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#stucky #BuckyBarnes #SteveRogers

I’m happy to have played a small part in renaming DC’s Swann St after William Dorsey Swann, a former slave, arguably 1st drag queen, & early fighter for queer liberation. Check out new plaque @ Swann St & New Hampshire. Read Channing Joseph’s history of Swann: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

A shovel is a type of spoon for the ground

From America, Aug 1952: Tangy Vegetable Cooler with Horse-radish Snow Dressing ad from Birds Eye (+Chopped Spinach and French Style Green Beans) «Birds Eye Recipe takes the heat out of August Supper-Fixing»

From America, Aug 1942: The Talk of the Town; Woman of the Year; Penny Serenade, and Red Skelton Show ads «Harriet Hilliard Singing Star of RED SKELTON'S SHOW»

From America, Aug 1937: Noiseless Typewriter ad from Remington (+Free Booklet "20 Typewriting Short Cuts") «HE'S THE KIND OF HEADACHE THAT ASPIRIN WON'T HELP!»

This 1911 book shows that taking photos of cats and furnishing them with an amusing caption was a thing long before the internet... https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kittens-and-cats-a-first-reader-1911-cats-and-captions-before-the-internet-age #InternationalCatDay

Worn #onthisday in 1954 by Christine Jorgensen--a former American GI who, two years earlier, had become the first person to openly undergo sex reassignment surgery--at her hotel in London, where she was embarking on a variety-show tour to capitalize on her controversial fame. #OTD 📷 Getty Images

Three women workers shown installing the engines on the starboard wing of a Handley-Page Halifax bomber, October 1943. Ref 1998/83741, London Transport Museum.

The Amazing Spider-Man Freezicles (1974-1975): A Spiderman themed kit containing fruit juice concentrates and molds shaped like the upper body of characters from the comic book series, so that you could make freezer pops that looked like Spidey himself, as well as Hulk and Captain America

Pyramid of Capitalist System, issued by Nedeljkovich, Brashich, and Kuharich in 1911. Published by The International Pub. Co. , Cleveland OH.

this is so cute

From America, Aug 1943: Air Transport ad from Airlines of the United States (+Passenger Flights; Air Mail; and Air Express) «THIS, TOO, IS AIR POWER!»

Advert Lucky Dip: From America, Aug 1944: Ad for The Doctor Fights (more at @OldInPrintAds.bsky.social) «Thanks to PENICILLIN ... He Will Come Home!»

From America, Aug 1951: Train Travel ad from Pullman (+Air-conditioned Pullman room and Bed) «Go Pullman Anybody here you know?»

Advert Lucky Dip: From America, Aug 1948: Hunt's Tomato Sauce ad from Hunt Foods, Inc. (more at @OldInPrintAds.bsky.social) (+Hunt's Fruits; Hunt's Vegetables; and Stuffed Peppers) «Special Recipe for families who “don't like hash”»

for @pyrodragon.bsky.social 's amazing fic <33 archiveofourown.org/chapters/178... #stucky #stevebucky

The weather forecast today called for exactly five clouds. I thought that seemed weirdly specific but here they are! Postcard from my collection, mailed 1907.

From the current issue: “Agricultural Workers, Tenant Farmers, and the Midcentury U.S. Welfare State: A View from the Lower Mississippi Valley" by Samantha Iyer (@fordham.edu) doi.org/10.1093/past...

From America, #Christmas 1941: Clothing & Accessories from Lord & Taylor (+Luggage set; Peccary pigskin gloves; Argyles from England; Elastic argyle pattern suspenders; White shirt devoté; Handkerchiefs; and Black-tie shirt)

My favorite British Pathe video is this old clip of Milanese tailor D'Angelo, who came up with an innovative way to change notch lapels into peak lapels and patch pockets into jetted pockets. Totally absurd, of course, but charming nonetheless.

