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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Understanding What's Happening in France.
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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War Is Complicated.
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Inventing Cyrillic
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JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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What Is the Didache?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Story of Thebes
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
Classical Wisdom
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
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TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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