"Happy Are the People Whose Annals are Blank"

A social history blog, observing the rhythms of time passing, the smoothness of tools well worn to the grip, the shared knowledge when glances meet.

[balu8]

Michel Blanc-Dumont

[bebs-art-gallery]

Dog sculptures turned golden from tourists petting them throughout the years

[mioritic]

Young bride from Zakarpattia Oblast.

Fedir Vovk (Федір Вовк), Studies in Ukrainian Ethnography and Anthropology (Студії з української етнографії та антропології), 1927.

via ukrainian_garment

[lakewinnipeg]

ytp sentence

[uninterestingtimes]

Puritan Nomenclature https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/09/puritan-names-lists-of-bizarre-religious-nomenclature-used-by-puritans.html

[iradraws]

Adorned

[thoodleoo]

roman curse tablets for chariot races are so funny because they're basically all variations of "cosmo wanda i wish every horse and charioteer on the red team went to hell no matter what"

[thoodleoo]

yeah

[redlipstickresurrected]

Jane Crowther aka Bug Art (English, b. York, England) - Black Cat (Postcard PL-352501) Embossed with Gold Foil, 2002, Postcards

[prole-log]

[myfairynuffstuff]

Albert Kollmann (1878 - 1962) - Farming Village c.1920. Oil on canvas.

[publicdomainreview]

Japanese prints from 1873 depicting famous Western inventors and scholars in times of trouble. Pictured: Audubon (work eaten by mice), Carlyle (papers burnt), and Arkwright (spinning machine smashed by wife). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-prints-of-western-inventors-artists-and-scholars-1873

[ltwilliammowett]

Traverse Board, 18th -19th century

Simple traverse boards were used in northern Europe by the 16th century to keep a record of a ship’s movements. They were circular and had a series of holes along lines marking the 32 points of the compass. Pegs were attached to the board by string and placed in the correct hole for the course being steered, normally one hole for each half hour of the watch, as measured by a sand-glass.

At the end of each watch the records were written down, usually by the ship’s master, and the pegs pulled out ready for the next watch.

[oldschoolfrp]

Be right back, gonna write a set of naval combat rules with the most realistic course plotting mechanics ever seen. Just need to contract a woodshop for the boxed set components.

[speciesbarocus]

Pieter Pourbus - Members of the Fraternity of the Holy Blood (1556). Details.

[speciesbarocus]

Allegory of the Telephone and the Telegraph.

[uninterestingtimes]

Telegraph's arm should rotate to catch the message from Telephone.

[sioltach]

watching a video on brewing Mesopotamian beer and look at this orange man (his ass cannot guard the barley)

[a-world-sublime]

[merylsleep]

Tim Walker

[stepstepby-blog]

Three crows against a rising sun, Kubo Shunman, Japan, Edo period, Mid 1800’s

[aqua-regia009]

Cherub with gun on a pile of skulls. Love reflects on Death, XIX century. — Gustave Doré (1832-1883)