#History

[vintagecamping]

A Chevrolet Fleetmaster aka the "Woodie Wagon" squeezes through the Tunnel Tree. Sequoia National Park

1949

#vintage camping #campfire light #california #sequoia national park #road trips #camping #hiking #history #travel #1940s

[yesterdaysprint]

The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, October 29, 1933  

#1933 #1930s #halloween #decatur #illinois #spooky #ghost story #ghosts #ghost #1930's #spook #newspapers #history #vintage #historic #scary

[utwo]

Rouen

Rouen! It’s the capital of Normandy in France

© Steven Van der Hulst

#rouen #france #architecture #city #historic #history #travel #traveling #normandy #europe #old

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe, then Norma Jeane, photographed by Andre de Dienes at Death Valley, 1945.

#marilyn monroe #1940s #40s #1945 #vintage #retro #Old Hollywood glamour #old hollywood #history #andre de dienes

[humanoidhistory]

Data center in Dresden, East Germany, 1973.

(Deutsche Fotothek)

#tech #germany #east germany #1970s #history

[undr]

Bert Hardy. A second-hand clothes shop in Gorbals. 1948

#bert hardy #black and white #photography #vintage #black and white photography #vintage photography #street photography #history #art #1940s #scotland

[vintagecamping]

Good times and good friends.

Colorado

1986

#vintage camping #campfire light #colorado #camping #hiking #road trips #beers #history #fishing #travel #1980s

[memories-of-ancients]

Yue battle axe with turquoise inlay, China, Late Shang Dynasty, 13th-12th century BC

from The National Palace Museum, Taipei

#history #antiquities #art #ancient history #ancient art #ancient china

[utwo]

Castle Eltz Germany

© J.Radigruber

#architecture #castle #germany #europe #knight #knighthood #historic #history #castle eltz #travel #traveling #discover #discovery

[sovietpostcards]

An amateur radio operator, student of the Moscow Aviation Institute, V. Popryanin at the radio receiver of his own design. Photo by Filimonov (Moscow, April 1951).

#radio #old tech #russia #soviet #ussr #vintage #history #1950s

[beggars-opera]

Museum pet peeve of the day: asking random trivia questions. Either on a tour on on social media. "Who knows what year was X built?" "What does this contraption do?"

It's fine if you're framing it as a "are you a fan of this thing, test your knowledge with a quiz" (one of my favorites did this today) but so often it's just following the letter of the "be interactive" law without following the spirit.

Either you know the answer, and feel superior, or you don't, and feel like an idiot because you think you should have known.

If you're going to actually engage with your audience, you need to give them the opportunity for actual feedback and discussion, dangit. Ask them their opinion about something. Ask them how they feel about a scenario. Ask them if they have any experiences that mirror what you're talking about. Ask them something that will encourage them to do something besides reciting some factoid they remember from elementary school.

#museums #education #history

[undr]

André Kertész. Paris, The Tree, 1963

#andré #andré kertesz #photography #black and white #vintage #street photography #art #history #black and white photography #vintage photography #paris #1960s

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

#archaeology #antiquity #history #ancient architecture #ancient temples

[memories-of-ancients]

Flintlock sporting gun from the armory of Tipu Sutlan, Kingdom of Mysore, India, dated 1793-1794

from Bonhams

#history #art #antiques #guns #firearms

[utwo]

Mustang WARBIRD

© Sidelight Photography

#aircraft #mustang #warbird #ww2 #ww2 history #ww2 aircraft #war #history #air force #usa #world war #world war 2

[tygerland]

Boris Mikhailov Untitled (Kharkiv, Ukraine 1998). Life-size photograph [236 × 126 cm / 93 × 50 in.] from the 2019 "Forbidden Image" exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine.

#photography #boris mikhailov #dark #city #kharkiv #ukraine #art history #politics #economics #life #humanity #hard times #art #1990s #surreal #history #people #urban #sociology #activism #📚