I just found that scrimshaw artist Linda Layden sells some of her items through Etsy – her work is sold by other stores and designers but often at much higher prices.
Roosevelt during his time with the Rough Riders.
A classic story retold as a Hollywood western. Some bad guys show up, the good guys get hired, there are some gun fights, a few characters die, a few lessons are told, and then the heroes ride off.
A helpful guide from National Geographic Magazine on the proper display and care of the colors, published in 1917:
While there is no federal law in force pertaining to the manner of displaying, hanging, or saluting the United States flag, or prescribing any ceremonies that should be observed, there are many regulations and usages of national [...]
The Strand Magazine, published in 1902, reporting on the newest fad of the time – the Panama hat:
One hundred pounds for a straw hat! Enough with which to take a three months’ holiday, enough to keep your son a year at college, enough to buy a small farm. And yet so astute a financier as [...]
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Unofficial Insignia – Liberty Cuffs and Diesel Boats Forever
World War II sailors sewed hidden patches under the sleeve cuffs of their dress blue jumpers. Once on leave, they unbuttoned their “liberty cuffs” and turned them over to display colorful dragons, mermaids, dolphins (for submariners), and birds (for the “airedales” who worked on Navy aircraft). [...]
Great story on some fascinating photography work:
Early that year, Bernhard got a phone call from the museum and was asked if he wants to photograph 30 cars for an exhibition catalogue. He said yes. The museum built him a studio in a storage facility, outside Vienna. The setup, 20 meters long and 15 meters wide, [...]
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Wearing some old and classic sportswear – tennis sweaters, sneakers, gurkha shorts, and even a Fred Perry polo. Background reading:
A 1999 Sports Illustrated article about the magazine’s 20 “favorite athletes” of the 20th century said about Gonzales (their number 15 pick): “If earth was on the line in a tennis match, the man you [...]
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In a dispatch from London in 1915:
Then we came to Pimm’s, where good feeds are to be obtained, lobsters and real turtle soup . Did you ever have a Pimm’s No. 1 on a hot day? If not, you don’t know the most glorious drink in London—never mind what it costs, it’s worth it.
You absorb [...]
Google Books now has an amazing collection of early National Geographic volumes spanning the first several decades of the Society’s history (NGS was founded in 1888). The important part: all of them are free and can be downloaded in either pdf or epub formats.
The first ones – Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume [...]
There are also episodes for espresso and cappuccinos – all made by The Department of the 4th Dimension.
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New albums out from This Will Destroy You and Explosions in the Sky.