Friday, February 20, 2026

stand fast command / nobody don't do nothing / freeze!

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WWI captured German cannon Thorburn, Alexander Douglas . Amateur gunners: the Great War adventures, letters and observations of Alexander Do...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

Troccoli's involvement in artillery camouflage in WWI

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Giovanni Battista Troccoli (1882-1940) was an Italian-American painter who came to the US at age 11 in 1893. He began his career in Boston, ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

so who invented camouflage / two more possibilities?

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SS Lapland in camouflage 1918 (not related to text) In an earlier post today, I made note of the credit that may be due to a British brewer...

importance of beer color measurement in camouflage

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J.L. Lovibond and his tintometer Until recently, we knew all but nothing about a British brewer named Joseph Williams Lovibond (1833-1918) ...

exciting new exhibition at spy museum coming soon

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So discouraging. There was a time, not too many years ago, when I could speak fluently, without constant hems and haws, while being intervie...
Friday, February 6, 2026

Ghost Army Legacy group funds camouflage research

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More than a dozen years ago, Rick Beyer came out with a documentary film, titled The Ghost Army , which premiered on PBS. It provided a vi...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

the man who signs a dictated letter but hasn't read it

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Above World War II American ship camouflage, as applied to the USS Gladiator (1944), a minesweeper. US Navy photograph, public domain, AI c...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

wartime camouflage efforts of an El Paso car dealer

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Above WWI photograph of US General Patton (cropped) standing in front of a tank in France, 1918. Public domain, Wikipedia. ••• UNIQUE SCEN...
Saturday, January 17, 2026

1918 bird's eye / no wonder cubist art started in France

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aerial view of village in France (1918) Above An aerial photograph from Collier's Weekly , June 22, 1918, p. 10, which included the fol...

who has been stealing my cigars—it surely is a puzzle

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ARNOT ART GALLERY , Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 17 Dec 1918, p. 4— The Arnot Art Gallery will be open this evening from 7 to 9 o'cl...