I was perusing through the Library of Congress photo collection and stumbled across this advertisement from 1907 extolling San Diego’s virtues. Harbor. Climate. Opportunity. Investment. Profit. If I didn’t know better, I’d suspect that the guy who...
As I noted, I was perusing photos at the FDR Presidential Library yesterday and came across a couple of cool World War II photos worth sharing. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier at a North Atalantic port. Spotted on the snow-covered flight deck are Douglas DAUNTLESS dive...
A while back I had a chance to sit down and have a chat with my grandmother about her experiences during the Great Depression. The pictures are from the FDR Presidential Library. I didn’t pick the pictures to go with the text. I picked them separately, not...
I’ve been in contact with the Brooklyn Museum over the course of the last week. They’ve been great and seem very interested in engaging the public to encourage us to interact with their collection. In that vein, using the same photos which I posted...
These are the saddest of possible words: “Tinker to Evers to Chance.” Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds, Tinker and Evers and Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double — Words that are heavy with...
