{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "history on Lombard Street", "icon": "https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2026/35/8639.jpg", "home_page_url": "https://genegualtieri.com/", "feed_url": "https://genegualtieri.com/feed.json", "items": [ { "id": "http://genegualtieri.micro.blog/2020/11/17/snowball-fight-years.html", "title": "Snowball fight 124 years ago. Lyon, France, 1896.", "content_html": "
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realest-asami-requiem:\n
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Snowball fight 124 years ago. Lyon, France, 1896. Colorized and speed adjusted. Original in black and white by Louis Lumiere.\n

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Via genegualtieri.tumblr.com/post/6350…

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Postwar prosperity depended on a truce between capitalist growth and democratic fairness. Is it possible to get it back?\n— Read on aeon.co/essays/postwar-prosperity-depended-on-a-truce-between-capitalism-and-democracy

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The Buffalo Times, New York, June 12, 1910\n yesterdaysprint: via Tumblr \n
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philamuseum:“I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say in any other way.” —Georgia O’Keeffe\n

via Tumblr

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yesterdaysprint:Daily Mirror, England, March 17, 1930\nImage © The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved.\n via Tumblr
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Pitchfork Review

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https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/harry-nilsson-pussy-cats/

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Over on the Facebook Rum History forum, I shared some recent discoveries about perhaps the most sought-after rum in the world: Wray & Nephew 17, made…

New Insights Into Wray & Nephew 17
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For the counter-culture rebels of the mainland, it was a pilgrimage. Across the Solent on ferries filled with dope smoke and acoustic guitars, to join the revolution at Britain’s very own Woodstock. For the residents, it was an invasion – 600,000 hippies filling the hillside at Afton Down to dance ’til dawn to drugged up, destructive and sexually deviant rock’n’roll\n— Read on www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/isle-of-wight-festival-history-1970-lineup-bob-dylan-jimi-hendrix-leonard-cohen-joni-mitchell-a9668701.html

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frank-macmurphy:
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1960s woman watches Star Trek on her state of the art cooker-TV
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via Tumblr

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Burt Lancaster stars in ELMER GANTRY (‘60).

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Could’ve taught a thing or two to Falwell Jr.

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tcm: via Tumblr

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Happy 59th, Barack Obama.

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davidhudson: via Tumblr

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\"Nowadays\" looks pretty fucking great.
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Daily Mirror, England, January 31, 1923
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Image © The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved.
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yesterdaysprint: via Tumblr \n
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Watching people pull away when they forget to take them out of their windows

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7thgenscot: via Tumblr

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For fifty years, the rums that the British Royal Navy blended for its sailors has fascinated enthusiasts and historians. Most stories about navy rum …

The British Navy’s Rum Purchases Revealed
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Stories about the British Navy’s daily rum ration inevitably include imagery of sailors lined up at the grog tub, emblazoned with “God Save the Queen” – or “King”, if you go back far enough. It suggests that sailors were anxiously awaiting their mix of rum and water (“grog”), eager to consume it straightaway. However, sailors...…

British Navy Rum Ration Hijinks — Cocktail Wonk
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July 31st, 1970 — a day that lives in infamy as Black Tot day. It was on this day that British navy sailors received their final daily rum ration, …

The 1969 Ministry of Defence Signal Ending the British Navy Rum Ration
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What follows is part two of my interview with Charles Tobias, the U.S. marine aviator, technology CEO, and globe-crossing sailor who created the …

Pusser’s Rum Charles Tobias On the Record: Part Two
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As the 50th anniversary of Black Tot Day approaches, interest in all things British Navy rum is rising. A topic rarely discussed is how and where the…

The British Navy’s Rum Vatting System: An inside look
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The narrative most rum enthusiasts know about British navy rum usually starts around 1731, when the British Navy declared that (in certain parts of …

British Navy Rum Before Vernon’s Grog
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The first automats — restaurants serving food primarily through vending machines — were established in Germany at the end of the 19th century, where vending machines for everything were in vogue.

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They quickly spread across Europe and the U.S. The first American automat was opened in Philadelphia in 1902 by the Horn & Hardart food services company, which later opened hundreds of locations there and in New York.

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The setup was innovative — customers would exchange cash for nickels or tokens, then peruse walls of glass cases featuring hot and cold sandwiches, soups, pies and other treats. Customers would insert coins in a slot next to their desired food, and the case would unlock. After they took the food, the case would be restocked by a staff member in the kitchen behind the cases.

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Automats were beloved for their cheap prices, consistent quality and egalitarian atmosphere — one could come in for a cup of coffee or settle in for a full meal. They became a favorite haunt for starving artists and actors.

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Ultimately they fell out of favor with the rise of fast food restaurants in the 1970s. Most of the Horn & Hardart New York locations were turned into Burger Kings.

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The last automat in the United States closed in 1991.\nvia Tumblr ift.tt/2WDHfXc

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