Can you believe this was how women were treated in the workplace in the 1950s? And it was legal. Women have come a long way since these days. Do you have a similar story to share? RIBBON OF LOVE: 2nd edition – A Novel of Colonial America – the true story of religion in America –Inspired by […]
Rare! 1938 film of Lake Dick, Arkansas with photographs As a result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s interest in assisting the rural poor during the 1930’s Depression, the Resettlement Administration was established. Lake Dick was one of these Resettlement projects near Althimer, Arkansas. It was part of the governments efforts to help sharecroppers establish their […]
Perhaps New Yorkers would enjoy a good sleigh ride today like they did in this 1898 snow! Central Park in the 1898 was a very busy place. A little snow didn’t stop them. Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) – A novel inspired by the experiences of the Cottingham family of colonial America Filled with drama, suspense, humor, […]
He was hard pressed to get enough to eat, and went bankrupt, but eight years later he was wealthy. Today his work is known world-wide and he is beloved from small fishing villages to the frozen North. He could have driven around in a Rolls Royce, but instead he plowed his profits back into his […]
The following photographs are from WPA INTERVIEWs – a Federal Writers’ Project in the 1930s in North Carolina. The comments with the pictures are the actual words of the people photographed and the person taking pictures and interviewing the people. “My husband patched ’em up loose on purpose,” said Mrs. Riddle, “so if we move […]
I was born in New York City in 1859. After a fair amount of formal education, interlarded with hurriedly assimilated portions of the world’s great literature, I found employment in the offices of the Art Interchange Publishing Company, of New York. Believing myself possessed of more than average ability in the art of writing, I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
