Advisory: Restricted access: Materials in this collection are often extremely fragile; most originals cannot be served. Call Number: CAI - Blaisdell, no. 2 (D size) [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Notes: Published in: St. Nicholas, 30:727 (June 1903). Accession no. DLC/PP-1935:0022.