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TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History undefined
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time undefined
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory undefined
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet undefined
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa? undefined
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914 undefined
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses undefined
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Essential Greeks Returns!
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists undefined
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age undefined
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique undefined
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality undefined
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift undefined
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form undefined
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day undefined
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson? undefined
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The Death of Clive of India The Death of Clive of India JamesHoare Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents undefined
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor undefined
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93 undefined
6 months ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom. "The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris undefined
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah JamesHoare Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
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This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War? The Tragedy of the Trenches
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TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II? undefined
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition undefined
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work undefined
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s undefined
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg? undefined
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism undefined
a year ago
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History undefined
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms undefined
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius? undefined
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough? undefined
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What Does It Take to Become a US President? undefined
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How Did Romania Become a Country? undefined
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power undefined
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium undefined
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941) Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks ***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
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History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way How ASEAN Lost its Way JamesHoare Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses undefined
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century undefined
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A History of Phantom Pain A History of Phantom Pain j.hoare Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to... The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton? undefined
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World undefined
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity? undefined
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels? undefined
2 months ago
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Julius Caesar
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires undefined
7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip. Continue Reading
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive? undefined
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review ‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review JamesHoare Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants.     Via University...
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses undefined
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950) Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
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Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children. From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons? undefined
4 months ago
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches undefined
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978) A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations. Shurlygin, Victor.  СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals? undefined
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What Was the Chaco War? undefined
a year ago
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981 In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980 We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality undefined
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW) These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane JamesHoare Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
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10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho Fragments of Poetry
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TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific undefined
a year ago
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World undefined
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What Was the Kido Butai? undefined
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’ undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland? Laconic wit through the centuries
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History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles j.hoare Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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TheCollector
7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends undefined
9 months ago
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks undefined
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas undefined
11 months ago
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th... The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
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In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire undefined
a year ago
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great? undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come? All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million undefined
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work undefined
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery undefined
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969 In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis? undefined
a year ago
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples) undefined
10 months ago
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction undefined
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2 Books of the Year 2024: Part 2 JamesHoare Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
a month ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England? undefined
7 months ago
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion undefined
10 months ago
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup? undefined
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead undefined
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment undefined
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Who Invented the Refrigerator? undefined
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know undefined
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery undefined
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History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms j.hoare Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul And the Immortal Soul
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Plato and Atlantis
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master undefined
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover undefined
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best? Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s undefined
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook. Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400) an African portrait of an African society
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TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah? undefined
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture undefined
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History undefined
11 months ago
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore? undefined
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
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This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth undefined
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What Is Solipsism? undefined
a year ago
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades undefined
6 months ago
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla? undefined
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends undefined
a year ago
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder undefined
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance JamesHoare Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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TheCollector
Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President undefined
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century undefined
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry undefined
10 months ago
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford... Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961) A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit undefined
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TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children? undefined
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger undefined
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s undefined
a year ago
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter? undefined
10 months ago
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious... A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations undefined
9 months ago
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
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TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms? undefined
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period? undefined
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures undefined
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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7 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized? Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works undefined
7 months ago
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit undefined
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars? undefined
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All? undefined
3 months ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review ‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review j.hoare Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
12 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard? undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981 1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and  In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman? undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970) From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought? undefined
a year ago
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure? Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure? j.hoare Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic undefined
7 months ago
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time? undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism? With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history. the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings undefined
7 months ago
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What Is the Book of Galatians About? undefined
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism? undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews ‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews j.hoare Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It? undefined
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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments) Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
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Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher? undefined
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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Building Reading Skills (1951) Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them.  Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death     Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s undefined
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author? undefined
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past undefined
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Leeds Kids the 1970s Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the...
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Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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Summary of changes for April Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels undefined
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836) Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were... You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection undefined
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression) Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines.  ...
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Let's Fly to the Universe (1962) A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint.  I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint.  I blogged about this book in 2012 here: https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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the promise of pancakes As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967) Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space. This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space. This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection “I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis    These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1 Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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