My Time Machine

A blog about history

[historicaltimes]

A  figure watches over dead German soldiers in Berlin, March 1945

[retronewyork]

NYU Students in Washington Square Park 1970

[ausonia]

14th Century Shoe

[life-reruns]

One of the most feared of all London's street gangs in the late 1880's was a group of female toughs known as the Clockwork Oranges. They would later inspire Anthony Burgess' most notorious novel.

Found on chloeandolivia.wordpress.com

[ancientfaces]

British Expeditionary Force

Proud young adult John Charles Harvey, a soldier of the 1939/1940 British Expeditionary Force who lost his life soon after this photo was taken.  [ More about John & the British Expeditionary Force ]

[margaretroses]

The Real King’s Speech

King George VI opens The Empire Exhibition in Glasgow, Scotland, 1938.

Despite visibly struggling, taking several pauses throughout the speech, the King bravely powered through until the end.

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[kennedy-gifs]

After President Kennedy’s passing.

[mydaguerreotypeboyfriend]

Situwuka and Katkwachsnea, Native American couple, 1912

Submitted by degbnth

[guvna]

These are “Ghosts of History” images where part of a vintage photo is merged with a recent photo of the same spot.  Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse started the Ghosts of History series, but now there are others making the images as well.  See more here and you can purchase images here.

[villorceau-blog]

Perhaps the most important book ever written

[kitten-vintage]

At the front, WWI

[medievalpoc]

Lucy MacKeith has started a research project tracing Black History in Devon, England. The map is explored in this document, which offers a brief exploration of primary documents, artworks, and records. It is downloadable and translates well into an educational handout.

Further exploration and thematic writing is available here on the following topics:

Foreword by Sam Walker, Director, AMBH

Why black history in Devon?

Black Romans in Devon?

Saint Maurice

Devon’s connection with the slave trade and slavery

Gravestones illustrating the links between Devon and black history

Black people and the sea; The London

The Swete Family in Modbury 

Joe Green

Devon and the abolition of the slave trade

Compensation for slavery?

How to remember slavery and the slave trade?

Who is this man?

Olaudah Equiano Moretonhampstead

Black soldiers and Devon

My Father, by Zena Burland

Jane, a black Devonian

How to take the study of black history forward

Conclusion   -  writing black history of the past and today

Resources for learning

Notes for educators in schools, museums and libraries

Notes on the text

Picture sources and acknowledgements

Photo credits

Mapping the black presence in Devon

[historicaltimes]

During the Apollo 16 mission, Charles Duke left a family photo on the moon that was enclosed in a plastic bag. April 16, 1972

[coldwarhistory]

The Mercury “Friendship-7″ capsule, manned by US astronaut John Glenn, before and during takeoff for the first US orbital flight, February 20, 1962. 

[maninthebottle]

The Statue of Liberty being built in Paris before it was dedicated to America.

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Market Street, San Francisco after the earthquake, 1906. [803×1222]