These Are Better Days

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South Brink, Wisbech, England, derelict stable (by buildings fan)

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Looking north on Columbus Drive, 1927, Chicago

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thecivilwarparlor:

Masterpieces of Medical Photography-Civil War Amputations

If the evidence of apparently amputated bone stumps and saws made of stone are anything to go by, amputations have been practiced since Neolithic times. It is during periods of war, however, that the greatest leaps in this surgical procedure have taken place – simply because of the sheer numbers of amputations required in wartime.
During the American Civil War (1861–1865) – a conflict in which over 70 percent of recorded wounds were to the extremities – an astonishing 50,000 amputations were performed. It was largely down to the use of a new bullet called the Minié ball – a slug which tore through tissue like no equivalent ammunition seen before – that three quarters of all surgeries carried out on the Civil War battlefield were amputations.
Read more at http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-amputees-american-civil-war-or-history-amputations-american-civil-war?image=2#45OBprmjKw9l7wss.99 Source: http://www.vincentborrelli.com/cgi-bin/vbb/100911 Source: http://www.amazon.com/Masterpieces-Medical-Photography-Selections-Archive/dp/094264221X/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

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Goce Trajkovski

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oh god just kill me

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May 17, 1954: The Supreme Court Rules on Brown v. Board of Education
On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which says that no state may deny equal protection of the laws to any person within its jurisdiction.
Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and galvanized the nascent civil rights movement into a full revolution.Can you name all the key players behind Brown v. Board of Education? Revisit the landmark case with PBS’ The Supreme Court site.
You can also learn more about Brown v. Board of Education with “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow” and explore more events of the Civil Rights Movement with PBS Black Culture Connection.
School integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C., 1955 (Library of Congress).

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dont-britta-this:

F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald

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noseasboba:

I never get tired of this photo.
Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race. Then, one of Ella’s biggest fans made a telephone call that quite possibly changed the path of her career for good. Here, Ella tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe changed her life:
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”

jesus christ this is so much better than all of the “you don’t have to be size zero!!!!!” and “i don’t mind living in a man’s world if i can be a woman!!!!!!!” bullshit related to marilyn monroe i see.

sisterhood yo….