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From Chapter XIII, "How I found Livingstone" by Henry Morton Stanley.

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An Idle Moment, c.1885 by John White Alexander (American, 1856–1915)

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Do I have to do everything myself around here?

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*gunshot noises*

wanted to draw ms. eisenhower from my series as eisenhower from that one sam o'nella academy video

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The Two Walters

In 1932 and 1933, Vanity Fair ran a series of “impossible interviews” with two well-known figures of the day: Stalin vs. Schiaparelli, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins vs. Shirley Temple, Will Rogers vs. Noel Coward, etc. The illustrations were by Miguel Covarrubias. In this one, from the April, 1933 issue, the two titans of the syndicated column, Walter Lippmann and Walter Winchell, have a chat:

Winchell: Of all the things, Lippy, you and me ankling together down the Main Stem… . Is my face red? … As Techs Guinam would hand it to me, “It’s a small world, but there’s still pah-lenty of suckers to go around.”

Lippmann: The world, Mr. Winchell, is in a position where only confidence in the ability of its leaders and the conviction that a comprehensive program for recovery is to be resolutely pursued can avert International catastrophe—

Winchell: That’s the trouble with you, Lipp, you take the world too serious. As one Park Rowgue to another, you and the cosmos ought to have the handcuffs melted … or get things Reno-vated …

Lippmann: When the country is bewildered by conflicting testimony and contradictory voices concerning the present economic order, it is not Utopian to hold that it is the mission of every public-spirited citizen to view the cosmos as a whole and achieve the international outlook, even in a daily newspaper column.

Winchell: But can’t you jazz up your colm just a little, old kid? … F’r instance: As pah-lenty of the cinemoguls from Bawleywood tell us, China and Japan have pfff-f-ft. … A scallion to France for renigging on her Blessed Expense… . Now Franklin D (“Old Potato”) Roosevelt and Congress are pouting….What stout ex-President with a large celluloid collar is That Way about 1936? … Recommended to diversion seekers: The Congressional Record, “Hooey” Long, and Ogden Mills Budget figgers.

Lippmann: The excerable prose-style which you suggest, Mr. Winchell, is not suited to the international character of my daily opinions. When I write, I feel that posterity is just around the corner.

Winchell: After all, Lipp, maybe we’re just a couple of Walters under the skin. You see the world through a telescope, and I see it through a keyhole—but it’s the same world after all. O.K., Walter?

Lippmann: O-ka-a-ay … Walter!

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Pretty Mother of the Night–White Otter is No Longer a Boy, c.1900 by Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)

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Ike and Patton go on a road trip.

sometimes I suddenly discover I am pretty bad with black and white, and I tried to salvage these two :p

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real gem

Dr.Soylove or something

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Ave Maria, 1902 by Edward Okuń (Polish, 1872–1945)

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Day 48: Crimea Conference - Great Bitter Lake

After the historic conference in Yalta, President Roosevelt traveled from the Crimea region to Egypt where he boarded the USS Quincy in the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal. It would be here that FDR would confer with several Heads-of-State in this region of the world over just a few days time. Security was high as World War II hostilities were ongoing. After much diplomatic correspondence and preparation, all leaders welcomed this opportunity to finally meet and establish a personal friendship with the President. They came together to discuss the major political issues that would affect their countries in the approaching post-war era.

On February 13, King Farouk of Egypt traveled from Cairo and spent much of the day meeting with the President and touring the ship. Emperor Haile Salassie of Ethiopia arrived on board later that evening, bringing with him several gifts—a gold globe and a gold cigarette box with filigree design.

The next day King Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia arrived with his large entourage of 48 people. He brought with him many gifts for the President and his family, including:

A steel dagger in a gold and diamond encrusted hilt and sheath

A sword with gold, leather, and diamond sheath

Cotton Handkerchiefs

A silk dress with gold thread and matching underdress

Several camel hair abas

Several gold threaded agals

A box of perfumes in hand painted glass bottles

A box of musk

A brass cloisonné box containing five pieces of ambergris

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Day 47 - Yalta Conference

“I didn’t say the result was good. I said it was the best I could do.” -Franklin Roosevelt to diplomat Adolf Berle, Jr.

In the winter of 1945, Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin for the last time. The setting was the Ukrainian town of Yalta.

The Big Three gathered to chart a course for final victory in World War II.  But during the Yalta Conference, they also struggled to create the basis for post-war cooperation.

FDR received Stalin’s firm commitment to enter the increasingly bloody war against Japan three months after Germany’s defeat. With American casualties rising in the Pacific war— and the atomic bomb yet untested— this was a significant achievement for the President. The Big Three also formally agreed to another of FDR’s priorities—the establishment of the United Nations organization. But there were serious disagreements about the future of Germany and the fate of areas occupied by Soviet armies, especially Poland.  

While at the Yalta Conference, Joseph Stalin presented President Roosevelt with this set of bear fur gloves and Dukat papirosa (unfiltered) cigarettes. Inside the box are 13 unused cigarettes.

 As a memento of the trip, this short snorter was created using a one chervonitz Soviet bill. A short snorter was a bill, typically from the destination country, signed by fellow travelers of a transoceanic flight. While Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and Steve Early’s names are handwritten on the edges of the bill, they did not sign the bill. The bill was signed by Edwin M. Watson (just days before he died), Ross T. McIntire, Edward Flynn, Harry L. Hopkins, James F. Byrnes, William Leahy, an unidentifiable signature, and Anna Roosevelt Boettiger.

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confession of a rotten girl (but its yuri)

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Мне очень повезло. Я выбила всех троих за 60 круток.

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imagine if she had a tumblr

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Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan - political drawings 1940-45