#everythinghasahistory — Public Fediverse posts

I really like this photo postcard from 1907. The woman looks like so much fun. I blogged a bit about the card because I was trying to work out what I could say without assuming too much.

https://stoneman.blog/bessa

#OldPhotos #OldPostcards #Gender #EverythingHasAHistory #MastoArt #Ohio #History

#PastAndPresent #MassDeportation

“The First Time America Tried Mass Deportation It Was a Disaster. Why would we consider trying it again?” by Claudio Saunt, Politico, October 25, 2015. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/donald-trump-2016-mass-deportation-213287/

#EverythingHasAHistory

"Women and Children First" by Theo Matejko, ca. 1939, blogged at https://markstoneman.com/2025/04/27/women-and-children-first-by.html. (It's very short because I live in the country away from research libraries.)
#WarAndSociety #AirWar #Atrocities #Gender #EverythingHasAHistory

#Congress #EverythingHasAHistory #USpol #Commonplacing #UShistory

"Child Labor as 'Necessity' (1912 Cartoon)"-- See description, analysis, and source details at https://markstoneman.com/2025/04/22/child-labor-as-necessity-cartoon.html. Click on the image there to see additional details for yourself.

#ChildLabor #Capitalism #EverythingHasAHistory #UShistory

Joe Stieb has posted some good history recommendations to help counter Hegseth's bizarre scrubbing of Department of Defense webpages of race, gender, sexuality, and other content verboten by Trump. https://archive.ph/zLEcs
#MilitaryHistory #UShistory #WarAndSociety #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #History #EverythingHasAHistory

Freshly blogged: “Knock-Out Blow to the Russian Bear: Postcard from 1904–05”

This was the last in a series of six postcards that marked the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05).1 I chose it because its caption speaks to Russia’s current war against Ukraine. The Russian Bear’s smaller opponent says, “Your size and weight don’t count in my style of wrestling.”… (continued at https://markstoneman.com/2025/03/04/knockout-blow-to-the-russian.html)

#WarAndSociety #RussoJapaneseWar #RussoUkrainianWar #OldPostcards #EverythingHasAHistory

This Italian fascist poster prefigures the disgusting rhetoric of Putin and Trump: "On them rests the blame!" by Gino Boccasile, ca. 1942–45.

Via David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4bp0064p.

#Disinfo #WWII #RussoUkrainianWar #Fascism #EverythingHasAHistory #OldPosters

"What Felt Impossible Became Possible," https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-02-23-dale/.

Some stood up to the seemingly unstoppable Ku Klux Klan resurgence of the 1920s. Dan Sinker finds inspiration for today in the example of a beleaguered newspaper editor a century ago.

#EverythingHasAHistory

"'Ship of Fools' (1965 Film Set in 1933)" https://markstoneman.com/2025/02/22/ship-of-fools-film-set.html
#OldMovies #EverythingHasAHistory

Tonight I watched "The Iron Curtain" (1948), based on the memoir of a military cypher expert in the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, "I Was Inside Stalin's Spy Ring"…
https://markstoneman.com/2025/02/22/the-iron-curtain-spy-film.html
#EverythingHasAHistory #ColdWar #OldMovies

Using the social web to rage against the fascists is not always good for my mental wellbeing. Sometimes, instead, I channel my anger into finding historical images that contradict the vision of this country propagated by the venal and bigoted orange carnival barker.
#Blogging #EverythingHasAHistory

World War Two Poster: "Bonds and justice will smash the Nazis. Not bondage!"
Alt text and details blogged at https://markstoneman.com/2025/02/03/world-war-two-poster-bonds.html.
#BlackHistory #UShistory #MilitaryHistory #WWII #DiversityIsStrength #PunchNazis #EverythingHasAHistory #OldPosters

Inspiring Photo from 1971 for Our Troubled Times

Additional details: https://markstoneman.com/2025/01/29/beautiful-and-inspiring-photo-from.html

