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Posted by Mike Meltzer on October 2, 2011

Abraham Lincoln in his open coffin.

For 87 years it was thought no photographs of Mr. Lincoln in an open coffin existed. Then, in 1952, 14-year-old Ronald Rietveld discovered one hidden away in the Illinois State Historical Library while researching the papers of Lincoln’s personal secretaries. (Dr. Rietveld retired in 2009 as a professor emeritus at California State University in Fullerton.) The photograph had been taken by photographer Jeremiah Gurney, Jr., on April 24, 1865, as the body lay in state in City Hall in New York. Afterwards, it was immediately confiscated by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and was unknown until re-discovered by Rietveld.

Just a little something to note for future reference…

(Source: http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln41.html)

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Posted by Mike Meltzer on October 1, 2011

agentmlovestacos:

THE CUTEST LITTLE DOCTOR WHO EVER!!!!

We just finished David Tennant’s run. So sad. I hope this Matt Smith character is at least as awesome as this little baby girl Doctor.

via carnivaloftherandom:

mazarin221b:

saathi1013:

travelsbytardis:

ELEVEN aka GREATEST BABY EVER

VS

The Dalek

(the aka link has a LOT more pics and excellent anecdotes. Also, this wee bb is female*, and I am kind of loving the fact that her* parents weren’t like “all right, guess it’s companions for her.” NO. She’s the mothereffing Doctor. And she gets to meet the actors she’s dressing up as!

…no, I’m not at all jealous of this wee little bit. Nope. *snif*

(*as far as we know now)

OMG, that is awesome!

We still haven’t let our guy watch any Doctor Who, because franky, they’re too scary for him and fairly adult in concept these days. We might start him off in a year or so on some Four, see how he likes that.

This. So much. WOW.