The brooch is opal and diamonds making up the petals and centers of flowers, a blue opal wide flower “basket” that looks like a vase, with a line of diamonds for the base of the vase.
Blue opal makes up the flower basket in this amazing 1920s brooch. The flowers are opals and diamonds. Such an incredible piece!
[Lang Antiques]
#jewelrysky #20thc #1920s
Honestly? You should see some of the shit I’m reading right now defending ‘Murica’s Century of Empire’ & screaming about ‘Kings!’
fucking dipshit hillbillies
No, #USians weren’t pure in the #20thC
CfP for #skystorians: "So Far Apart, So Close. #Italy, the #Mediterranean and #Africa from the #14thC to the #20thC"; Rome 19-21 Oct 2026.
#earlymodern & #modern history
Deadline: 15 June
tinyurl.com/5338f7zx
January’s full moon sets behind the towers of the Brandon Estate in South London.
January’s full moon sets behind the towers of the Brandon Estate in South London.
Moonset / sunrise behind the Brandon Estate in Southwark this morning.
#fullmoon #moonset #sunrise #modernism #20thC #architecture
#China #20thC #literature
Reminder: You'll find online this text I edited from my lecture notes (Chicago, Hong Kong, Lyon) on modern Chinese literature:
"The emergence of Chinese nation-state literature:
From the Late Qing to the People’s Republic of China – Pt I"
shs.hal.science/halshs-05225...
Photograph of the ‘Wings for Victory’ event on May 15th 1943. Two WW2 fighter planes and a number of soldiers lined up on parade in the Cross Hayes, Malmesbury. Photo: Charles Vernon.
Our latest temporary exhibition is now open, in the Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury, until March 2026.
- Malmesbury and World War Two -
the exhibition features the many aspects of the war which affected everyday life in wartime Malmesbury.
#History #Museumsky #WW2 #20thC #Wiltshire
Black and White image of a Nazi parade -- soldiers on foot, led by a man on horse -- through Feldkirch city streets in Vorarlberg, with blog post title: When the Gestapo Came for the Sisters
Today's blog post went in the history direction -- a brief overview of Nazi impact on Catholic Vorarlberg
silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#blog #History #20thC #Vorarlberg #Catholic #Bregenz #nuns #AmWriting
In historical global refugee studies, the voices of migrants and their agency have become of growing interest. As recent research shows, migration is a complex process that is not simply obstructed by states but rather negotiated between different actors. Within these processes, migrants play a vital and active role as so-called ‘agents of experience’. This article analyses how specific migration processes have been negotiated by exploring the agency of German-speaking refugees from the Holocaust in wartime Australia with a particular focus on the negotiation of citizenship legislation. Relying on social cognitive theory, it focuses on actions taken at an institutional level of refugee agency. This allows for the understanding of how refugees have organized themselves and reveals what they did at an institutional level to become a point of reference for the Australian government and to influence its decision to introduce the new legal term of ‘refugee alien’.
📘From our latest Special Issue
Philipp Strobl (@philippstrobl.bsky.social) (@univie.ac.at) on 'Collective Refugee Agency and the Negotiation of Migration Laws in Wartime Australia, 1939–1943'
#Refugee #German #Migrant #Wartime #20thc 🗃️
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#19thc or very early #20thc oil on board of a favourite #Victorian and (even more favourite) #Edwardian theme - #sunset over water.
Publishing today in Modern History ✨⬇️
FERTILE EXPECTATIONS - a #SSFH publication on involuntary childlessness in #20thc France
BRUTAL TREATMENTS - a @sshmedicine.bsky.social publication on medicine & colonial violence at the end of empire
@juliekalman.bsky.social
@frenchhistory.bsky.social
Black and White photo of Mary Davison and her husband Thomas before setting sail on the Titanic.
#OTD On this day 15th April 1912, the Titanic sank.
Malmesbury born Mrs Mary Elizabeth Davison escaped on one of the lifeboats and was rescued by the Carpathian. Her husband, Thomas Davison of Chippenham, was sadly lost.
#Titanic #20thC #History
Photograph of the Malmesbury War Memorial at the Triangle in Malmesbury. The war memorial is a cross surmounted on a square tapering plinth. The Celtic wheel cross is based on the cross of St Martin on the island of Iona. It has elaborate carved Celtic designs across the cross and shaft. The plinth has moulded relief panels inscribed on the N and S faces 1914 1919 TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. The E and W faces are inscribed with names of the fallen. The picture is taken from behind the memorial with view back up Abbey Row in the background.
On This Day, 20th March 1921, the Malmesbury War Memorial was unveiled and dedicated at the Triangle, Malmesbury, attended by Lt Col LE Morrice and the Revd Dr Forrest Browne.
#20thC #History
A scene from the Malmesbury Station 1930 model. Collett 0-4-2T on shunting duties.
The last Scene of the Day from the Malmesbury Station 1930 model. The display opens tomorrow at 10:00 in the Rausing Building in Malmesbury.
#railways #modelrailway #20thC #History
Collett 0-4-2T on shunting duties.
In which we also learn about the concept of "weaponized incompetence" & discover that George Test once described the act of doing satire as being "like trying to put a shadow in a sack..."
