Global Museum2d ago

The Man Who Went Shopping For Dining Chairs and Accidentally Bought Stonehenge.

On September 21, 1915, a British barrister named Cecil Chubb was given a very simple task by his wife, Mary. She sent him to a local auction in Salisbury with strict instructions: buy a nice set of dining chairs for their home.

But as Chubb sat in the auction house, he got distracted. "Lot 15" came up for sale, a 30-acre plot of land featuring a crumbling, dilapidated ring of ancient rocks.
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Show threadfelix (grayscale) 🐺23h ago
@globalmuseum "photo" is probably generative AI. can't find a photographer credit. search for visual matches only finds copies that appeared in the past few days. search for "Mary Chubb" finds no photos that match, and the hat here is unlike what she wears in the few other photos of her
Show threadShaula Evans

@gray17 @globalmuseum Thank you for the excellent sleuthing!

Because this post came from a museum site, it didn't even occur to me to scrutinize the image.

My god, we live in exhausting times.

Mar 22 at 4:33amWeb