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Yesterday Today: October 17

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25 Color Photographs Capture the Fall of Paris in 1940

On June 14, 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening as German troops enter and occupy Paris. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had tried for days to convince the French government to hang on, not to sue forContinue reading “25 Color Photographs Capture the Fall of Paris in 1940”

Earthmen From the South of Africa, Exhibited in England, 1853

Flora and Martinus, a 14-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl from South Africa, were exhibited as ‘earthmen’ in private drawing rooms in 1853, in central London. As so-called ‘human curiosities’, the orphaned San children posed in traditional costume, danced, sang and mimed to entertain visitors… Different to most other variety acts of the time, they performedContinue reading “Earthmen From the South of Africa, Exhibited in England, 1853”

Women Paint “Stockings” on Their Legs at a Store in Croydon, London, 1941

Wallace Carothers produced the first nylon fiber in 1935, but it was the 1939 World’s Fair that first introduced the nylon stocking to the public. It was marketed as a fabric made from “carbon, water and air.“ Cheap and durable, better in appearance than silk, nylon soon became the material of choice for manufacturing women’sContinue reading “Women Paint “Stockings” on Their Legs at a Store in Croydon, London, 1941”

Group Portraits of Women’s Ice Hockey Teams From the Early 20th Century

Ice hockey is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games played in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United Kingdom, Ireland and elsewhere, primarily bandy, hurling, shinty and lacrosse. Arguably the games most influential to the early design of ice hockey were early forms of an organized sport today known asContinue reading “Group Portraits of Women’s Ice Hockey Teams From the Early 20th Century”

Yesterday Today: September 15

Aboard the U.S.S. New York, 1896. “Ship’s tailor.” The dog is Nick. Bathing Beauties, ca. 1910s Robert Garrett (USA) wins the Gold medal in the discus at the 1896 Athens Olympics. Jim Morrison, Paris 1971 Johnny Cash was arrested in October 1965 when U.S. Customs agents found hundreds of pep pills and tranquilizers in hisContinue reading “Yesterday Today: September 15”

Portraits of Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey

Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey (1875–1905), styled Lord Paget until 1880 and Earl of Uxbridge between 1880 and 1898, and nicknamed “Toppy”, was a British peer who was notable during his short life for squandering his inheritance on a lavish social life and accumulating massive debts. Regarded as the “black sheep” of theContinue reading “Portraits of Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey”

Vintage Photos Show the First Class Carriages of the Great Western Railway in the Late 1930s

Drinking in a Great Western Railway buffet bar, September 1938. In 1832 it became clear that Bristol simply had to be connected to London. A group of businessmen got together and turned to one of Britain’s greatest engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The go-ahead was given in 1835 and the story of the Great Western RailwayContinue reading “Vintage Photos Show the First Class Carriages of the Great Western Railway in the Late 1930s”