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Posted on January 24, 2014 Leave a Comment
Dated c1902 January 24: “Portrait of Miss Roosevelt” The future Alice Roosevelt Longworth would have been nearly 18. She moved into the White House in 1901, and as Thomas Mallon writes in The New York Times: “The new president is said to have remarked to the writer Owen Wister: ‘I can be president of the […]
Posted on January 23, 2014 Leave a Comment
Today in 1939, “Cactus Jack” gets some sweet, sweet citrus: “National Citrus Week got off to a good start today when beauties from the citrus-growing sates presented Vice President Garner with baskets of the luscious fruit. Left to right: Martha Talley of Texas; Vice President Garner; Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of the Senator from Florida; […]
Posted on January 22, 2014 Leave a Comment
From today in 1905 in the New-York Tribune:“The Making Of Snow Men Threatens To Become A Fine Art” Image via The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Posted on January 21, 2014 Leave a Comment
Today in 1913: “The Dutch queen Wilhelmina and princess Juliana as snowmen. The Netherlands, 21 January, 1913.” (Image from Nationaal Archief on Flickr)
Posted on January 20, 2014 Leave a Comment
Today in 1954: “Wedding of Gwendoline Morris and William O Jones at Oswestry Parish Church.” Photograph by Welsh photojournalist Geoff Charles. (Image via Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales)
Posted on January 19, 2014 Leave a Comment
15-year-old Frank Wiegel was injured on the job 100 years ago today: “Case of Frank Wiegel, 3916 – # Ave., Brooklyn N.Y., injured after working 18 hours a day. He was injured at 1:55 A.M. January 18, 1914. Age 15 years. Employed by the Henry Bosch Paper Co., makers of wallpaper sample books. On Saturday, or […]
Posted on January 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
I love this caption from today in 1939: “A tip to a youngster. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17. Senator Robert Taft from Ohio today asked the advice of old timer Senator Arthur Vandenberg from Michigan upon certain matters. Senator Taft is a newcomer to Congress this year and is following advice given by those who ‘know […]
Posted on January 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
Today in 1863: “Grand requiem mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, Friday, January 16, for the repose of the souls of the officers and men of the Irish brigade killed in the war” More on the Irish Brigade from The NYT’s Disunion blog. (Image from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper via Library of Congress)
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