Accidental Mysteries

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Giraffe Houses of the Ozarks

Giraffe houses are generally thought to have first appeared around 1910, but their acceptance grew during the 1930s.

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The Open Eye: The Home Collection of Ray Yoshida

Accidental Mysteries for September 29, 2013 focuses on the vast home collection of Chicago artist and teacher Ray Yoshida.

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Barkcloth Art of the Omie

Accidental Mysteries for September 22 focuses on art of the Ömie people of New Guinea — powerful, graphic works on barkcloth that they call nioge.

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Artful Mourning

The art of mourning in Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries: a look at post-mortem and memorial photographs and memorabilia.

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The Enchanted Highway

Accidental Mysteries for September 8, 2013 focuses on the Enchanted Highway.

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Folk Funeraria of the South

Accidental Mysteries for August 18th focuses on folk funeraria of the South.

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Stitching Stories

Accidental Mysteries for August 11, 2013 focuses on Jane Waggoner Deschner and her stitched stories.

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The Collection de l’Art Brut

It was Jean Dubuffet who coined the term Art Brut to describe art that was raw, pure and untainted by rules or schooling. This was art that emerged from the minds of madness — or genius.

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A Street Photographer of 19th Century London

Selections from the work of a largely unknown Nineteenth-century photographer named John Thomson.

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The Voynich Manuscript

Accidental Mysteries for July 14, 2013 focuses on the rare and undecipherable Voynich manuscript.

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Wartime ID Badges

Mark Michaelson, author of the book Least Wanted, has a fabulous photostream on Flickr with hundreds of photographic mugshots, ID badges, and other similar examples of identification. 

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Birds of a Feather

This week's Accidental Mysteries focuses on groups of similar objects: Birds of a Feather.