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Portuguese carracks off a rocky coast, c. 1540.

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2023-04-03

Theodoric I (c.390-451), King of the Visigoths. He stopped Attila at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451.

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2023-03-29

The train arrives, c. late 19th/early 20th century.



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2023-03-18

These two well-known images by George Cruikshank are an excellent example of how visual satires could contribute to politicized public identities for individual politicians.

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(Images: British Museum collection)

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2023-03-06

Behind the mask. Prying eyes, c. 18th-19th century.

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2023-02-15

No Shortage of Dreams — "'Assuming That Everything Goes Perfectly Well in the Apollo Program. . .' (1967)"
https://t.co/saCMh6gKAZ
This post, on NASA's post-Apollo plans, is unusual — its main source is a press conference, not a technical advance planning study.

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2023-02-03

No Shortage of Dreams — "Dyna-Soar's Martian Cousin (1960)"
https://t.co/GdxVl9tqel
Another wonderfully weird concept from Philip Bono.

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2023-01-30

For body and soul. An afternoon by the sea, c. late 19th/early 20th century.

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2023-01-19

Cheese, bread, fish, and swords. Medieval nutrition and physical activity, 14th century.

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2023-01-08