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Clippings found during my historical research. Showcasing the awesome primary material from around the web.

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Run by @joedragovich.bsky.social

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Portraits from Photoplay Magazine, Jan 1915.

This is a great source for actors of the period, and I suspect some in the #geneology community will love it as well.

archive.org/details/Phot...

UPenn also has a list of available issues.
onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/seria...

🗃️ 📷 #c20th
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Stop Smoking ad, 1929.

I suppose i shouldn't be surprised that there were people in the 20s looking to stop smoking, but I am.

This is in an old copy of Triple-X magazine, which is a pulp magazine that's far tamer than it sounds.

Internet Archive.

archive.org/details/trip...

#c20th 🗃️
October 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'm designing some new business cards for myself and I thought, instead of using some lame clip art, I would find something cool in an old newspaper.

Voila! A really cool typewriter illustration from 1911.

Is that a tiny pencil on the top?

#c20th 🗃️

www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...
October 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Chinese, Italian, Swedish, frog's legs and a "succulent roast duckling" for good measure. Here's a President's Day restaurant guide from 1941.

some cool stuff in here, particularly the international style places.

#c20th 🗃️ 🍜

www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...
October 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Baseball player "Germany" Schaefer using a handheld camera. 1911

I love this photo. The juxtaposition of the baseball player and this oversized camera is really cool and kinda funny to my modern eyes.

A smart phone has a 1 inch square camera...

🗃️ #c20th #baseball

LOC Flickr
flic.kr/p/4i78qX
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Soul Winning Revival Center"

I love the juxtaposition of mid century architecture and that very American expression of a religious revival.

1977, California

🗃️

LOC
flic.kr/p/2rvzfix
September 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Of course, Victorians were a very reserved people and never, ever even hinted about sex...

Well done to the #c19th ad man that made me do a double take 131 years later.

However I'm not sure chewing tobacco and kissing go together. yikes.

1894

LOC
www.loc.gov/resource/sn9...

#advertising

🗃️
September 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I've been diving into some #shortstories I've found in some #c19th newspapers.

This one, "Mr.Wilson" is a cool story that reads more modern than 1890.

And is a fun source that says $65 was 1,300 glasses of (presumably cheap) beer in 1890!

🗃️

www.loc.gov/resource/sn9...
September 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Because I've been thinking about soda for the last six months, here's a copy of the National Soda Fountain Guide from 1913.

Loads of adverts from the period and some good industry info!

I cant tell if Malo-Creme is good or a horror show.

#c20th 🗃️ 🍜

dn720700.ca.archive.org/0/items/nati...
August 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just a heads up to everyone that I'm going to go into low-power mode here until the summer.

I've got a lot of writing projects on the go, one of which I'm really excited about and will reveal more when/if it's a done deal.

I'm diving in, I'll be back in the summer!
February 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Abdul Hamid II Collection at the LOC is a really awesome and extensive collection of photos from the late #c19th Ottoman Empire.

Its a great, diverse visual resource for that period and is somehting you could get lost for hours in.

🗃️

www.loc.gov/collecti...
February 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Imperial Ironclad Frigates Hamidiye, Osmaniye and Aziziye seen during equipping

late #c19th

This is part of a much larger collection of photographs of the late Ottoman Empire. A really great visual resource for people studying that period.

LOC
lccn.loc.gov/2003674603
February 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Margate Pier, late #c19th

It's a cool shot. It's interesting how the pier branches out.

LOC
flic.kr/p/eLRKfM
February 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Map of Hawaii "Unsurveyed and very imperfectly known", late #c18th or #c19th

includes A detail of Honolulu, when it was quite small.

Its hi-res and worth a look!

LOC
www.loc.gov/resource...
February 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge, 1983

#c20th

LOC
flic.kr/p/2nvwypb
February 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Machine shop instruction, 1920s

I just think this photo is rad as hell, and will hopefully inspire some artist or #illustrator

I'm just worried about their ties!

#c20th 📸

LOC
flic.kr/p/zki7Pm
February 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pamphlet about the first passenger train in the US.

I love source from the past that look back even further! History about history!

#c19th 🗃️ 🚂

LOC
flic.kr/p/2qg8DSt
February 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Animal locomotion diagram, 1887

I've seen the one from the side before, but the one from the back is new to me.

#c19th 🗃️

LOC
flic.kr/p/mKY1rM
February 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Replastering an adobe house, NM, 1940.

I love this as a photo and a record of a domestic process. I guess this is still done if adobe buildings are still around.

#c20th

LOC
flic.kr/p/6pAPke
February 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A dog photo bombs a rather serious picture of strikers, Utica, NY 1910s

It looks like the dog is shaking water off it's body, and it's hard not to chuckle when you see this picture.

#c20th 🗃️

LOC
flic.kr/p/4i9nTv
February 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Panoramic view of crew of USS Mount Vernon, 1918.

I love the perspective the panorama creates on the ship.

📸 #c20th

LOC
flic.kr/p/5zEnxS
February 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Captured mine-laying German submarine, late 1910s

#milhist #c20th

LOC
flic.kr/p/wKAyZG
February 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Long exposure of a railroad departure yard at dusk, 1942

Looks almost like one of those light sculptures that were all the rage a few years ago!

#c20th 🗃️📸🚂 #railroads

LOC
flic.kr/p/4jyVAd
February 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Women inspecting aircraft wings, Douglas Aircraft factory, 1942.

These OWI pictures are very posed and not representative, but this one is great as a photo.

#c20th

LOC
flic.kr/p/4jCGcE
February 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Mother Goose Market, Kentucky, 1979

Very strong Fallout vibes here.

Love it when you build your brand into the actual building.

#c20th

LOC
flic.kr/p/29t9ci7
February 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM