grammaticus:

Lesson of the day: never underestimate the importance of bacon.

lostsplendor:

Dresden Frauenkirche, 1880

historical-nonfiction:

The Ollantaytambo Terraces, built by the Incans in Peru.

burnedshoes:

© Obergefreiter J. Gaa, ca. 1941-42, German troops in Ukraine

From the book “Gebirgsjäger in Ukraine, 1941-42”.
Editors: Lieutenant Colonel H. Manz and Captain E. Starkl
Photographs and overall processing: Obgefr. J. Gaa

jarofmagic:

Victoria and Albert museum

burnedshoes:

© Raymond Depardon, 1962, Children playing “building the Wall”, West Berlin / Germany

“I remember an article, I can’t recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing.” (Claude Chabrol)

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lostsplendor:

“Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, England, United Kingdom, 1940” (via World War II Database)

lostsplendor:

Rubble Women, Post-War Germany (via Retronaut)

lostsplendor:

Post-War Berlin, Click for Source

minusmanhattan:

Election Night Crowd (Wellington, 1931) by William Hall Raine.

lostsplendor:

Back the Invasion, Manhattan c. 1944 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

lostsplendor:

Nautical Astronavigational Instrument, c. 1697 (via The State Hermitage Museum)

lostsplendor:

Old Berlin, 1919-1933  (viatulisandila)

lostsplendor:

Kristallnacht, Magdeburg, Germany c. 1938 (via World War II Database)