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Historic images, encore: Quanah Parker, Last Chief of the Comanches
Glenn Frankel at the University of Texas wrote a book about the John Ford movie, “The Searchers.” It’s release, and stories about it, should remind us of the history of Quanah Parker… more →
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub
Sze Tsung Leong (History images)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Jiangbeicheng, looking towards Chongging, 2003. Sze Tsung Leong En la historia de la destrucción y c … more →
Historic images, encore: Quanah Parker, Last Chief of the Comanches
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wrote 1 month ago: Glenn Frankel at the University of Texas wrote a book about the John Ford movie, “The Searcher … more →
Millard Fillmore's links to March 8: Hurrah! and R.I.P.
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wrote 2 months ago: I awoke from a particularly hard sleep after a night celebrating ten Cub Scouts’ earning their … more →
Lunch at Woolworth's, with a side of non-violence and civility: North Carolina, February 1, 1960
wrote 3 months ago: Today is the 53rd anniversary of the Greensboro sit-in. Be sure to read Howell Raines‘ critici … more →
Now we know what she looked like: Catherine Pollard, first woman Scoutmaster
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wrote 4 months ago: Some weeks ago I was looking for a good photograph of the late Catherine Pollard, the woman who beca … more →
Texas Statehood, December 29, 1845 - 167 years ago
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wrote 4 months ago: U.S. and Texas flags at the Texas Capitol – photo: jmtimages 167 years ago today: Rub your pet … more →
In 2012, do we know who invented Santa Claus? Who really wrote the "Night Before Christmas?"
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wrote 4 months ago: An encore post and Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub tradition from 2007 Thomas Nast invented Santa C … more →
December 17, history written in the wind
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wrote 5 months ago: Photo from Treasures of the Library of Congress, by John T. Daniels (d. 1948); this is a modern gela … more →
Before the fight: Ford and Reagan, October 31, 1974
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wrote 5 months ago: Historian Michael Beschloss Tweeted out a wonderful photo: October 31, 1974: President Gerald Ford, … more →
Election Day 2012: Fly the flag, vote
wrote 6 months ago: The County Election, 1852. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri George Caleb Bingham (America … more →
October 9 - St. Denis's Day, patron saint for those who have lost their head
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wrote 7 months ago: October 9 is the Feast Day of St. Denis. Who? He’s the patron saint of Paris (and France, by … more →
El Grito de Dolores, September 16 (2012 edition)
wrote 8 months ago: An encore post, repeated: No, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s “Independence Day.” It … more →
August 14, 1951: Leo Fender's Telecaster guitar patent issued
wrote 9 months ago: August 14 carries a lot of weight in history, doesn’t it? Just learned of this August 14, 195 … more →
EPA photograph exhibit in Dallas: Progress in environmental protection?
wrote 9 months ago: Let’s see what history shows. EPA started a photographic record of environmental conditions, … more →
Celebrate Social Security "birthday," August 14, 2012 at FDR Library
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wrote 9 months ago: Press release from the FDR Presidential Library and Home; some informational links added here: FOR I … more →
"Fighting to prevent this," still - World War II poster
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wrote 11 months ago: Think American Institute. “We’re Fighting to Prevent This.” Rochester, New York: Kelly Read, 1943. P … more →
June 15: Magna Carta anniversary, #797
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wrote 11 months ago: Today, June 15, 2012, is the 797th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. The document laid … more →
The History of 3d images Technology
wrote 1 year ago: 3 dimensional technological know-how is usually traced up here we are at the start of taking picture … more →
Babe Ruth meets George H. W. Bush, 1948
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wrote 1 year ago: George H. W. Bush, captain of the Yale baseball team, receives Babe Ruth's manuscript of his autobio … more →
