Spotlight on the Secret Service
“The chief responsibility of the U.S. Secret Service is to guard the life of the President… In Dallas, on November […]
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The Mad Plaid of 1940
Fashion writer Henry Jackson had a few words to say concerning the importance of Glen Plaid in men’s fashions during
Smedley Butler on Peace (Liberty Magazine, 1936)
Retired Marine Corps General Smedley Butler (1881 – 1940) was well known for his 1935 book, War is a Racket
British Officer’s Uniform Insignia (Bovril Booklet, 1917)
Attached you will find five black and white drawings illustrating the British Army sleeve insignia worn throughout the First World War.
The Crew Fifteen Years Later
This is a 1960 magazine interview that served to profile eleven of the top American military celebrities to emerge from
World War One Clip Art: Otto Dix
Attached you will find assorted German Army figures by German Expressionist and World War I infantry veteran Otto Dix
(Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix 1891 – 1969). He served as a machine gunner for much of the war.
British Officer’s Full Dress Caps (New York Times, 1915)
Color illustrations of six full dress British Army service caps. Pictured are the dark blue caps worn by those who held such ranks as Aide-de-Camp to the King, Equerry to the King, Staff Officer, British Army Pay Officer and Army Medical Officer.
The Fear of the “Nipponification” (The Independent, 1920)
Interesting figures revealed by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1920 served to relieve much of the race-conscious anxiety among some of the members of the Anglo-Saxon majority. KEY WORDS: Xenophobia, U.S. Census Bureau, Figures of the U.S. Census Bureau, Yellow Peril, Asian American, Asian American History, Asian American Studies.
A German Taube Monoplane (The Nations at War, 1915)
A hand tinted colour photograph depicting a French biplane in pursuit of a German Taube.