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Here’s a Terrifying Popular Mechanics Magazine Cover from World War I

Chris Holmes
posted on June 17, 2013July 17, 2013
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From the July 1915 issue of Popular Mechanics comes this frightening magazine cover of a German soldier in World War I preparing to shoot burning

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The Best of the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit — 2012

Chris Holmes
posted on December 28, 2012June 18, 2013
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Here's a 2012 year-end roundup of the most popular content featured on The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, from logos to Jennifer Love

Less Dangerous Than Careless Talk (World War II Poster)

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Dear America: STFU. Love, Uncle Sam

Chris Holmes
posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012
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Shhh! It's a gallery of World War II posters emphasizing the importance of silence for

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Photo Trivia Time: Pick a Capsule… Any Capsule

Chris Holmes
posted on February 27, 2012
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It’s time for a little Associated Press wire service photo trivia! Here is the original image, with the caption information removed. Take a moment and ponder. What could this be? A new miracle

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Photo Gallery: World War I in Color

Chris Holmes
posted on October 7, 2011February 4, 2013
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A gallery of striking color photographs from World War I - taken mostly by the French

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Game over for Gaddafi?

Chris Holmes
posted on August 23, 2011August 23, 2011
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The regime of Col. Muammar Gaddafi is just about over in Libya. Since he was a huge figure in the '80s it seems right to present him as a C64

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I don’t need your Civil War…

150 years ago today (April 12, 1865) the American Civil War began. Let's read about the first engagement of the war, the Battle of Fort

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Farewell, Corporal Buckles

Chris Holmes
posted on February 28, 2011
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Chris Holmes offers a look at the life of Frank Buckles. Buckles died at age 110 and was the last living American veteran of World War

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Here’s some stuff I enjoyed this week

Chris Holmes
posted on January 21, 2011
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Wherein I offer another weekly roundup of some of the most interesting links on the