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Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to [email protected]

Photos of ruins should go to [email protected]

Photos of the past should go to [email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I read that the person in the wheel was often blind. It was one way for them to make a living.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So what happened when they weren't blind? Did people just do shifts when blind?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Just get a hot poker and fix the problem