The first napkins were made of soft dough.
It was dough then bread for the Greeks. Romans introduced cloth.
https://historyfacts.com/science-industry/fact/the-first-napkins-were-made-of-soft-dough/
history
The History Of New York’s Tenements, The City’s Run-Down Housing For Millions Of Impoverished Immigrants In The Early 20th Century
By Elisabeth Sherman
For decades, millions of people lived in New York City's tenements — which were notoriously cramped, dark, poorly maintained, and often became hotbeds of disease.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/new-york-tenements
Tenement in Brooklyn, NY, 1890
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If you haven´t read the book #OnTyranny by (ex-) Yale #History professor #TimothySnyder yet, now is certainly a good time.
"...when political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become even more important..."
Here is a new presentation of the 20 lessons, read by actor #JohnLithgow.
‘Nearly Erased From History’: This Famous Sculpture Of Cleopatra Disappeared For Over 100 Years. It Was Being Used As The Gravestone Of A Horse
By Braden Bjella
Edmonia Lewis' 1876 sculpture The Death of Cleopatra received critical acclaim, but the work of art — and the artist herself — were then forgotten for over a century.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/death-of-cleopatra-sculpture
More information about Edmonia Lewis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia_Lewis
A slight bend, a little turn, a passing under the arches with another one just beyond -- exploring an Italian hilltop town is confusingly delightful.
You won't get lost because you're on the top of a hill, and eventually you'll reach the edge, but that doesn't mean you don't FEEL lost.
Confusingly, delightfully so.
An Italian Street framed print -- https://fineartamerica.com/featured/an-italian-street-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #italy #italia #europe #travel #vacation #history #arch
1968. Charleston, South Carolina.
Fannie Lou Hamer, who Lyndon Baines Johnson allegedly called “that ignorant woman,” speaks:
“People is not just walking out like they used to do in the past—walking up and shooting a man down and getting maybe two or three hundred people carryin’ out and lynching you…”
“But it’s in a more settled way now.
They let you starve to death. Not give you jobs.”
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In 1775, hundreds of enslaved men in Virginia fled their plantations and joined the British in exchange for a single promise: freedom. They formed the Ethiopian Regiment—the first Black fighting force of the American Revolution. This is the story of how they marched under a banner that read Liberty to Slaves, and what became of them in a single, searing year.
Caption: Troiani, Don. Brave Men as Ever Fought. Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia.
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#histodons #history #education
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"There were no books on web design, no best practices."
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-innovative-designs-of-1995/
Amid anti-#DEI push, #NationalParkService rewrites history of #UndergroundRailroad
Since #Trump took office, the #ParkService -- an agency charged with preserving #AmericanHistory -- has changed how its website describes key moments from #slavery to #JimCrow
#whitewashing #WhiteSupremacy #History #racism #lies #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda #USpol
https://wapo.st/4jdXL8m
📚 Black AF History by: Michael Harriot
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of untold American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology im...
https://bookblabla.com/book/black-af-history
#books #reading #libraries #history #american #discriminationhistory #unitedstates
I send thanks to the buyer from Washington who purchased a canvas print of
This Was Our Shangri-La -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/this-was-our-shangri-la-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
May the artwork take you to a place of deep thought and contemplation.
#art #artwork #history #mountains #nature #oregon #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #decor #women #sale #artist #spring #humanity #freedom
#art #history: imagine being such a gifted author that one of your most radical & inventive novels was mainly a product of automatic writing? best known, perhaps, for providing the screenplay that would become alain resnais' 'hiroshima mon amour' - which is not a bad place to start if you've not yet become acquainted with marguerite duras (born #otd in 1914) - she largely escaped acclaim outside of france. this is regrettable. (threadish)
#margueriteDuras #literature #illustration #france
Emily Carr and Canadian Identity
At times at odds with her self and her role in society, Carr sought an identity in the landscapes and Indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest.
By: Emily Zarevich
Pan for a weight scale, bronze with silver inlays, Iraq, 12-13th century AD
Meet the Prime Ministers: 10 Men Who Served Queen Victoria
https://www.thecollector.com/prime-ministers-served-queen-victoria/
Books about Queen Victoria at PG
The 19th-century Gaelic poet & songwriter Màiri Nic a’ Phearsain (Mary MacPherson) – known as Màiri Mhòr nan Òran (Great Mary of the Songs) – was born #OTD, 10 March 1821. Much of her work was political & was especially focused on the struggle for land rights
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#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #19thcentury #Victorian #history #landrights
We currently offer over 28 vintage systems for free remote guest access featuring historic operating systems, programming languages and games. BOOTSTRAP members may request personal accounts on these machines. Thank you for supporting our efforts at https://icm.museum
#vintagecomputing #retrogaming #retrocomputing #history
Sending my thanks to my 1/2/2026 #FineArtAmerica client from Chesterfield, MI. for their purchase of a 16" x 24" wood print of "The Colonial Williamsburg Apothecary." I hope you enjoy it very much!
At my website: https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/the-colonial-williamsburg-apothecary-lois-bryan.html
And at Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-colonial-williamsburg-apothecary-lois-bryan.html
#Williamsburg #ColonialWilliamsburg #history #Virginia #digitallyhandpainted #NotAi #LoisBryan #CorelPainter
📜 The Wild Man of the Revolution, Samuel Adams.
I wrote an essay about Samuel Adams and why I think he was punk rock. I'm convinced he'd love the band Fugazi and that he'd sing their lyrics while tossing tea in Boston harbor.
In late 1800s, a quiet man with a camera wandered the windswept plains of southwestern #France. His name was Félix Arnaudin, and what he captured was a way of life already fading into memory.
Among his most haunting images were the #shepherds of the Landes, perched on towering wooden stilts known as échasses. Dressed in thick wool cloaks and wide-brimmed hats, these men weren’t performers or curiosities—they were survivors of the bog. #History
France and Mexico fought a war over pastries.
https://historyfacts.com/world-history/fact/pastry-war-france-and-mexico/
"19th-century Dutch letterpress print of various treats. The text at the top entices a peckish viewer: “Of many pastries and delicacies / This print is provided, whatever your choice. / So dear youth consider it always for your amusement, / And choose from it everything that is to your taste”." - from the Public Domain Image Archive
Rediscovered photograph sheds light on Jeanne Duval – Manet’s Lady with a Fan
by Maria C. Scott
Manet (as illustrator) at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6624
