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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [3791×3792]

September 24, 2025

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oldspice75 on September 24, 2025 1:33 pm

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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [3791×3792]

Photo of people posing on the passenger car and locomotive of General Roy Stone’s Centennial Monorail at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876. [2505×2747]

Fish-shaped dish, glazed porcelain, Qing Dynasty China, 18thC (1876×2500)

17 Old Copper Culture “Spuds” from the Judge James R. Beer Private Collection. These are adze-like woodworking tools produced between 4500-1000 B.C.E. They were found throughout Wisconsin, and spuds have also been found in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and New York [1509 x 640]

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Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) with boy carrying a writing tablet. Greek, Attic, ca. 460 BC. Red figure decoration attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660. See museum link in comments for cup exterior showing boys holding papyrus scrolls. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [3791×3792]

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Photo of people posing on the passenger car and locomotive of General Roy Stone’s Centennial Monorail at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876. [2505×2747]

Fish-shaped dish, glazed porcelain, Qing Dynasty China, 18thC (1876×2500)

17 Old Copper Culture “Spuds” from the Judge James R. Beer Private Collection. These are adze-like woodworking tools produced between 4500-1000 B.C.E. They were found throughout Wisconsin, and spuds have also been found in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and New York [1509 x 640]

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