Mars’s hot minion is return’d again

French Night Life Stories 1933 Internet Archive

From America, Aug 1940: Blondie and Anne of Windy Poplars ads «Baby Dumpling says, "Mother calls this a Cinch ... but I call it SWELL!"»

Get SALK SHOTS Mademoiselle August 1958 Internet Archive

#SaveSpeech its been a week, and while we cannot let up pressure on making phone calls, we need to start applying pressure elsewhere now as well! PHASE 2: START MAILING PHYSICAL LETTERS imgur: imgur.com/a/3pVupWQ more comprehensive info can be found here: stop-paypros.neocities.org yellat.money

Oshawott using his shell as a pillow

From America, Sep 1937: Tomato Juice ad from Heinz «From a Cowboy's Beverage to a NATIONAL DRINK!»

Got mine, have you?

From America, 1940: Cameras and Film from AGFA (more at @OldInCatalogues.bsky.social) (+PD16 Readyset; PB20 Readyset; and Film)

Soras are quite shy and spend the majority of their time lurking in reed beds. But what happens when you are hunting amongst the reeds, catch a bug, and need to take it back to your chicks … across an open gap? YOU SPRINT FOR IT! Those feet were made for that! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

Really excited to share that I have an article about 1990s zine distribution & learning about zine distros through the catalogs they produced in the new issue of The Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America! You can check it out here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

"Plenty of good fish in the sea" Charles Dana Gibson 1900-1905

From America, Sep 1943: Shirts ad from Van Heusen (+Ties; Pajamas; Collars; and Sportswear) «IS YOUR SHIRT SAINT OR SINNER? Give your neck a break!»

From America, Aug 1943: Insulated Havoline Motor Oil ad from Texaco (+Gasoline and Dealer Services) «This is the "clock" to watch today!»

NBC armband worn #onthisday in 1936 by a journalist covering the Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where American athlete Jesse Owens had just won his first gold medal in the 100-meter dash, beating Swede Lennart Strandberg (L). America's oldest network began radio broadcasts in 1926. #OTD 📷 Getty Images

From America, 1930: and from John Wanamaker (more at @OldInCatalogues.bsky.social)

“Guarding the ball”. Postcard from my collection, 1905.

I also like Buck Mason's Saddle Cut (available in raw denim). If the prices above take you aback, check Gustin. Their newly introduced "vintage straight" — a roomier, more classic cut — comes in Cone Mills denim. Todd Shelton and Williamsburg Garment Company can also do custom

Whether raw or processed, jeans can be "good" depending on your taste. If you'd like to explore raw denim, check out stores such as Self Edge, 3sixteen, Standard & Strange, Blue in Green, Division Road, AB Fits, Blue Owl Workshop, Tellason, Rivet & Hide (UK), and Dutil (Canada).

Of course, when you get into the upper tiers of denim, there may be other details that separate a pair of jeans. Stevenson jeans feature leather backed buttons and handmade belt loops (pics 1 and 2). This is a step up from even designer jeans, such as Our Legacy in pics 3 and 4.

The other dimension has to do with finishing. When men bought jeans during the first half of the 20th century, they were typically buying raw denim, which is to say that the material was in its "natural state." It was not pre-washed or pre-faded — you put the fades in yourself.

From America, 1943: Home Decor, Bed & Bath and Accessories from Lewis & Conger (+Chaise Back Rest; Non-Bulge Scrapbooks; Lucite "Aura" for a Photo; See the World; Super Date Reminder; Beautiful as well as Sentimental; 33 At a Glance; Revolutionary Latex Pillow; Non-Slipping Prop-Pillo, and more)

From America, #Christmas 1942: Women's Clothing from Spiegel (+Button-front classic; Contrasting surplice dickey; Two-tone button-front classic; A fine touch of color contrast; Contrasting embroidery; This smart classic; Slip into this stylish looking classic, and more)

really appreciating the onion as physical media.

Ideas & Studies in Stencilling & Decorating A. Desaint 1927 Internet Archive