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Posted on January 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

From the Jan. 29, 1913, issue of Puck: “A Joy Ride” by Leighton Budd Caption: The Nervous One — But I understood you had to have a license! Fair Aviator — Oh, yes. The final test is to take up a passenger and do stunts — that’s how I came to ask you. (Image via […]

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)