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”
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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”
Abolitionist Button, ca. 1850s
Abolitionist Button is an early photography daguerreotype and gold photographic print created from between the 1840s to the 1850s. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the public domain, and tagged jewelry and political work. This miniature daguerreotype shows two hands resting on a book. The photographContinue reading “Abolitionist Button, ca. 1850s”
Yesterday Today: September 1
An Indian sitting on an Indian, 1918 A 23 year old John Wayne, 1930 Two Armenian women pose with their rifles before going to war against the Ottoman Empire, 1895 The gravesites of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together under their religion, Holland, 1888 Judy GarlandContinue reading “Yesterday Today: September 1”
Yesterday Today: August 6
Vintage Photos of Women Workers in the Factories in London During World War II
These women were all training in various London polytechnics to work in munitions factories during the early 1940s. Women have always worked outside the home but never before in the numbers or with the same impact as they did in World War II. Prior to the war, most of the women that did work wereContinue reading “Vintage Photos of Women Workers in the Factories in London During World War II”
Yesterday Today: August 30
Niagara river was diverted from Niagara Falls for the first time in 12,000 years to perform maintenance, 1969. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin floating over Washington DC, 1928. A miniature, fully functional replica of a Cadillac that was made for the Royal family of Siam. 1913. This photo gives a great size comparison of Titanic’s propellers.Continue reading “Yesterday Today: August 30”
Clint Eastwood During the 1967 Promotional Tour in London for ‘A Fistful of Dollars’
Clint Eastwood arrived at London’s Heathrow airport on June 1, 1967. He was in the UK for a total of 9 days to promote A Fistful of Dollars. It was of course released some 3 years after it was made, due mainly to copyright problems with Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961). Most pictures from this promotionalContinue reading “Clint Eastwood During the 1967 Promotional Tour in London for ‘A Fistful of Dollars’”
Votes for Women Dirigible Airship Over London, 1909
It was 1909: the skirts were long, the corsets tight. And women in Britain couldn’t vote. For Muriel Matters — so far from her home in Adelaide — taking to the skies in this rickety contraption was worth it. The plan was simple: suffragettes had been told they could not distribute leaflets on the streets.Continue reading “Votes for Women Dirigible Airship Over London, 1909”
