War's End on Wall Street, 1918, Colorized Scientist and black Atu’u maiden’s manta

and black Atu’u maiden’s manta and the distinctive squash blossom whorl - a symbol of fertility achieved by wrapping their hair around moulds on each side of the head

Though socio-economically and culturally similar

February 23rd

There is nothing quite like a morning such as this

War's End on Wall Street, 1918, Colorized Scientist and black Atu’u maiden’s mantaABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH Taken at 1: 52 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, November 7th, 1918, America prematurely celebrated the end of World War I, four days before the formal declaration of Armistice. Why? Because of a lunchtime conversation between Roy Howard of the United Press and Admiral Henry Wilson of the US Navy, passing on that an armistice treaty had been signed, according to a contact of Wilsons at the American Embassy. News spread quickly, and