During the 19th-century gold and silver rushes, mining towns boomed and then busted, leaving eerie ghost towns behind. These photos capture the grit and silence of America's mining frontier, remnants of a bygone Wild West dream.
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London Underground's "Fluffers," all-women crews from 1949, cleaned tunnels nightly. This vital, tough work removed debris after power-down. Amazingly, 20 were still employed in 2017, continuing their unique, essential legacy.
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In 1991, eight people sealed themselves in Arizona's Biosphere 2, a $150M airtight ecosystem. For two years, it tested sustainable life for future space habitats, facing challenges. This ambitious experiment provided rich lessons and is now a climate research center.
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The #US-#Mexican War of 1846-1848, triggered by the US annexation of #Texas and a disputed border at the #RíoGrande. Under President James K. Polk (1845-1849) and a succession of Mexican leaders, fighting spread from the #GulfCoast to the #Pacific, reshaping #NorthAmerica's political map.
The conflict unfolded in three main theaters. In the north, US armies pushed across the Río Grande and secured the frontier, halting Mexican counteroffensives. In the west, naval squadrons and volunteer columns occupied #California and #NewMexico, severing #Mexico's Pacific flank. A Gulf-coast landing then opened the road to the Mexican heartland, where a sustained campaign captured the capital and compelled peace. The Treaty of #GuadalupeHidalgo (2 February 1848) ended hostilities: Mexico ceded vast northern territories, including California and New Mexico, and accepted the Río Grande as the Texas boundary. 🗺️ Map created by Simeon Netchev. #USHistory #MexicanHistory
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The conflict unfolded in three main theaters. In the north, US armies pushed across the Río Grande and secured the frontier, halting Mexican counteroffensives. In the west, naval squadrons and volunteer columns occupied #California and #NewMexico, severing #Mexico's Pacific flank. A Gulf-coast landing then opened the road to the Mexican heartland, where a sustained campaign captured the capital and compelled peace. The Treaty of #GuadalupeHidalgo (2 February 1848) ended hostilities: Mexico ceded vast northern territories, including California and New Mexico, and accepted the Río Grande as the Texas boundary. 🗺️ Map created by Simeon Netchev. #USHistory #MexicanHistory
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😘 Happy International Kissing Day!
😘 The famous balcony scene (Act II Scene II) in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by Frank Bernard Dicksee, 1884. Southampton City Art Gallery.
💋 The Kiss of the Enchantress by Isobel Lilian Gloag (c. 1890), inspired by Keats's Lamia, depicts Lamia as half-serpent, half-woman.
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😘 The famous balcony scene (Act II Scene II) in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by Frank Bernard Dicksee, 1884. Southampton City Art Gallery.
💋 The Kiss of the Enchantress by Isobel Lilian Gloag (c. 1890), inspired by Keats's Lamia, depicts Lamia as half-serpent, half-woman.
#InternationalKissingDay #RomeoAndJuliet #Art #Painting #ArtHistory #WorldHistoryEncyclopedia
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In the 1930s, Swansea Jack, a black retriever, became a Welsh legend by rescuing 27 people from drowning. Awarded "Dog of the Century," his bravery led to Swansea locals being nicknamed "Jacks." His statue still stands as a tribute to this heroic pup.
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The #Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown (1851) is the #autobiography of Henry Box Brown (l. c. 1815-1897), who became the most #famous fugitive slave of his time when he had himself shipped in a box from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 29 March 1849. The #book became a #bestseller, and Brown a popular #celebrity.
In his work, Brown says that he was not treated badly during his time as a salve, but nevertheless was acutely aware that he was regarded as their property with no #agency, no #autonomy, and completely at their mercy to do with him whatever they pleased whenever they might. Though Brown had an agreement with his master that Brown would pay him regularly so that his wife and children would never be sold, in early 1849 or late 1848, however, the master, one William Barret, after accepting the payment, sold Brown's family to a minister in North Carolina.
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In his work, Brown says that he was not treated badly during his time as a salve, but nevertheless was acutely aware that he was regarded as their property with no #agency, no #autonomy, and completely at their mercy to do with him whatever they pleased whenever they might. Though Brown had an agreement with his master that Brown would pay him regularly so that his wife and children would never be sold, in early 1849 or late 1848, however, the master, one William Barret, after accepting the payment, sold Brown's family to a minister in North Carolina.
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