Toni B. Rhodes - History Links

Primary Resources

Art & Craft

http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/14-self-portraits-show-the-evolution-of-pablo-picassos-style.html
14 Self Portraits of Pablo Picasso

http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/32000-bauhaus-art-objects-available-through-the-harvard-art-museums-website.html
32,000 Bauhaus Art Objects Available through the Harvard Art Museums

http://www.inquisitr.com/4345306/83500-vintage-sewing-patterns-put-on-an-online-database-from-vogue-mccalls-butterick-and-simplicity/
83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns Online, from Vogue, McCalls, Butterick, and Simplicity

http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/russian-history-literature-come-to-life-in-wonderfully-colorized-portraits.html
Colorized Portraits of Russian Figures in History

http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/ernst-haeckels-sublime-drawings-of-flora-and-fauna.html
Ernst Haeckel's Sublime Drawings of Flora and Fauna: The Beautiful Scientific Drawings that Influenced Europe's Art Nouveau Movement (1889)

Dozens of HIstoric Mexican Cookbooks
https://libguides.utsa.edu/MXcookbooks

In 1886 the U.S. Government Commissioned 7,500 Watercolor Paintings of Every Known Fruit in the World (Download in High Resolution)
http://www.openculture.com/2019/06/the-us-government-commissioned-7500-watercolor-paintings.html?fbclid=IwAR0Ia8n4dkUtkcyIcrcxIurbCRyCWdMB6eW6ZEXffEhYq4Ci6Yjch30YThY

Nearly 1,000 Paintings and Drawings by Vincent van Gogh (View/Download)
http://www.openculture.com/2018/07/nearly-1000-paintings-drawings-vincent-van-gogh-now-digitized-put-online-view-download-collection.html?fbclid=IwAR1vbk1nlJ6LBZ_rNCr1dYewcKiYrERFpU5pwSkY4WxswavoOf91od4Z6rE

Mad Magazine Covers (1952 to present)
https://www.madcoversite.com/covers.html

Dozens of M.C. Escher prints now digitized and put online by the Boston Public Library
http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/dozens-of-m-c-escher-prints-now-digitized-put-online-by-the-boston-public-library.html

http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/leonardo-da-vincis-visionary-notebooks-now-online-browse-570-digitized-pages.html
Leonardo da Vinci's Visionary Notebooks Online

http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-illuminated-sketchbook-of-stephan-schriber-1494/?utm_content=buffer2327b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The illuminated sketchbook of Stephan Schriber (1494)

Databases

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/library-congress-opened-catalogs-world-heres-matters/
Library of Congress Catalogs Online

https://www.floridamemory.com/collections/early-autos/
Early auto registrations, state of Florida, 1905-1917

www.ancestry.com
Ancestry research

www.familysearch.org
Ancestry research

www.23andme.com
DNA testing service

Music

Get to sleep with 42 hours of ambient sounds from Blade Runner, Alien, Star Trek and Doctor Who
www.openculture.com/2017/03/get-to-sleep-with-42-hours-of-ambient-sounds-from-blade-runner-alien-star-trek-and-doctor-who.html

http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/videos/oldest-song-melody/#SCotQ6YltWmFfZzZ.97
This is the oldest melody in existence, and it's utterly enchanting

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download
25,000 old records free to download

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/03/28/148915022/alan-lomaxs-massive-archive-goes-online?utm_campaign=storyshare
Alan Lomax's massive archive of American folk music goes online

http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/download-400000-free-classical-musical-scores-46000-free-classical-recordings.html
Download 400,000 classical music scores and 46,000 free classical music recordings

Photos & Films

www.verlinblackwell.blogspot.com
My Daddy Went to War :: A blog and associated Flickr gallery of photos, drawings, and paintings (1938 - 1945) created by a soldier who served in northern Australia during WWII

Documerica Project by the Environmental Protection Agency (Photographs: How the United States Looked Before the EPA)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/collections/72157620729903309/

http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-fruits-and-vegetables-looked-like-before-we-domesticated-them
Here's what fruits and vegetables looked like before we domesticated them.

ttp://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/06/462128514/new-york-public-library-makes-180-000-high-res-images-available-online?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
New York Public Library Makes 180,000 High-Res Images Available Online

http://www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/
Featuring over 180,000 digitized photographs from the State Library and Archives of Florida

This photographer spent 46 years documenting the vanishing world of Vermont's northeast kingdom
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/frozen-time-180968841/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Download 6,600 free films from the Prelinger archives and use them however you like
http://www.openculture.com/2016/05/download-6600-free-films-from-the-prelinger-archives-and-use-them-however-you-like.html

Les Kiriki Acrobatas Japoneses, Segundo De Chomon (1907)
https://www.facebook.com/messynessychic/videos/1994057347302777/

