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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:45:27 GMT -5
The Thistle Chapel, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh - built in 1911    |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:45:50 GMT -5
Probably one of the most modern piece I've put up, but I truly love seaside towns and cities. This is for all of us that put way-more-detail-than-we-need-to for those wild ports we love! Quote: Venice: The Dogana and the San Giorgio Maggiore - JMW Turner, 1834  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:46:10 GMT -5
Quote:18th Century Library of Ottobueren Abbey, Bavria, Germany  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:46:26 GMT -5
I think I posted this before, but this has a different angle. Quote:18th Century Schlägl Abbey Library, Austria, which contains over 60,000 volumes |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:46:40 GMT -5
Quote:Klementium Library, Prague - built in 1722 and the national library of the Czech Republic since 1782  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:46:59 GMT -5
Quote:Carved ivory Khant (Ostyak) family with reindeer-sledge, Siberia, before 1874  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:47:14 GMT -5
Quote:Nuremberg, Germany in 1857.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:47:42 GMT -5
Quote:Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, St.Petersburg - built between 1883 & 1907  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:48:01 GMT -5
Quote:One of the most feared of all London's street gangs in the late 1880's was a group of female toughs Clockwork Oranges  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:48:21 GMT -5
Quote:Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Grand Duchess Tatiana, Queen Victoria, & Edward, Prince of Wales. 1896  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:49:00 GMT -5
Quote:The interior of the Church of St.George, Olpenac, Serbia - built from 1907-12  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:58:37 GMT -5
Quote:Schwerin Palace, Germany - built between 1845-57 (Photo: Harald Hoyer)  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:58:57 GMT -5
Simple and emotional. Quote:Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity's Gate) - Vincent Van Gogh, 1890  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:59:20 GMT -5
Quote:The first photo of a president, John Quincy Adams, 1843.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 12:59:44 GMT -5
Quote:In the 1800s, an entire language was invented to communicate flirtatious signals via fan gesture.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:00:10 GMT -5
 Quote:The sword offered here for sale was collected in the battle field of Omdurman, 1896. It has a flat steel blade 24 ½ inches long, grip bound with braided rattans (or a similar material) and with a long flared pommel. The scabbard is leather in the shape of a classical Kaskara sword from the area. Total length 35 inches. Very good condition. Damaged scabbard tip. The most interesting part of this sword is an old label attached to it and inscribed ( handwriting): Sword found on the field of Omdurman given to me by …..(??). An historically interesting item. www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=2288Omdurman (standard Arabic Umm Durmān أم درمان) is the largest city in Sudan and Khartoum State, lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum. The battle referred to is actually most likely the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), wherein an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. Kitchener's campaign had begun on 12 March 1896, but only reached Omdurman in September 1898. |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:00:45 GMT -5
I LOVE this! Quote:Steampunk Tendacies @steampunk_T: Illustration by Greg Bridges t.co/dU4T5xq9C8 |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:01:12 GMT -5
Quote:The Siege of Athens in 1827, Panayotis Zographos, lithograph 1926. t.co/fyKCr5aVxF |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:01:33 GMT -5
Quote:The Last Grenadier of Waterloo - Horace Vernet, 1818  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:02:02 GMT -5
Quote:When the British invaded Afghanistan in 1839, they brought 300 camel-loads of wine. #priorities  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:02:24 GMT -5
For some reason I thought this was older. Quote:Today (7/11) in 1859: Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:02:50 GMT -5
Quote:8 July 951 - Paris is founded.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:03:13 GMT -5
Quote:The firing squad that executed Emperor Maximilian, 1867.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:03:38 GMT -5
I could look at these old real photographs for hours Quote:Potentially the oldest surviving photograph of London (1839), by M. St. Croix.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:04:06 GMT -5
For our Boot Hill fans (and I just love the Old West) Quote:Real life cowboy, complete with holster and chaps, circa 1888.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:20:34 GMT -5
So much for AC 3! Quote:French cavalry armor holed through by a cannonball at the battle of Waterloo.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:21:01 GMT -5
What a picture. Quote:Surviving British officers abandoned the offensive after a crushing defeat. South Africa. First Boer War, 1881.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:21:16 GMT -5
Maybe related to the Good Thief thread, Quote:The illegal settlement of Deadwood, Lee Street, 1877.  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:21:34 GMT -5
Quote:Fort Vimieux - JMW Turner, 1831  |
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Post by El Borak on Jul 2, 2019 13:21:49 GMT -5
Quote:St George’s Hall, Liverpool by William Wyld 1852 (@britishmonarchy). Concert hall by H.L. Elmes & C. Cockerell.  |
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