The Sedalia Democrat, Missouri, April 19, 1936

The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 2, 1946

The New Era, Formoso, Kansas, May 5, 1910

The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 17, 1895

“shitpost”

Hello! Is this the one you mean?

And then there’s a horse, of course.

And the cigarette dude and a lady.

And this guy or this one with a drink.

Mark Hanna and his gold.

Alison’s self portrait.

Here’s the man who smokes and the man who doesn’t, and here’s the man who advertises and the man who doesn’t.

The O-O-O man and the X-X-X man.

And this skeleton guy.

And this miscellany of other typographical drawings.

Oh jeez! Well, when I think of these blogs I think of..

@classicwom - Classic Hollywood and Disney (and Downton Abbey/Dan Stevens of course)!

@jinxy7 - Retro ads and old Hollywood, lots of midcentury atomic era stuff.

@wehadfacesthen - Lovely old Hollywood photos. Lots of rare shots of celebrities and more artsy pictures too.

@mudwerks - Vintage photos, retro movie gifs, some old advertising. All sorts of good things.

@zeehasablog - Some more lovely old photos! Late 19th century to midcentury. Daguerreotypes, royalty, old dresses, fashion plates, architecture.

@the1920sinpictures - Self explanatory blog handle! The 1920s in photos, dresses, magazine covers, songbooks. Art deco stuff as well.

@jazzbabyyvette - 1920s, lots of photographs and intertitles and advertising.

@shewhoworshipscarlin - All sorts of historical stuff, artifacts, literature and paintings.

@felixkeepswalking - Old cartoons! Comics and gifs and covers, plus they get into the history of it.

@yeoldenews - A historian who posts old newspaper clippings but recently (okay, it’s not really a recent endeavor anymore, but CURRENTLY), while they transcribe, they’ve been sharing the saga of Rachel and her family through their 800+ letters they wrote around the turn of the century. So newspaper clippings have understandably kind of fallen by the wayside, but for something that’s really worthwhile! The letters are hilarious and heartwarming and you should just go check it out for yourself.

@aintthatakick - Old Hollywood, 20s to 60s.

@detroitlib - Books! And Detroit! 

@books0977 - Neat old book covers and other cool old photos/art.

@jackcowboyhero - Jack and Nell! A cowboy and a horse!

Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Kentucky, December 30, 1901

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, September 4, 1887

Hi, I think you can still search for dates (date and year or just date) in the search bar, even if it’s not tagged! Hope this helps a little.

I thought about this too! 

For example, I posted an illustration of a dog and a chicken who were friends and it got marked as “sensitive”.. but they’ve usually been pretty quick about removing the flags when I notice them. It’s also slowed down a lot, for a while it felt like it was like 1/5 posts and now it’s maybe 1/200 that get flagged.

The FAQ says:

What will happen to my adult content already on Tumblr?

Starting today, we will begin sending out email notices to members of the Tumblr community whose content has been flagged as adult. This email will provide a link to the post(s) in question and a form to appeal our decision if you think we have made a mistake. Starting on December 17, 2018, any post(s) that have been flagged will be reverted to a private setting viewable only by you.

Will I get kicked off of Tumblr if I’ve uploaded adult content in the past?

We’re removing content, not people. However, those who repeatedly and deliberately post new content that violates our updated guidelines may have their account deactivated per our Terms of Service. If you feel you’ve been incorrectly suspended, you can appeal here.

So it seems like you’d have to violate their new rule quite a few times before they’d suspend your account. But they do seem to like flagging my posts, which makes me worry that if they keep thinking my chickens-and-dogs are porn they’ll deactivate me!

If that does happen, I’m on Twitter here, Facebook here, Instagram here, and Yesterday’s Print has it’s own website here.

The policy change sucks though, because there are quite a few blogs I follow who post/reblog historical stuff that I find super interesting, and also post happen to sometimes post vintage nudity (like @zeehasablog, @mudwerks, @vintagemen1800s1900s, @ten-hills, @whataboutbobbed, @jeanfivintage etc). For myself, I don’t really care if there’s nudity or not here. I am worried that they’ll be leaving.

Oakland Tribune, California, November 21, 1937

The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1937:

One of the rituals from Victorian era’s cult of mourning: if a close loved one died, you’d order yourself some black bordered calling cards, note paper and envelopes. Your border’s width would be determined by how close you were to the deceased, how long you’d been in mourning, and how ostentatious you wanted to be.

Even newspapers followed this etiquette:

Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, January 22, 1901:

The Guthrie Daily Leader, Oklahoma, September 14, 1901:

Anyway, to answer your question, I doubt it. Unless the guy’s brother was a big stickler for etiquette, pretty full of himself, or had a dark sense of humor, I don’t think you’d mail your own suicide note in a mourning envelope. And in that case it wouldn’t be a very funny comic.

(As an aside, in some places you couldn’t actually mail letters with full mourning borders. They were said to be easier to tamper with; edges could be cut and then coloured with dark ink, so ones that were tinted rather than full-black were also sold).

I’m pretty sure the joke is just that the guy isn’t very smart, and thinks the black border + the brother’s handwriting means his brother must be dead. Really his brother is just in mourning for someone else.