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/kids-coal-mines-lewis-hines-photos
The photos that helped end child labor in the United States

http://readicon.com/721-2/
Fozzilized Viking turd

Written Word

Digital archive of 1,800 chidren's books from UCLA
http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/a-digital-archive-of-1800-childrens-books-from-ucla.html

http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/hear-moby-dick-read-in-its-entirety-by-tilda-swinton-stephen-fry-john-waters-others.html
Hear Moby Dick Read by Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry, John Waters, and others

http://archive.org/stream/pinellasbriefhis00beth/pinellasbriefhis00beth_djvu.tx
An old-timey book about the history of PInellas County, Florida (Can you tell I'm a Florida native?)

http://io9.com/this-medieval-manuscript-curses-the-cat-who-peed-on-it-1502884468
This medieval manuscript curses the cat that peed on it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/
British Library -- free vintage images

dp.la
Digital Public Library of America

http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/enter-an-archive-of-6000-historical-childrens-books-all-digitized-and-free-to-read-online.html
Archive of 6,000 historical children's books

http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis-1927.html
Original 32 page program for Fritz Lang's Metropolis

131-year-old message in a bottle found on Australian beach
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/131-year-old-message-bottle-found-australian-beach-180968381/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

The Ten Greatest Books Ever, According to 125 Top Authors (download them for free)
http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/the-10-greatest-books-ever.html

https://www.good.is/articles/jordan-andersons-legendary-clapback
Letter from a freedman to his old master

History-Related Blogs and Websites

ttp://all-that-is-interesting.com/centennial-bulb?utm_campaign=pdhad&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
This Lighbulb was Switched on in 1901 and It's Still Going

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/dark-disney-stories?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fbbbcculture
Dark Disney: The Real and Horrifying Stories Behind the Classsics

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/20/just-love-collection-art-nouveau-doors-around-2/
A collection of Art Nouveau Doors Around the World

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-manmade-gut-stones-once-used-to-thwart-assassination-attempts?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
Man-made gut stones once made to thwart assassination attempts

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/king-toilet-attendant-england?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
It was once someone's job to chat with the king while he used the toilet.

http://medieval-graffiti.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-voynich-manuscript-medieval-secrets.html
Voynich Manuscript -- Medieval Secrets in Plain Sight

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/paris-siege-eating-zoo-animals?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
During 1870 seige, trapped Parisians dined on rat, cat, and elephants

http://mentalfloss.com/article/51150/12-old-words-survived-getting-fossilized-idioms?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=KWP&kwp_0=366490
Twelve old words that survived by getting trapped in idioms

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/environment/genocide-by-other-means-us-army-slaughtered-buffalo-in-plains-indian-wars/
Genocide by other means -- U.S. Army slaughtered buffalo in plains Indian wars.

http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/hear-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-read-in-the-original-akkadian-language.html
Hear the Epic of Gilgamesh read in the original Akkadian language

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vinegar-valentines-victorian?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=keywee&kwp_0=352578
Rude, cruel, and insulting "vinegar valentines" of the Victorian era

https://www.facebook.com/omeletocom/videos/10154385021844494/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&video_creator_product_type=2&app_id=2392950137&live_video_guests=0
31 rolls of film from a WWII soldier (video)

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
The worst-paid freelance gig in history was being the village sin eater.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i-tried-a-medieval-diet-and-i-didnt-even-get-that-drunk?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
I tried a medieval diet and I didn't even get that drunk.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160404-the-fascinating-phenomenon-of-men-who-sing-high
The grisly history of the men who sang like women

https://pionic.org/researchers-reconstruct-a-house-in-pompeii-to-its-original-state-by-using-3d-technology
Researchers reconstruct a house in Pompeii to its original state by using 3D technology

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/us-passport-history-women?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
The 1920's Women Who Fought for the Right to Travel Under Their Own Names

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-first-woman-to-publish-a-book-in-english-lived-in-a-room-attached-to-a-church-and-walled-off-from-the-rest-of-the-world?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page
First woman to publish a book in English lived in a room attached to a church and walled off from the rest of the world

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/12/12/504821139/long-seen-as-victim-17th-century-italian-painter-emerges-as-feminist-icon?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2040
Long seen as a victim, 17th century Italian painter emerges as a feminist icon

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/11/26/165657050/no-innocent-spice-the-secret-story-of-nutmeg-life-and-death?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202809
No innocent spice: the secret story of nutmeg, life and death

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/29/cave-hands-important-example-prehistoric-art-believed-created-around-9000-13000-years-ago/
The cave of hands: an important example of prehistoric art

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/01/23/two-spirits-one-heart-five-genders
Two spirits, one heart, five genders

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/20/pine-leaf-woman-chief-warrior-crow-people-married-four-wives/
Pine Leaf was a woman chief and warrior of the Crow people. And she married four wives.

