The Historical Agent Carter

A resource focused on 20th century Britain and America in the context of the fictional life of Agent Peggy Carter. Submissions and asks are welcome.

[wehadfacesthen]

New York City, 1944

[cair--paravel]

Vintage compact and perfume atomizer vanity set.

[my-retro-vintage]

Winter in New York City,  by Art Whittaker   1947

[wehadfacesthen]

Manhattan snow storm, 1947, photo by Al Fenn for the New York Daily News

[1940to1949]

NYC 1946

[1940to1949]

Aline Johnson De Menocal taken in 1946 by Nina Leen.

[sktagg23]

Dr. Seuss was not even in the general area of fucking around.

[historicalagentcarter]

Learn more here.

[historicalagentcarter]

Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II

Given recent history, it's a story that deserves retelling.

[wehadfacesthen]

New York at Night (Automat), a 1940 photo by Andres Feininger

[laylainalaska]

SPOILERS AHOYYYY! 

Although I think – I hope – most people know by now that she dies in Civil War (of old age, not of anything plot-related), and that’s the only spoiler here.

I took screenshots of Peggy’s obit in tonight’s Agents of SHIELD episode. Unfortunately you can’t read the whole thing (the camera only panned across part of it), but here are the parts fic writers might be interested in:

She was born April 9, 1921 in Hampstead, and was 95 when she died, putting her canonical death approximately when the movie came out (2016)

Her parents’ names were Harrison and Amanda.

Peggy’s career began as an office worker under the British Royal Military; she moved on to be a code-breaker and work for British intelligence (as we know).

Even if her brother Michael turns out to be alive in canon, he is still thought by the general public to have died in WWII; the obit mentions his death in the war as Peggy’s inspiration for joining the SOE. The obit also says that Michael is her only sibling.

She married and had two children who are both still alive as of 2016 (cagily, the obit only says that she married, but doesn’t say who).

Much of Peggy’s life is still classified.

The obit also describes her childhood as “one of adventure that served as a precursor to her later life as a spy and feminist pioneer”. Given that she grew up in Hampstead (an affluent suburb of London), I have no idea what THAT is supposed to mean. The family traveled a lot? They were once kidnapped by pirates who inexplicably wandered through Hampstead? Have fun, writers. :D

[worldwar-two]

Two small girls waving their flags in the rubble of Battersea, snapped by an anonymous American photographer on VE Day May 8 1945. [x]

[worldwar-two]

Ground crew on a RAF Bomber Command station in Britain return the V-sign to a neighbouring searchlight crew, VE Day May 8 1945. [x]

[worldwar-two]

Prime Minister Winston Churchill at a BBC microphone about to broadcast to the nation on the afternoon of VE Day, 8 May 1945. [x]

[vintageeveryday]

“I’m in this war too!” – A collection of 48 popular U.S. Army women’s recruiting posters during World War II.

[historicalagentcarter]

Who do you want to see Peggy with? (Relationship wise)

In the context of this blog, I try to be as neutral as possible, but if anyone wants to yell about ships with me, I’ll be over here.

[historicalagentcarter]

what happened to simone segouin after the war ended

Simone Segouin, also known as Nicole Minet, was a French resistance fighter who served with the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans. After the war, she was awarded the Croix de Guerre. As far as I can tell, upon returning to civilian life, she became a nurse. Today she is in her 90s and living in France.

Here’s a 2015 Daily Mail article with a headline I’m too busy rolling my eyes at to copy/paste

Just days ago, Segouin was honored by the charity Soldiering On.

See previous posts about Segouin here and here.

[historicalagentcarter]

Do you have any good fanfiction recommendations about either take place pre-CATFA or during WWII?

In order to avoid (1) picking favorites and (2) doing the sleazy, embarrassing task of recommending my own stories, I’m throwing this out to you all. 

Reblog this post with links to your favorite historically-accurate(ish) fics featuring Peggy Carter before or during World War II, and help Anonymous out on this Saturday night.