Daily Archives: December 31, 2016
![Bearded Men Together](https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/beards-together-4529.jpg)
Bearded Men Together
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, Romanov family, Russian Empire
![Grand Duke Alex. Michaelovitch](https://mattsko.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/grand_duke_alexander_mikhailovich_001.jpg?w=560&h=706)
As far as late 19th/early 20th century royalty goes he was actually the most progressive and intelligent of the Romanov extended family – and urged Nicholas II to modify some of the imperial and societal cruelty inflicted upon the masses. He also, to no avail obviously, urged Nicholas II to take the whole growing communist revolution thingy more seriously than he did.
![King George V wearing a kilt and furry crotch warmer](https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/george-v-996.jpg)
King George V wearing a kilt and furry crotch warmer
![It’s a look: Bass and Kilt](https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/cello-and-kilt.jpg)
It’s a look: Bass and Kilt
Happy New Year from the Peanuts gang
![Happy New Year from Lucy and Desi](https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/lucy-n-desi-new-years-501.jpg)
Happy New Year from Lucy and Desi
![Vera-Ellen, Happy New Year 1950](https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/1950-vera-ellen.jpg)
Vera-Ellen, Happy New Year 1950
![New Year’s Pulp Illustration, circa 1950](https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/new-years-pulp.jpg)
New Year’s Pulp Illustration, circa 1950
![Happy New Year!](https://mattsko.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/new-year-434.gif)