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The Hollywood Canteen where Movie Stars were at your Service

Hours away from being shipped off to Europe’s battlefields or back on US soil for a brief reprieve, there wasn’t a single American serviceman passing through Los Angeles in the 1940s that wouldn’t have lined around the block for an evening at the Hollywood Canteen. Set up in an abandoned nightclub near Sunset Boulevard, if you were wearing…

A Brief Compendium of the American TV Dinner

It could be said that Thanksgiving gave birth to the American TV dinner. The executive of Swanson TV dinners, Gerry Thomas, claimed he conceived the idea after the food company found itself with a huge surplus of frozen turkeys because of poor Thanksgiving sales. In 1952, Swanson introduced their first dinner consisting of a turkey, cornbread…

The State of Berlin After Hitler

Did you ever hear about the Californian high school teacher who wanted to teach his class how the German people accepted Hitler as their leader, so he created a Nazi-like movement at his school in just 5 days? While browsing through these jarring post WWII photographs of Berlin, one of my favourite European cities, I…

The Other English Royals

I‘m feeling terribly British these days. Of course, I’m not, and I now live across the channel in French enemy territory, but I did grow up there and always felt a sense of loyalty and affection towards the great kingdom that raised me. With a new royal wedding around the corner, I’m feeling all sorts…
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Coney Island’s Short-Lived but Utterly Insane Dreamland

There’s no question that New York’s Coney Island is an utterly outrageous place; it’s most known for its freak shows, retro roller coasters, annual hot dog eating contest, and start-of-summer mermaid parade… and that’s all just the tip of the iceberg. It’s hard to believe it, but the wacky Brooklyn neighbourhood today is nothing compared…

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Having a Grand Old Time at a Real-Life 1920s “Westworld”

Are you watching HBO’s new American sci-fi western thriller, Westworld? (Or at least trying to follow the twisted plot?). Based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 film of the same name, Westworld isn’t your typical historical theme park. Intended for rich vacationers who pay to live out their western fantasies, guests are welcomed to the pioneer town by artificially intelligent…

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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCVXVI)

1. Women sit for a portrait in Salzburg, Austria, 1929 Found on Nat Geo Found   2. These Eggs The latest chef d’oeuvres by jeweler Ananov, one of the main exhibits he made for the “400 years of the House of Romanov” at the Historical Museum of Moscow in 2013. Ananov’s Easter egg caught the eye of…

For Sale: A Half a Million Dollar Dodo Skeleton & other Curiosities for Your Cabinet

I bet you’d find all sorts of real-life Indiana Jones and Tintin-type characters attending an auction like this one. Summers Place Auctions in England are the world’s leading auctioneers of Natural History (and garden statuary), and they’ve got the goods to prove it. At an upcoming auction this November, a rare composite skeleton of the dodo,…

The Chinese Salon Near the Summit of Mont Blanc

I have a single photograph for you today to let your imagination wander, as far as 4350 metres above sea level in fact. History Today published this intriguing photo of a lavishly decorated Chinese salon, perched at one of the highest points in all of Europe. Joseph Vallot was a famous French scientist who first made it…

Inside Tokyo’s Decaying 1970s Capsule Tower

The Nagakin Capsule Tower is one of the most important buildings in postwar architectural history in Japan, once praised as the ‘future of housing’, a rare remaining example of the Japanese Metabolism movement and the world’s first examples of capsule architecture built for permanent and practical use. It’s also a miracle it’s still standing after 40…
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