Old Russia in Colour

"In 1905-1916 Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944), an early 20th century Russian photographer and researcher, has created "The Collection of the Splendors of Russia in Natural Colors" - a unique set of color photographs of the Russian Empire on the eve of the October Revolution of 1917." Link…

Clyde Edward Pangborn

"Rosie Gordon, stuntwoman, jumped from Pangborn's plane as a featured attraction of the Gates Flying Circus's "Thrilling Aerial Demonstrations." However, her chute didn't open, leaving her dangling at the end of 15 feet of rope tied to one of the wing struts. Milton Girton and Pangborn try to pull her up by the rope but only gain a few inches. Tommy Thompson and Freddie Lund approached Pangborn's plane in their own plane. Pangborn motioned Lund onto the left top wing of Thompson's plane where he braced himself against the strut supporting the top wing overhang, and then stepped across to Pangborn's plane. Still unable to pull her up, Lund slid into the plane to fly it and Pangborn lowered himself to the undercarriage and draped himself around the right rear landing gear strut. Pangborn and Girton pull the girl to safety." Link…

jī and more

One of the largest collections of asian art that I have come across. Any ideas on what sort of animal the man is riding in this picture? Link…

Tales of Old China

China 1840 to 1950. I didn't know that they used to have the word 'dollar' instead of yuan sometimes. Link…

Age Discrimination at the Olympics

It's a bit rough… not allowed to take part in the pankration event because of your small size or lack of beard development. Well, not until 200BC anyway. Link…

Golden Graves

The Colchis treasures excavated from Vani are being exhibited. There is also a conference. Unfortunately for me, it's in New York. Link…

Seals

Over 200 medieval seals in facsimile. Link…

Boris Vian

On the morning of June 23, 1959, Boris Vian was at the Cinema Marbeuf for the screening of the film version of his controversial "Vernon Sullivan" novel, J'irai cracher sur vos tombes ("I Shall Spit On Your Graves"). He had already fought with the producers over their interpretation of his work and he publicly denounced the film stating that he wished to have his name removed from the credits. A few minutes after the film began, he reportedly blurted out: "These guys are supposed to be American? My ass!" He then collapsed into his seat and died from sudden cardiac death en route to the hospital. Link…

Karmu

Picture tells a story.

"If we could only remember ! So many souls and so many names. If a name is here not spelled as you remember it ... or if you were known by a different name ... or if you are a fugitive ... or if you are mentioned twice or thrice ... or you now have many letters of entitlement following your name but you were know as "stinky" ... or any other aberration in the continuum ... please accept my apology k.s."
"Wondering am I, who sent you the list of names? So many are misspelled and one mentioned twice who would not want his last name on there. He would prefer to be known as Crazy Al." Link…

Edgar Warner. 1910 - 1989, A healer in Cambridge, Mass. Died in 1989 from Leukemia after taking on the illnesses of over 20,000 people. Link…

Portraits of Actors

3,500 pictures of actors — studio portraits and actors posing in costume for a particular role or performing a scene from a play. Link…