Historic Painting: "San Francisco Fire" by William A. Coulter, 1906.
117 years ago today, San Francisco reaped the whirlwind. This is what it looked like.
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Be thankful I'm not pulling out the old Kodak slide carousel.
The “Immense Portent”: the Ensisheim Meteorite of 1492.
Even a giant rock that fell from the sky could be politicized in 15th century Europe.
Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This room has may layers of connections, including to my favorite author, Jorge Luis Borges.