#GayRightsActivists #Librarians #OldPhotos #EverythingHasAHistory

So much joy in this photo, so much love: “Barbara Gittings in shower, circa 1962” by Kay Tobin. 🏳️‍🌈 Via Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen Gay History Papers and Photographs collection, NYPL Digital Collections, image ID 1605708. https://markstoneman.com/2025/01/29/so-much-joy-in-this.html
#Joy #Gender #Sexuality #LoveIsLove #EverythingHasAHistory #History #OldPhotos

ICYMI: "Don't Be a Sucker" (Dept of Defense, 1945), 23-min edu film about the terrible consequences of manipulative intolerance. The army made this film in 1945 to fight prejudice in its ranks, but now the danger is coming from POTUS and SecDef. https://youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
#EverythingHasAHistory

Office of Strategic Services, Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Washington, DC, 1944) via the Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/simplesabotagefi26184gut/mode/2up
#Resist #EverythingHasAHistory

Pro-Immigration Cartoon, 1903 -- details at https://markstoneman.com/2025/01/24/proimmigration-cartoon-captains-courageous-by.html #migration #PoliticalCartoons #EverythingHasAHistory

U.S. Government Caricature of Nazi Propaganda at https://markstoneman.com/2024/12/10/us-government-caricature.html
Alt text with transcription: https://markstoneman.com/sources/us-government-caricature-of-nazi-propaganda/
#skystorians #histodons #propaganda #disinformation #EverythingHasAHistory

The quote below is from a 2007 history guide for high school teachers in Russia. https://markstoneman.com/2007/08/13/good-old-stalin.html The next year, Putin invaded Georgia … (Additional context: Bush's wars) #RussiaIsATerroristState #ПутінІдиНахуй #HistoryMatters #EverythingHasAHistory

"In the dictionary of dictatorships peace means: a quiet undisturbed period in which to prepare for war…" Dorothy Thompson in 1936, but just as true of Putin today. 🇺🇦
#RussiaIsATerroristState #DemocracyNotFascism #EverythingHasAHistory #СлаваУкраїні #ПутінІдиНахуй
More on this quote here: https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/25/political-translation-dictionary.html (Yes, I posted the link earlier this week, but I didn't make the contemporary context explicit with 4 of the 5 hashtags.)

@CitizenWald I wish this hashtag wasn't relevant: #EverythingHasAHistory

Apropos of congressional restrooms: https://bsky.app/profile/adamchicago.bsky.social/post/3lbcytxjlsk2h

"In 1929, Chicago’s Oscar Stanton DePriest was elected the first Black congressman of the century. Sen Heflin of Alabama threatened to block him from the senate restroom. 'Just for that,' said Rep DePriest, 'I am going over and see if he’s big enough.'"

#EverythingHasAHistory

"Who Goes Nazi?" by Dorothy Thompson (Harper's 1941) https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/ This short piece makes for a fascinating read in our current moment. #Fascism #EverythingHasAHistory #Histodons #History 🗃️ (also at https://archive.ph/XdUrG)

In honor or some recent appointments, I've blogged "Two U.S. Public Health Service Posters Warning against Quacks, ca. 1936–41" https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/20/two-us-public.html (source details and alt text are on blog) #EverythingHasAHistory #Quackery #USPublicHealthService #History #PublicHealth

"Poster from 1919 Advocating American Citizenship" https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/19/poster-from-advocating.html #EverythingHasAHistory #Migration #Citizenship #HistoricalPosters

"Photos of Children Working in Textile Mills, 1908–1914" https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/11/photos-of-children.html (5 photos with alt text on blog) #ChildLabor #EverythingHasAHistory #UShistory

"Photos of a Vigilante Deportation in 1917" https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/10/photos-of-a.html (4 images with alt text on the blog) #Deportation #Vigilantes #EverythingHasAHistory

#EverythingHasAHistory #NewsMedia #Journalism #BothSidesism #1933 #Nazis

"Oakies" by Stuart Davis, ink and black crayon on paper … 1926 …
https://markstoneman.com/2024/11/09/oakies-by-stuart.html
#MigrantWorkers #UShistory #EverythingHasAHistory