#duke of new york

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Cootie Williams plays his trumpet in a crowded Harlem ballroom with Duke Ellington's band, ca. 1930.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/BuzzFeed News

[lets-get-ready-to-ramble]

I AM DISTRAUGHT

[toasttt11]

interrupted again

June 21, 2019

Sixteen year old Remington sat next to Luke in the corner of a restaurant in Vancouver.

It was pretty late at night and they have been out all day as today was the 2019 NHL Draft, and a lot of people all joined together at the restaurant to celebrate together.

Remington had felt he socialized more than enough for one day and sat with Luke as far as possible away from everyone.

The two best friends were laughing a lot watching their brothers and friends do karaoke.

Luke slid out of his seat going to the bathroom and leaving Remington alone, making Remington pull out his phone and start scrolling.

Remington felt a body flop down next to him in the booth and throw an arm over his shoulder, his body shuddered slighty at the touch and knew exactly who it was, Cole.

Remington has now known Cole for over two years and he would maybe consider Cole a friend now but Cole was always going to be his older brother’s best friend.

Remington knew he had a crush on Cole, Cole was the first guy he ever had a crush on but he knows it can never be anything more because of Trevor.

Anytime Cole and Remington are ever alone within in minutes Trevor has interrupted them, Remington knows Trevor doesn’t even realize what he is doing but it only reminds Remington why being with Cole can never happen.

With Cole getting drafted to Montreal and heading to Wisconsin for College, Remington hoped the distance would make him lose any feelings he has for Cole and finally get over him.

“Hey Remi!” Cole shouted beaming extremely wide, Remington could smell the alcohol coming off of Cole.

“Hello Cole.” Remington spoke back his shoulders tense with how close Cole is and how much he is touching him.

Cole reached up and started playing with Remington’s hair, “It’s so pretty.” Cole looked enthralled as he looked and played with Remington’s blonde hair.

“Thank you.” Remington stoically said trying not to lean into Cole’s touch knowing he is just drunk and Cole is a touchy drunk.

“You’re so pretty.” Cole softly spoke rubbing his fingers across Remington’s face and before he could even think about responding.

“Coley!” Trevor shouted looking just as drunk as Cole as he stumbled over to the pair, “Remi!” Trevor happily gasped as he saw his baby brother there and pulled him into a hug.

“Come Coley, Jacky has a new song for us to sing.” Trevor let go of his baby brother and wrapped an arm around his best friend instead.

Remington watched as Trevor dragged Cole away and realized Trevor had interrupted them again, it was just another reminder that Remington needed to get over Cole.

[for-valour]

Happy Lunar New Year of the Dragon! 恭喜發財!

Thought it would be a nice moment to share this lovely Hong Kong Ten Dollar stamp!

Two photos of King George VI by Bertram Park were considered for use on postage stamps. The first portrait was rejected by the Royal Mint, but accepted for those produced for the Commonwealth. The second portrait was accepted for UK circulation - and it tickles me how the King’s big ear was made smaller!

Which portrait would you have chosen? (I say, screw the photos, just give me Bertie😂)

[princess-of-the-glitter-realm]

The Irish Dukes, 1950s

members of the 'Irish Dukes', wearing jackets with the gang's name on the back, sit around a table smoking and playing cards, New York City, New York, circa 1955. The Irish Dukes, based around 139th Street and Willis Avenue in South Bronx, were a gang in the 1950s. (Photo by Graphic House/Archive Photos)

[mommahughes19-23]

I want to do either a pregnancy announcement (they've had the baby but its one of them posting all the pics from the pregnancy)or a boat day edit so leave some suggestions of players below :)

I was thinking one of the hughes bros or something idk

[coolthingsguyslike]

[yankstrash]

my au’s

au’s

angel!gf x dylan duke

adeline (addy) l/n

junior at university of michigan

dating dylan duke

met each other in class; they did group work together & dylan eventually asked her to tutor him because he was struggling & he knew how smart she was & also thought she was insanely beautiful & sweet

princess!gf x gabe perreault

amelia l/n

freshman at boston college 

dating gabe perreault

met each other at amelia’s job. she works at a cafe & gabe went in once to get a coffee & ever since then he wasn’t able to get the gorgeous barista out of his head. he starts showing up more & it does not go unnoticed by amelia. he asks her out a couple times, all of which end in rejection because “all jocks are the same”. until one day she needs a date to her sorority function so she asks gabe & ends up having an amazing time with him. he is now her permanent date function date & also her boyfriend 

rylie x will au 

rylie l/n 

freshman at boston college 

dating will smith 

met each other in class; will always had a little crush on her but rylie didn’t like him because of his “hockey image”. they got assigned to work together on a class project and she eventually fell for him 

lane hutson x cc perreault au 

cecelia (cc) perreault 

sophomore at boston university 

dating lane hutson 

met each other at world juniors. cc is the new athletic trainer for the bu hockey team after transferring from bc, and she and lane bumped into each other at worlds after the us won gold and lane had gotten into a scuffle (so she patched him up!). they reconnected once they got back to school and everything went from there 

