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Feb 11, 2012

The 19th Century Version of Facebook

Looks like Mr. Zuckerberg has some explaining to do—he clearly stole the entire idea for Facebook from this 19th century girl's "friend urn"—or, if you will, Vasebook.

The eBay seller says the vase is likely "a graduation present for the young lady in the center." Yeah, you see her? That's her profile picture, with a non-traditional circular Facebook wall surrounding her. Circles were in mode back then, before being briefly banned during WWI for rationing purposes. But there's something very sweet and sad about this! She carried this vase around, labeled "My Friends," as reminder of 50 people who presumably meant the most to her at that point in her life. It was indelible—sealed in ceramic. And now that she's been dead for a very long time, this is all that there is to prove she ever had any friends at all. Will you be able to say the same about your Timeline, Dr. 21st century fancy pants?

41 comments:

  1. WanderFebruary 11, 2012 at 11:44 PM

    thank you for coming by my place...I like the way your brain works..

    Wander

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  2. SamFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:00 AM

    Hehe first time I hear about this urn

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  3. ShockgrubzFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:01 AM

    I said this same thing for my mother's facebook from 1968~!

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  4. Bob BushellFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:43 AM

    Thanks for coming round my blog, I'll come round here.

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  5. professional failureFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:48 AM

    Quite interesting.

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  6. RCBFebruary 12, 2012 at 1:15 AM

    Great post, stranger. I really like it. 'Vasebook' haha that's so funny and, like you said, sad, too. When I tell people who pretend they're all that because they have an iPhone and 1000 friends on facebook that they're the old-fashioned folks of the future, they always pretend they didn't hear me. People are funny and I think every generation - and age for that matter - has its charms, don't you think?

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  7. Baby Rocket Dog and HootieFebruary 12, 2012 at 1:20 AM

    VaseBook! You're so clever!! Thanks for stopping by my Shadow Shot Sunday post. Come back anytime, and I'll do the same here!

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  8. ZyuFebruary 12, 2012 at 1:22 AM

    Cool blog! Check out mine too!
    http://commonvideogamers.blogspot.com/

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  9. CassieFebruary 12, 2012 at 1:24 AM

    VaseBook! You're so clever!! Thanks for stopping by my Shadow Shot Sunday post. Come back anytime, and I'll do the same here!

    That comment was from me, not my dogs!!

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  10. CameraCruiseFebruary 12, 2012 at 1:42 AM

    Wow, love it!!
    Thanks for sharing.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2012 at 1:58 AM

    If I had something like that, I probably wouldn't make it around 360 degrees. :'(

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  12. Alucard0691February 12, 2012 at 2:08 AM

    How cool, Zuckerberg definatly got the inspiration from that^^

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  13. MildredFebruary 12, 2012 at 2:12 AM

    I had never heard about this!
    Thanks for sharing. And thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment;o)

    ***
    Happy day****

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  14. It's meFebruary 12, 2012 at 2:47 AM

    Hahahahaa !! this is nice...thanks for visiting my blog .....nice blog you have ......so technical...cool !!...happy sunday...love Ria...xxx.

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  15. AkelamaluFebruary 12, 2012 at 3:16 AM

    Interesting concept!

    Thanks for visiting me and taking the time to comment. :)

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  16. Jenny WoolfFebruary 12, 2012 at 3:22 AM

    Thanks for visiting my blog and glad I found yours What an amazing item. I wouldn't like to put my friends in ceramic though, in case it broke! but then I always was clumsy....

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  17. MellyFebruary 12, 2012 at 3:46 AM

    That´s a interesting post.

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  18. BirdmanFebruary 12, 2012 at 3:54 AM

    Hahahaha Pretty funny and unique for that matter.

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  19. Lisa @ Two Bears FarmFebruary 12, 2012 at 4:29 AM

    I've never seen one of these before - interesting!

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  20. OutcastFebruary 12, 2012 at 5:26 AM

    That's amazing haha, it's the first time I've ever heard of it too but damn that is cool!

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  21. Hootin AnniFebruary 12, 2012 at 5:59 AM

    This is amazing!!! Such a treasure. Who'da thunk that FB is actually from an idea long ago. LOL [your imagination is superior]

    AND!!!!!!!!!! Do I ever want one of those Androids [in the post below this]

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  22. CanadianGardenJoyFebruary 12, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    That is amazing ! I have never seen anything like that and to fraw a comparison to an antique "Face Book" is perfect .. sweetly sad as you have said too.
    Thanks for dropping by my blog !
    Joy

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  23. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2012 at 6:31 AM

    well how about that then. kudos on the vasebook. i

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  24. DEZMONDFebruary 12, 2012 at 9:02 AM

    sounds lovely

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  25. polkadotpeticoatFebruary 12, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    This is beautiful....thanks for stopping by....

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  26. FilipBlogFebruary 12, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    What a fantasy. You could be right. It is very special and many people, friends saw ti.

    Greetings,
    Filip

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  27. AdamFebruary 12, 2012 at 9:41 AM

    that's really cool

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  28. STFebruary 12, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    Hahaha, love your blog!

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  29. FireblossomFebruary 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM

    "Vasebook"! Oh, I'm dyin.

    Thanks for your comment at Night Blooms. :-)

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  30. Al PenwasserFebruary 12, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    What a very poignant post. It makes me sad and intensely curious about this young woman.
    I'm also curious....why would something like this be rationed during WW1?

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  31. BritaFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:08 PM

    Interesting reading. / Brita

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  32. BaurFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:32 PM

    This guy could have been a millionaire!

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  33. GFebruary 12, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    A far more civilised way to swap pictures...

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  34. StyronFebruary 12, 2012 at 4:35 PM

    Vasebook lol, Nah, i think it's like Google Circle

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  35. DWeiFebruary 12, 2012 at 4:46 PM

    That's kind of crazy. I wonder how much those things would sell for?

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  36. G-ManFebruary 12, 2012 at 5:54 PM

    3911 Followers?
    WTF?
    I'm in awe...
    Thanks for visiting, comments are always welcome!

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  37. Content HedgehogFebruary 12, 2012 at 11:40 PM

    lol, clearly stole it.

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  38. TimFebruary 13, 2012 at 12:58 AM

    lol Vasebook, now that`s something

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  39. ZyuFebruary 13, 2012 at 2:32 AM

    I wonder how poking works in the 19th century..

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  40. NancyFebruary 13, 2012 at 2:39 AM

    Great post -- thank you for the visit. :)

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  41. Leon KennedyFebruary 13, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    the victorian era really had some creepy stuff

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