An incredibly contemporary-looking and rather chilling colourised photo of the would-be assassin Lewis Powell following his arrest in 1865.
Powell – who conspired with John Wilkes Booth to kill President Lincoln – attempted to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, which he failed to do, despite his brutal best efforts.
From a series of recently colourised US Civil War era photographs.
READ ON: The Would-Be Assassin And The Camera (Michael Sacasas, Petapixel)
(H/T: Spaghetti Hoop)
Joseph Aivalikli writes:
While browsing through old editions of the Dublin Gazette looking for laws to repeal as part of the Statute Law Revision Project, we stumbled upon this tissue of double entendres published by order of the King in 1773. I’m guessing the author was an intrepid Trinity geography student – or just someone who really, really liked boobs. Or both.
Full transcript for the blurry-eyed after the jump.
A Grand Taxonomy Of Shakespearean Insults by Charley Chartwell.
Giant version here
Also available as an 18×24 print.
…Tish!
The second instalment of cdza’s Instrumentals Series features jazz drummer Allan Mednard’s effortless transition through the modern history of the beat.
Previously: 50 Years Of The Guitar Solo
Gifs from Gifcraft wherein people transform back and forth from youthful portraits to old age in one depressing sweep.
Created from an uncredited post on Dogva entitled Aging Face Transformation.
More here.
TG4’s Pobal Ag Guí.
“I hope you like my new material.”
Remarkable, pew-shattering footage of seminarians in a fervour welcoming Pope John Paul II to Maynooth in 1979 (Scroll to the 10:30 mark).
Coined by writer and humourist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), inventor of the equally excellent word ‘blurb’ back in 1907.
Six years of conflict in Europe in seven minutes told using Microsoft Paint and Movie Maker.
No spoilers.
H/t Karlypants
Dublin Trams used symbols to indicate routes. This was to help the many Dubliners who could not read.
Via Old Dublin Town
The latest animated interview from the PBS Blank On Blank webseries features Janis Joplin in conversation over the phone with Howard Smith just four days before her death in 1970.
