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Soldier of East Germany's Natinoal People's Army during a chemical warfare exercise at Peenemünde, Germany, 1975.

(Deutsche Fotothek)

#photography #historic photos

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Joy Division Performing at The Basement, Cologne, Germany, January 15, 1980.

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Santiago Caruso - Cynopolis

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#art #painting

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by Kyosuke Chinai (Japan, b.1948)

#art

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Cryptid

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This photo taken on October 10, 1885, of three genius women at the Woman’s Medical College of Philadelphia. A small reminder that they were capable of achieving great heights, remember in 1885 not too many women were leaders in many fields.

A very important aspect of this photo is the diversity it depicts. These women belong to three different countries - India, Japan, and Syria and are dressed up in their traditional outfits.

All of them moved to the U.S. to study medicine and become doctors despite the boundaries set for them. It wasn’t easy for women to step out of their homes, away from family friends and community, but these women broke the stereotypes and landed in a new country to gain knowledge and earn respect!

#historic photos #vintage photography #photos #fotografía

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Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947) was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. A photography student took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car.

#historic photos #photography #fotografía

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Es invierno en Azul, pero el sol brilla y los arquitectos, los fans y los aficionados de Francisco Salamone andan correteando entre el Teatro Español, el hotel y los bares. Son las primeras Jornadas Salamone y, claro, se hacen en esta ciudad, donde el arquitecto dejó la más desmesurada de sus obras: una portada de 22 metros de altura para el cementerio. El cuerpo central tiene las letras RIP en gigantes placas de mármol negro y, delante, el brutal ángel de hormigón, su escultura más famosa, obra maestra del art déco y presencia maldita. En Azul la llaman «El Ángel Exterminador» o «El Ángel Vengador». Dicen que, cuando Salamone se la presentó al intendente, en los años treinta, el pobre funcionario murmuró que parecía algo maligno, una obra del Demonio. Eso parece. En cualquier caso, el Ángel no da ninguna idea tranquilizadora sobre la muerte, no es una imagen de alivio ni de pasaje, sino un juez severo, como una deidad egipcia dispuesta a arrancar y pesar un corazón. La escultura es enorme y cambia según la luz el sol: sus alas facetadas, sus ángulos, producen sombras que dan una ilusión de metamorfosis. Aparece tan de repente, además, al doblar la esquina en esta ciudad de casas bajas, muchas lujosas, en plena rica pampa húmeda. Es una aparición inesperada que no tiene nada que ver con el barrio, que no se anuncia, que parece depositada ahí, abandonada, como un artefacto de otro mundo.

📖Alguien camina sobre tu tumba · Mariana Enríquez 📷 2021

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"Es triste la primavera y es triste el otoño. Triste es que no conozca fin nuestra tristeza. Y triste es que la tristeza sea cuanto nos quede... Es triste que la tristeza sea menospreciada por no ser alegre...De no haber tristeza, no podría sentir nada en absoluto. Únicamente con la tristeza puedo cubrir el cielo y la tierra.

LAS NOVELAS ASESINAS - Kim Takhwan:

#libros #books #citas #quotes #kim takhwan

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Lorenzo Conti

#Lorenzo Conti #illustrations

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Αrt by Benjamin Konig

#art #creepy

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Thibaut Derien, "J’habite une ville fantôme", (“I live in a ghost city”)

#abandoned places #decay #ghost town #thibaut derien #france #abandoned

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Kuniyoshi Utagawa: Nissaka Man receiving a child from a ghost

#japan #japanese art

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The Dybbuk Box

A Dybbuk Box is a wine cabinet which, according to Jewish folklore is said to be haunted by a restless, evil spirit that is capable of haunting and possessing the living. One particular Dybbuk Box became famous when it was listed on eBay along with a terrifying back story.

The story began in September of 2001, when an antique buyer and refinishes attended an estate sale in Portland, Oregon. The auction was held to sell off the belongings of a 103-year-old woman and her granddaughter informed the antique dealer of the woman’s past when she noticed that he had purchased a simple wooden wine cabinet. The old woman had been Jewish, the only one of her family members to have survived her time in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. When she immigrated to the United States, the wine cabinet and two other items were the only things she brought with her.

The woman’s granddaughter explained that her grandmother had always kept the box hidden away and said that it should never, ever be opened because it contained a malicious spirit called a dybbuk. She requested that the box be buried with her but since doing so went against Jewish tradition, her family did not oblige. When the antique dealer asked the granddaughter if she would like to keep the box for sentimental reasons, the woman vehemently refused, becoming very upset and saying, “We made a deal! You have to take it!”

The dealer took his purchase back to his shop and placed it in his workshop in the basement. Immediately, strange and frightening things started happening. He was called by his frantic shop assistant, who said that the lights had gone out, the doors and security gates had locked and she heard terrible sounds coming from the basement. When he investigated, he discovered a terrible odor of cat urine lingering in the air and every light bulb in the place had been smashed.

The dealer gave the wine box to his mother as a gift and the woman immediately suffered a major stroke. In the hospital, she spelled out, H-A-T-E G-I-F-T as tears spilled from her eyes uncontrollably. He attempted to give the gift to several more people but it was always returned to him within a few days, usually because people just didn’t like it or because they felt that something about it was evil. He began suffering from a recurring nightmare and he later found that all of his family members who had been around the box were having the same dream. He started seeing shadow figures darting around in his peripheral vision, as well.

After finally admitting that there was something paranormal happening, he went online to research and fell asleep at his computer. When he woke up, he felt like something was breathing on his neck and when he turned his head he saw a huge shadow figure dashing away from him down the hall. He then decided to list the item on eBay, along with a detailed account of what had happened to him since obtaining the box.

Jason Haxton, the curator of a medical museum in Missouri, purchased the box from the eBay auction. He later wrote a book detailing the strange story of the Dybbuk Box and in 2012, a horror movie based on the book entitled The Possession was released.

#The Dybbuk Box #supernatural #ghost and hauntings #paranormal phenomena

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Punk band SS Decontrol (SSD) performing at The Chancery in Washington, D.C., ca. 1982. A black straight edge “X” is visible on the back of guitarist Al Barlie’s right hand.

#hardcore punk #punk music #ss decontrol

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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

#books

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HELLO!

(Yes, this is me as Sarah Winchester for Halloween. Also, yes, this is pretty much my general wardrobe give or take a lace layer. Yes, I wrote a long chapter in this book about Sarah Winchester because I really love her and find her to be fundamentally misunderstood.)

I just wanted to drop by and say it's still Women's History Month and it's still a GREAT time to read about historical women and how their stories resonate with us today. BONUS: you can do this through ghost lore! Here's how!

A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS examines women's history by using ghost stories; unpacking how we talk about women, alive and dead. Available wherever books are sold, in paperback, audio and digital! Retailer links here!

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