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"The Bicycle Girls and the Costumes They Will Wear"
How the bicycle changed women's clothing
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George Dillard
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The Brief But Spectacular Era of Balloon Mania
Aug 12, 2023
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To Cut and Hack My Days
May 12, 2024
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George Dillard
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The Myth of Bananaland
Dec 8, 2024
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George Dillard
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July, 1914
Jul 21, 2024
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How Guantanamo Became a Black Hole
A history of imperialism and impunity, from Columbus to Trump
Feb 5
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George Dillard
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Riches from the Mouth of Hell
The dark legacy of Potosi
Feb 2
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George Dillard
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I Was Here
Tourist graffiti through the ages
Jan 26
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George Dillard
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Nights of Misery
Insomnia through the ages
Jan 22
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George Dillard
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An Early Modern Richard Scarry
The joy of noticing in Christoph Weiditz's Trachtenbuch
Jan 19
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George Dillard
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Sudan, 1898
Reckoning with the one-sided story of a two-sided battle
Jan 12
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The Power of (and the Problem With) Names
How our natural desire to classify leads us astray
Jan 8
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George Dillard
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Brush Your Teeth, Drink Milk, and Watch Out for Syphilis
The strange and beautiful world of 1930s public health posters
Jan 5
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George Dillard
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Projecting Ourselves Onto the Past
How ancient history reflects modern obsessions
Dec 29, 2024
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George Dillard
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