Last week, I took a few snaps of custom frame builder Eric Estlund’s latest project – a modern interpretation of a WWI military bike. Dubbed the 1918 after Armistice day, Estlund’s bike is an homage to the Columbia Military Bicycle models that were issued by the US Government during the war. While Eric worked from …
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From the Archives: First World War "Official" Photographs (National Library of Scotland)
Searching for historical images of women in uniform, I found these terrific photographs from the National Library of Scotland’s Digital Archive. Many of the original photographs document a less expected, more routinized view of war. My favorite set show dogs (non-trad breeds) and pigeons being trained as messengers. I was also taken by the more …