Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Dreams of Space -...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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Beware the Lides of March
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a year ago
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
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How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
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10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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A Collection of...
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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...
8 months ago
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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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Wrong Side of...
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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History Today Review of the Year
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TheCollector
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Classical Wisdom
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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Hundred Rabbits
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In...
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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African History...
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New Year, Old Books
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
a month ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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a month ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
a month ago
American polarisation: part 2
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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a year ago
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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9 months ago
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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a year ago
TheCollector
13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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a month ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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a year ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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7 months ago
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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a month ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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a month ago
TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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4 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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11 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...
10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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9 months ago
African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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a year ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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7 months ago
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