Can someone find me an extant copy of this poster? Thanks.

Woman at media shelf, California State University, Hayward. Source: California State University, East Bay University Archives, via Calisphere.

Flu epidemic, Dublin, California. Source: Collection of the Dublin Heritage Museum, via Calisphere.

By 1919, the influenza pandemic killed between 20 and 40 million people. So great was the fear of contracting this deadly virus that people as far away as Dublin took whatever precautions they could to protect themselves.

Page from a delightful children’s book I found in a used book store. 

Dancing Perch: Folk Songs and Ditties (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1974). Compiled by N. Kolpakova; translated from the Russian by Fainna Solasko; drawings by Yuri Vasnetsov.

P.S. Animalarium has a wonderful post on Yuri Vasnetsov.

For all you cat-papists out there. Image via Vintage Printable:

Via LOC: “Print shows on the left, a cat, representing Pope Pius VI, and on the right, a rooster, representing Napoleon I, holding a bundle of dried twigs and telling the cat to retract its claws, resulting in the Treaty of Tolentino.”

“A Pleasant Reflection.” Illustration from Happy Cats, 1942. Source: janwillemsen on Flickr.

Photo by Harry Whittier Frees.

Undated postcard. Source: Step Inn on Flickr.

Salesman Sample Christmas Advertising Postcard by Neato Coolville on Flickr.

James Whitmore: Monkey, The Cat & His Hats; January 1949. Source: LIFE Photo Archive, hosted by Google.

Un grand malade. Source: roger.laute on Flickr.

James Whitmore: Monkey, The Cat & His Hats; January 1949. Source: LIFE Photo Archive, hosted by Google.