A view of Westwood Avenue from Wilshire Boulevard.
The same view today.
Category Archives: History
North Dakota, 1937
And to think that it happened on Mulberry Street
(With apologies to Theodore Geisel.)
This 1900 Photocrom was taken on Mulberry Street in New York City. My grandparents immigrated to New York from Italy separately and met here; they arrived in around 1900. (Click the photo for a full-size version).
This is the kind of scene that would have greeted them; the detail is incredible. Notice the young chap in the foreground enjoying a beer.
Posted at /r/HistoryPorn by user The OneInThe Hat. Based on the addresses visible in the photos, he or she was also able to get a street view of the same perspective:
What a change in 113 years. I wonder what the area will look like in 2126?
The Old Wolf has spoken.
Keep calm and carry on
London readers continue to browse in the remains of a bombed-out library at Holland House, Kensington, London, in 1940.
Photograph by James R. Benn
Italian satirical map of Europe, 1870
This gives you a sense of what was going on in the geopolitical sphere of Europe in the late 19th century.
Found at Maps on the Web; enlarged and enhanced a bit for visibility.
Second Life
Found at Shorpy
April 1943. Baltimore, Md. “Trolley of 1917 vintage. Many old cars have been reconditioned because of wartime transportation pressure.” Medium format negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information.
Good Coffee, 1937
Photo by Dorothea Lange. Found at Shorpy.
May 1937. “Post office. Finlay, Texas.” Magazine, caffeine, nicotine — all your basic -ines. As well as potted cacti.
The Oldest Surviving Masks
Dating from 7000 BC, this mask resides at the Musée de la Bible et de la Terre Sainte in France. It is possibly the oldest mask in existence. Some other examples can be seen at Prop Agenda.
The Old (but not as old as this mask) Wolf has spoken.
A Conversation with Hitler (recorded)
Adolf Hitler having a conversation with The Marshal of Finland on his birthday in 1942.
This conversation was secretly recorded; this is the only known recording of Hitler while not giving a speech. The video below provides translated subtitles to the conversation.
Hitler deserves no particular focus or attention, but as a historical item of interest, this has value. The only time I ever heard his voice was in his recorded speeches, when he’s reveling in his bombastic madness. It sounds uncanny to hear him speaking in an intimate, conversational setting.
The Old Wolf has spoken.
The Bjälbo stone
A runestone which was used as building material in Bjälbo church, Östergötland, Sweden. Photo taken in 1907.
Swedish: “Käcke män reste denna sten efter Grep, sin gillesbroder, Juddes son. Love ristade runorna”.
English: “Valiant men raised this stone in memory of Grep, their guild-brother, son of Judde. Love carved the runes”.
Playing in the World Game 