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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
100 Unforgrettable Dresses
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German War Reparations
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Germany agrees to pay pensions to 66,000 holocaust victims around the world.
400,000 languished in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland, as well, hundeds of thousands were imprisoned in cities such as in Vilnius, Lodz, Minsk and Odessa - where they lived starved, tortured and terrified in diseased conditions.
the inhumanity of man....
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Germany agrees to pay pensions to 66,000 holocaust victims around the world.
400,000 languished in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland, as well, hundeds of thousands were imprisoned in cities such as in Vilnius, Lodz, Minsk and Odessa - where they lived starved, tortured and terrified in diseased conditions.
the inhumanity of man....
Unseen for 100 Years
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The letters of Captain Scott's ill fated 1912 Polar Expedition displayed for first time.
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The letters of Captain Scott's ill fated 1912 Polar Expedition displayed for first time.
More Da Vinci Symbols
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An amateur artist finds hidden animal forms in famous Mona Lisa portrait.
An amateur artist finds hidden animal forms in famous Mona Lisa portrait.
Stalin's daughter
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Stalin's daughter who notoriously defected to America has died. Born into wealth and power she shucked it all for liberty...or so the story goes.
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Stalin's daughter who notoriously defected to America has died. Born into wealth and power she shucked it all for liberty...or so the story goes.
Rita Hayworth
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Listed as one of the American Film Institute's Greatest Stars of All Time - 61 films in 31 years - born Margarita Carmen Cansino in 1918.
Rita Hayworth's Life Magazine picture was emblazoned on the test atomic bomb dropped on Bikini atoll in 1946. Her image famously adorned barracks walls and ship bulkheads during the war.
A life dogged by mental cruelities and disappointment ... her grandson dies unexpectedly and in mysterious circumstances.
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Listed as one of the American Film Institute's Greatest Stars of All Time - 61 films in 31 years - born Margarita Carmen Cansino in 1918.
Rita Hayworth's Life Magazine picture was emblazoned on the test atomic bomb dropped on Bikini atoll in 1946. Her image famously adorned barracks walls and ship bulkheads during the war.
A life dogged by mental cruelities and disappointment ... her grandson dies unexpectedly and in mysterious circumstances.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Greek Coin
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Ancient Greek coin for auction ... lets hopo they don't start having fire-sales of the artifacts.
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| recently heisted Benghazi coins |
Ancient Greek coin for auction ... lets hopo they don't start having fire-sales of the artifacts.
Tower Bridge
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I just love this ... why do I?
See photographs of the construction of London's Tower Bridge 125 years ago.
I just love this ... why do I?
See photographs of the construction of London's Tower Bridge 125 years ago.
Famous Love Child
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Judy Lewis was born to the actress Loretta Young in 1935, hidden away with caretakers and in orphanages for 19 months, Judy was introduced by her mother as an adoption to fool the world. Her mystery father was the married Clark Gable. Sexy and deep, the mystery.
RIP .... she was 76.
Judy Lewis was born to the actress Loretta Young in 1935, hidden away with caretakers and in orphanages for 19 months, Judy was introduced by her mother as an adoption to fool the world. Her mystery father was the married Clark Gable. Sexy and deep, the mystery.
RIP .... she was 76.
Dead Sea Scrolls
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Go on Thirteen and click to buy the Dead Sea Scrolls The Exhibiton with Audio Tour & Book.
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Go on Thirteen and click to buy the Dead Sea Scrolls The Exhibiton with Audio Tour & Book.
Its A Wonderful Life
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Frank Capra's 1964 "Its a Wonderful Life" is a beloved film of the classic genre.
Peep behind the curtain of one castmate, Karolyn Grimes who played 6 year old Zuzu.
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| with Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart |
Frank Capra's 1964 "Its a Wonderful Life" is a beloved film of the classic genre.
Peep behind the curtain of one castmate, Karolyn Grimes who played 6 year old Zuzu.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Soul Food Thanksgiving
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We know that African-Americans are famous for their good eats ~ sweet potato pie, mac & cheese, hot sauce on your greens, pork chops and cornbread and so much more!
MMMMMMMMM.....Yum!
Happy Thanksgiving to the soul food cooks of history who huddled together and found rest in loved ones and good food.
