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A public market in downtown Portland in July 1936

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:20:41 +0100

A public market in downtown Portland in July 1936

Laura Secord, c. 1865Laura Secord (née Ingersoll; 13 September...

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:35:00 +0100

Laura Secord, c. 1865
Laura Secord (née Ingersoll; 13 September 1775 – 17 October 1868) was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack. Her contribution to the war was little known during her lifetime, but since her death she has been frequently honoured in Canada. Though Secord had no relation to it, most Canadians associate her with the Laura Secord Chocolates company, named after her on the centennial of her walk.

Invite to the launch of the Titanic, 1911

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:26:18 +0100

Invite to the launch of the Titanic, 1911

A leaflet published in 1920 by the Reichsbund jüdischer...

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:17:47 +0100

A leaflet published in 1920 by the Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten (German Jewish veterans organisation) in response to accusations of lack of patriotism. Inscription on the tomb: “12,000 Jewish soldiers died on the field of honor for the fatherland.

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and a state trooper...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:09:19 +0100

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and a state trooper before the official ceremony commemorating the joining of the Portland–Montreal Pipe Line 1 August 1941

A plague hospital in Vienna, 1679

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:42:13 +0100

A plague hospital in Vienna, 1679

Anonymous caricature depicting the treatment given to the...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:37:00 +0100

Anonymous caricature depicting the treatment given to the Brunswick Manifesto by the French population, 1792
Library of Congress description: “Print shows four figures representing foreign nations responding unfavorably to the manifesto issued by the Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg on July 25 1792. A fifth figure representing Fame (an angel with trumpet) flies overhead holding a sign labeled ‘République Française’.” The Brunswick Manifesto was a proclamation issued by Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, commander of the Allied Army (principally Austrian and Prussian), on August 1st 1792 to the population of Paris, France during the French Revolutionary Wars. The Brunswick Manifesto threatened that if the French royal family were harmed, then French civilians would be harmed. It was a measure intended to intimidate Paris, but rather helped further spur the increasingly radical French Revolution and finally led to the war between revolutionary France and counter-revolutionary monarchies.

Europa regina in Sebastian Münster’s...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:33:26 +0100

Europa regina in Sebastian Münster’s “Cosmographia”, 1570
Europa regina, Latin for Queen Europe, is the map-like depiction of the European continent as a queen. Introduced and made popular during the mannerist period, Europe is shown standing upright with the Iberian Peninsula forming her crowned head, and Bohemia her heart.

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-287 “Maiden Voyager”...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:24:12 +0100

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-287 “Maiden Voyager” G-VIRG. Operated the first Virgin Atlantic scheduled service, flying from Gatwick to Newark on 22 June 1984

mrdingo: Victorian Batman.

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:18:19 +0100

mrdingo:

Victorian Batman.

Helmet with Mask Visor, c. 1515Helmets fitted with mask-like...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:13:08 +0100

Helmet with Mask Visor, c. 1515
Helmets fitted with mask-like visors were a popular German and Austrian fashion from about 1510 to 1540. Often worn in tournaments held during the exuberant Shrovetide festivals, akin to the modern Mardi Gras. Substitute visors of more conventional type were often provided for everyday use.

Engraving of the Sack of Magdeburg by Matthäus MerianThe Sack of...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:08:45 +0100

Engraving of the Sack of Magdeburg by Matthäus Merian
The Sack of Magdeburg (German: Magdeburgs Opfergang or German: Magdeburger Hochzeit) refers to the siege and subsequent plundering of the largely Protestant city of Magdeburg by the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic League during the Thirty Years’ War. The siege lasted from November 1630 until 20 May 1631.

Tahitians in missionary robes, c. 1860

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:05:00 +0100

Tahitians in missionary robes, c. 1860

President Chiang Kai-shek with the U.S. President Dwight D....

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:02:00 +0100

President Chiang Kai-shek with the U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who waved hands to Taiwanese people during his visit to Taipei, Taiwan in June 1960

French Jews of the Middle Ages, illustrated in the 1901-1906...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:56:00 +0100

French Jews of the Middle Ages, illustrated in the 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia

ON THIS DAY: 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:51:43 +0100

ON THIS DAY: 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer (pictured) annulled Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, beginning a chain of events that would culminate in the English Reformation.

theoddmentemporium: Burying in Woollen Acts Following a decline...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:48:39 +0100

theoddmentemporium:

Burying in Woollen Acts

Following a decline in the wool industry, c.1660s, the English government, in a bid to boost sales, made it law that the dead be buried in pure English woollen shrouds to the exclusion of all other textiles.

As the document above shows, an oath had to be made by a member of the deceased’s family confirming that the ‘lately deceased, was not put in, wrapt, or wound up, or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold or silver, or other than what is made of sheep’s wool’. The same went for the lining of the coffin.

The legislation was in force until the 1810s, however, it went mostly ignored after 1770 by people who could afford to pay the £5 fine for noncompliance.

[Sources: Burying in the Woollen Acts | Needleprint Blogspot]

Crimean Karaites men from Сrimea in traditional dress, 1837The...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:48:12 +0100

Crimean Karaites men from Сrimea in traditional dress, 1837
The Crimean Karaites or Karaims, also known as Karaim and Qarays, are ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaism in Eastern Europe (especially former Russian Empire). “Qaray” is a Romanized spelling of the original name “къарай”, while “Karaim” is a Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Polish name for the community. Defined themselves as originally centered in Crimea, Karaim were established in Trakai (Troki), Lithuania and Eastern Galicia from late medieval times.

Revisingggggggggggg - final exam of my undergrad degree tomorrow!

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:35:59 +0100

6003 followers, what a nice surprise, THANK YOU :D

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:08:14 +0100