Here’s a Terrifying Popular Mechanics Magazine Cover from World War I
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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 oil.…
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The Best of the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit — 2012
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 Hewitt!…
Dear America: STFU. Love, Uncle Sam
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Shhh! It’s a gallery of World War II posters emphasizing the importance of silence for security.…
Photo Trivia Time: Pick a Capsule… Any Capsule
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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 drug perhaps?…
Photo Gallery: World War I in Color
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A gallery of striking color photographs from World War I – taken mostly by the French army.…
Game over for Gaddafi?
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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 image.…
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 Sumter.…
Farewell, Corporal Buckles
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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 I.…
Here’s some stuff I enjoyed this week
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Wherein I offer another weekly roundup of some of the most interesting links on the internet.…