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Ian Reed

@ianreed.bsky.social

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Artist, Designer, & Cartoonist. I post about history, art, pro-wrestling, spurs, ttrpgs, movies. Opinions my own.

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a drawing of it - fun to imagine the warf there too. It must have been teeming w life most days. There was also a fairly substantial village next to the fort, making it a busy and significant trading hub for the people in the area.

Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously the drought has been awful in New England, but the lake is low enough to reveal the French warf at Crown Pt aka Saint-Frédéric circa 1734. Thrilling stuff for a nerd like myself

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 1d

Your health bar is showing bro

Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 2d

From the diary of Janet Schaw, leaving North Carolina for Britain on the verge of revolution, 1775 - “an unhappy land, for which my heart bleeds in pity. Little does it signify to you, who are the conquered or who the victorious; you are devoted to ruin, whoever succeeds.”

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My Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 2d

Willy Pogany, 1911. From: “Tannhäuser”

#illustration #1910s #WillyPogany #Tannhäuser

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 2d

Just got this in the mail from my old man - shot 248 years ago to the day! How’s that for a weird coincidence?

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 3d

Such a good book and the fallout of that disaster, so to speak, is endlessly interesting and complicated.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 5d

On this day in 1813, the Battle of the Thames was fought near present-day Chatham-Kent, Ontario. The battle was a defeat for the British, who lost control of the Western District of Upper Canada. Indigenous leader Tecumseh was killed in the battle.