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Christmas Dinner 1916 At the Front, Canadian Expeditionary Force From the collection of William McLellan
#CEF#ww1#history#world war one#the first world war#historical photos#wwi#1917#canadian history#world war 1#the great war#christmas#christmas eve
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Fun Catholic Lord of the Rings trivia for you:
Tolkien had a devotion to St. John the Evangelist (which should not have been surprising, given his name).
Traditionally, the symbol of St. John the Evangelist is an eagle.
There's no indication it's intentional allegory, but it does add a very cool layer to those scenes.
#tolkien#catholic things#lord of the rings#i felt like i bent my 'only religious podcasts during lent' rule a bit#by listening to bishop robert barron's podcast interview holly ordway about tolkien's faith#but there was a lot of religious content so i think it counted at least as much as religion as it did literature#it did its job of *really* making me want to read dr. ordway's book#the library that i was driving to at the time *said* that book was on its shelf#but there is no sign of it#which is intensely frustrating#i'm not sure i want to approach the librarian to ask about it#because it outs me as two different types of very specific nerd#and i prefer to remain unnoticed as much as possible#the other cool trivia fact is that tolkien is kind of a spiritual grandson of st. john henry newman#newman founded the catholic oratory in birmingham#and the priest who raised tolkien after his mother's death was a student of his#and supposedly that oratory really shaped tolkien's faith#and it must have been pretty strong faith because he's one of the rare people who came through wwi with his faith intact#i could have made a separate post about that but i can't remember specific names and i don't feel like googling#so you get vague mentions in the tags instead
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Sheet music for "Don't Forget the Salvation Army (My Doughnut Girl)" (1919)
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And a performance of the song by Arthur Fields.
"Don't forget the Salvation Army, And remember my doughnut girl. She brought them doughnuts and coffee. Just like an angel, she was their best pal. As brave as a lion, but meek as a lamb, She carried on beside the sons of Uncle Sam. So don't forget the Salvation Army, Remember my doughnut girl."
#sheet music#the salvation army#arthur fields#wwi#doughnuts in wartime#doughnuts#do-nuts#my doughnut girl
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From official_babelcolour on Threads!
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N. Y. Borisov – The Russian Cavalry Charging the German Artillery in 1915

#history#military art#military#cavalry#soldier#the great war#world war 1#WW1#WWI#imperial russia#russian army#russian empire#german empire#imperial germany#1900s
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A selection of emojis from a love letter written in 1916.
The final one appears to have been the author's favorite as he wrote: "I'm particularly proud of this one - It looks so natural. Bless its 'ittle 'eart-"
#history#1910s#wwi#emojis#people have always been people#I need to find a way to add these as emojis on my phone#emoticons#smiley faces
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Morkovin Vsevolod Alekseevich, doctor of a Russian divisional hospital, 1915
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ᴡɪʟʟɪᴀᴍ ᴏʀᴘᴇɴ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩. 1918. Oil on canvas: 91 × 76 cm (36 × 30 in).
#wwi#art history#1910s#portrait#france#hills#landscape#nature#war#20th century#world war 1#history#art#military#painting#soldier#oil on canvas#artwork#oil painting#william orpen#🎨
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some wwi fruk redraws - references under the cut


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GUYS IF YOU WRITE A FIC ABOUT A REAL COUNTRY PLEASE AT LEAST DO BASE LEVEL RESEARCH
#spain#how the fuck did i read a fic about spain being in WWI#i thought it was at least somewhat known that we were neutral#BECAUSE THERE WAS A FUCKING DICTATORSHIP#fanfic#please dude#and it was not a main plot point#so there was no reason to change history#DO YOUR REASERCH BRO#OR MAKE UP A PLACE
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You’re on the frontlines on Valentine’s Day and Sergeant slips you this wyd

#I’d meet him at the latrines#I wanted to make so many more of these but I had no time hahaha#wwi#trenchposting#valentines day
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One of the things I love so much about Dead Boy Detectives is how much attention is paid to detail, even on little things, even when they didn't need to go that hard.
Take the very first case. This WWI ghost?

Was killed by chemical warfare.
If you've done any reading on WWI, one of things that comes up again and again was that it was the first major conflict where chemical warfare and gas attacks were employed against soldiers on the ground.
Soldiers on both sides were terrified by it. They had gas masks with them all the time, when there were enough to go around, but sometimes the gas masks failed.
And if someone was hit by a gas attack, what were some of the symptoms? Blistered skin, blisters in the lungs, and irritated eyes, up to and including blindness.
This man was killed by a gas attack, probably mustard gas, and likely when his gas mask failed.
They never mention it in the dialogue. Maybe Edwin and Charles don't even know.
But the show runners did the research and designed his makeup accordingly and slipped in that little nod for anyone who knows the history.
God damn. This series was made with so much care, and it shows.
#dead boy detectives#dbda#wwi#wwi history#makeup#sfx#sfx makeup#halloween#spooky season#netflix#meta commentary
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Siegfried Sassoon, counter attack
#i’m actually going insane#i’m exploding#i’m so mentally ill#i’m autistic#and i’m making you all read this because you need to be too#ww1 history#ww1#wwi#world war i#world war one#world war 1#poetry#siegfried sassoon#war literature#literature
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Men of the 369th Infantry Regiment, informally dubbed the "Harlem Hellfighters," pose for a picture. The Hellfighters were initially part of the American Expeditionary Force sent to fight on the Western Front in WWI. In April 1918, due to racist attitudes among the American high command, they were separated from the AEF and assigned to the French 4th Army. Fighting under French command both in the trenches and in the open field, the Hellfighters distinguished themselves at the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne. Their continuous six-month deployment was the longest of any American unit. Following the armistice, the French government awarded the Croix de Guerre to 170 members of the Hellfighters, including all nine men pictured here, for courage in combat.
#history#photography#historic photography#military history#World War I#WWI#First World War#Harlem Hellfighters#African-American history#Black History Month
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Absolutely magnificent creature.
(source: Sears catalog, Fall/Winter 1918.)
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