Things Found on the Internet

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

 

The Original 1941 Concept Sketches of Wonder Woman

Sold in an auction in 2002 for $33,000:

“Here we have a piece of comic book history from early-1941 in the form of a letter from cartoonist Harry G. Peter, written to William Moulton Marston, in which he unveils some very early sketches of Marston’s new superheroine, Wonder Woman; Marston’s handwritten response to Peter can also be seen, penned in red below the original message. Wonder Woman’s subsequent debut came just months later – December – in All Star Comics #8 (cover). The rest is history.”

Image by Heritage Auctions via Letters of Note

150 Year-old abandoned sea fort, now a luxury hotel

In the mid-19th century in Portsmouth Harbour, Britain, three forts were constructed to protect its most important naval base against attacks from Napoleon III.
One has been converted into this eight-suite luxury hotel, Spitbank Fort, another into a museum and the third, No Man’s Land is on its way to becoming a larger 27-room hotel.

Photos Clarenco LLP found on Yatzer

Life before Alarm Clocks: Meet the Knocker-upper

The Knocker-Up (also referred to as a Knocker-Upper) gained prominence during the Industrial Revolution by using a long stick with wire or a knob affixed to the end to rouse customers at a desired time … For a few pence a week, clients could rest assured knowing their Knocker Upper would not leave until he (Knocker Ups were almost always men) was certain a person was awake. Larger Factories and Mills often employed their own Knocker Ups to ensure laborers made it to work on time.
Found on Mental Floss

Sylvia Plath’s Drawings

Compiled in this book Eye Rhymes: Sylvia Plath’s Art of the Visual, available on Amazon found on Brainpickings

An Unopened Safe at the Abandoned Ellis Island Immigration Station

Full photo story found on The Kingston Lounge

The Harlem Hellfighters

The first African American regiment to serve with the American Expeditionary force during World War One, the Harlem Hellfighters are commemorated throughout New York City with various streets named after them.
Found here