People picnic on the rocky heights that overlook Harpers Ferry in Maryland, 1962. Photograph by Volkmar K. Wentzel, National Geographic Creative
People relax beside a swimming pool at a country estate near Phoenix, Arizona, 1928. Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic Creative
Fig. 35. “Heads of Rook (above) and Carrion Crow (below).” The aims and methods of nature study : a guide for teachers. 1910.
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Natural history of the edible and poisonous mushrooms
by G. Sicard
Publication info Paris :C. Delagrave,1883
BHL Collections:
New York Botanical Garden
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“Sunday afternoon we go up to John’s with a lot of beer in time to watch the Simpsons. It was a really good episode about love always ending in tragedy except, of course, for Marge and Homer. It was quite moving at the end and to tell you the truth my eyes were a bit damp. Then we watched these young girls in swimsuits have a water fight in the street. “Taping this, aye?” We went up to the pub about ten. It was busy for a Sunday night, lots of people we know, including my first ever girlfriend who I still find very attractive, quite frankly, but I didn’t really speak to her. She’s probably still a bitch, anyway. Her friend Gillian was there, I had a chat with her, she was still quite pleasant. At the same time I watched Malcolm make some terrible attempt to try and chat up a girl we know called Jo. He made some remark about her skirt that was barely there the previous night or something. I couldn’t sleep again that night, thanks to some seriously disturbing nightmares…Matthew says I should cut down on the cheese.”
Plate 68. Reed grass. The agricultural grasses and forage plants of the United States. 1889.
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Plate 12. “Normal fatigue curve of man aged twenty-four years.” Plate 13. “Fatigue curve of the same subject after a hot bath.” Practical hydrotherapy, a manual for students and practitioners. 1909.
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