http://www.inspiremore.com/1917-chalkboards/
School stumbles upon chalkboards from 1917 during renovation, perfectly preserved lessons provide rare look into past

http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/1.754678
Dachau camp uniform bought at garage sale uncovers prisoner's harrowing story

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503156414/research-on-chinese-haze-helps-crack-mystery-of-londons-deadly-1952-fog?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2054
Research on Chinese haze helps crack mystery of London's deadly 1952 fog

http://southfloridaopulence.com/site-of-the-real-first-thanksgiving/
Site of the real first Thanksgiving

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/11/18/502025877/tribes-revive-indigenous-crops-and-the-food-traditions-that-go-with-them?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2046
Tribes revive indigenous crops and the food traditions that go with them

http://time.com/4110741/unesco-world-monuments-1978/
12 World Heritage Sites the U.N. protected first

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/science/shipwrecks-black-sea-archaeology.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
"We couldn't believe our eyes" -- a lost world of shipwrecks is found (Black Sea)

http://mentalfloss.com/article/68933/what-people-1902-thought-women-future-would-look?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Partner&utm_campaign=FBK
What people in 1902 thought "women of the future" would look like

https://www.popularresistance.org/deep-racism-the-forgotten-history-of-human-zoos/
Deep racism: the forgotten history of human zoos

http://theweek.com/articles/545166/what-english-shakespeare-beowulf-king-arthur-actually-sounded-like
What the English of Shakespeare, Beowulf, and King Arthur actually sounded like

http://blog.history.ac.uk/2016/03/symbolic-scratchings-or-belligerent-literacy-graffiti-and-its-interpretations/
Symbolic scratchings or beligerant literacy: Graffiti and its interpretations

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35358487
Fairy tale origins thousands of years old

http://www.openculture.com/2016/02/watch-the-destruction-of-pompeii-by-mount-vesuvius-re-created-with-computer-animation-79-ad.html
Watch the destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius, re-recreated by computer animation

http://historybuff.com/here-are-most-popular-baby-names-every-decade-since-1880s-rOyoD109A2We?utm_content=inf_10_3107_2&utm_source=se_fb&utm_medium=social_fb_cpc&utm_campaign=social_e_fb&tse_id=INF_951c671280d5481891cde8dfec6b2db0
Most popular baby names every decade since the 1880's

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150910-human-evolution-change/
New human species discovered

http://www.onlinedegrees.org/top-10-social-studieshistory-blogs-for-teachers/
Top 10 social studies/history blogs for teachers

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/gallery/2015/may/31/ennion-roman-lips/
Glassmaking in Ancient Rome

https://jmarcuspatton.wordpress.com/2015/08/31/a-different-vantage-point/
A thoughtful blog by former U.S. History teacher J. Marcus Patton

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/byzantine-angel-wings/470076/
Hearing the Lost Sounds of Antiquity

https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkTendencies/videos/vb.335452449902461/961946523919714/?type=2&theater
200-year-old secretary cabinet (video)

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/14/470395022/thats-no-bottlecap-hiker-in-israel-finds-rare-gold-coin?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160314
Hiker in Israel finds rare Roman Coin

https://www.facebook.com/451165558387640/videos/vb.451165558387640/523797737791088/?type=2&theater
1,000 years of European history (video map)

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/arts/international/bringing-ancient-sounds-back-to-life.html?_r=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F
Bringing ancient sounds back to life

http://time.com/4232850/see-amazing-photos-of-the-real-rosie-the-riveter-women-of-world-war-ii/?xid=life_socialflow_facebook
Photos of the real "Rosie the Riveter" -- Women of WWII

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-egypt-demons-database-demonthingscom-lions-dogs-foxes-dreamcatcher-a7228366.html
Online database of ancient Egyptian demons

http://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog.php?blogid=563%2FPeople-In-London-Tried-To-Label-The-50-US-States-On-A-Map-These-Are-The-Hilarious-Results
Can you name all fifty states?

http://canyouactually.com/100-years-ago-artists-were-asked-to-imagine-what-life-would-be-like-in-the-year-2000/
100 years ago artists were asked to depict the year 2000

http://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/12/17th-century-hungarian-serial-killer-countess-elizabeth-bathory-was-as-horrifying-as-mythical-count-dracula/
17th century Hungarian serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory was as horrifying as mythical Count Dracula

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/21/once-a-magnificent-medieval-city-and-home-to-200000-people-the-ghost-city-of-ani-is-now-completely-abandoned/

www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/21/once-a-magnificent-medieval-city-and-home-to-200000-people-the-ghost-city-of-ani-is-now-completely-abandoned/
Once a magnificent medieval city and home to 200,000 people, the ghost city of Ani is now completely abandoned

