#year 1910

[travel-voyages]

The year 2000 as envisioned in the year 1910

[viktorpartner]

Haven't been able to think about anything other than the victorian/edwardian/WW1 twink and his 80's punk almost-boyfriend for a week, send help

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

great i'm at my parents place about to go to bed and my mom drops a fun little puzzle in my lap i desperately want to get on but im so tireeeeddddd

She dug up these coins that my great grandmother seemed to have passed down the generations hoping it'd be worth something one day and every source online has either SUPER conflicting results or I'm simply not fine enough of an eye to slog through the counterfeits

for the morning, are any of yall numismatists? I feel like if any corner of the internet there might be a rando thats just SUPER into hundred-year-old chinese coins, it'd be this corner. in the meantime im going to bed

[sweet-rabbit]

MITHRUN IS OF TOL INSTEAD OF KERENSIL DUE TO MARRIAGE don't lemme see people "correcting" me in tags or comments when it's in all caps

anywho, this was going to be another illustration for my fic, but didn't work out ie couldn't fit a scenario like it in the upcoming chapter that i'm still working on. decided to post it anyway 'cause i had fun. PS that's a phone Kabru's got, didn't feel a need to finish a background after all that plaid

[thereadersdesire]

[rollercoasterwords]

the gen z version of boomers thinking ai generated photos are real is those accounts on tiktok who post selfies of random old people & then pull photographs from online archives & make up stories as if they’re the old person and it’s their photograph. saw one today w over a million likes pretending that a photo of 2 anonymous men taken in the 1910s was taken in 1962??? w a made-up story abt being a gay man and seeing his boyfriend get hate-crimed to death…everyone in the comments was eating it up….like i’m sorry but i don’t think u lot can make fun of boomers anymore this is embarrassing xx

[theamandacollection67]

1918 Pearl Caldwell Arroyo Seco

[meirimerens]

the bickering habit

[haveyouheardthisband]

[arthur-lesters-right-arm]

Arthur Lester the typa guy to have gone through everything Orel went through in Moral Orel

[guardevoir]

More spindle nonsense!

A sample of merino/silk blend. Doesn't look all that fine, but this is laceweight enough that I kept worrying about dropping the spindle. Which I haven't yet... aside from that one time where I forgot this isn't a bottom-whorl spindle and tried to get it started upside down, danged muscle memory.

This definitely doesn't feel like a beginner spindle and its rhythm doesn't exactly make for a leisurely spinning experience, it's so finnicky to keep steady (it's capable of spinning so evenly you can barely tell it's moving at all, but if you as much as draft too quickly, it'll tumble) and it's so goddamn fast you have to stay focused on it constantly, but it also makes spinning fine, even yarns pretty much effortless. If I wanted to spin cotton with a drop spindle for some fucking reason, I think this one would be the one to choose.

Unlike my bottom-whorl spindles, which are kind of ass to spin with sitting down, this one's also a perfect desk chair spindle; the timing of its spin just works out great for spinning shorter lengths at a time.

I am... really not looking forward to plying this stuff, lmao. A center-pull ball would be super annoying to wind AND likely tangle in the middle, and a plying bracelet would have me risking fingers given the length... and I hate chain-plying with a burning passion.

I'm also pondering 2-ply vs cabled 4-ply and am very muchly open to suggestions!

[fictionadventurer]

Ranking the Adaptations of A Christmas Carol That I've Seen

Adaptations

A Christmas Carol (1910)

A Christmas Carol (1951) with Alistair Sim as Scrooge

A Christmas Carol (1971) animated version with Alistair Sim as Scrooge

A Christmas Carol (1984) with George C. Scott as Scrooge

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) with Michael Cain as Scrooge

Bah, Humbug! musical performed by a local amateur cast

A Christmas Carol (2009) animated version with Jim Carrey as Scrooge

A Christmas Carol: A Play in Two Acts script by Tom Woods

Rankings

Best Scrooge: As much as I love Michael Cain's version--such an icy, refined exterior with an underlying warmth waiting to be released--I might have to give this one to Jim Carrey's Scrooge, because I now find myself comparing all other Scrooge portrayals to his. His goblinish Scrooge is so vividly disgusting--so expressive and with such distinct mannerisms. He manages to believably portray everything from the childish glee to the pathetic old man to make the character feel layered, yet retains an appropriately Dickensian level of cartoonishness. Michael Caine's still a close second.

Best Bob Crachit: The amateur actor in the stage version. Having him played by my brother-in-law's uncle really helped to sell the everyman vibe, but even beyond that, he played him as such a nice sweet family man to a level no other Bob Crachit has reached. (Kermit the Frog gets second place).

Best Fred: The Muppet Christmas Carol by a mile. That man exudes Christmas spirit. No one else even comes close.

Best Marley: The Muppet version is great, but their version is more about the Muppets than the book. The 2009 Disney version gets points for book accuracy, but went a bit too hard on the horror imagery. No particular version really stands out.

EDIT: No, wait, the stage version actually did have a pretty good Marley. Seeing all the dry-ice fog on-stage really helps sell the vibe, and he got properly scary and memento-mori at some points.

Best Ghost of Christmas Past: Either the animated Disney version (having him portrayed by a younger version of Jim Carrey was brilliant) or the 1971 animated version, for being the only version that captures the book's constantly-shifting Bibllically-accurate-angel imagery.

Best Belle: The Disney Christmas Carol by a mile. The only one who's portrayed as a complete, strong character instead of as a sad prop in Scrooge's story.

Best Fezziwig: How can you possibly beat Fozziwig from the Muppet version? Perfect casting.

