Through the Looking Glass, c 1910 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

Theda Bara (via la Rocaille)

“New York circa 1904. “Gen. Sherman statue at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. Hotels Netherland, Savoy and St. Regis”. (via Keep Off the Grass | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

My class on the Russian Empire is resulting in some interesting and unfortunate doodles.

Catherine the Great got sass.

(Source: m-o-r-t-e-l-l-e, via a-tychiphobia)

nachtmahr:

A member of the Hitlerjugend being taught how to use a Panzerfaust.

strawberryorange:

medacris:

fistingpigs:

WHEN YOU’RE DAVID BOWIE DRESSED AS NIKOLA TESLA.

After seeing David Bowie as Nikola Tesla in The Prestige, I can’t unthink him yelling “I AM INVENTING ELECTRICITY, AND YOU LOOK LIKE AN ASSHOLE”. Or doing a guitar solo on a lightning bolt. Or being the original BLU Engineer.

…Nikola Tesla was cool, you guys.

(I was also surprised that even people who had seen this movie or at least were aware of how it ended were shocked at the twist ending to Inception. That’s just what Christopher Nolan does.)

why didn’t I know this was David Bowie.

“This is my mother’s cousin, posing with a 1947 Ford that belonged to one of my relatives back in Nebraska, where the picture was taken around 1952.” (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

Hunting Sword with Scabbard by Joseph Deutschmann, crafted in Germany c. 1740 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Atlantic City, NJ c. 1905 (via The Boardwalk | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

Desiderius Helmschmid, Helmet of Emperor Charles V, c.1540

(Source: meadowtea, via gingertreeshark)

The Queen’s Messenger leaving Buckingham Palace with dispatches for the Foreign Office, Carl Mydans, 1954

(Source: terrible-reflection, via iago-rotten)

Washington D.C, c. 1921 (via Grand Palace| Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)