Nodasaur dinosaur "mummy" with skin and bones intact
http://allthatsinteresting.com/nodosaur-dinosaur-mummy

Titanic of Sweden: The Only Fully Intact 17th Century Warship Ever Salvaged
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/29/vasa-warship/?fbclid=IwAR3vFJesDeMhZBXJ7RYSXOawm4jpWQBhDqu5kky3mvh4OQOXrvm8WgViyV8

Burying the Civil War Hatchet: The Great Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/28/gettysburg-great-reunion-of-1913/?fbclid=IwAR3yf8qUTcVYFvSqlzm17eTElAlsqATU2cGAzdWvVOvQiGMCdC8liKFGPYY

Remembering the Howard University Librarian Who Decolonized the Way Books Were Catalogued
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remembering-howard-university-librarian-who-decolonized-way-books-were-catalogued-180970890/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR36lQcKr-uFxQ0ayGDAI0Tf-KHSADqKhbcqWw66eMCoHzIOe7M9Pwdwn0c

The Grotesque Stories Behind the Famous Gargoyles of Notre Dame Cathedral
www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/24/gargoyles-of-notre-dame/?fbclid=IwAR1uwSwG8YrNF_Sfe6fBfYX3My-6JOYg1wLGyX2WtKKwVr23KHBTMUbjQKs

Blame Napoleon for Our Addiction to Sugar
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/blame-napoleon-for-our-addiction-to-sugar-152096743/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR3Sah1_hrr8RpHPiXEIntrTj0CpYC5WF5rm4W2vreqa2UaxzaEHzdFV4Mc

Marie Curie's Research Papers Are Still Radioactive 100+ Years Later
http://www.openculture.com/2015/07/marie-curies-research-papers-are-still-radioactive-100-years-later.html?fbclid=IwAR3hraB4cP9aA3inZkZfInTUiJ7WgUgaQiV2qac0jeBNs-VJZAdowAuqFLU

Fantastic French Publicity Caravans of Yesteryear
https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/05/29/fantastic-french-publicity-caravans-of-yesteryear/?fbclid=IwAR3fUonvGs2objZC6KUFVfojgmBdwf74DAYtVkFRm3CRuesF5jLtHm5FrCk

Eight Spots in the U.S. Where You Can See Petroglyphs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/eight-spots-in-united-states-where-you-can-see-petroglyphs-180972445/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR37woQth3zR499iDwZiBpGH_krS7iSxydZfyw0UBcHEYHWQC93KWElHIYI

The Romanovs' Last Spectacular Ball Brought to Life in Color Photographs (1903)
http://www.openculture.com/2019/07/the-romanovs-last-spectacular-ball-brought-to-life-in-color-photographs-1903.html?fbclid=IwAR1T8EtKEt2F5wGh2vXbKBDqE6-KbgAVHk1MLxqvTrUVZyXjCFJo5pi3MDs

Hand-Colored 1860's Photographs Reveal the Last Days of Samurai Japan
http://www.openculture.com/2015/11/hand-colored-1860s-photographs-reveal-the-last-days-of-samurai-japan.html?fbclid=IwAR0voEB2Ornbq3Pnjgbi9g4b0QvnKwch7RTkAXnbQB1exjiQ7I_h_4KK08o

Pompeii Fixed Potholes with Molten Iron
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pompeii-fixed-potholes-molten-iron-180972203/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR0Gd5Y4enzTUoWbs0ng3iBCoud8rKp2GJStdk66b8CCl2o-zqWV-CfN2qo

Cool Sites (but not necessarily history-related)

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/18/564817838/toilet-signs-are-mysterious-and-mirth-inducing?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2046
Toilet signs are mysterious and mirth inducing

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/arts-entertainment/11-essential-native-american-films-you-can-watch-online-right-now/
11 Essential Native American Films to Watch Online

http://www.openculture.com/2017/11/a-map-showing-how-much-time-it-takes-to-learn-foreign-languages-from-easiest-to-hardest.html
A map showing how much time it takes to learn foreign languages, from easiest to hardest

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/do-other-countries-believe-in-tooth-fairy?bsc=toothfairy-usa&btp=fb&utm_campaign=toothfairy-usa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=organicpost
Do other countries believe in the tooth fairy?

https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/10/19/resonances-between-indigenous-art-and-images-captured-microscopes?fbclid=IwAR3n7D-SQYvCI2XMcUkIn2srr0CNyTnic63FJqikZBtMDOEKtI_jgsJfnVo
The resonances between indigenous art and images captured by microscopes

https://www.messynessychic.com/2016/06/14/a-photographers-forgotten-muse-on-the-french-riviera/?fbclid=IwAR0LLqVFezRkuPiVj9e4yc1hvev3AAcx3YOrWwS7r03NixiJUM677u_mRms
A Photographer's Forgotten Muse on the French Riviera