NYC 1906
The first aerial photo of New York City, taken by photographer James A. Hart in 1906 from a hot air balloon
Vintage Crayloa
It's been some time since I was in the market for crayons but if Crayola reissued this packaging, I'd be all over them.
Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861. The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. The unfinished Capitol in the background.
Wotjek The Bear
During WWII the Polish army trained a bear to carry artillery shells. His name was Wotjek and he had a fantastic truck insignia.
Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen with his first wife Navarana Mequpaluk ca. 1912. Freuchen was once trapped in ice for 30 hours and escaped by making a chisel out of his own frozen feces.
Arctic
File this under: An Ingenuity I Never Hope To Conjur