Take her Home to England? Not THIS Time!
Royal Charles was an 1,229 tons, 80-gun ship of the English Navy, built in 1655. In 1660 she sailed to Scheveningen (Holland) to bring King Charles II back to England. She […]
Redneck Boomers get the Girls
The greater prairie chicken or pinnated grouse (Tympanuchus cupido), sometimes called a boomer, is a large bird in the grouse
Vintage Fun and Games
KNOCKING OFF GOOSE HEADS and other children’s games Children’s games and humor were popular themes on the so called catchpenny
Napoleon and Josephine
Who set out to ‘conquer knowledge’ and not just territory?… Napoleon…. He took 154 scholars to Egypt in 1798 and
What map is nicknamed ‘The Peacock Map?
The history of the famous Peacock Map of Friesland is rather colourful and associated with the similarly colourful Peacock bird.
Where did John Lennon and Yoko Ono get Married? Gibraltar!
Gibralta is 206th and thus bottom in the FIFA worldranking. It has 33.000 inhabitants, the highest divorce rate in the
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Cutting and Painting Wayang Figures for Shadow Play – a rare photograph
Het Snijden en Schilderen van Wajang – Poppen. Antique photograph(Cutting and Painting Wayang Shadow-Play puppets) Antique school board of Het
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De Ontvezeling bij Manila Hennep. Nr 99
Antique photograph Antique school board of De Ontvezeling bij Manila Hennep Taken c.1895 and published between 1912 and 1914 in Holland. This
Drenken der Paarden van de Ombiliekolenvelden Soematra
Drenken der Paarden van de Ombiliekolenvelden Soeamtra Antique photograph. Antique school board of Drenken der Paarden van de
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Onderwijzers, Kweekelingen en leerlingen te Buitenzorg. No 132
Onderwijzers, Kweekelingen en leerlingen te Buitenzorg, Antique photograph. Antique school board of Onderwijzers, Kweekelingen en leerlingen te Buitenzorg, Taken c.1895
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