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ODH funds projects on a range of topics, including early American history! Recent awards include a collaboration between UVA & @amphilsociety.bsky.social to create a federated database of pre-1850 weather records of the US. naclimatehistory.org

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"Hallowed grounds and museums about one of the bloodiest conflicts in United States history should have more space for the uncanny, for figures that make us uncomfortable."

The John Brown Wax Museum is closing. Find out why Allison Horrocks thought it was an uncanny and effective interpretive space. "It is probably only right that something feels wrong while walking through a wax museum about an invasion and execution." contingentmagazine.org/2020/03/24/w...

When John Brown’s Body Is Waxcontingentmagazine.org What better place to think about authenticity than a wax museum?

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1021 - Une Cancalaise (#IlleEtVilaine) Portrait en pied de trois - quart. 20e siècle, début Editeur : Waron A. (éditeur, Saint-Brieuc) Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/54455/1021-une-cancalaise

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Andernos-les-Bains - bords du Bassin 1 (#Gironde) Français : Andernos-les-Bains - bords du Bassin 1900-1905 Suite 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/28573/andernos-les-bains-bords-du-bassin-1

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Leopolis, Wisconsin Population: 117 Photos from Google Places API Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopolis,_Wisconsin

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Harrison, Arkansas Population: 14,097 Photos from Google Places API Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison,_Arkansas

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:dons librarian hat: Digital preservation is more expensive than preserving paper; it takes more staff, active attention, and consistent computing resources. Libraries have discussed “digital dark age” since the 1990s. Corp archives often 1st to go b/c suits haven’t figured out how to profit.

One of the interesting things about the Internet is that we’re actually living through a dark age. Future historians are unlikely to have records of this period. Paper and ink last. Digital storage, less so. variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Comedy Central’s Website Purges 25 Years of Video Clips and Other Contentvariety.com The vast repository of content on Comedy Central's website has been removed by Paramount Global, in a move to push fans to Paramount+.