The Freedom Riders were civil rights activits who rode buses from northern states of the USA to the segregated South to test enforcement of a court ruling declaring segregated buses unconstitutional. The Southern states had ignored the rulings and the federal government did nothing to enforce them. The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.
Apparently, at the beginning of the last century there was greater variation in terms of how young people dressed in different countries…
This amazing animated GIF shows how the United States came into existence.
This maps shows how ancient Greece was divided in the classical period. Might explain why Athens is (still) the capital of Greece.
The map below is actually a postcard (author/date unknown) sent from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. It displays a selection of Scottish tartans, an important identifying symbol for clans.
Is there a spatiality to these tartans? Yes, probably: notice how the southern clans are much more likely to incorporate blues and greens, while the northerners seem to prefer red (a color the iconoclasts on Lewis and Harris island both forgo). Also, it appears that the most complicated patterns are clustered in the northeast.
Wisconsin-based cartographer/graphic designer, Martin Elmer at Map hugger was not satisfied with the fact that the kilts are neatly arranged off to the side, and viewers are unable to discern the all-important spatial distribution of the tartan designs. Hence, he popped open his favorite image manipulation program and spliced each tartan back onto its actual location on the map. Here’s the result:
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Thanks to artist Thomas Schmid, we can now look at the doomed liner in color – inside and outside. So here is what this monster really looked like when they came up with it.
Did you know Native Americans painted their horses to record their bravery in battle? All those markings had a meaning…
Now let’s not discuss whether he was really crucified or whether he lived at all. If that bothers you, how about: ‘when the Mediterranean was just a big lake in the middle of the country?’, as one commenter on Reddit put it (click image to enlarge).
These beautiful shots show a Victorian couple from the 1890s who cannot help but laugh when getting their picture taken. Wow, apparently Victorians were humans too.
No, it’s not from an ’80s movie. It’s ’80s reality.
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