#History

[vintagecamping]

A Chevrolet Fleetmaster aka the "Woodie Wagon" squeezes through the Tunnel Tree. Sequoia National Park

1949

[yesterdaysprint]

The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, October 29, 1933  

[utwo]

Rouen

Rouen! It’s the capital of Normandy in France

© Steven Van der Hulst

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Ariadne and Dionysus.

Period: Late Roman/Late Antiquity

Date: A.D. 3rd-5th century

Place of origin: Achmim, Egypt

Medium: Wool on linen, colored knitting

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe, then Norma Jeane, photographed by Andre de Dienes at Death Valley, 1945.

[humanoidhistory]

Data center in Dresden, East Germany, 1973.

(Deutsche Fotothek)

[vintagecamping]

Good times and good friends.

Colorado

1986

[undr]

Bert Hardy. A second-hand clothes shop in Gorbals. 1948

[utwo]

Castle Eltz Germany

© J.Radigruber

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Torso of Venus.

Date: A.D. 1–200

Culture: Roman

Marble: Marble

[memories-of-ancients]

Yue battle axe with turquoise inlay, China, Late Shang Dynasty, 13th-12th century BC

from The National Palace Museum, Taipei

[beggars-opera]

Museum pet peeve of the day: asking random trivia questions. Either on a tour on on social media. "Who knows what year was X built?" "What does this contraption do?"

It's fine if you're framing it as a "are you a fan of this thing, test your knowledge with a quiz" (one of my favorites did this today) but so often it's just following the letter of the "be interactive" law without following the spirit.

Either you know the answer, and feel superior, or you don't, and feel like an idiot because you think you should have known.

If you're going to actually engage with your audience, you need to give them the opportunity for actual feedback and discussion, dangit. Ask them their opinion about something. Ask them how they feel about a scenario. Ask them if they have any experiences that mirror what you're talking about. Ask them something that will encourage them to do something besides reciting some factoid they remember from elementary school.

[sovietpostcards]

An amateur radio operator, student of the Moscow Aviation Institute, V. Popryanin at the radio receiver of his own design. Photo by Filimonov (Moscow, April 1951).

[undr]

André Kertész. Paris, The Tree, 1963

[utwo]

Mustang WARBIRD

© Sidelight Photography

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Falcon.

Date: ca. A.D. 1200–1220

Culture: South Italian

Medium: Bronze, traces of gilding