Photo of the Day
LeBron James breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record of 38,387 points during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on February 7, 2023
Italy 29th April 1944, A dummy Sherman tank under construction.
This is called a Mortsafe. They were used over 200 years ago and they are found in Scotland. In order to learn about the human body and improve their work, surgeons needed to work on dead bodies. However the law said they could only dissect the bodies of convicted murderers. This meant they had access to 40 or so bodies per year. More was needed. The problem was then that people would break into graveyards, steal dead bodies and sell them to surgeons. The mortsafe was invented to keep dead bodies safe.
This is Blacksod Lighthouse in Co Mayo. It played a really important role in the Allies winning WWII. Can you guess what that reason might be?
They are known as Radar Ears. After WWI which was mainly fought on the ground, wars suddenly took to the air and bomber and fighter planes were a regular sight. Binoculars were used to spot enemy planes but binoculars were of no use at night and in bad weather so Radar Ears were invented. By the 1930’s Radar had been invented and they soon became obsolete. The below video are Sound Mirrors that were built in England.
Trainlines in Ireland 1920 v 2020
A world map without countries with over 100 million people
There are 100 red dots on this photo. What amazing feat do they represent?
Birthpalces of the 100 fastest 10,000 meter runners in the world
World Map centred around Antartica
Members of the Irish Citizen Army and Irish Volunteers marching in 1915.
The Irish Citizen Army was a small paramilitary group of trained trade union volunteers from the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union (ITGWU) established in Dublin for the defence of workers’ demonstrations from the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
Irish Volunteers, a militia (a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency) founded 25 November 1913 at the Rotunda in Dublin They were founded as a direct response to the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force, founded 1912). The UVF opposed Home Rule for Ireland and wished to maintain the union with Britain.
What does this map depict?
Neil Armstrong’s family watching him launch to the moon in July 1969.
The Philadelphia Electric Company streetlight maintenance vehicle in 1910.
This is one of the most famous photos ever taken.
Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and some of the Moon’s surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.
The red part contains more people than the blue part put together.
The Isolator, a helmet invented in 1925 that encourages focus and concentration
Venice WWII
A knocker Upper – During the time when alarm clocks were expensive and not reliable, it was a persons job to wake people up. In this photo M. Smith earned 6 pence a week using a pea shooter to shoot dried peas at windows of sleeping workers in East London, 1930’s
The artist is expressing his frustration with city life in this picture. What is his frustration?
This is a pack of wolves.
Can you identify which of these 25 wolves is old and sick?
Can you identify which of these wolves is the strongest?
Can you identify which wolf is the leader?
It is 1967 in Sweden. This is the day Sweden switched which side of the road they drive on.
What are these people doing and why? Year?
This is a photo of Disney artists studying a deer in preparation for drawing Bambi. It is 1940 and the movie was released in 1942.
Animators took life drawing courses on fawns (young deer) to understand their anatomy and mannerisms. Walt Disney wanted the animals in Bambi to be as realistic as possible while retaining an animation quality.
