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Use this tag for questions looking to identify or classify an object, image, or person, or to otherwise place them in historical context. Make sure to include as much detail as you already know about the mystery object, preferably including photographs, if applicable.
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What is Lorenzo de' Medici holding in this painting?
It is a letter.
It was a common practice at the time to depict men of business holding a letter or ledger in their portraits.
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Who are all the people in this photo of the signing of the Civil Rights Act, 1964?
I know 3 of them (not including Kennedy that you have already identified):
TK is Senator Thomas Kuchel.
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What was this small state in the south of France in 1789?
That is Avignon, part of the papal states. In 1791 the French annexed it. The map below shows the extent of the papal states in 1700:
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Who is the man in the red jacket in this painting?
I think it is almost certainly one of the restored Bourbon monarchs, either Louis XVIII, Charles X, or Louis Phillippe. If the timing is correct then it would probably have to be Louis Philippe. By dr …
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The Purpose of Mystery Object 40.9.11
The object in question is a blank spool of recording tape for a multiplex photographic recording system. Such systems were commonly used not only at Sayville, but at all transatlantic radio receiving …
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Who were the Deer Touchers?
"The Man Who Touches Deer", by Bill Heavey, Field and Stream, October 2000, p. 44.
The article is an interview of naturalist author Tom Brown, Jr., who claims he was taught as a child by a Lipan Apac …
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Identify this sword!
I submitted the photos to a dealer and he said the sword is, as Mario Elocio said, of North African make. He said it was made sometime between 1900-1950 and would be worth $100 to $200 on eBay.
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Who were these two conspirators against Titus?
Suetonius mentions the two only anecdotally and they are never referred to elsewhere.
Roman emperors, like most dictators, faced literally a constant array of plots. If history recorded every plot an …
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What is this strange symbol painted on basement floor?
CRSouser had the right basic idea that it is a variant on an Ankh.
The symbol is almost certainly from the Theosophy movement. The basic emblem of this movement is a stick figure ankh inside of a pen …
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French WW 1 infantry field uniforms
It is an American uniform of the type often worn by officers.
He is wearing an overseas cap, which indicates he may have served in Europe or was slated to be sent over. He may also just be wearing th …
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What class / type of ship was the "Dragon" from Rotterdam c. 1732?
I could find no records of the ship, but almost certainly it was an English frigate or a smaller 3-masted barque. Frigates were the desirable mode of transoceanic passage in the 1730s. In many cases …
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Can you identify the ship in this picture?
It is USS LSIL-545. It got two battle commendations. Here is that baby in action in New Guinea (what a hell hole):
The New Guinea campaign was complete hell. During wartime censorship (what First A …
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What kind of device is pictured on this Roman mosaic from Villa Tellaro, Sicily?
It is a bronze lasanum, a very expensive piece of equipment. The way it works is you put charcoal and some oil/wood in it and light it which makes a hot fire (as you can see flames are coming out of i …
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Identify WW2 ammo
Looks like a fragment of an exploded mine, maybe an S-type? At the end of the war sometimes they would pile up ammo and mines into a big heap then detonate the mines all at once in an effort to destro …
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