Naval dispatch seventy years ago this day. More at the Library of Congress.
Via Reddit
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Oregon Trail with zombies!
The image above is culled from a gallery that contrasts the original photographs of pinup models and the pinup drawings they became. The original Photoshop?
At Buzzfeed, via The Hairpin
“Bela Lugosi takes a break from filming Son of Frankenstein to greet his wife and utterly confuse his son, Bela Lugosi, Jr.,” via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger….
Via libraryland:
Writer Oscar Wilde on trial for “gross indecency” (May 4, 1895)
As recorded in the British tabloid The Illustrated Police News, May 4 1895, which also “covered” “the secret actions of Jack the Ripper.”
![That’s Greta Garbo there with the [MGM?] lion.
Via all things amazing](http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6y43sNxBb1qz7b9so1_500.jpg)
He was as masculine as any man I’ve ever known, and as much a little boy as a grown man could be – it was this combination that had such a devastating effect on women. But there was nothing of ‘the King’ about his personality. Just the opposite. Utter simplicity. Uncomplicated. A man who lived on a simple, down-to-earth scale.
