Posts tagged history
Happiness is a cold beer and a really good book.
B-17, National Archives Images
“Clifton College boys helping to move the library during the war.” Bristol, World War II (by brizzle born and bred)
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.
South Side deli. Chicago, 1941.
By Russell Lee
(Source: shorpy.com)
Joe DiMaggio at Yankee Stadium, 1941.
(Source: startribune.com, via bygoneamericana)
Dancing at a London jazz club, 1950s.
These young jazz fans/”beatniks” in Britain became the precursor to Mods.
(Source: bastardkeaton, via tonsoffuckinsequins)
Johnny Cash performing at Folsom Prison, 1968.
(Source: empaths)
Paris Youth Culture: France, 1950s (via Retronaut)
(via graywaves)
Golden plate engraved with two goats in the centre, Achaemenid Empire, 4-5th century BC.
Courtesy & currently located at the Reza Abbasi Museum, Iran. Photo taken by TruthBeethoven
“To 1st Lt. F. Scott Fitzgerald
65th Infantry
Camp Sheridan
Forget-me-not
Zelda
9-13-18
Montgomery, Ala”“While stationed at Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, Fitzgerald met his future wife, Zelda Sayre, the daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge.” (via University of South Carolina)
(via lostsplendor)
