1. 21:09 21st May 2012

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    Reblogged from todaysdocument

    usnatarchives:

    Margie was a very different kind of pin-up girl. She was not salacious, and her clothes were neatly buttoned up. She was a young wife on the homefront pining for soldier husband, and her serious and articulate “letters” that appeared alongside her image were about managing money. But she was a big hit with the young men fighting overseas during World War II.

    “Margie” was created to encourage soldiers to manage their pay. Her letters informed soldiers about soldiers’ deposits, personal transfer accounts, Class E allotments of pay, War Bonds, and National Service Life insurance. The posters were distributed in posts, commands, and theaters of operation.

    She was also a real person. Margie Stewart passed away this May at the age of 92. She was not a soldier, but she gave the men overseas a reason and a reminder to plan for a life with their sweethearts after the war ended.

    These posters are part of the holdings of the National Archives and can be found in Record Group 44.

     

  2. 20:16 20th May 2012

    Notes: 78

    Reblogged from todaysdocument

    Tags: this day in history

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    todaysdocument: On this day in 1873, Levi Strauss & Co. patented Fastening Pocket Openings which prevented the pockets from giving way at the corners — perfect for all those eager homesteaders. Patent Drawing for J. W. Davis’ Fastening Pocket Openings, 05/20/1873

    todaysdocument:

    On this day in 1873, Levi Strauss & Co. patented Fastening Pocket Openings which prevented the pockets from giving way at the corners — perfect for all those eager homesteaders.

    Patent Drawing for J. W. Davis’ Fastening Pocket Openings, 05/20/1873

     

  3. 20:14

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    Reblogged from alloftimeanddemons

    Tags: Avengers

    Chris Evans would say ‘Avengers Assemble’ behind the scenes to call out the rest of cast via text message to hang out off the set. Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson) stated that this was his favorite text message ever sent to him.

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  4. 14:48

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    Reblogged from gotchibi

    Tags: lksdjflksjfdlksjfdlksjdWHY ARE THEY SO ADORKABLEEnglandAmericaUSUKUSHetalia

    prussiasfivemeters:

    adorable usuk comic called ‘flutter teatime’ (#>w<#)

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  5. 14:46

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    Reblogged from lokiswag

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    (Source: ansera)

     

  6. 11:56

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    Tags: Avengers

    So I saw the Avengers yesterday for a belated birthday present (Nothing was out at the time last month, so we just decided to wait for this, so I don’t mind at all.).  Favorite part hands down was the Hulk slamming Loki into the Stark Tower floor and Loki’s then all *CAN’T BREATHE*  alksdfjasldfk

    And Coulson’s just in a hospital bed worrying over the blood on his trading cards.  He’s totally fine.  Fury just said that he died to add to that push to get the Avengers to work together.  ;_____;  *is totally not in denial or anything*

     

  7. 10:11 19th May 2012

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    Reblogged from invisibleinnocence

    Tags: lksdjflksjfdlksjfdlksjdBolin

    Plays: 30,311

    [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

    thundergoddess:

     

  8. 18:04 15th May 2012

    Notes: 2707

    Reblogged from thedailywhat

    thedailywhat:

    Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: In 1988, Nicholas Winton’s wife revealed to the BBC his long-kept secret: He’d saved 669 children from the Nazis at the dawn of World War II through his organization of the Czech Kindertransport. (This clip is from a BBC program that honored the “British Schindler” by inviting some 80 of the children he saved to surprise him in the audience.) In all, more than 5,000 people owe their lives to Winton.

    In the more than two decades since the media got wind of his humanitarian exploits, Winton has been knighted, had a minor planet named after him, been commemorated by two statues — one each in Prague and London — and been the subject of three films and a play.

    Winton still wears a ring given to him by some of the children he saved. It is inscribed with a line from the Talmud, the book of Jewish law: “Save one life, save the world.” He celebrates his 103rd birthday this week.

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  9. 17:32

    Notes: 35

    Reblogged from todaysdocument

    Tags: this day in history

    todaysdocument: Background on the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) from our colleagues in Legislative Archives: congressarchives: Congress in the Archives will feature monthly staff posts on our blog. Today’s post comes from Center archives specialist Christine Blackerby. “The President is hereby authorized to establish…a Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps for non-combatant service with the Army of the United States for the purpose of making available to the national defense when needed the knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of this Nation.” On May 15, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed H.R. 6293 into law, establishing the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). This new unit operated alongside, not within, the Army. Benefits, status, and pay differed from normal military service. Six months before America entered World War II (and about a year prior to WAAC passing), Representative Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA) introduced H.R. 4906 to establish WAAC, but it was not well received. Then Japan’s deliberate attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 altered perspectives. Young, able men joined or were drafted into the military, and questions began to circle throughout Congress: Would there be enough soldiers to win this war? Where could the military find more workers? Rep. Rogers provided an answer to these questions when she introduced a new WAAC bill, H.R. 6293, into the House of Representatives on January 2, 1942. Supporters for H.R. 6293 came from a wide range of people, including General George C. Marshall, Eleanor Roosevelt, and American women’s groups. Opposition weighed heavily on the belief that women belonged in the home and that the entire organization would be viewed as weak or ineffective by other countries and their militaries. Despite resistance to changing roles of women, the need for more military “manpower” prevailed, and the bill passed the House with a vote of 249 to 86. While the House supported the bill with large numbers, it passed the Senate with a slimmer margin of 38 to 27. H.R. 6293, 1/28/1942, HR 77A-B5, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives (ARC 4397811)

    todaysdocument:

    Background on the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) from our colleagues in Legislative Archives:

    congressarchives:

    Congress in the Archives will feature monthly staff posts on our blog. Today’s post comes from Center archives specialist Christine Blackerby.

    “The President is hereby authorized to establish…a Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps for non-combatant service with the Army of the United States for the purpose of making available to the national defense when needed the knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of this Nation.”

    On May 15, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed H.R. 6293 into law, establishing the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). This new unit operated alongside, not within, the Army. Benefits, status, and pay differed from normal military service.

    Six months before America entered World War II (and about a year prior to WAAC passing), Representative Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA) introduced H.R. 4906 to establish WAAC, but it was not well received. Then Japan’s deliberate attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 altered perspectives. Young, able men joined or were drafted into the military, and questions began to circle throughout Congress: Would there be enough soldiers to win this war? Where could the military find more workers?

    Rep. Rogers provided an answer to these questions when she introduced a new WAAC bill, H.R. 6293, into the House of Representatives on January 2, 1942. Supporters for H.R. 6293 came from a wide range of people, including General George C. Marshall, Eleanor Roosevelt, and American women’s groups. Opposition weighed heavily on the belief that women belonged in the home and that the entire organization would be viewed as weak or ineffective by other countries and their militaries.

    Despite resistance to changing roles of women, the need for more military “manpower” prevailed, and the bill passed the House with a vote of 249 to 86. While the House supported the bill with large numbers, it passed the Senate with a slimmer margin of 38 to 27.

    H.R. 6293, 1/28/1942, HR 77A-B5, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives (ARC 4397811)

     

  10. 15:53

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    Reblogged from creeperly

    Tags: lol

    interwar: ‘How to Hoodwink the Zeppelins: The Latest Device for Disguising London’, Harry Rountree, The Bystander, 9 December 1914.

    interwar:

    ‘How to Hoodwink the Zeppelins: The Latest Device for Disguising London’, Harry Rountree, The Bystander, 9 December 1914.