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Yesterday Today: September 15

Aboard the U.S.S. New York, 1896. “Ship’s tailor.” The dog is Nick. Bathing Beauties, ca. 1910s Robert Garrett (USA) wins the Gold medal in the discus at the 1896 Athens Olympics. Jim Morrison, Paris 1971 Johnny Cash was arrested in October 1965 when U.S. Customs agents found hundreds of pep pills and tranquilizers in hisContinue reading “Yesterday Today: September 15”

Yesterday Today: September 14

Testing football helmets in 1912. A meeting of the Mickey Mouse Club, early 1930s “Equipment carried by a parachutist radio operator”, ca.1940s In 1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers. Apollo 1 crew crossing the access arm to theContinue reading “Yesterday Today: September 14”

Yesterday Today: September 13

The Kennedy trio in the mid-1930s as teenagers-John, Bobby and Teddy “Earthrise” – Taken by Apollo 8 crew member Bill Anders while in orbit around the moon, this picture shows Earth rising above the lunar horizon. Dec. 24, 1968 Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy, Washington police officer Thomas K. Delahanty, and presidential press secretaryContinue reading “Yesterday Today: September 13”

The “Golden Age” of Childhood: A Gallery of 45 Amazing Daguerreotypes of Siblings From the Mid-19th Century

Daguerreotypes were the first commercially viable photographic process. Developed by French chemist Louis Daguerre in 1839, the technique quickly made its way to the US in the 1840s, the beginning of what some historians characterize as the “golden age” of childhood. To make the image, a daguerreotypist polished a sheet of silver-plated copper to aContinue reading “The “Golden Age” of Childhood: A Gallery of 45 Amazing Daguerreotypes of Siblings From the Mid-19th Century”

Yesterday Today: September 9

A healthy game of tennis back in 1938. Niagara Falls completely frozen over in the year 1911 Marilyn Monroe, California, 1951 This Incredible Angel Oak Tree found on Johns Island in South Carolina is over 1,500 years old. A 10 year old Frank Sinatra, 1925 A child posing for a photograph with Santa back inContinue reading “Yesterday Today: September 9”

40 Wonderful Portrait Photos of Women Posing With Their Books From the Mid-19th Century

Women formed a large and increasing part of the new novel-reading public. The traditional discrepancy between male and female literacy rates was narrowed, and finally eliminated by the end of the 19th century. The gap had always been the widest at the lowest end of the social scale. Perhaps more women than we realize couldContinue reading “40 Wonderful Portrait Photos of Women Posing With Their Books From the Mid-19th Century”

Abolitionist Button, ca. 1850s

Abolitionist Button is an early photography daguerreotype and gold photographic print created from between the 1840s to the 1850s. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the public domain, and tagged jewelry and political work. This miniature daguerreotype shows two hands resting on a book. The photographContinue reading “Abolitionist Button, ca. 1850s”