Best Ghost of Christmas Present: Almost every version does the character well (though the 1910 version had all the ghosts played by the same female actress, which was a weird choice), so I'm giving this one to the Tom Woods version, because of the brilliant adaptation choices in this scene. Playing the Crachit's and Fred's Christmas parties side by side. But especially having Scrooge watch a sermon where the priest describes all the poor people's Christmas parties that Scrooge visits in the book, and the Ghost recites some lines along with him.

Best Crachit family: The 1984 version. They're all adorable.

Best Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come: Nothing quite beats that enormous Muppet, though I did love how the Disney version portrayed it as a shadow. The 1910 version portraying it as a woman dressed in mourning was a cool choice, even if there was zero menace.

Best Mrs. Dilber: The 1951 version is pretty good (and a bunch of other adaptations kind of rip off this version), but I also love the casually self-justifying portrayal in the 1984 version.

Best ending scene: This is far and away the best part of the 1954 version--Scrooge's joy over his reformation is so palpable. This is also where George C. Scott's genial portrayal in the 1984 version really shines, though I'm not fond of how smug he seems in the scene with Fred's family. The Muppet version is very sweet. I love seeing the gobliny glee of Jim Carrey's version (though the choice to have Crachit narrate at the end was so weird).

Most accurate adaptation: The 1971 animated version. It's so short that it doesn't introduce any major changes, and the animation allows it to match book descriptions closely. The Disney version is almost word-for-word in the Marley and Christmas Past scenes, but then goes off the rails during the Christmas Present and Yet-to-Come scenes.

Best atmosphere: The 1984 version. It's so cozy.

Weirdest changes: The many adaptations that decide Scrooge's father hated him because his mother died while giving birth to him (Fanny is younger!). The 1910 version putting in a plot where Scrooge makes Fred a partner so he can marry the woman he loves.

Favorite moments of keeping something from the book: I'm putting this here so I can mention that I love the 1984 version for being the only one to include the scene with Belle's daughters. And for including (along with the 1971 version) Scrooge reminiscing over his childhood reading.

Best overall: I'm not choosing. As you can see, I love parts about all of them.

[vintagepromotions]

'New Year Gladness'

New Year postcard by Henlithco (c. 1910).

[telekinetictrait]

"A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows." (Maurice – E.M. Forester, written in 1913, published posthumously in 1971)

i forgot to do a full body screenshot of the second 1920s look :( but the headshot will be under the cut! argh!!!!!!

23 years left :)

1800s directory / 1900s directory

cc links under the cut!

see my resources page for genetics

keaton : get together hat / base game hair / get famous suit + shoes

kit : base game hair / chere-indolente's newlyn fisherman cableknit / cyber-frog-cc's modern man trousers / seasons boots

levin : coeurdavide's boaters for the boys / i don't remember where the hair is from sorry :( / cyber-frog-cc's modern man shirt and trousers / mmoutfitters' fancy feet shoes recolor

lonnie : i don't remember where the hair is from sorry :( / linzlu's 1910's mens set (download here) / get together shoes

maxwell : historysims4's mr hat + antoine hair + not so formal outfit

neil : happylifesims' 1930's fedora hat / twentiethcenturysims' swan suit / base game shoes

norris : cottage living hat + outfit / seasons boots

oberon : johnnysimmer's kyrie hair / vroshii's vintage vest and pants / get together shoes

odie : johnnysimmer's kyrie hair / twentiethcenturysims' tommy knicker suit / get famous socks / vintage glamour shoes

patrick : base game hair / wyattssims' tucked button up with long sleeves / simstrouble's robby trousers / base game socks + shoes

phocas : all base game!

reiner : johnnysimmer's ramdi hair / madameriasims4's retro polo / wyattssims' high rolled pants with rope belt / base game socks + shoes

ryland : paranormal hair / happylifesims' harold lloyd turtleneck / paranormal pants / base game shoes

shelton : sheabuttyr's andre afro / paranormal open suit / makesims' rolled corduroys / i don't remember what pack the shoes are from but i know they're from a pack

sylvain : qrqr19's moonstone hair / base game earrings / serenity-cc's faux fur coat + terra jeans / discover university shoes??

terell : ceeproductions' sponge curls / aniraklova's vice city shirt / base game pants + shoes

tyodor : dbasiasimbr's afro mohawk / base game earrings + necklace (magic earring ken, anyone??) / bustedpixels' decades glam rock conversion / wistfulpoltergeist’s night city gloves / vampires leather pants / base game boots

ulrich : okruee's adonis hair + flowers / base game necklace / definitely not grunge revival top + pants + sneakers

upton : johnnysimmer's will hair / bustedpixels' vintage adidas jacket / nucrests' comfy loose joggers / base game sneakers

thank you to @chere-indolente @cyber-frog-cc @coeurdavide @mmoutfitters @linzlu @historysims4 @happylifesimsreblogs @twentiethcenturysims @johnnysimmer @vroshii @wyattssims @simstrouble @madameriasims4 @sheabuttyr @makesims @qrqr19 @serenity-cc @ceeproductions @aniraklova @dbasiasimbr @bustedpixels @wistfulpoltergeist @okruee @mossylane and @nucrests !!!

as promised, heres what would have been the second 20s look (miles)

[xpuigc-bloc]

Franz von Bayros

1866-1924

Bílý páv' by Quido Maria Vyskočil

1910

Franz von Bayros

The New Year

1914

[littleastrobleme]

Happy New Year from the early 1910s! Warm greetings from my burgeoning card collection.