Breakfast Links: Week of June 16, 2014

Fresh for you! Here's our weekly round-up of fav links to other web sites, blogs, articles, and images, gathered from around the Twitterverse.
• Were these patriotic 18th c shoes made from fragments of an American Revolution flag?
• An account of the courage and harrowing experiences of two soldiers' wives at the battles of Quatre Bra and Waterloo.
• Boys' names form medieval London (and not the usual ones, either.)
• Crinoline conflagrations: the fatal hazards of skirt fires, 1860s.
• Father's Day in 1953: "The one day when Father can sit at ease - but very few appear to know about it."
• What to make of this husband's reaction to his wife's miscarriage in 1811? (Be sure to read the comments, too.)
• Image: A great picture you may not have seen: brave women of the Red Cross in 1944 beach landing to assist injured troops at D-Day.
• Tarot mythology: surprising origins of the world's most misunderstood cards.
• French hair art, 19th c. mourning fashion, and its industry.
• What can the Oxford English Dictionary tell us about the language of World War One?
• In an attempt to dethrone Mrs. Astor as queen of NYC society, Alva Vanderbilt erects a lavish French chateau on Fifth Avenue in 1882.
• Image: The magical interior of Duke Humfrey's Library, Oxford.
• Underpinnings, c 1900-1903: what was underneath all those beautiful dresses of the early 20th c.
• Fresh eggs: San Francisco menus from 1853, when food was brought by clipper ships.
• A rare peek inside the Paramount Theatre, Staten Island, NY, which has been shuttered for over 25 years.
• Weird and wonderful creatures of a medieval bestiary.
• Madame Bob Walker, a notorious arranger of elopements.
• From The Lady's Magazine, 1776: The Dead Lothario & letters to the living.
• Image: Believed to be the earliest photograph taken of New York City: Broadway, May 1850.
• Exquisite illustrations from the Peter Pan portfolio by Arthur Rackham, 1912.
• Birth control and condoms in 18th-19th c. America.
• How did America's most beautiful library get demolished?
• From function to fashion: platform and wedge footwear from the 1930s-40s.
• Image: Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900.
• The 1555 Jewel Book of Duchess Anna of Bavaria.
• Just for fun: this clever Vine was our most popular tweet of the week - and no wonder!
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