Holiday Magazine Autumn/Winter 2017

Hubble's anniversary images (2019-2025)

"I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky." —Carl Sagan

Pals! Page from a National Geographic in my collection, 1925. The article is “Collarin' Cape Cod. Experiences on Board a U.S. Navy Destroyer in a Wild Winter Storm” by Lt. H.R. Thurber.

Just adding a couple of fun facts about the ship in this postcard that I just read about :)

RMS Saxonia (1899-1925) was the first of two Cunard Line ships with the same name. The second, RMS Saxonia (1954), was later renamed RMS Carmania in 1962.

The RMS Saxonia (1899-1925) featured in this postcard:

Was built by the John Brown & Company shipyard in Scotland and was one of the first ships to have a wireless telegraph installed.

Served as a troop transport ship and an armed merchant cruiser during World War I.

Was refitted and converted to a three-class cruise ship in 1922, with a passenger capacity of 600 in first class, 400 in second class, and 1,000 in third class.

cunard's saxonia embroidered in silk on a postcard ca. 1910s

Portraits taken before the Rudolf Dassler by Puma fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. 📸 MJ Kim (July 2007) + my edits

Cats! Richly illustrated book in my collection from 1950.

See that tiny dot of a bird in the centre/upper part of the photo? That was a curlew. (And I was SO PLEASED because it was the first one I’ve ever seen in real ife!)

“Go outside” they said. “You’ll enjoy the fresh air” they said. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

i have turned it into a letterboxd list: good films that are free on the internet archive!!!! Each film is linked in the notes on letterboxd. this will be continually updated so it's a good link to save if you want to keep up!

George loves her basket