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During the Bubonic Plague, doctors wore these bird-like masks to avoid becoming sick. They would fill the beaks with spices and rose petals, so they wouldn’t have to smell the rotting bodies.
A theory during the Bubonic Plague was that the plague was caused by evil spirits. To scare the spirits away, the masks were intentionally designed to be creepy.
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Eartha Kitt, New York, 1952
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~ The Chicago Blue Book, 1908
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A female private detective in 1908? Miss Cora M. Strayer, I lift my glass to you. I’ll bet you were an interesting person to know.
Note: Apparently Mr. Geo. S. Holben, Supt. Criminal Dept., was shot by a disgruntled former employee in 1910. (Los Angeles Herald, December 06, 1910).According to the 1913 edition of the Chicago Blue Book, Miss. Strayer’s Detective Agency was still in business, although Mr. Holben’s name no longer appeared in the advertisement.
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You might be a feminist if you’re tired of getting confused looks when you
mention the British Suffragette Movement.TAKE HEART, FOR MRS. PANKHURST HAS BEEN CLAPPED IN IRONS AGAIN!
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Because Frederik the Great would have been now celebrating his 300th birthday and Germany wouldn´t have been Germany what it is today without Frederik the Great of Prussia.
A Happy Birthday posting for Frederik the Great of Prussia
January 24th 1712 - August 17th 1786
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Happy Birthday to…!
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN! Yaaaaay! :D (1790)
Founding Father and noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass ‘armonica’. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania.Stanisław II August Poniatowski (1798)
Last King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was the son of Count Stanisław Poniatowski, Castellan of Kraków, and Princess Konstancja Czartoryska; brother of Michał Jerzy Poniatowski, Primate of Poland; and uncle to Prince Józef Poniatowski.
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Found some great photographs of the Tuskegee Airmen by photographer Toni Frissell in the digital collections of the Library of Congress. Ramitelli, Italy, March, 1945. Yes, just in time for the movie. Part two of two. Enjoy!
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German tank Pz.Kpfw. VI «Tiger» 508 Tank Battalion, incapacitated Allied forces in Cory, Italy. During the May 24, 1944 the battalion lost seven tanks and 11 in Cory in the Dzhulianello.
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Happy Birthday to clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929)
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To clarify the info on this: the tomb sculpture is known as the Transi de René de Chalon and was sculpted by Ligier Richer in 1547. It can be found in the church of Saint-Étienne in Bar-le-Duc, France.
De Chalon was the Prince of Orange, and died tragically in battle at age 25. Either he or his widow commissioned the transi and ordered it to be a life-sized figure of a skeleton covered in flaps of skin. After de Chalon’s death, the figure’s outstretched hand held his heart aloft like a holy relic.
Basically de Chalon was so fucking metal. There’s more info and a better photo of the whole statue at Morbid Anatomy
Transi de René da Chalon - Ligier Richier - chiesa di Saint-étienne de Bar-le-Duc
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