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The first moon landing (in cinema) happened in 1902. Watch footage of it here.... https://t.co/Vl2ck5Ehqs
For all you collage-makers out there. @byrawpixel have cut out the flowers from Robert John Thornton's Temple of Flora (1807), all made available for free and unbridled re-use! https://t.co/KGG9hF6d85
Europa being taken by a bull (Zeus) across the seas to Crete — illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett from the cover of a 1921 edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Tanglewood Tales, his version of Greek myths for young readers. More here: https://t.co/iFg391kZgx
Page from Thesaurus of Alchemy, ca. 1725.
More wondrous illustrations from the world of #alchemy here: https://t.co/Yi03PnsFd7
Frontispiece to Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), a book of traditional Japanese ghost stories compiled by the great scholar and translator Lafcadio Hearn, who was born #onthisday in 1850. Read the book here: https://t.co/DrgAdVo3Vc #OTD
#OnThisDay in 1928, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen disappeared with 5 crew while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic. Their bodies were never found. 17 yrs earlier he became the 1st to reach the S. Pole. See photos from that expedition here: https://t.co/NeIvHPOlvz #OTD
That's the PDR in the white and, heroic beneath, our donors. We are not for profit and rely on donations to keep us going. If you like what we do and want to see it continue please make a donation to our fundraiser to help keep the PDR aloft! https://t.co/6EsHWhUPvb
Ruffed Grouse Partridge illustrated by J. L. Ridgway and W. B. Gillette from Game Birds and Fishes of North America (1913). More images from the book over at @byrawpixel here: https://t.co/eRXeVoZISV
Happy #MayDay and #InternationalWorkersDay! This poster by Dutch artist Jan Toorop was for the Hague's 1898 National Woman’s Labour Exhibition, which had the goal to improve women's wages and working conditions.
More posters from Toorop here: https://t.co/3ZrouQ0bJB
Today is #EarthDay and the theme this year is "Protect Our Species". For the #GreatBarrierReef, one of our planet's true natural wonders, it could well be too late. Here's a reminder of what we could lose, from William Kent-Saville's book from 1893: https://t.co/n8glIR0qEv