stunned by the silence

a side blog mostly of war shows, films, and history.

[hoosierfied]

the pacific stills as wwii photos

[angelclark]

Historic Black and White Pictures Restored in Color

Women Delivering Ice, 1918

Times Square, 1947

Portrait Used to Design the Penny. President Lincoln Meets General McClellan – Antietam, Maryland ca September 1862

Marilyn Monroe, 1957

Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of Titanic’s sinking the night before. (April 16, 1912)

Easter Eggs for Hitler, c 1944-1945 

Sergeant George Camblair practicing with a gas mask in a smokescreen – Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1942

Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin in 1919

Painting WWII Propaganda Posters, Port Washington, New York – 8 July 1942

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge ca 1935

[foolishly-high]

This is awesome.

[prettiestcaptain]

Smokey and Gene switching what they call each other when Smokey gets hit

[kvetchlandia]

Uncredited Photographer     Jewish Partisans Near Pinsk, Belorussia, USSR     c.1944

[fictional-sailor-deactivated202]

The girl in the leopard print

[missaustralia]

That’s Faye Schulman! She’s known for her work photographing the Jewish resistance movement in eastern Europe - and, of course, her fabulous coat. As of July ‘17, she’s still alive! Check these out:

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Bloody iconic, mate.

[dunkirks]

Dunkirk animated movie posters

[madeline-kahn]

Hope is a weapon. Survival is victory.

Dunkirk (2017) dir. Christopher Nolan

[kinghardy]

D U N K I R K 

[ohsulu]

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall never surrender…

[rainbowtours-deactivated2020112]

“We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

Dunkirk (2017), dir. Christopher Nolan

[yesterdaysprint]

Boston Post, Massachusetts, February 13, 1904

[yesterdaysprint]

Boston Post, Massachusetts, February 13, 1904

[yesterdaysprint]

I guess these work a little better when you’re staring at them from further away..

Boston Post, Massachusetts, February 16, 1904

[yesterdaysprint]

Boston Post, Massachusetts, February 17, 1904

Boston Post, Massachusetts, February 19, 1904

Boston Post, Massachusetts, February 20, 1904 

[charlesoberonn]

Shitposting was a lucrative business back in the 1900s.

[astrologisms]

The Signs as Historical Women

Aries: Joan of Arc; rebellious and undaunted Taurus: Rosa Parks; defiant and rightfully stubborn Gemini: Sappho; poetically shed light on divergent sexualities Cancer: Frida Kahlo; artistic and expressive Leo: Queen Elizabeth; regal and independent Virgo: Marilyn Monroe; beautiful and inspiring Libra: Harriet Tubman; passionate for equality Scorpio: Mata Hari; pridefully owned her sexuality Sagittarius: Cleopatra; clever, ambitious, risk-taker Capricorn: Princess Diana; respectfully kind and charitable Aquarius: Amelia Earhart; fearless and adventurous Pisces: Malala Yousafzai; soft spoken, but has something important to say

[historicaltimes]

Two women conduct marksmanship training at Roosevelt High School, Los Angeles, Calif., circa August 1942.

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[thetrippytrip]

“hi mom, guess what!” at the first gay pride rally in philadelphia, in june of 1972.

[carolathhabsburg]

Sada Yacco as Ophelia. Japan, 1904

[teekarap]

[captainesc]

This is the one I’ve been waiting for.

[apriki]

happy Ides of March all y’all plebeians

REMIND ME TO REBLOG THIS EVERY MARCH 15TH UNTIL I DIE

[simply-laura-m]

IT’S THE IDES OF MARCH, Y’ALL

[yesterdaysprint]

The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, August 23, 1922