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jtotheizzoe: The Earliest Days of NASA Maria Popova, at Brain...

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:30:39 -0500

The Earliest Days of NASA

Maria Popova, at Brain Pickings, happened upon a treasure trove of early NASA (and its airplane-only predecessor NACA) archive photos. They are really something. From biplanes to the Mercury capsule, pre-1950 aeronautics seemed to live by the motto of “If we build it, then we can go there.” That’s a sentiment we could use a bit more of.

More here.

collectivehistory: Recipient of the world’s first human heart...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:34 -0500

collectivehistory:

Recipient of the world’s first human heart transplant, Louis Washkansky, in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, three days after the surgery, December 6, 1967.

Unfortunately, he died eighteen days after the transplant of pneumonia due to his weakened immune system.

Man and woman floating on their backs in the water Contemporary...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:23 -0500

Man and woman floating on their backs in the water

Contemporary swimwear of the early 1900s.

Silver gelatin plate photograph.

US Library of Congress Digital Archives. Detroit Publishing Company collection.

dynamicafrica: Photos of South African women protesting in the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:35 -0500

dynamicafrica:

Photos of South African women protesting in the streets against the Apartheid government.

1980s.

Read more about the critical roles women played during the anti-Apartheid struggle.

Panoramic view of Calhoun Beach, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lake...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:21 -0500

Panoramic view of Calhoun Beach, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Lake Calhoun has been a popular swimming hole ever since swimming became popular, itself. There are multiple beaches along the lake that are still used to this day.

1915 gelatin silver plate panoramic photograph.

US Library of Congress Digital Archives, Panoramic Collection.

“The Swimming Hole.” Group of boys - 14 to 16 years...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:38:00 -0500

“The Swimming Hole.”

Group of boys - 14 to 16 years - just returned from working in tobacco at Southwick, Mass., on Galpin’s farm.

US Library of Congress Digital Archives, National Child Labor Committee Collection.

demonagerie: Rylands Medieval Collection, Latin MS 53, f. 58v....

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:22 -0500

demonagerie:

Rylands Medieval Collection, Latin MS 53, f. 58v. Christianus Prolianus and Joachinus de Gigantibus (?), Astronomia (1478)

“Comparative view of the magnitudes of the Sun (a large disc of burnished gold), the Moon (silver), Mars (gold), Venus (gold), Mercury (gold) and Earth (pale). Framed in a green wreath of leaves and blue background.”

questionableadvice: ~ The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit, c....

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:43 -0500

questionableadvice:

~ The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit, c. 1871-1890
via University of Washington
(click to enlarge)

“DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD DIE!”

Note: Given the dramatic advertisement I assumed Fenning’s Children’s Powders would be another Victorian era quack medicine but surprisingly they are still sold today and contain paracetamol (acetaminophen).

“Five Friends on a See-Saw” Four boys and and their...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:22 -0500

“Five Friends on a See-Saw”

Four boys and and their dog on a makeshift farmyard see-saw.

The Book of Dogs: An intimate study of mankind’s best friend. Ernest Harold Baynes and Louis Agassiz Fuertes for National Geographic Society, 1919.

collectivehistory: Spirit of the Dead Watching by Paul Gauguin,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:30:22 -0500

collectivehistory:

Spirit of the Dead Watching by Paul Gauguin, 1892

This painting was inspired by Gauguin’s Tahitian wife Tehura, who at the time was 14 years old. One night, he came home and found her lying on her stomach, eyes wide open with fear, immobile and naked on their bed. As she looked at him, it was as if she was looking directly at a ghost. Gauguin himself described the symbolism of the painting, indicating that the bright colors were phosphorescence’s in the dark, as the Tahitian people feared that bright lights in the dark were ghosts. In his description of his wife’s fear that night, he states that she may be mistaking him for a ghost, but it has been suggested that it was more so because of his aggressive behavior towards her than her irrational fears. This painting was also included in one of Gauguin’s self-portraits, in which it appears in the background, indicating its high importance to him.

auntada: The slave deck of the bark “Wildfire,” brought into...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:30:40 -0500

auntada:

The slave deck of the bark “Wildfire,” brought into Key West on April 30, 1860

The Wildfire carried 510 captives on this voyage from Africa, near the Congo River, to slave markets in the United States. The ship was not filled to its capacity of 1000. Although importing slaves to the United States was prohibited by law in 1808, the slave trade continued for many years.

