EditorialPercussion gun, tromblon, Gun for self-defense (scrap). Partially round and partly octagonal brass barrel, trumpet-shaped. Engraved lock plate and iron fittings. Berlin silver button. Smooth drawer with checkered handle. Iron nail-shaped charging stick...
EditorialPolyplectron hardwickii, Print, The peacock-pheasants are a bird genus, Polyplectron, of the family Phasianidae, consisting of eight species. They are colored inconspicuously, relying on heavily on crypsis to avoid detection. When threatened, peacock-p...
EditorialPolyplectron cyclospilum, Print, The peacock-pheasants are a bird genus, Polyplectron, of the family Phasianidae, consisting of eight species. They are colored inconspicuously, relying on heavily on crypsis to avoid detection. When threatened, peacock-...
EditorialPolyplectron hypopyrrus, Print, The peacock-pheasants are a bird genus, Polyplectron, of the family Phasianidae, consisting of eight species. They are colored inconspicuously, relying on heavily on crypsis to avoid detection. When threatened, peacock-p...
EditorialThe Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23,1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. An upturned trailer in a street in downtown Budapest, probably used as a barricade by the...
EditorialJack Broughton. Boxiana; or Sketches of ancient and modern pugilis. G. Smeeton: London, 1812. Jack Broughton (1705-1789). Pugilist/Boxer. Portrait. Recognised as 'The Father of the English School of Boxing' and as 'the Father of the Science of the Art ...
Editorial[Album of 67 Photographic Studies of Self-Defense Maneuvers], ca. 1895, Gelatin silver print, 13.7 x 9.8 cm (5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.) each, Albums, Unknown, This unintentionally hilarious manual of choke holds, body slams, kicks, chops, and arm twists was ma...
EditorialThe Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23,1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. An upturned trailer in a street in downtown Budapest, probably used as a barricade by the...