On September 5, 1970, The Jimi Hendrix Experience flight from the Berlin Tempelhof Airport to the Fuhlsbuettel Airport in Hamburg and then travel by train to Puttgarden to come to the Isle of Fehmarn for the Love & Peace Festival on September 6, 1970, which was also Jimi Hendrix’s final live performance. James Marshall “Jimi”Continue reading “Last Train Coming: Rare Photographs of Jimi Hendrix Arriving for the Final Concert Performance at the Isle of Fehmarn in Germany, 1970”
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Portraits of John Clem, Who Was 12 Years Old When He Became a Civil War Hero
Johnny Clem was a soldier in the service of the United States for most of his life. He was born on August 13, 1851, in Newark, Ohio. His actual name was John Joseph Klem. When President Abraham Lincoln in May 1861 issued the call for volunteers to serve in the Union army for a threeContinue reading “Portraits of John Clem, Who Was 12 Years Old When He Became a Civil War Hero”
“Just Married!” – 17 Amazing Wedding Cars From the Past
How to Make Friends by Telephone From the 1940s
Speak to the person at the other end of the line — not to the telephone — then you’re more apt to be pleasant and understanding. As technology and the services we use are getting ever more advanced, it could, for some people, become harder to make real friends. The social networking hubs that haveContinue reading “How to Make Friends by Telephone From the 1940s”
10 Wonderful Photos of Marilyn Monroe at Home in 1953
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress, model and singer. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actressContinue reading “10 Wonderful Photos of Marilyn Monroe at Home in 1953”
Rare Photographs of Mark Twain and His Beloved Cats From the 1900s
Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, is referenced in libraries across the world, and, while ranking his best works may keep literary critics busy, his preference in pets is unmistakably cut-and-dry. Mark Twain liked cats more than he liked people. “If man could be crossed with the cat,” he wrote, “it would improve man,Continue reading “Rare Photographs of Mark Twain and His Beloved Cats From the 1900s”
Marina Ginesta, a 17-Year-Old Communist Militant, Overlooking Barcelona From Hotel Colón During the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the unstable Second Spanish Republic, in alliance with both communist and syndicalist anarchists, fought against an insurrection by the Nationalists, an alliance of Falangists, monarchists, conservatives and traditionalists, led by aContinue reading “Marina Ginesta, a 17-Year-Old Communist Militant, Overlooking Barcelona From Hotel Colón During the Spanish Civil War”
Mary Bowser: The Former Slave Who Helped Bring Down The Confederacy
The Confederates were sure former slave-turned-Union spy Mary Bowser wouldn’t be able to read the sensitive documents they left out around her — they were wrong. Oftentimes, the outcome of a war is determined not out on the open battlefields, but in the shadows. Espionage has played an important role in virtually every great militaryContinue reading “Mary Bowser: The Former Slave Who Helped Bring Down The Confederacy”
Marlene Dietrich Publicity Photos for “Morocco” (1930)
Marie Magdalene “Marlene” Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-born American actress and singer. Her career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel (1930) brought her international acclaimContinue reading “Marlene Dietrich Publicity Photos for “Morocco” (1930)”
The Amazing Story Behind the Iconic “Migrant Mother” Photograph by Dorothea Lange
The photograph that has become known as “Migrant Mother” is one of a series of photographs that Dorothea Lange made of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in February or March of 1936 in Nipomo, California. Lange was concluding a month’s trip photographing migratory farm labor around the state for what was then the ResettlementContinue reading “The Amazing Story Behind the Iconic “Migrant Mother” Photograph by Dorothea Lange”
