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  • Wooden Mobile Homes From The Early 20th Century

    the early 20th century, a distinctive and movable type of housing surfaced, known as mobile wooden homes These structures, colloquially known as mobile homes, offer a captivating glimpse into a bygone era, Living in these homes on wheels was not without its challenges. However, the inhabitants of these mobile homes were inherently resourceful. Despite the challenges, the legacy of wooden motor homes endures.

  • The Life and Legacy of Rose Dugdale: From Aristocracy to Revolutionary

    Rose Dugdale’s life is one of the most intriguing tales of radical transformation, moving from a privileged Early Life and Privilege Born on 26 April 1941 in Devon, England, Bridget Rose Dugdale was raised in Rose received the finest education, attending Miss Ironside’s School in Kensington and later the prestigious She was sentenced to nine years in prison for her role in the heist. Until her death, Dugdale lived in a care home in Dublin run by the Poor Servants of the Mother of God

  • The Capture Of Mussolini, His Final Hours And the Strange Journey His Body Went On After His Death.

    By July 1943, the Allied invasion of Sicily and bombing of Rome caused the Italian high command and King palace, Mussolini fled Milan accompanied by his 33-year-old mistress, Clara Petacci, in the 1939 Alfa Romeo

  • Défilé by AES+F Group: The Macabre Intersection of Fashion and Death

    audiences, appearing at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India and L’Arte Differente: Mocak al MAXXI in Rome boundaries, offering a compelling exploration of beauty, death, and the fashion industry’s strange role

  • The Hon Violet Gibson: The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini

    Rather than returning to Ireland, she moved to Italy, settling into the quiet routine of a convent in Rome She had come to kill Mussolini.

  • Elspeth Beard: The Architecture Student Who Rode Solo Around the World

    Two years, four continents and around 35,000 miles later, Elspeth Beard rode back into the city having In 1980 she rode across the United States with her brother, her first real long-distance trip and a taste From New York she rode north into Canada, then south through the US to Mexico, before shipping the BMW Home, and Thirty Years of Silence Beard rode back into London a little over two years after she'd left Given how she spent her twenties, none of it should come as much of a surprise. Sources 1.

  • When Bob Marley Survived Getting Shot During A Home Invasion

    Dem come fi kill Bob!" Those who had not been hit huddled together, some crying, some just stunned into silence. Some brought makeshift weapons, machetes, sticks, even lengths of iron pipe. Some slept in cars parked across the drive. Some fans stayed home, fearing more violence.

  • When Hungary Rose: The 1956 Revolution and the Shadow of Soviet Rule

    Every home could be searched. Wages stagnated, prices rose, and rationing became the norm. They carried banners demanding “Russians Go Home” and “We Want Free Elections.” Some even handed over weapons to the protesters. Some soldiers joined the rebels, but most were overwhelmed or ordered to surrender.

  • James Zwerg: The White Student Who Rode Into Hell for Civil Rights

    Mug shots of some of the more than 300 “freedom riders” who were arrested in Mississippi during the summer Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and began attending nonviolence workshops, often playing the role Freedom Riders and other passengers burns after being fire-bombed by white mob that attacked the bus and some But we're going to keep coming until we can ride from anywhere in the South to any place else in the

  • Letizia Battaglia: Documenting the Sicilian Mafia Through the Lens of Daily Life

    But what she brought to her role was a deep familiarity with the city’s rhythms, a political consciousness While some of her photographs were later used as evidence in criminal proceedings, her intention was been featured in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the MAXXI in Rome

  • Effie and Avis Hotchkiss: The Mother and Daughter Who Rode Across America in 1915

    Her mother Avis wanted to come along. From Brooklyn they rode north through the Hudson Valley to Albany, then west toward Buffalo. They turned around and rode all the way back. The Women Who Rode Before and After Effie and Avis were part of a small but growing community of female motorcyclists in the early 20th century. • In 1914 Della Crewe rode from Waco to New York City with

  • The Eviction of Mary Filan: When The Trump Organisation Ousted a Widow from Her Home

    steps in Filan initially refused to leave, distressed and confused by what had just happened to her home Ridlon called it a horror show, and said 31 years of a home had been undone in a couple of hours. is what Filan ultimately decided about the New Jersey apartment or whether she ended up in an adult home least power to fight back, among them Vera Coking, another widow who refused to sell her Atlantic City home

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