Berry pickers quarters and cooking shacks, Baltimore, MD, late #c19th These images were meant to shock, but also exposed the harsh conditions agricultural workers faced at the time. Factories were bad, but so we're fields 🗃️ #roadpeople LOC flic.kr/p/daFofM

Shop front, 1942. Nothing about this except I love it as a photo. #c20th LOC flic.kr/p/4jCHz5

Mother Goose Market, Kentucky, 1979 Very strong Fallout vibes here. Love it when you build your brand into the actual building. #c20th LOC flic.kr/p/29t9ci7

Women inspecting aircraft wings, Douglas Aircraft factory, 1942. These OWI pictures are very posed and not representative, but this one is great as a photo. #c20th LOC flic.kr/p/4jCGcE

Long exposure of a railroad departure yard at dusk, 1942 Looks almost like one of those light sculptures that were all the rage a few years ago! #c20th 🗃️📸🚂 #railroads LOC flic.kr/p/4jyVAd

Captured mine-laying German submarine, late 1910s #milhist #c20th LOC flic.kr/p/wKAyZG

Panoramic view of crew of USS Mount Vernon, 1918. I love the perspective the panorama creates on the ship. 📸 #c20th LOC flic.kr/p/5zEnxS

A dog photo bombs a rather serious picture of strikers, Utica, NY 1910s It looks like the dog is shaking water off it's body, and it's hard not to chuckle when you see this picture. #c20th 🗃️ LOC flic.kr/p/4i9nTv

Replastering an adobe house, NM, 1940. I love this as a photo and a record of a domestic process. I guess this is still done if adobe buildings are still around. #c20th LOC flic.kr/p/6pAPke

Animal locomotion diagram, 1887 I've seen the one from the side before, but the one from the back is new to me. #c19th 🗃️ LOC flic.kr/p/mKY1rM

Pamphlet about the first passenger train in the US. I love source from the past that look back even further! History about history! #c19th 🗃️ 🚂 LOC flic.kr/p/2qg8DSt

Machine shop instruction, 1920s I just think this photo is rad as hell, and will hopefully inspire some artist or #illustrator I'm just worried about their ties! #c20th 📸 LOC flic.kr/p/zki7Pm

Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge, 1983 #c20th LOC flic.kr/p/2nvwypb

Map of Hawaii "Unsurveyed and very imperfectly known", late #c18th or #c19th includes A detail of Honolulu, when it was quite small. Its hi-res and worth a look! LOC loc.gov/resource/gmdti…

Margate Pier, late #c19th It's a cool shot. It's interesting how the pier branches out. LOC flic.kr/p/eLRKfM

The Imperial Ironclad Frigates Hamidiye, Osmaniye and Aziziye seen during equipping late #c19th This is part of a much larger collection of photographs of the late Ottoman Empire. A really great visual resource for people studying that period. LOC lccn.loc.gov/2003674603

The Abdul Hamid II Collection at the LOC is a really awesome and extensive collection of photos from the late #c19th Ottoman Empire. Its a great, diverse visual resource for that period and is somehting you could get lost for hours in. 🗃️ loc.gov/collections/ab…

Really pleased to be long listed this year. I enjoy writing for this competition!

Chuffed to bits that I've been highly commended in the HWA short story contest!

In case you missed it: The winning, highly commended and shortlisted stories in the 2025 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition are announced. Congratulations to these outstanding #histfic writers! Find out more at historiamag.com/hwaddss25-winn… #HWADDSS25