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Checking the length of a woman’s bathing suit on a beach in Chicago in 1921
A policewoman checks a girl's bathing dress against the regulation length for bathing costumes. Chicago, 1921
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NB! · Geography · Maps · Observations · Humour
If This Map Is to Be Believed, I Am Booked for Nebraska
London · Monarchies · Observations · Society
Elizabeth II to miss Trooping the Colour in London on 2 June for the first time in 70 years
Buckingham Palace has announced that Elizabeth II will not attend Trooping the Colour on 2 June. For the first time in 70 years, the Queen will not take the salute from the colour-bearers on this day. God grant her health; let us hope that, instead of working, she will
Books · Society
Klaus Mann foresaw catastrophe in Germany in “Mephisto”, published in 1936
The horror awaiting Germany was foretold by Klaus Mann as early as 1936, in "Mephisto". He puts the following warning into the mouth of one of the principal characters, the strange writer Theophil Marder: "The worst will come to pass. Remember me, children, when that day arrives.
NB! · Art · Observations · Humour
Scottish figure of a lion made entirely of shells, early 18th century
A lion made of mollusc shells, the work of Scottish craftsmen of the early eighteenth century. Quite possibly the only form in which seashells deserve to be brought home from a seaside holiday
Society · Humour
Polling station on Bondi Beach in Sydney during Australia's parliamentary elections
Want to know what is going on in the photo? This is how the Parliamentary elections were held in Australia, at least at the polling station on one of the country's most popular beaches, Bondi Beach in Sydney. True, the outer clothing of some of the visitors gives
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Monument to a Dementor in Vezio, Italy, on the shore of Lake Como
NB! · Monarchies · Mores · People
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, aged 82, celebrated fifty years on the throne by riding the roller coaster at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens
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Balenciaga, as ever, at the top of its form
Art · Madrid · Museums · Paris
Leonardo's Mona Lisa in the Louvre and a pupil's version in the Prado
Leonardo's Mona Lisa and the Mona Lisa of one of his pupils, probably Francesco Melzi (1493-1573) or Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, known by the nickname Salaì (1480-1524). Both paintings were executed at roughly the same time. The first, by da Vinci, hangs in the Louvre.
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
Syromyatniki overpass promised to be preserved, in photos from the Archnadzor group
Remember the flyover at Syromyatniki? Try to find, in the second photograph, the architectural structure from the first, the one that was solemnly promised to be preserved. Photo source: Arkhnadzor group
NB! · Archaeology · Architecture · Mores