#mar. 15

[newyorkthegoldenage]

A demonstration on the roof of the Palace, 57th Street and 7th Avenue, of the new bullet-proof steel jacket, March 15, 1922. Leo Krause, the inventor, is wearing the jacket, which weighed 12 pounds. Krause was a salesman who traveled all over the world for 27 years, displaying the wonders of his patented vests.

Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[lysitheaioandeuropa]

[upsideofwriting]

True Form

It’s the sun in your eyes

It’s the wind in your ears

It’s the fire at your fingers

It’s the salt in your tears

It’s the lapse in your conscience

It’s the lies through your teeth

It’s the ache in your stomach

It’s the true form beneath