G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 1127
April 4, 2013
Horrible Histories WW2 Fighter Pilots
Horrible Histories WW2 Fighter Pilots
Published on April 04, 2013 09:40
Wonderful Tea Pot
Published on April 04, 2013 09:20
oldbookillustrations:
Assyrian cultural artifacts.
From Spamers...

Assyrian cultural artifacts.
From Spamers illustrierte Weltgeschichte (Spamer’s illustrated history of the world) vol. 1, by O. Kaemmel and R. Sturmhoefel, Leipzig, 1893.
(Source: archive.org)
Published on April 04, 2013 07:00
April 3, 2013
Dolly Shephard, Edwardian parachutist + aerial performer, in her...

Dolly Shephard, Edwardian parachutist + aerial performer, in her parachuting costume c.1910. “Despite a number of close calls, she not only survived an eight year career as Britain’s “Queen of the Air”, but a few years before her death in 1983, (at age 96), she flew with the Red Devils, whose modern parachuting techniques she greatly admired
Published on April 03, 2013 14:06
