#Nightbitch #ComedyStudies #Modernism #Satire #20thC
A sepia-tinted vintage postcard showing a castle with trees and bushes around it. It has a caption saying 'Warwick castle from the Walls'
Postcard addressed to Miss N Hawkes, c/o Mrs Shreeve, Branstone Road, Burton-on-Trent. It reads: It reads: 'Dear N We have had grand weather all the time. Went round this place yesterday and then a dance in the county hall till 12 last night. We have got the author of the Arcadians with us & Blatchford & Grayson are coming today a grand meeting tonight in the biggest hall in town. Going to Stratford-on-Avon this afternoon with about 1500 more cyclist & motors & brakes etc yours V. W. R.
Among the postcards Vale Rawling's family have is one he sent his future wife April 17, 1911. See ALT tag for transcript. I assume the 'author of the Arcadians' was Alexander Mattock Thompson & 'Blatchford' was socialist writer Robert Blatchford #LabourHistory #Warwick #20thC #WestMidlands
A sepia-tinted photograph of a man in a shirt, tie and suit. He looks at the camera with a slight smile on his lips. A union button in in his lapel.
#OnThisDay Christmas Eve, 84 years ago, Vale Rawlings died. He was buried in Branston on December 28 - which would have been his 53rd birthday. It was 1940 and Vale, a CO in WW1, had lived to see his son and son-in-law face military tribunals for their own CO beliefs. #20thC #History
Observations from the US. Why am I signing when I pay. This is the 21st C. Feels very old fashioned to have to sign cheques. I haven't done this in 20 yrs in London.
Is this a tipping issue?
#20thC
Historical drag queens 🧵 (7/7)
All of these images, plus hundreds more, can be found in the Wellcome Collection as part of the The James Gardiner Collection. (Reference: 2008789i)
https://buff.ly/3BrgyN9
#LGBTQhistory #19thC #20thC #skystorians #drag 🗃️
Image of drag performer Terry Gardener, in a light dress with beaded bodice, and large crystal necklace. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2045326i
Image of drag performer Tommy Rose, wrapped in a transparent veil, wearing a black choker and flowers in his hair. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2045289i
Historical drag queens 🧵 (6/7)
By the 1940s and 1950s, drag performers were popular in military/POW camps, and even performed at the White House!
Left Image: Terry Gardener, 1946.
Right Image: Tommy Rose, 1948.
#LGBTQhistory #19thC #20thC #skystorians #drag 🗃️
Image of drag performer Cecil Beaton, in a large light colored hat, and dark, fitted, floral dress. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2045005i
Image of drag performer Ronnie Stewart, in a hat and ruffled, tartan dress. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2045292i
Historical drag queens 🧵 (5/7)
By the 1920s, the term "drag" was being actively used by the LGBTQ+ community and drag clubs were becoming popular.
Left Image: Cecil Beaton, c. 1925
Right Image: Ronnie Stewart, for "Soldiers in Skirts," 1947.
#LGBTQhistory #19thC #20thC #skystorians #drag 🗃️
Image of drag performer Bert Errol, seated, in a beaded, flapper-style dress, holding a feather fan. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2044928i
Image of drag performer Ernest Boulton, wearing a dark dress with white collar, and feathered hat. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2045370i
Historical drag queens 🧵 (4/7)
In the United States, the first drag “ball” was held at the Hamilton Lodge in Harlem, New York in 1867.
Left Image: Bert Errol, c. 1910-1919
Right Image: Ernest Boulton, 1871.
#LGBTQhistory #19thC #20thC #skystorians #drag 🗃️
Image of drag performer Max Jenss wearing a feathered hat in a corseted, beaded dress with very low neckline. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2044877i
Image of drag performer Clem Matthews wearing a dark flowing dress. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2064134i
Historical drag queens 🧵 (2/7)
While drag has been around for centuries, modern drag (as we know it) became increasingly popular in the late-1800s.
Left Image: Max Jennss, c. 1910-1919
Right Image: Clem Matthews, c. 1910
#LGBTQhistory #19thC #20thC #skystorians #drag 🗃️
Image of drag performer John Lindstrom (c. 1900) in a glorious beaded dress with feathered ruffle. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2064299i
Image of drag performer Julian Elting seated in a slim cut dress with a plunging neckline. Also wearing a feathered headband for extra drama. Image Attribution: Wellcome Collection Reference: 2060747i
How about some glorious historical drag queens to start your day?
A thread 🧵 (1/7)
Left image: John Lindstrom, c. 1890-1910
Right image: Julian Elting, c. 1916
#LGBTQhistory #queerhistory #pride #LGBTQ #19thC #20thC #skystorians #drag 🗃️
#CFP 'Oaths & Oath-taking in Historical Perspective: Britain, Ireland, and the British Empire, 1700-present'
7 March 2025 @ University of Northumbria.
Deadline for proposals 10 January 2025
Full details at the link below #skystorians #18thC #19thc #20thC 🗃️
henrymiller07.wixsite.com/oaths-and-oa...
CfP for an Authors' Workshop on " #African Voices in Global #IntellectualHistory"
Lake Constance, 23-25 June 2025
Deadline: 6 January 2025
(a reader of original documents by African intellectuals and personalities from the #18thC to the #20thC)
#skystorians 🗃️
www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
