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lostsplendor:

Chinatown, Los Angeles: 1896-1924 (via Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

#this is a history tag #relevant because i have spent 57% of my time in los angeles in chinatown #q

2 months ago on 04 March 2013 via stannisbaratheon originally from lostsplendor

demons:

London in ruins, September 1940

#:( #london feelings #this is a history tag #q

2 months ago on 03 March 2013 via brilliantinemortality originally from demons

midnightatthemusain:

itallwentbarmy:

Who else wants a picture of Napoleon riding an escalator on their blog?

#Marius Pontmercy does

#unofficial napoleon blog #ruiner of lives #my friend and i once traced all of the world's problems to napoleon it made sense #i'll dig it up someday #this is a history tag

2 months ago on 03 March 2013 via vlajean originally from itallwentbarmy

lamamama:

“But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything.”

- Charles Darwin, in a letter dated October 1, 1861 [x]

#omfg #this is a history tag #q

2 months ago on 02 March 2013 via adrienbroodys originally from lamamama

from Horrible Histories: The Terrible Tudors by Terry Deary & Neil Tonge

#can barely begin to describe the extent to which this epitomizes my childhood #y e s #this is a history tag #q

2 months ago on 01 March 2013 via lordlykisses originally from lawrylewin

however:

“The real damage is done by those millions who want to ‘survive.’ The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves—or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It’s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.”

― Sophie Scholl was a German student and revolutionary, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. Sophie, her brother Hans and their friend Christoph Probst were executed on February 22, 1943: seventy years ago today.

#this is a history tag #sophie scholl #wow this makes me really upset #q

2 months ago on 25 February 2013 via albertnarracott originally from however

sovietcop:

the virgin queen / figures of myth / mix

#omg fab #music #this is a history tag #q

2 months ago on 22 February 2013 via renaissancemadonna originally from sovietcop

retrowunderland:

The fabulous fashion & style of the Harlem Renaissance, c.1920s-1930s

#this is a history tag #fab #q

2 months ago on 20 February 2013 via lady-stoneheart originally from retrowunderland

thisisnotjapan:

On February 19, 1942, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, enabling the forced relocation of all Japanese and Japanese-Americans from their homes and into internment camps across the country.

Photographs from Colorline’s 2012 article, What America Hasn’t Learned 70 Years After Japanese Internment

#japan #sad tag #this is a history tag

3 months ago on 19 February 2013 via vontrapps originally from thisisnotjapan

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Ranavalona III (1861-1917), last Queen of Madagascar (1883-1897)

#this is a history tag #queen blog #q

3 months ago on 17 February 2013 via lady-stoneheart originally from fuckyeahhistorycrushes

sovietcop:

divorced, beheaded, died,

divorced, beheaded, survived.

such is the fate of king henry’s wives

#fuck you henry viii #fave ladies #SURVIVED #this is a history tag #the tudors #q

3 months ago on 16 February 2013 via sovietcop originally from sovietcop

lostsplendor:

Onna-Bugeisha: Japan, 19th Century (via Imgur)

“An onna-bugeisha (女武芸者) was a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese upper class. Many wives, widows, daughters, and rebels answered the call of duty by engaging in battle, commonly alongside samurai men. They were members of the bushi(samurai) class in feudal Japan and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honor in times of war. They also represented a divergence from the traditional “housewife” role of the Japanese woman. They are sometimes mistakenly referred to as female samurai, although this is an oversimplification. Onna bugeisha were very important people in ancient Japan. Significant icons such as Empress Jingu, Tomoe Gozen, Nakano Takeko, and Hōjō Masako were all onna bugeisha who came to have a significant impact on Japan.” via Wikipedia

#this is a history tag #JAPAN #q

3 months ago on 14 February 2013 via lostsplendor originally from lostsplendor