WWI PATCH

A few tank corps. 78th Division 6th Division 3rd Division 6th MG Battalion, USMC, 2nd Division  42nd Division 29th Division 7th, 13, 11th and 10th Divisions. 18th Division 39th Division – Graphic dynamite! Triangles, black cats, crescent moons, Native American profiles–World War I patches from various US division and battalions. via US Militaria images via TrenchBuff

NO VOTES

Pretty design for an ugly message. These stamps represent anti-suffrage for women sentiment. The stamps were produced by the Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage for Women, circe 1918. Not cool Maine! via Maine Memory  

BLAU DINGE

Big time find by LY yesterday during work hours - Museum der Dinge (Museum of Things) in Berlin, also on the net. Scroll through a giant grid of things! Anything—from Leaning Tower of Pisa to a hand made walkie talkie (not pictured here). Taking note for my next trip to Berlin…  1. Fernsehgerat ‘FS 60′, 1964 2. Puck, [...]

OOOOO

Necklaces of Ainu, Ojibwa and Unidentified Cultures. via Beloit 1. Woman’s tamasay or necklace made of glass beads and red cotton tape. Ainu ethnographic material purchased by Dr. Frederick Starr in 1912 from Oyabe Jenichiro, most probably from the Volcano Bay area. Japan 2. Red and white bead necklace with two elk teeth pendants and [...]

4TH of JULY

Happy Independence Day! I hope you’re wearing your best Lady Liberty gown. Fourth of July, 1918. Tableau on Ellipse: Liberty, Columbia and Dancers via Library of Congress

RAINBOW DIVISION

Rainbows in the military—The ‘Rainbow Division’ was the nickname given to the U.S. 42nd Division. It comprised units from 26 states across the country. Colonel Douglas MacArthur remarked that “the 42nd Division stretches like a Rainbow from one end of America to the other”. 1. Rainbow Division officers from WW1 2. Michigan 42nd Rainbow Division [...]

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