~ Harbutt’s Fibrous Plasticine; The English Review, December 1915via Internet Archive“A small piece made into a plug and placed in each ear effectually cuts up the nerve-shattering concussions of high explosives, and so prevents that terribly distressing form of deafness that so often follows an action.”

~ Harbutt’s Fibrous Plasticine; The English Review, December 1915
via Internet Archive

“A small piece made into a plug and placed in each ear effectually cuts up the nerve-shattering concussions of high explosives, and so prevents that terribly distressing form of deafness that so often follows an action.”

~ Women Strike for Peace; New York Times,  Sept. 17-18, 1967via Swarthmore College Peace Collection(click to enlarge)“We will walk where you can see us. We will walk where you can hear us….Mr. President, a mother in defense of her family is not easily turned aside.”

~ Women Strike for Peace; New York Times, Sept. 17-18, 1967
via Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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“We will walk where you can see us. We will walk where you can hear us….Mr. President, a mother in defense of her family is not easily turned aside.”

~ Road Rights of Motorists: Containing the Rules of the Road and the Automobile Laws of all States; Twyman O. Abbott, 1910
via Northwestern University Library

~ Road Rights of Motorists: Containing the Rules of the Road and the Automobile Laws of all States; Twyman O. Abbott, 1910
via Northwestern University Library

~ Toronto Star Weekly, October 10, 1942via Library and Archives Canada(click to enlarge)

~ Toronto Star Weekly, October 10, 1942
via Library and Archives Canada
(click to enlarge)

~ The Prime Minister’s Advice to the Young Unmarried Men and Pledge to Married Men; London, England, 1915via Library and Archives Canada(click to enlarge)

~ The Prime Minister’s Advice to the Young Unmarried Men and Pledge to Married Men; London, England, 1915
via Library and Archives Canada
(click to enlarge)

~ Road Rights of Motorists: Containing the Rules of the Road and the Automobile Laws of all States; Twyman O. Abbott, 1910
via Northwestern University Library

~ Road Rights of Motorists: Containing the Rules of the Road and the Automobile Laws of all States; Twyman O. Abbott, 1910
via Northwestern University Library

~ The Business Guide, by James Lawrence Nichols, 1897via Northwestern University Library

~ The Business Guide, by James Lawrence Nichols, 1897
via Northwestern University Library

~ The Australian Women’s Weekly, June 15, 1940via Trove

~ The Australian Women’s Weekly, June 15, 1940
via Trove

~ Canadian Y.M.C.A. in London, c. 1914 - 1918via Library and Archives Canada(click to enlarge)

~ Canadian Y.M.C.A. in London, c. 1914 - 1918
via Library and Archives Canada
(click to enlarge)

~ Whitworth Bros.’ Street Directory and Electric Railway Guide of Cleveland and Suburbs, 1904via Internet Archive

~ Whitworth Bros.’ Street Directory and Electric Railway Guide of Cleveland and Suburbs, 1904
via Internet Archive

~ U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942via Northwestern University

~ U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942
via Northwestern University

Tags: WWII retro legal

~ The Star Weekly (Toronto) between April 23 - May 12, 1945via Library and Archives Canada(click to enlarge)

~ The Star Weekly (Toronto) between April 23 - May 12, 1945
via Library and Archives Canada
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Tags: WWII legal misc

~ “The Crisis”, Columbus, Ohio; March 2, 1864via History’s Newsstand Blog(click to enlarge)

~ “The Crisis”, Columbus, Ohio; March 2, 1864
via History’s Newsstand Blog

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~ Road Rights of Motorists: Containing the Rules of the Road and the Automobile Laws of all States; Twyman O. Abbott, 1910
via Northwestern University Library

~ Road Rights of Motorists: Containing the Rules of the Road and the Automobile Laws of all States; Twyman O. Abbott, 1910
via Northwestern University Library

~ Road Rights of Motorists: Containing the Rules of the Road and the Automobile Laws of all States; Twyman O. Abbott, 1910
via Northwestern University Library“Because novel and unusual in appearance, and for that reason likely to frighten horses unaccustomed to see them, is no reason for prohibiting their use.”

~ Road Rights of Motorists: Containing the Rules of the Road and the Automobile Laws of all States; Twyman O. Abbott, 1910
via Northwestern University Library

“Because novel and unusual in appearance, and for that reason likely to frighten horses unaccustomed to see them, is no reason for prohibiting their use.”