According to NASA, a waning moon, also known as waning gibbous, is one of eight moon phases. It is when a full moon is beginning to get smaller.
Source: “Waning Moon” (1880) by Warren de la Rue, Rijksmuseum – Public Domain
Tag: Photos
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Mud Baths at Saki (1920)
These are patients at the Saki Sanatorium in Yevpatoria, Russia, taking mud baths. Mud therapy has been around for centuries, and even animals do something similar, called wallowing.
The text on the photo is as follows:
“Саки.
Больныя въ
грязевыхъ
Ваннахъ.”Translated from Russian to English – “Saki. Patients in mud baths.”
Source: “Mud baths at Saki” (1920s) by an unknown photographer. Credit: National Library of Medicine, public domain.
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Collie’s Special Delivery (1916)
A collie dog wearing sunglasses and delivering ‘Uneeda’ biscuits, on a wagon. What a great way to see a product!
Uneeda Biscuits were sold between 1890 and 2009. In the related Wikipedia article, it says that back in the day crackers were sold in large cracker barrels! Weird to think of buying crackers from a barrel. Now I understand the name choice for ‘Cracker Barrel’ restaurants.
Source: “Collie’s Special Delivery” (1916) by Dr. E. W. Smith. Credit: Library of Congress, public domain.
