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The holder of this title incurs more debate among archaeologists and historians than one might think. However if we are to define the metric as meaning “being established as a city and inhabited from it’s founding until present day, continuously,” the lines are a little more clear.
By Cory Doctorow at 5:47 pm Tuesday, Apr 3 • 12 Comments • Share On IO9, Ron Miller has published a selection from his collection of photos of 1970s cosplayers, dating from a costuming epoch where nudity was a lot more common than it is today. Among the clothed pictures (not reproduced here) is one shot of Elfquest co-creator Wendy Pini as one of her own elves.
das ursprüngliche projekt mit den originalfotos:
Born to a hardhearted carpenter in Bridgeport, Connecticut on January 4, 1838, little Charles Sherwood Stratton would go on to be the most famous midget in history. When he was discovered at the age of four by P. T.
Design, written portions and original artwork (c) Elizabeth Anderson 2001-2009.
Zoos and menageries once bred exotic-looking hybrid big cats to attract the public just as hybrid small cats (Bengal, Chausie etc) are now bred as pets. The bigger and more ferocious looking, the better the public liked it. Due to conservation efforts, deliberate hybridization is prohibited in most zoos.
Ichenhäuser, Julius D.
Kellogg's Cereal Range - This modest little advert for All Bran Golden Crunch appears to bring us almost earth shattering news.
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On the map Valhalla go to the big silver wall on the right to the red base behind the big rock by the Brute Shot, on the following dates different stuff will appear there.
These lithographic scenes from the Crimean War, based on sketches by William Simpson , were published in London in a couple of series by Colnaghi & co. in the second half of the 1850s.
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