G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 1225
November 14, 2012
Anna Mae Dickinson was eight when she lost her father and...
Anna Mae Dickinson was eight when she lost her father and narrowly escaped death herself on the Titanic. She was 11 when she lost her Aunt Olivia in the torpedoing of the Lusitania. She was 31 when she lost her first cousin Alfred in the Hindenburg explosion. She was 37 when she lost her nephew Thomas in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.And she was 97 when her tiny apartment was shaken and battered by the collapse of the twin towers on September 11, 2001.
historyofromanovs:
Crossover garments - Nicholas II of Russia...
Crossover garments - Nicholas II of Russia (right) is wearing German Army uniform while his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire wears a Russian Army tunic. Several years after this picture was taken, the two countries would go against each other. In 1914, Wilhelm II declared war on Russia and United Kingdom, leaving reluctant Nicholas no choice but to prepare Russia for battle.
This is an awesome picture, although the note at the end about the start of the First World War is misleading. In 1914 Germany declared war on Russia and France (not the UK) in response to Russian mobilization because it feared encirclement by the French and the Russians, who were allies. The purpose of declaring war was to knock France out quickly before Russia’s armies could be readied. Russian and German mobilization were both a response to the Austrian invasion of Serbia (Austria being Germany’s ally, Serbia being Russia’s). Finally, Britain declared war on Germany (not the other way round) when Germany invaded Belgium en route to France in an attempt to avoid France’s defenses along the German border.
Very happy to be a guest at this event.
The Steampunk Cruise is...
Very happy to be a guest at this event.
The Steampunk Cruise is March 16-23 2013.
Have you booked tickets yet?
steampunkcruise.com
oldbookillustrations:
1835 (Louis-Philippe) - Woman’s hunting...
1835 (Louis-Philippe) - Woman’s hunting and riding habit.
From La mode pendant quarante ans de 1830 à 1870 (Forty years of fashion: 1830-1870), by Louis Colas, Paris, 1900.
(Source: archive.org)
November 13, 2012
Edward, Prince of Wales and Henry, Duke of Gloucester at the...
Edward, Prince of Wales and Henry, Duke of Gloucester at the Epsom Races 1927.
