An Explosive Moment in Time by Pete Kersey October 1957…I had been a clerk typist at Castle Air Force base in northern California for eight months. This was a B-52 Air Force bomber flight crew training base. In spite of my having tested high in electronic abilities, the Air Force needed help to process the […]
The curators at the Michigan Historical Museum are stumped by this mysterious artifact in their collection that was donated to the Museum. Jeremy Dimick describes this unknown item that was donated early in the museum’s history, before record keeping is what it today (circa 1913). The artifact came from a mining ghosttown in Michigan’s Upper […]
Authorities differ, and statistics bristle in the controversy, but this is the offering of the Photographic History of the Civil War: More than 2,000,000 Federal soldiers were twenty-one or under (of a total of some 2,700,000)- More than 1,000,000 were eighteen or under. About 800,000 were seventeen or under. About 200,000 were sixteen or under. About 100,000 […]
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the State of South Carolina. From the creation of Columbia by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1786, the site of Columbia was important to the overall development of the state. The Congarees, a frontier fort on the west bank of the Congaree River, was the […]
The picturesque state of Vermont, land of maple syrup and beautiful fall foliage can also claim to have the first written constitution in North America to provide for the the abolition of slavery, suffrage for men who did not own land, and public schools. Elijah West’s tavern, scene of the adoption of this unique constitution […]
Can you imagine buying a new Chevrolet car for $659? You could in 1940. Of course, that was still quite a bit of money at the time when you consider minimum wage was only 30 cents per hour. From Life Magazine December 11, 1939 Here are some other typical prices for common items. Milk: 34 […]
Franklin Buchanan, a hero of the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama (1800-1874) Baltimore, Maryland Franklin Buchanan was born Auchentorlie, a family estate near Baltimore, Maryland on September 17, 1800. He was the fifth and third son of Dr. George Buchanan, a physician, and Laetitia McKan, the daughter of a prominent Philadelphia family. He obtained a […]
After Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans were relocated to internment camps for the duration of WWII. They were considered enemy aliens even though many had lived in America for years. Photographer Russell Lee took photographs of their relocation in April and May of 1942 in the pictures below. (See Japanese for additional photographs of this internment. Reception camps were […]
While economic woes made life difficult in Georgia during the 1930’s, some still had a sense of humor and strong religious convictions as revealed by the road signs below. Photographed by Dorothea Lange 1937 Photographed by Marion Post Walcott 1939 Try a trial Membership by clicking the link below. Join Amazon Prime […]
Greene County, Georgia suffered in the Depression years and many had difficulty finding work. Life was much simpler as seen by these pictures taken by Marion Post Wolcott in the spring of 1939. The desriptions are hers. Shoeing a mule in Greene County, 1939 RIBBON OF LOVE: 2nd edition – A Novel Of Colonial America: Book one […]
