Boing-Boing republished the above old photo, which I first saw in a Wonder Book, a series of compendiums first published in England sometime in the 1920s, and continued into the 1950s: Human cantilever bridge
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Lapham's Quarterly: Crimes and Punishments (Spring 2009)
Lapham’s Quarterly II/2, Spring 2009. Crimes and Punishments . A difficult read, consisting almost entirely of firsthand accounts. Two crim...
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Josephine Tey Miss Pym Disposes (1947) Miss Lucy Pym, suddenly famous for her book on psychology, has been invited to her friend Henr... -
John Cunningham. The Tin Star (Collier’s, December 4, 1947) The short story adapted for High Noon . As often happens, the movie retains v... -
Today we remember those whom we sent into war on our behalf, and who gave everything they had. They gave their lives. I want to think a...
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