'Moonrise, Mamaroneck, New York' photographed by Edward Steichen in 1904.

The sun was still blasting behind Dumyat Hill and the Trossach mountains while our city lay in the blue darkness of twilight

St Giles' Cathedral #Edinburgh Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

Scenes from the 1st Airborne Division's first and second days in action west of Arnhem at Wolfheze, Renkum and Oosterbeek, 17-18 September 1944.

You can learn more about Operation Market Garden on our website: bit.ly/4bqnoPv.

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Makes me think of the incredibly moving painting of the same name by N.C. Wyeth.

Wonderful photos of Canterbury Cathedral from #architecteuropa on Insta
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Canterbury Cathedral, England📍

Canterbury Cathedral, located in Kent, England, is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and one of the most important religious sites in the country. Its main architectural…

The dining hall on HMS Ophir in 1901. (Royal Collection Trust)

Sunset off the bow.

The Coronation Roll is the State record of a monarch's accession and Coronation, dating back to 1308.

For the first time, you can explore a digitised version of King Charles III's Roll through a new UK Government project.

Explore the Roll here: coronationroll.gov.uk

Reverse of a gold brooch, inscribed in Medieval French 'Ours and Always at your Desire', 1400s. Collection: The Victoria & Albert Museum. Via: Erica Weiner.

Check out this unique view of 9 Company, Irish Guards, as they train for their role in Trooping the Colour ☘️

They’ll provide the Escort to the Colour at this year’s King’s Birthday Parade 💂‍♂️

📺 Watch here 👇

A 1,800-year-old sandstone carving unearthed at a Roman fort in southwestern Germany may represent a hybrid Romano-Germanic deity with a human head and legs that merge into a snake that may have been a part of a Jupiter Column unearthed 100 years ago.

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Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan 🇯🇵
📸:yasufumi

#OnThisDay - May 2, 1912: Naval aviator Charles Rumney Samson achieved history's first aircraft take off from a moving ship (📷) .

Aboard HMS Hibernia, on a Short S27, he utilised a ramp mounted to its gun turrets as a launch platform.

'Pharaoh's Daughter' by Reginald Arthur, 1896.

Autumn Maple, by Kamisaka Sekka, ca. 1870s

#nihonga

Duane Eddy, pioneering guitar hero who helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at 86. trib.al/qpaX1ak

In 1932, Katherine Cheung became the first woman of Chinese descent to earn a pilot's license in the United States. She performed aerobatics at fairs and air shows in California and regularly entered competitive air races. #SmithsonianAANHPI #AAPIHeritageMonth

'A Secret Wood' by Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1900.