The Wildfire was intercepted by an American steamer and brought to port at Key West. The African captives were eventually freed. Charges were brought against the captain and crew of the Wildfire, but they were found not guilty, despite being caught red-handed.

Illustration in Harper’s Weekly, June 2, 1860

Library of Congress

biomedicalephemera: Because Mother’s Day Coffee trees developed...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:30:32 -0500

biomedicalephemera:

Because Mother’s Day

Coffee trees developed caffeine as an insecticide, to kill off bugs that would eat its berries and fail to spread its seeds. Yes, it’s a deadly poison, but for tiny bugs. It takes at least as much coffee as crazy-face above is drinking to kill off us giant primates.

Why Coffee is the greatest addiction (in every sense).

Though maybe my mom should drink slightly less coffee. Maybe.
LIFE Magazine, Feb 2, 1953.

stuffmomnevertoldyou: 1939: Dot Robinson, the “First Lady of...

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:30:34 -0500

stuffmomnevertoldyou:

1939: Dot Robinson, the “First Lady of Motorcycling” and founding member of Motor Maids, an all-female biker group.

(via HuffPo)

greatestgeneration: Radioman 3rd Class Roy Joseph Miletta After...

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:30:43 -0500

greatestgeneration:

Radioman 3rd Class Roy Joseph Miletta

After the USS Tang was lost on October 25, 1944, Radioman 3rd Class Roy Joseph Miletta’s family, like many others, received a telegram from the US Navy informing them that their son was missing in action. However, a second telegram brought more welcome news. It confirmed that Roy was transferred to shore before the Tang began her fifth and final patrol. (This telegram also has the distinction of being the 100,000th artifact to join the collection of The National WWII Museum.)

A log book kept by Miletta records the fateful event that would require his transfer off the submarine. In an entry dated September 25, 1944, he writes, “Underway as before, today I had a little accident, got the end of my thumb cut off, got caught in a water tight door, looks pretty black, may get transferred at Midway.”

More on the USS Tang.

Japanese women bathing in the courtyard. Hand-tinted albumen...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:30:27 -0500

Japanese women bathing in the courtyard.

Hand-tinted albumen print by Kusakabe Kimbei, ca. 1885.

thevintagethimble: Edwardian HairstylesA collection of...

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:30:23 -0500

thevintagethimble:

Edwardian Hairstyles
A collection of Edwardian photographs, depicting some of the hairstyles of the time, like the Low Pompadour. Hatpin Hairstyle. Side-Swirls. Flapper (The title ‘Flapper’ originally referred to teenage girls
who wore their hair in single plait which often terminated in a wide ribbon bow.) & the pompadour.

Victorian Hairstyles Here [x]

Geisha playing traditional instruments. From left to right:...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:30:24 -0500

Geisha playing traditional instruments.

From left to right: samisen, yokin, kokyu (labeled kokin on photograph)

The yokin seems to be a simplified koto.

Photograph ca. 1900.

Image from Wolfgang Wiggers, via Wikimedia Commons.

Wallonian Costumery Traditional Wallonian festival costume from...

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:30:21 -0500

Wallonian Costumery

Traditional Wallonian festival costume from the late 1800s. Photograph taken in Brussels, Belgium.

via

Seven Ladies at the Potomac Tidal Basin Beach, 1920 “Bare...

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:30:32 -0500

Seven Ladies at the Potomac Tidal Basin Beach, 1920

“Bare legs and scanty one piece bathing suits were very much in evidence at the opening of Washingtons municipal bathing beach today. Officials have agreed to disregard as precedents the prohibitory orders issued at Coney Island and Atlantic City.”

US Library of Congress Digital Archives. National Photo Company Collection.

cabbagingcove: Thoroughbred “Parole” Parole was an...

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:30:18 -0500

cabbagingcove:

Thoroughbred “Parole”

Parole was an American-born thoroughbred, foaled in 1873, with 138 starts, 59 wins, 28 places, and 17 shows (wins = 1st place, places = 2nd place, and shows = 3rd place). He earned $82,816 in his racing career, which is over $2,000,000 in today’s dollars. His stud fees after retirement brought in significant income to his owners, as well. His offspring were not as profitable as him.

Album of celebrated American and English running horses. 1888.