#1940s

AlrightSo right now I am reading VP Menon's book "The Transfer of Power" detailing the events that took place leading to the eventual independence from British and the Partition of
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Ok. I have finally calmed down enough to tweet about today's new @TheUPMuseum acquisition. Fellow underwear nerds, please prepare yourself. The acquisition is a 1940s silk lingerie set, and it
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50s, 60s, 70s & 80s makeup and hair and fashion :) #justvampirethings makeup of the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and NOW! 1900s 1910s 1920s and 1930s makeup ms. 1940s needs to
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Ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI) was extensively used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia, pneumonia, tuberculosis, arthritis, asthma and even poliomyelitis. Yeah UV works. New delivery
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COVID Cabin Fever, Day 37:extremely tempted to buy vintage smoking-jacket robe on ebay and do all my future video conference calls smoking a pipe and playing Stan Getz in the
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THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIMEPART 1Begins tomorrow! All matchups will always be linked below, so check the replies to this tweet for the latest.Each round will be as follows:
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1) Data reveals that US Media & leftist opinion in 1940s was as #antiHindu as today. In 1940s, Hindus-INC were villain; Today, Hindus-BJP are villian. See data:- 2) 2019 #CAAProtest
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It's 22 April, the day on which Serbia commemorates the victims of the Holocaust and genocide. There have been quite a few articles and reports today about Jasenovac, its history
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Next month I will be a father so please give me your best father or parenting advice. My own father is basically a desert hermit inexplicably born into the slums
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Happy Birthday to Charles F. Richter, born on April 26, 1900. Raised by a single mother, he struggled in school & at the start of grad school had what used
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Those of you who laud @sarahforpdx’s stance on the racist police should listen to this, from April, where she couldn’t think of ONE example of the police being racist. #quanicehayes
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regina mills looking like some decadent lesbian wet dream from a 1940s detective novel ; a thread
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A few years ago I inherited a vast collection of #postcards of #libraries. Thought it might be nice to post one every day & enjoy them. Here’s @TrinCollLibCam c. 1910,
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Vintage makeup packaging & makeup kits/minaudieres!!!!! Old Avon products More stuff from Avon Richard Hudnut Max Factor products from the 1940s-60s. Revlon Cartier vanity sets
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Last night at bedtime I read my 6 year old a little bit of "They Knew Lincoln" (@OUPHistory), a 1940s folk history of African Americans & Abraham Lincoln. She asked
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Was busy other day-didn't get round to doing #Fashion #model #StyleIcon Mary Jane Russell. #BornthisDay July 10 1926Household name #1950s you may not think you know her - but will
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