#1940

Société Jersiaise Archaeology

sjarchaeology

This #nurse’s badge was found by metal detectorist Ken Rive in a field in St. Brelade. On the back of the badge, the name “S.L. Blampied” was inscribed, along with

The Contemporary China Centre Blog

CCCblogUoW

Chinese propaganda posters as disinfectants: a thread Revolutionary proletarian right to rebel troops unite! (1967)https://westminster-atom.arkivum.net/index.php/cpc-1-e-37 The red sun lit up the Kunming Institute of Engineering (nd [1940-1990])https

💚Valeria Edelsztein💚

ValeArvejita

Les voy a contar una historia.¿Por qué? Porque es lunes. #ContemosHistorias Es 1940 y los nazis han invadido Copenhague. El físico Niels Bohr se pasea nervioso por su laboratorio del

Hana

hanaseverina

a thread of my fave iconic movie trios: (for absolutely no reason at all other than im bored) beautiful people in a picturesque italian seaside town (but things aren’t as

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

Trump did this because he knew you'd get all outraged AND REPORT IT IN DETAIL.He did it because he knew YOU'D MAKE PEOPLE WHO MISSED IT WANT TO WATCH IT

facts&effects

EffectsFacts

(1/19) #covid19 Sweden. Respiratory illness IFR varies greatly with age. This season the demography-adjusted all cause mortality has been historically low in all available age brackets. A reminder that demography

Elaine Treharne

ETreharne

At #StanfordTextTechnologies, where various projects investigate the long history of text & especially the materiality of textual objects, we've just launched 'Recollections', which brings personal archives to life. This has

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

The Ballykinlar Raid: 10 February 1940A ridiculous, if mostly overlooked scandal full of incompetence, balls, guns, the IRA.This is an absolute doozy. Grab a cuppa. /1#WW2 #SWW #History Back in

Gina Miller

thatginamiller

The letter yesterday to MPs from the Speaker @LindsayHoyle_MP which means only 50 MPs will be in the Commons Chamber from next Tuesday & the hybrid online system ended is

David Burge

iowahawkblog

Special Memorial Day #DavesCarIDService today to honor those who sacrificed all for our country, and others who served. First up: my great uncle Frank Stebner with his brother Bill on

Tesla

Bill_inTexasLA

I think if we look into the past of blood research we will better understand what is happening today. The Rh factor was discovered in 1940 with the help of

Forever Louise Brooks

ForeverLouiseB1

Random Non-Louise Photo: Martha Vickers publicity portrait by Bert Six for Warner Brothers’ “The Big Sleep,” 1946. (Thread) Detail. After modeling and couple false starts in films, Martha made her

Deny Fear

dean_frey

I've always loved the set photographs from Preston Sturges's films, so here's a threadTalmadge Morrison (1892-1974) took photos for Christmas in July, 1940, & Sullivan's Travels, 1941He benefits from John

winter soldiers gf

romanovaswinter

buckynat headcanons ; a heartwarming thread

Victoria Taylor ✈💙

SpitfireFilly

Here's a moving story from that fateful raid. A construction manager at the Aalborg airfield, Karl Bruns, wrote about their first contact with the British POWs after their Bf 109s

Alina Nowobilska🇵🇱

WW2girl1944

#OTD the Germans entered the Warsaw District of Wola and began systematically murdering unarmed innocent civilians, men, women and children. Age did not matter neither did sex. Everyone was to