“Viktor Bulla’s photograph of hundreds of children wearing gas masks was not meant to be ghoulish, a commentary on war or lost innocence, but rather exemplified a reason for pride—the country was blessed with well-trained, well-equipped and obviously courageous young fighters.”
(From “Propaganda and Dreams: Photographing the 1930s in the USSR and the US
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November 13, 2014 | Categories: History , Human History , Images of History , Life under siege , Nightmares of World War II , Photography , Russian Empire , Soviet Union , The Drama Of It All , U.S.S.R. Under Stalin , Weird , World War Two | Tags: 1937 , black and white photography , Gas mask , Historical , Historical photo , Historical photography , History , human history , Leningrad , Military history , Photo , Photography , Pioneers , Russia , Russian , Russian History , Russians , Society , USSR , Viktor Bulla , Viktor Bulla's Pioneers , War , Warfare , Weird , World History , World War two , WW2 , wwii | Leave a comment
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January 22, 2014 | Categories: History , Photography , Pursuit of Happiness | Tags: 1937 , AMERICA , Germany , Hindenburg , History , Lakehurst , May 7 , New Jersey , Photo , Photography , Politics , USA , Weird , World War two , wreckage , WW2 | Leave a comment
Long before the days of product liability….
Newsreel footage of baby cage in action.
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January 20, 2014 | Categories: High Art , History , Photography , Weird | Tags: 1930s , 1937 , AMERICA , Baby , Child , Death , History , Photo , Photography , Politics , Safety , USA , Weird | 2 Comments
Hugo Boss really knew how to do uniforms.
The sense of pageantry is awe inspiring. I guess that was the whole point. Kinda hard to sell a nation on horrific anti-Semitism and other forms of genocide with a mere town hall meeting.
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December 20, 2013 | Categories: Hand Me My Shank , History , I Don't Like Jokes , Nightmares of World War II , Photography , Pursuit of Happiness , Stunt Queens , The Drama Of It All , The Politics of Cultural Destruction , World War Two | Tags: 1937 , Adolf Hitler , Cathedral of Light , Death , Fight , Germany , Government , History , Hitler , Hugo Boss , Military , MONEY , Nazi , Nazi rally , Photo , Photography , Politics , Power , Russia , Stalin , USA , War , Warfare , Weird , World War two , WW2 | 2 Comments
I hope to be remembered for my atrocities! 
