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Hi! I'm Kaylee, and this is my history sideblog. (Follows are from @jameslcirk.) I'm mostly interested in the U.S. and Europe from the late 19th to early 20th century, medical history, and gems from old newspapers.

[historymood]

“Small boy fashions” featured in the Ogden standard-examiner, 1920.

[historymood]

From A dictionary of slang and colloquial English by John S. Farmer and W.E. Henley, published in 1905.

[historymood]

someone: ugh, history was boring

me: a guy named pussyfoot johnson led the anti-saloon league in the prohibition era like some kind of teetotalling batman

[back-then]

Class at Mrs Ramsay’s School, Wanganui, New Zealand 1919

Photo: Frank Denton

[historymood]

From A dictionary of slang and colloquial English by John S. Farmer and W.E. Henley, published in 1905.

[back-then]

High school girls learn the art of automobile mechanics. Left to right- Grace Hurd, Evelyn Harrison, and Corinna DiJiulian, with Grace Wagner (under car), at Central High, Washington DC. 1927

[historymood]

someone: what went wrong in russia?

late 1910s/early 1920s conservative american: 

[historymood]

drag for a historically accurate first name from each of these time periods

[onceuponatown]

Women’s Suffrage Postcards, Great Britain, 1906-1907.

We have a team of researchers on these to determine if they actually are supporting the Suffrage Movement or are mocking it. 

[historymood]

looking for history blogs

hi! i’m new to the history side of tumblr and looking for blogs to follow, especially ones that post about late 19th-early 20th century topics. if that describes you,  like or reblog this post and i’ll check out your blog

[historymood]

george newett: *accuses teddy roosevelt of drunkenness*

TR:

[historymood]

From A dictionary of slang and colloquial English by John S. Farmer and W.E. Henley, published in 1905.

Proof that people have been dramatic since at least 1905. Before “I’m dead shfdfjgf”, there was “carry me out and bury me decently.” 

[vintageeveryday]

Young woman photographing her daughter and dog, circa 1900.

[yesterdaysprint]

Pittsburgh Daily Post, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1920