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1917 (Movie 2019) - Tom Blake/William Schofield
An alternate history AU in which WW1 saw the first use of militarized werewolf and vampire citizens on the front. Lycanthrope soldiers such as Blake are each paired with a vampiric “Leash” like Schofield, the only ones strong enough to stop them should they turn on their own in the heat of a full moon battle…
Tavík Frantisek Šimon, Seventh Avenue, ca. 1927.
Arriving in New York, he wrote,
The ship’s orchestra was playing as we slowly approached the port of New York City in the morning. In the distance we could see the outlines of skyscrapers drowning in a silver haze then, as we came closer, rising and standing, etched against the shimmering background of the rising sun. A shiver went up and down my spine as we entered the huge harbor whose backdrop of slim buildings was interspersed with the rising smoke from factories.
Extremely cool ladies with equally cool small pal. Ca. 1920s, from my collection.
A state-of-the-art computer in 1957. This machine, built by the Westchester-based Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, performed missile flight simulations.
Shadow Celebration, 2022
Gérard Schlosser (French, b. 1931), La fenêtre de derrière [The back window], 1986. Acrylic on canvas, 162 x 130 cm.
IC-434 Nebula in Orion (NASA, Marshall, 11/11/13) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Titanic (1997) dir. James Cameron
“When this ship docks, I’m getting off with you.”
“Forest and Sun”, 1926, Max Ernst.
Follow me, anywhere you go.
The Wood Engraver, 1882 by Charles Frederick Ulrich (American, 1858–1908)
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And how many aboard, Mr. Murdoch?
2,200 souls on board, sir.
Northern Lights, Tom Thomson, Spring 1917
1918 Bird’s-eye-view of the intersection at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, Manhattan. From New York City-Vintage History, FB.
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photography, film, art, history, astronomy, nautical, and aviation things
My fandoms include: 1917, Star Trek, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Marvel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Hunger Games, and more