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For more than 60 years, Charles Van Schaick (1852-1946) worked as a photographer in the town of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Opened in 1879, he took around 8,000 of glass plate negatives, of which approximately 5,700 are studio portraits. The Charles Van Schaick collection, now housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, achieved … Continue reading "Wisconsin Death Trip, 1973 – Small Town America In The Grip of Madness" The post Wisconsin Death Trip, 1973 – Small Town America In The Grip of Madness appeared first on Flashbak.
We’re hanging out on the stoop of Anthony Catalano’s home in Boro Park, Brooklyn, New York City. These pictures are of the “two main stoops on my block throughout the five decades on my life in Broro Park, Brooklyn NYC,” says Anthony. We’ve featured Anthony’s superb pictures of his native Brooklyn in the 1970s here … Continue reading "On My Stoop In Brooklyn Over Four Decades: Anthony’s Story" The post On My Stoop In Brooklyn Over Four Decades: Anthony’s Story appeared first on Flashbak.
We grow accustomed to the Dark — When Light is put away — As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp To witness her Good bye — Emily Dickinson They say that the glow of the sky you see at night isn’t starlight but leftover light from the Big Bang. Light is ancient and magical. Away … Continue reading "From Dusk Til Dawn: 29 Found Photos Taken In Changing Light" The post From Dusk Til Dawn: 29 Found Photos Taken In Changing Light appeared first on Flashbak.
“The comity of European peoples went to pieces when, and because, it allowed its weakest member to be excluded and persecuted.” – Hannah Arendt, We Refugees, 1943 Hannah Arendt (October 14, 1906–December 4, 1975) was a German Jew who escaped the Holocaust, became an American citizen and saw some of the leading Nazis … Continue reading "Hannah Arendt on Jews, Refugees And Suicide, 1943" The post Hannah Arendt on Jews, Refugees And Suicide, 1943 appeared first on Flashbak.
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As is traditional here, I am taking advantage of the Fourth of July this week to write something about the United States, this time a brief discussion of the nature of civil-military relations in the United States. Civil-military relations (typically shortened to ‘civ-mil’ or sometimes CMR) is, simply put, the relationship between the broader civil … Continue reading Collections: The American Civil-Military Relationship →
For more than 60 years, Charles Van Schaick (1852-1946) worked as a photographer in the town of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Opened in 1879, he took around 8,000 of glass plate negatives, of which approximately 5,700 are studio portraits. The Charles Van Schaick collection, now housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, achieved … Continue reading "Wisconsin Death Trip, 1973 – Small Town America In The Grip of Madness" The post Wisconsin Death Trip, 1973 – Small Town America In The Grip of Madness appeared first on Flashbak.
Henry VII often slips through the cracks of history, being sandwiched between the controversial Richard III, a Renaissance Machiavellian prince, and Henry VIII, an impossibly charismatic and epoch-shaping monarch. But without Henry VII, there would be no Henry VIII. It was Henry VII who ended a civil war and took the English crown for […]
