Reposted by Dr James Brown
From 1969 to 2008 John Margolies photographed the eccentric roadside architecture and ephemera of the US. @librarycongress bought the lot, a total of 11,710 colour slides, and lifted all copyright restrictions on them. Here's our highlights: publicdomainreview.org/collection/j...
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Henry Tompkins, junior, to the King. Petition for pardon and for release on bail in the meantime. The petitioner is a baker, was married in 1668, and lived soberly with his father in St. Martin's in the Fields, till in Sept., 1674, he was sent by his father with a great sum to buy corn, that at an inn in Bristol falling into ill company he was so debauched with drink that for 10 days he was not himself, in which time the tapster persuaded him to marry Elizabeth Gagecombe, the kitchen wench, providing a licence and a parson. Having spent his money he came to himself and left the said town and woman's company and wandered about the country on foot in a desolate condition for nine months. Till now the said woman has not given him trouble, but now most violently she has prosecuted him and he is found guilty of felony within the clergy. He has been reprieved. At the foot,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h3vbrlbongqlhp5vk6ly4i4l/bafkreidapkbo2d6u7mcmsgjmmugf2auko3p2wgb5bcseplyfvh2ckyfbdm)
