ESCAPE FROM THE BOOK DROP OF DOOM™: "The Pigeon As A Military Observer"

While not blogging, I like to spend my free time as an employee at a major university's research library -- primarily so that I can encounter items like these. From p. 364 of the September 5, 1914 edition of The Illustrated London News, a profile of pigeon photographers used as spies during World War 1. When looking at the full-size version of the image, pay particular attention to the "Transportable Pigeon-Loft, With A Dark Room" in the circle at the top. Fabulous!

And for those of you out there who are like me and can't get enough of that pigeon carrying a camera practically as big as its own body, please enjoy the suitable-for-desktopping image below.