Dead Letter Mail
Photos of the city of Kharkiv(Kharkov) taken by a German photographer in 1942.
During World War II four battles took place for control of the city.
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A Russian soldier in the Reichstag surrounded by walls covered in Russian graffiti, the Soviets having left their mark on the Third Reich’s headquarters. May, 1945.
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Answer a question a day and use the hashtag: #30dayhistorychallenge or 30 day history challenge. Your choice…
1. Why do you love history?
2. Your favorite history-related blog on Tumblr. Why?
3. Tell a story from your family history.
4. Share a photo of and describe your secret crush…
russian advertising agency stoyn has developed a line of popsicles that are based on iconic characters and items of recent history. the project is an experiment in pairing flavours to personality and context in a playful, tongue-in-cheek fashion. the three-dimensional popsicles are created in custom moulds with great attention paid to likeness, and use natural products and ingredients in the recipe.
above: marilyn monroe and che guevara
The History Teacher - Billy Collins
Trying to protect his students’ innocence
he told them the Ice Age was really just
the Chilly Age, a period of a million years
when everyone had to wear sweaters.
And the Stone Age became the Gravel Age, The Spanish Inquisition was nothing more The War of the Roses took place in a garden, The children would leave his classroom while he gathered up his notes and walked home
named after the long driveways of the time.
than an outbreak of questions such as
“How far is it from here to Madrid?”
“What do you call the matador’s hat?”
and the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom on Japan.
for the playground to torment the weak
and the smart,
mussing up their hair and breaking their glasses,
past flower beds and white picket fences,
wondering if they would believe that soldiers
in the Boer War told long, rambling stories
designed to make the enemy nod off.
