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Curtis NC-4 flying boat. Late 1910s That thing is huge, and doubly impressive considering that this was less than 20 years after the first powered flight... #c20th LOC flickr.com/photos/libra...

Forgot to post today. So here's a baseball player playing a piano outdoors... #c20th LOC flickr.com/photos/libra...

I'd like to say this store in Waco, TX looks kinda creepy, but it really is my kind of store. I'll bet it had some cool stuff. 1982 #c20th 🗃️ LOC www.flickr.com/photo...#c20th 🗃️ LOC www.flickr.com/photo...

Happy 4th of July! I'll be making chili dogs to celebrate, but I will *not* be using this recipe from 1960 that calls for evaporated milk in the chili. But part of me wants to try it... #c20th 🗃️ 🍜 LOC chroniclingamerica.l...#c20th 🗃️ 🍜 LOC chroniclingamerica.l...

Victrola ad, 1916. $15 - $400 ? What's the difference in what those two prices get you? #c20th LOC chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058...

When you eat at the Hotel Bellclaire, they'll make sure to pluck your chicken before you eat it... I love these little details that tell you something surprising about the past. 1916 #c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...#c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...

The London Picture Archive contains loads of #c19th pictures of London. Great for historians, and fiction writers looking to inspire a mood! www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/gallery?i=32...

"Keep your kids safe by buying them gum instead of fireworks" is a pretty insane advertising slogan, but I can't argue with the logic behind it. #c20th 1911 LOC chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045...

I've been researching a lot of really silly details about the 1910s lately and came across the cigarette ad from 1913. My first reaction was "that's a dumb promotion" and my second was "I want a tiny rug" Well played #c20th tobacco man... 🗃️ 🚬 LOC chroniclingamerica.l...#c20th tobacco man... 🗃️ 🚬 LOC chroniclingamerica.l...

Deli ad 1901. There's some really familiar (and tasty looking) stuff on there and some stuff I don't really recognize. Nut and pineapple cheese? is that cheese with that stuff in it? #c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...#c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...

I know this is a pharmacy, but i couldn't help but giggle at this 19016 ad. #c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...#c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...

Corset ad, 1906. I'll leave it up to experts. All these look pretty much the same to me. 🗃️ 👗 LOC chroniclingamerica.l...

San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, November 19, 1906, Image 7chroniclingamerica.loc.gov San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, November 19, 1906, Image 7, brought to you by University of North Texas; Denton, TX, and the National Digital Newspaper Program.

Had my head in Vaudeville again and I thought this was cool: the Japanese sumo champion doing demonstration matches at one of the big vaudeville theatres in New York. 1908 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030...

I cant talk in terms of typos, but this is a really strange ad from 1903. The numerous typos are really weird, and it seems to be openly advertising photo services for pornographers? Not sure what to make of it. #c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...#c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...

TuckDB is a huge collection of over 100k #c19th and #c20th postcards published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Lots of very interesting depictions of life in that period. And there's related collections of ephemera and catalogues! 🗃️ www.tuckdbpostcards....#c19th and #c20th postcards published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Lots of very interesting depictions of life in that period. And there's related collections of ephemera and catalogues! 🗃️ www.tuckdbpostcards....

The American Vaudeville Museum Archive has thousands of pictures of Vaudeville performers from the decades of the artform's heyday. vaudeville.library.a... #c19th #c20th 🗃️

Giant chicken, with hat. Tennessee, 1984 It is apparently for a place called Shirt World. I'm not sure I see the connection. #c20th 🗃️ LOC http://flickr.com/ph...#c20th 🗃️ LOC http://flickr.com/ph...

You know what, I just came across this ad and I don't have a whole lot to say, other than I feel like there's a lot to unpack here. You'd think by 1918 there wouldn't be such heroic depictions of war in adverts... #c20th 🗃️ 🚬 LOC chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030...

The Bennet Sisters, vaudeville act that included boxing and wrestling. I can't find much else about them... #c20th 🗃️ LOC flickr.com/photos/libra...

Food rioters, late 1910s, New York. I've got to do more reading on this. My interest is piqued! #c20th 🗃️ LOC http://flickr.com/ph...#c20th 🗃️ LOC http://flickr.com/ph...

Canned food, 1940s I grew up in Central Pennsylvania and this display reminds me of the PA Dutch stores back home, as well as my parents canning stuff from the garden. And it's right before dinner. This is me posting while hungry. #c20th 🗃️ 🍜 LOC http://flickr.com/ph...#c20th 🗃️ 🍜 LOC http://flickr.com/ph...

Laddie Boy, Warren G Harding's dog, gets a birthday cake. 1922 🗃️ #c20th 🐶 #dogs LOC flickr.com/photos/libra...

This terrifying bread man and miniature general want you to eat more bread... I'm not sure i want to argue with them. #c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...#c20th 🗃️ LOC chroniclingamerica.l...

"Chinatown" Colonia Dublan, Mexico Around 1915. This feels like the punitive expedition, but I'd love to dig into this town a bit more. #c20th 🗃️ LOC http://flickr.com/ph...#c20th 🗃️ LOC http://flickr.com/ph...

I never appreciated fruit cake until I moved to the UK. It had pretty much died out in the US by the time I was growing up. Here's a baker taking fruit cakes out of their tins in Texas, 1939 🍰🗃️ #c20th LOC http://flickr.com/ph...#c20th LOC http://flickr.com/ph...

Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.

Latest items opened up by Google Books after I've appealed their copyright status: 1818 report into London prisons: books.google.co.uk/books?id=lxU... Parliamentary Papers 1812-13 vol 5, inc. reports into Lancaster & Lincoln prisons: books.google.co.uk/books?id=eAY... #History #PublicDomain 🗃️

Report from the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the State, Conduct, and Management of the Prison and Gaol of the Fleetbooks.google.co.uk

I've been doing a lot of Vaudeville research lately, so here's a picture of a theatre from 1910. #c20th 🗃️🎥 LOC http://flickr.com/ph...#c20th 🗃️🎥 LOC http://flickr.com/ph...

The Media History Digital Library is a great collection of ephemera and books from the media industry in the #c20th I've found it really useful! 🎥 🗃️ mediahistoryproject....#c20th I've found it really useful! 🎥 🗃️ mediahistoryproject....

If you're a theatre usher and you're going to piss in the aisle, make sure you don't do it during the quiet acts! From a 1918 guide to running a Vaudeville theatre. #c20th 🗃️ #theatre Media History Digital Library mediahistoryproject....#c20th 🗃️ #theatre Media History Digital Library mediahistoryproject....

I didn't realize that cigarette smoking was as new as the early 20th century. Here's a newspaper quote talking about how bad it is. Feels pretty prescient... 🚬 🗃️ #c20th LOC chroniclingamerica.l...#c20th LOC chroniclingamerica.l...