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  • Whose missing #London right now? Or should I say, who misses London ALWAYS? ✋ Soon, hopefully soon... #ThrowbackThursday #Travel #TowerBridge #TowerBridgeLondon
  • #ThrowbackThursday to my last visit to the #TowerOfLondon last year! This carving on the wall in the Beauchamp Tower, and is a carving of #AnneBoleyn’s falcon crest/badge. It isn’t known who carved it, possibly one of the men arrested with her. If you notice, it is lacking a crown which it typically had. #History #HistoryGirls #TudorEngland #Tudors #TheTudors #London #Historian #HistoryGrad #QueenAnneBoleyn
  • This photo from my collection is one that came in a lot of photos, with no indication of where this is, only that it is from #WWI and in France. I’ve shown it to a number of people and have done searches online and I’m almost certain this is Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims (but don’t quote me on that). The reason I think it is Reims Cathedral is based on the back and sides of the cathedral, which I’ve compared to current day photos. However, I’m somewhat hesitant to say for sure that it is the Reims Cathedral because it looks relatively intact in the photograph, but the cathedral in Reims was greatly damaged during the First World War. I don’t see that extent of the damage to the cathedral in this photo. Then again, it is possible the photo was taken before the major damage was done, or it isn’t clear/visible in the photo. But I can’t be certain. If you have any thoughts about the cathedral’s identity/location, please feel free to comment or message me! ~~~~~~ #WorldWarI #GreatWar #WW1 #WWI #FWW #Photography #VintagePhotography #VintagePhoto #VintagePhotograph #PhotoHistory #Cathedral #WWIPhoto #WWIPhotos #WWIPhotography #History #Historian #HistoryGirls
  • Today is a throwback to my trip to France last July. It’s crazy to me that a year has come and gone so quickly. But that's beside the point! This is a photo I took at the #Louvre in Paris. The piece is Winged Victory of Samothrace. Winged Victory is a Hellenistic sculpture of the Greek goddess, Nike (aka Victory) and is one of the very few Hellenistic pieces to have survived. This was probably my favorite of everything I got to see at the Louvre. It is a very strong and majestic piece, and quite beautiful. #WingedVictory #TheLouvre #LouvreMuseum #LouvreParis #Paris #France #Museum #History #HistoryGirls #museedulouvre
  • In the last year and a half or so, I've started a collection of photographs and postcards from and around the #FirstWorldWar. Aside from scanning and properly storing them, I'm not sure what I'm going to use them for just yet. In the meantime, I thought I'd share some. This one is dated March 2 and is circa 1916 or 1918 (the stamp is slightly blurred, but my guess is 1918). The back inscription states, "French Arab [sic] refreshment from Belgian lady behind the fighting line on the [sic] June [sic] Boulogne." The back also gives a copyright stamp: "U.S.A. by the International News Service." ~~~~~~ #WorldWarI #GreatWar #WW1 #WWI #FWW #Photography #VintagePhotography #VintagePhoto #VintagePhotograph #PhotoHistory #WWIPhoto #WWIPhotography #History #Historian #HistoryGirls
  • I've been getting my act together, so to speak, in the last week and a half regarding my thesis. This last year has been tough, and I think I let it get the better of me, resulting in my slow progress getting this thing done. But I've rediscovered that motiviation and I'm determined to get this thesis fully finished in the next two months (revisions and all). Along with a lack of focus, my other problem was that when I was focused, I was so focused on making it "perfect" (which resulted in a lot of writing, rewriting... more rewriting... and even more rewriting). I lost sight of the fact that a "perfect" thesis (if there is such a thing) is never a completed thesis. Does that mean you half-a** it? Absolutely not. However that also means being okay with your work's lack of perfection. Needless to say I am beyond the point of wanting perfection, but wanting it in a good place and simply done. I know the next couple of months are going to be tough and tiring, but I'm ready and excited to get it done and move on to the next thing in life. But I'm jumping ahead. My drive is being put to the task at hand. #Thesis #MAthesis #HistoryThesis #GradSchool #GradStudent #Student #Writing #AmWriting #ThesisWriting #AcademicWriting #Academia #Research #ThesisResearch #HistoryGirls #History #Historian #HistoryMA #HistoryGrad
  • (Trigger Warning: Suicide) Forgive the lengthy post, but this is something I want to put out because of how important it is to me. While in France in July '18, I visited the Suresnes American Cemetery as part of the research trip I was on. The cemetery is the final resting spot for American men and women who served in the #FWW. Among those buried are Dorothea and Gladys Cromwell, two twins from America who were ranked among the Rockefeller's during the 1900s. They were socialites, and they volunteered with the American Red Cross when the US went to war in 1918 as their bit in the war effort. The two were stationed in canteens and hospitals on the front. They witnessed things that I cannot even imagine, even with all the research and places I have done and visited. In January 1919, after the Great War came to an end, they were on they boarded a ship back to the United States. However, on 19th of January (100 years ago today), the twins walked down the deck arm in arm, and when reaching the rail of the ship, jumped overboard. According to newspaper reports, the twins had left notes stating they wanted to "end it all" and could not handle what they had seen in their time in the war. While their deaths tell an important part of the war and its impact on men and women; but it is also important to remember their part not only at the end of the war, but during it. For me, these two women forever changed my research, but they have also forever changed me as a person. Some may say to be so invested in my work on a personal level is not a "good" thing, but I don't think I would pursue this if it didn't. But while at the Suresnes American Cemetery, I found the twins buried side by side and paid my respects. It was a surreal and emotional moment, but one I am glad I was able to have. It aided in that personal connection I feel with my research and bringing it beyond research and to a human level. I am not saying you have to physically know or visit your research to have that connection, and I know I am beyond privileged to have had the experiences I have had. For me though, it changed a lot of things in my life and I am thankful for that. (Continue in comments...)
  • Found this picture the other day and shared it on Twitter, but also wanted to put it out into the world here as well. This is me and my buddy Gizmo from several years ago. Giz was my best friend. He brought so much joy to my life and I hope I brought just as much to his. I miss him every day. This picture really just makes me smile, so I wanted to share it.