In 1939 when Photojournalist, Marion Post Wolcott, traveled to Georgia, she took many photographs. Some of her pictures included these three photographs of mill houses in Greene County, Georgia. One photo was of a ‘tornado’ fence around the cotton mill. I wonder if it was meant to divert tornadoes. In this group of photographs, […]
This is Independence Day and a good time to reflect upon the 1st time it was celebrated. Read more about U. S. connection with Big Ben here. Did you know that Big Ben in London, England and the Liberty Bell have something in common. Both Bells were made by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in […]
Photojournalist Dorothea Lange took many pictures of people and the Georgia countryside when she toured the area in the spring of 1937. The photographs reveal much about the residents of Georgia. Here are some of these photographs with comments she made about the people and places. Bank at Homerville, Georgia Photograph shows the removal of […]
Improving the lives of children – a priority The most important aspect in this town was to provide low income families with affordable housing to raise their children in and a safe environment with access to large open “green” spaces. Pathways created between homes Pathways were created in each section of homes to connect the sections […]
Have you ever heard of Perth Amboy, New Jersey? Did you know they can actually claim, first in flight and have one of only 53 replicas of the Liberty Bell? They even have their original seal that is 300 years old, the oldest city seal in America. I never heard of Perth Amboy until I […]
Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States. He visited Kentucky in 1916 and took many photographs of early schools and children working […]
This humorous tongue-in-cheek report about the up-coming census report that year was printed in The New York Press in 1910. ADVANCE CENSUS REPORTS Number of families owning phonographs 2,264,721 Number of men holding worthless checks and invalid promissory notes. 72,986,279 Number of cities where taxes are reasonable 6 Number of ministers – 232,689 Number of […]
*Note: The language below may be a little antiquated because they are excerpts and exact transcriptions from the book –Transcription from Historic Houses of New Jersey By Weymer Jay Mills .J. B. Lippincott Company – written in 1902 Best loved house The house best loved by the old residents of Elizabethtown, New Jersey is the Scott House, […]
“The English Sparrow was imported to North America to protect trees from a caterpillar which is the larva of the Geometrid Moth. About six inches long. Grayish brown, the back streaked with black. Brown wings with white bars. Buff white underside. Narrow white stripe over the eyes. White and chestnut cheek patches. White sides and […]
This amusing story is from an 1886 newspaper and reveals much about how women were viewed in the day….. Treat the pie with respect The pie has sometimes been treated with disrespect. Its antiquity and high position on the bill of fare of this nation make the insult most atrocious. This sacriligious (sic) state of […]
