Accidental Mysteries

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Dreams of the Sonora Aero Club

The mysterious, double-sided, collaged watercolor drawings that comprise the journals of Charles August Albert Dellschau.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

A Collection for the Ages

Thee collection of Mr. Elli Buk: microscopes and telescopes; medical devices and quackery; patent models and salesman's samples and more.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

A Philatelist’s Dream

Preliminary sketches, production notes and overlays that tell the backstory of more than a century of Dutch postage stamps.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

The Portrait in Snapshot Photography

The following portraits represent a mere fraction of the vernacular images from the Accidental Mysteries collection, ranging from late Nineteenth to the mid-Twentieth century.