Hanged with a leather cord and cast into a Danish bog 2,300 years ago, Tollund Man was probably a sacrifice (Robert Clark/National Geographic)
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The most amusing thing is this IS exactly how the BBC report on practically everything.
It’s ALWAYS like this and it makes me furious.
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Pretty young lady with glasses. gloves and a shawl, holding a cased image of her grandmother, quarter plate daguerreotype made circa 1846 (via Dennis A. Waters Fine Daguerreotypes)
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I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now but I kept forgetting to share it.
I came across this fashion plate and immediately recognized the gown.
Costume Parisien 1810
Evening dress worn by the Countess of Palfi, date missing (1810’s?), Châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau Malmaison.
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Julia Child and television crew on the set of her cooking show, The French Chef, Photo by Paul Child, 1963 (via Vintage Photo LJ)
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What if sleeping beauty became a knight instead?
A mini project I’ve been thinking about for awhile. You can find a backstory comic [here].the graphic alone is pretty arresting!
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Twelfth journey. Descent of the balloon Jean-Bart into the Seine, near Jumièges.
A Tissandier, from Histoire de mes ascensions (Story of my balloon ascents), by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1880.
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