Princeton University has announced the winners of the 2009 Art of Science competition. First place this year was awarded to Celeste M. Nelson for this gorgeous, bright field micrograph of squid embryos.

Art of Science/2009 Gallery [Princeton University]

FFFFOUND! | 1_jerry_mask.jpg [Good Conduct Well-Chastised]

teenage werewolf uploaded by l’elk! [Flickr] : Good Conduct Well-Chastised : = woods =

Archibald was well known in the social circles of his hometown of Dayton, Ohio for his varied and sundry costumes. He was also known for using the same, signature expression in all photos, which he was convinced gave him an air of effortless cool. Even his closest friends did not have the heart to inform him that this was not the case and, indeed, that most people thought he was a dork.

2for1 [vintagephoto]

Having met only four weeks previously — at the third annual Conchologists of America convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1977 — many were sure that the marriage of Irving Simkin and his new bride, Gertrude Simkin, nee Beasley, was doomed. There were whispers among Gertie’s family that Irving was far more interested in her inheritance than anything else. The pistachio heiress and her husband knew better, however, and 5 children and 22 years later continue to prove the naysayers incorrect.

Monkey Dentist: 1924 [Shorpy]

hasenmenschen by Marcel Steger

Marcel Steger [Artist’s Site] : bunnylicious

The ever wonderful Bibi, curator of Bibi’s Box, dropped us a line letting us know that moustache enthusiasts have managed to, unsurprisingly, worm their way into Flickr Commons — which hosts large numbers of photos uploaded from the Library of Congress — adding the handy “greatmustachesoftheloc” tag to photos featuring the classiest of hirsute accessories.

Truly there are some spectacular and historic moustaches to be found, such as this fine specimen worn by Dr. Francisco Bertrand, twice president of Honduras; once from March 28, 1911 to February 1, 1912 and again from March 21, 1913 to September 9, 1919. He spent his last years in exile after abandoning the presidency due to what is commonly believed to have been pressure from the U.S.

Tags/greatmustachesoftheloc [Flickr Commons] : indicommons

conigli (set) uploaded by WoMoW aka PRCTRRNC! [Flickr] : Good Conduct Well-Chastised

A comic from 1952 detailing wasteful government spending.

Fantastic Fact! The government reportedly has a $750,000 stockpile of photographs — including such poses as, “Fat Man Dosing.”

Alice in Blunderland [Comics With Problems] : Bibi’s Box

Miss Evelyn Leigh Ralliston, of Teaneck, New Jersey winner of the costume contest at the first annual Ectomo Halloween Masquerade Ball, a 1919.

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in attesa del volo (waiting to fly), 2005

Roberto Kusterle [Artist’s Site]

Union general, industrialist, governor, U.S. Senator, and the first president of the National Rifle Association. Sideburns are named for him and his, then singular, facial adornment.

Ambrose Burnside [Wikipedia]

The above photograph has, according to the Daily Mail, sparked “a huge debate” over its authenticity. It was supposedly “taken by a member of a disaster team monitoring flood regions by helicopter” and purports to depict a huge serpent swimming down the Balleh River in Borneo.

I have no doubt that it may, indeed, show the Balleh River.

Picture of 100ft-long ’snake’ sparks fears of mythical monster in Borneo [Daily Mail]

Christopher Robin Milne and Winnipeg “Winnie” the Bear at London Zoo, c1926.

Winnipeg the Bear [Wikipedia]