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Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.
More in the alt text.
#photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum
Simplicius in der Waldeinöde, from the series Intermezzi
Print, n.d. by Max Klinger (German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena)
Pendant with Daoist divinities
Pendant, China, 19th century
Europa & Europa
for more on the #moon : https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-the-moons-of-jupiter/
for more on the #myth (aka that time #Zeus became a bull and... uh abducted the princess Europa...): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/taurus-the-bull/
📷 :https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA01503 & https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/188530
#NASA #Astrophotography #moon #Europa #Jupiter #MoonsOfJupiter #Science #StarLore #mythology #GreekMythology #myths #Museum #Art #MetMuseum #Sculpture
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