[trexalicious]

“Harry is still under the impression that he has not done anything wrong by purging family secrets for paychecks. That delusion concerns everyone that used to be close to Harry.” Guest Speaker is on fire! In response to them being called Hazbeens, GS rants about 'Williambeen' being missing...🤪

[brooklynmuseum]

Raise your hand if you’ll never look at discarded tampon applicators the same way again. 🙋

In honor of the final week of DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash, we’re here to remind you on behalf of Duke Riley to help keep our waterways clean.

This exhibition is overflowing with Riley’s cleverness including: parodies of YouTube tutorials from an alter ego “Duke the Fisherman,” a fully functioning chandelier (or “Boozalier”) made from empty mini liquor bottles, display cases filled with contemporary interpretations of scrimshaw depicting international business executives that the artist identifies as responsible for the perpetuation of single-use plastics, and so much more.

🔗 https://bit.ly/DukeRileyBkM

See the exhibition while you can through July 16.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Duke Ellington at the piano with the Cotton Club orchestra, Harlem, 1931.

Photo: Amazon

[ethanedwardsbae17]

luke doesn’t look dead for once

[toasttt11]

interrupted

October 20, 2017

Remington and Luke were sitting in one of the hallway in the U.S.A. hockey arena waiting for their brothers to finish up practice.

Remington threw his head back cackling at Luke and Luke laughed just as hard his forehead smacking onto Remington’s shoulder.

“What are you two gremlins doing?” Trevor called out as walked out with Jack, Cole and Alex seeing Luke and Remington just absolutely cackling on the floor.

“Nothing.” Remington spluttered out once Luke and him calmed down.

Trevor walked over leaning down holding out a hand for his baby brother, Remington took his hand standing up and held out a hand for Luke, who took it standing up as well.

Trevor gasped realizing his brother hasn’t met Cole yet, Trevor threw an arm around his baby brothers should “Remi this is Coley. Coley this is my baby brother Remi.” Trevor proudly introduced his brother to Cole and ruffled Remington’s hair making Remington groan and try to fix it.

“Hi.” Remington greeted and looked over at Cole freezing as they met each other’s eyes.

Remington and Cole stared at each other for long enough to Luke to fake a cough and make them reluctantly look away.

“Hi.” Cole softly whispered back after he snapped out of his awe.

“Good now all my favorite people have met.” Trevor cheered happily squeezing his brother’s shoulder.

Trevor didn’t realize he interrupted the moment between Remington and Cole and it would not be the last time he did that.

[for-valour]

June 11th, 1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King George VI at St. James Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, New York.

Two of my favourite photos of Bertie - just LOOK at that shy, goofy grin in the first photo... and his perfect hair :')

During the British Royal visit to America in 1939, King George VI and President Roosevelt enjoyed each others' company as if they were old friends. After a long, late night of intense but diplomatic discussion, Roosevelt patted the King’s knee and said, “Young man, it’s time for you to go to bed.” George VI set off towards his bedroom, but before settling down to sleep, mentioned to the Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, how impressed he was with Roosevelt, who was "like a father," giving him “his most careful and wise advice.”

Credit: AP Photo/George R. Skadding

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Chart: Courtesy of The New York Times

Children from ultra-wealthy families are more than twice as likely to gain admission to Ivy League schools compared to others with comparable test scores, finds a widely shared new working paper from a group of Harvard economists who study inequality.

Why It Matters: Even as the U.S. Supreme Court just eliminated racial preference in college admissions, the data show another kind of bias — that is, toward the very wealthiest applicants (who are disproportionately white).

• "In effect, the study shows, these policies amounted to affirmative action for the children of the 1%, whose parents earn more than $611,000 a year," per the New York Times report on the paper.

Between The Lines: The schools examined — the eight Ivies plus Stanford, Duke, M.I.T. and the University of Chicago — graduate a disproportionate share of the country's business and political leaders.

• 12% of Fortune 500 CEOs went to an Ivy, as did a quarter of U.S. Senators and 13% of the top 0.1% of earners, notes the NYT.

[lonestarbattleship]

"U.S. and British Warships in Sagami Wan, Japan"

(Left to right) HMS DUKE OF YORK, USS IOWA (BB-61), a Fletcher class destroyer, USS SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-57), USS PASADENA (CL-65), USS MISSOURI (BB-63), HMS KING GEORGE V, USS SAN JUAN (CL-54), and two New Mexico class battleships.

Photographed sometime between August 27 and 29, 1945.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-K-6523