He was born to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), four miles from a tiny, little place called Oologah on Dog Iron Ranch. Both of his parents were part Native American, his father one-eighty and his mother one-fourth. For years his father sat in the councils of the Cherokees as […]
Month: December 2015
Sheridan County, Kansas in 1939 was dry and hot – great photographs!
Sheridan County, Kansas was organized in 1880 and named after General Phillip H. Sheridan of Civil War notoriety. Sheridan County is well known for its state fishing lake, suppling some of the best fishing in Kansas. Russell Lee (July 21, 1903, Ottawa, Illinois – August 28, 1986, Austin, Texas) was an American photographer and photojournalist for […]
DYK: All I needed to know about life I learned from Santa
All I Needed to Know About Life I learned from Santa Encourage people to believe in you. Always remember who’s naughty and who’s nice. Don’t pout. It’s as much fun to give as it is to receive. Some days it’s ok to feel a little chubby. Make your presents known. Always ask for a little […]
I Remember December 7th and Pearl Harbor
I Remember December 7th by Dorothy Graham Gast “Pearl Harbor has been bombed. Many ships were damaged or sunk” was the alert that interrupted the Sunday afternoon radio broadcast on December 7, 1941. We were living at 708 10th Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi, where the family was listening to the Gene Autry show, when the […]
DYK: these Christmas Tree facts?
SOME CHRISTMAS TREE FACTS During the years from 1887 to 1933, a fishing schooner called the ‘Christmas Ship’ used to sell spruce trees from Michigan to Chicagoans. Evergreen trees were used to celebrate the onset of winter, even before the birth of Christ. Christmas tree was decorated for the first time in Riga (Latvia), in […]
I wonder if this child had a happy Christmas? These are haunting photographs
This is a haunting photograph. I wonder what this child is thinking about? Trapped in the spinning room of a cotton manufacturing factory, she probably had many of the same wishes as any ten-year-old today. Can you imagine this kind of daily life for your ten-year-old child? These photographs reveal how difficult life was for our parents […]