We know that African-Americans are famous for their good eats ~ sweet potato pie, mac & cheese, hot sauce on your greens, pork chops and cornbread and so much more!
MMMMMMMMM.....Yum!
Happy Thanksgiving to the soul food cooks of history who huddled together and found rest in loved ones and good food.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
95,000 Born Brown
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Bi-racial babies conceived during WWII to German mothers and African-American GIs were later shipped out of Germany en masse for racial intolerance. They were adopted in African-American homes during the period of segreation in that country which exposed these children to even greater forms of racial rejection - being half white themselves, afterall.
Children who remained in Germany with their white mothers also faced intolerance.
In their thousands these people are seeking to piece together their heritage - they are the subject of a documentary Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story.
Humanity and its gut wrenching stupidity.
Bi-racial babies conceived during WWII to German mothers and African-American GIs were later shipped out of Germany en masse for racial intolerance. They were adopted in African-American homes during the period of segreation in that country which exposed these children to even greater forms of racial rejection - being half white themselves, afterall.
Children who remained in Germany with their white mothers also faced intolerance.
In their thousands these people are seeking to piece together their heritage - they are the subject of a documentary Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story.
Humanity and its gut wrenching stupidity.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Graffiti Insights
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Does graffiti in a flat once occupied by the Sex Pistols, pioneers of punk give us insight into the 1970s musicial movement?
Archaeologists declare this graffiti so significant they compare with world famous graffiti on the walls of the Lascaux caves in Southern France.
Does graffiti in a flat once occupied by the Sex Pistols, pioneers of punk give us insight into the 1970s musicial movement?
Archaeologists declare this graffiti so significant they compare with world famous graffiti on the walls of the Lascaux caves in Southern France.
Texas Reveal
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An earlier blog recalled the devastating Texas drought in the 1950s.
Texas is again gripped by a savage drought that has shrunk lakes - receding water have revealed historic and pre-historic treasures.
....treasures include a prehistoric skull, ancient tools, fossils and a small cemetary with what appears to be the graves of freed slaves.
An unexpected twist.
An earlier blog recalled the devastating Texas drought in the 1950s.
Texas is again gripped by a savage drought that has shrunk lakes - receding water have revealed historic and pre-historic treasures.
....treasures include a prehistoric skull, ancient tools, fossils and a small cemetary with what appears to be the graves of freed slaves.
An unexpected twist.
Exterminating by Working
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Belgians deported to Germany in WWII to work as slaves of the Third Reich after their defeat in 1940 have suddenly had tax demands laid on them from Berlin on pensions and lump sums paid out in slavery compensation settlements agreed on in 2005.
Nazi Germany enslaved over 13 million people in munitions plants, as labourers and as farm and kitchen hands - Germany publicly recognized its responsibility to these survivors by issuing pensions and payments to them six years ago but now want to claw back 17% of that sum in taxes.
Belgians deported to Germany in WWII to work as slaves of the Third Reich after their defeat in 1940 have suddenly had tax demands laid on them from Berlin on pensions and lump sums paid out in slavery compensation settlements agreed on in 2005.
Nazi Germany enslaved over 13 million people in munitions plants, as labourers and as farm and kitchen hands - Germany publicly recognized its responsibility to these survivors by issuing pensions and payments to them six years ago but now want to claw back 17% of that sum in taxes.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Sexiest Men 50s, 60s & 70s
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Sexiest men alive ... from the past! Loving that!
Sexiest men alive ... from the past! Loving that!
1971 Life Covers
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1971 LIFE covers
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| Saturday Night Fever wanna-be |
1971 LIFE covers
Stewardess' in Training
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Life.com graces us with what they do best ... pictures from the past. At the link are young ladies at stewardess school. What with all the PanAm fun on your tv - here's a blast from that past.
Life.com graces us with what they do best ... pictures from the past. At the link are young ladies at stewardess school. What with all the PanAm fun on your tv - here's a blast from that past.
Goldfinger
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Photographs of Goldfinger actress Shirley Eaton being painted in gold for her 1964 character role Jill Masterson were auctioned to a happy Bond collector!
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Photographs of Goldfinger actress Shirley Eaton being painted in gold for her 1964 character role Jill Masterson were auctioned to a happy Bond collector!
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