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Francis Edmonds, “Devotion” (1857). Does anyone know the story, explanation, history, analysis of this? It’s one of my favorite paintings, but I want to make sure I understand it correctly and like it for the right reasons — Making Histolines

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Francis Edmonds, “Devotion” (1857). Does anyone know the story, explanation, history, analysis of this? It’s one of my favorite paintings, but I want to make sure I understand it correctly and like it for the right reasons — Making Histolines

Hmmm. Somehow I doubt devotion was really what it was.

1992. KKK-robed toddler trying to play w/ the riot gear of a black state trooper. — Making Histolines

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1992. KKK-robed toddler trying to play w/ the riot gear of a black state trooper. || https://ift.tt/3dDPoku MetsTqa

1992. KKK-robed toddler trying to play w/ the riot gear of a black state trooper. — Making Histolines

OH, this photo. Every time I see it I have to just stop for a while. For such an iconic image, there doesn’t seem to be much information about the people in it. All I can find is this. (Anything else that looked useful is blocked in Europe.) I wonder what happened afterwards but maybe no-one will ever know.

VE Day

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Today is the 75th anniversary of the end of WW2 in Europe. There’s a lot of (socially distanced) celebrations going on.

I don’t really want to do the Winston Churchill thing, nor the Boris Johnson thing, so here’s a picture of my grandfather doing his engineering work during the war.


(And here’s more details about the war in the North of England, should you be interested.)

A Woman’s Touch Can Save St. Louis Lives! — 1918 Ad Pleading for Nurses, Cooks, and Maids — Making Histolines

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A Woman’s Touch Can Save St. Louis Lives! — 1918 Ad Pleading for Nurses, Cooks, and Maids — Making Histolines

History repeats itself.

1876: Louis Thomas, gallows builder — ExecutedToday.com

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This musing on the torments for condemned prisoners of seeing their own rickety gallows put up in their own prison yard comes via Ken Leyton-Brown’s The Practice of Execution in Canada … and culminates with a Winnipeg execution that took place on April 28, 1876. In principle, hanging may be said to have begun when…

1876: Louis Thomas, gallows builder — ExecutedToday.com

Sharing because here’s some history I didn’t know, and for the Red Dwarf clip.

This vintage photo of two lifeguards in 1949 is the internet’s new favourite love story — Quiz Category

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A handwritten note on the back of a photo from 71 years ago has the internet looking for answers about lifeguards Buzz and Tommy. A Reddit user shared a vintage photograph of the two men holding hands in lifeguards’ uniforms in 1949. The back of the photo features the heartfelt message: “To Buzz. I’ll always…

This vintage photo of two lifeguards in 1949 is the internet’s new favourite love story — Quiz Category

This is so sad, but I hope they both had good lives.

Apollo 13 Crew Overcame Incredible Obstacles 50 Years Ago: Here Are Their Quotes on Survival — PEOPLE.com

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“Good leadership, initiative, to think outside of the box. When things go wrong, how do we repair them? Those were the three things that were absolutely necessary,” said Commander Jim Lovell Jr.

Apollo 13 Crew Overcame Incredible Obstacles 50 Years Ago: Here Are Their Quotes on Survival — PEOPLE.com

Fifty years since the frankly quite incredible story of Apollo 13.

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