mudwerks:

A Journey into the Feline Heart (by wackystuff)

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publicdomainthing:

Spirit of ‘43 Staring Donald Duck

Public Domain because it was created for the goverment

ameraucana:

Frontispiece detail from The Eagle’s Masque, by Tom Tit (1808)

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publicdomainthing:

Head and Brains!

Satire on George IV in support of Queen Caroline, his estranged wife. The new king spent much of the lead up to his coronation trying to get rid of her.

1820

National Archive UK

theparisreview:

France in the Year 2000 (XXI century) – a series of futuristic pictures by Jean-Marc Côté and other artists issued in France in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1910. Originally in the form of paper cards enclosed in cigarette/cigar boxes and, later, as postcards, the images depicted the world as it was imagined to be like in the year 2000. There are at least 87 cards known that were authored by various French artists, the first series being produced for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.

France in the year 2000. 

(Source: The Public Domain Review)

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theartofgooglebooks:

Inky cat footprints!

From p. 170 of Clavis Bibliorum: The Key of the Bible, Unlocking the Richest Treasury of the Holy Scriptures by Francis Roberts (1675). Original from Princeton University. Digitized August 12, 2008.

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todaysdocument:

“Buster” Keaton, 10/04/1895 - 2/01/1966

This is the World War I Draft Registration card for veteran performer Joseph “Buster” Keaton, born October 4, 1895 in Picqua, Kansas (“Picquy” on his card).  At the time of his registration he was working on Broadway for fellow silent film star (and later subject of a controversial murder trial) Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.

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vintascope:

Houdini on Flickr.

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centuriespast:

Coin of Ephesus

Roman Provincial, Imperial Period, A.D. 217–218

Artemis on stag to right, right hand reaching to quiver behind shoulder, left holding bow.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

safetylast:

“I Do” - (1921)

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carecub | xekstrin | wrathofprawn:

for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.

their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.

how the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever

pretty sure I’ve reblogged this before but it can happen again

it’s back omfg yes

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ilovecharts:

Colonizability of Africa

A map by cartographer John George Bartholomew (1860-1920)

The pink: Healthy colonizable Africa, where European races may be expected to become in time the prevailing type, where essentially European states may be formed.

The yellow: Fairly healthy Africa: but where unfavourable conditions of soil or water supply, or the prior establishment of warlike or enlightened native races or other causes, may effectually prevent European colonization.

The gray: Unhealthy but exploitable Africa: impossible for European colonizaiton but for the most part of the great commercial value and inhabited by fairly docile, governable races; the Africa of the trader and planter and of despotic European control

The brown: Extremely unhealthy Africa

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