Tag: history
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March 03, 2008 06:17 PM EST --
I am always amazed that almost everybody knows February is Black history month, but many people have no idea that March is Women's History month. CNN has a great site with lots of links for information . . .
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April 12, 2008 08:42 PM EDT --
My husband found this picture on the Internet:
Who can tell me what is wrong with it?
Here's a hint: Berlin, 1936
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May 03, 2009 07:35 PM EDT --
Some of you may remember that I wrote on here about my cousin Joe and how he finally gave me back some pictures that he borrowed over 15 years ago, and how thrilled I was, because all the other photos . . .
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February 27, 2008 12:58 PM EST --
As part of my unpublished "Sex Sells" book, I was originally going to include a section called "Prostitution in America: The Early Years," but the publishers (the same ones who don't . . .
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May 29, 2008 05:36 PM EDT --
A new archaelogical project has proved that Stonehenge was a burial site for much longer than previously believed, from around the time the monuments were first being built ias early as 3000 . . .
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July 10, 2009 10:49 PM EDT --
The following is a blog my husband wrote. He is a history nut, and loves to search for and find relics and other historical items. I thought I'd share this snapshot look into some of his interests. . . .
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May 19, 2008 10:33 AM EDT --
For many years, and especially in the 1600's, the Irish were the main source of slaves sent from England to America and the West Indies. Did you know that?
I am Irish by heritage, and until recently, . . .
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July 03, 2008 03:27 PM EDT --
Did you know that in 1926, when Lee Rider Jeans introduced the first jeans with zippers, many religious leaders were horrified, and denounced them as "scandalous?"
Then, in the 1950's, . . .
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January 20, 2009 07:05 PM EST --
Am I the only one? Honestly, I didn't even turn my tv on! I have no idea what's going on or what went on in Washington DC today. I'll probably watch the 5:00 news, but other . . .
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May 03, 2009 10:27 PM EDT --
This stuff is incredible.
Diana, Princess of Wales (born Lady Diana Spencer), was the granddaugher of the Dutchess of Devonshire who also had an illegititmate daughter, Eliza Courtney, who was . . .
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June 03, 2008 02:45 PM EDT --
Decades have come and gone like seasons of various lengths
Black and white TV seems like the faintest of dreams
Then I saw the peacock and heard Walt Disney speak
And off we went twisting down new . . .
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March 27, 2008 10:14 PM EDT --
Can you feel the LOVE?
On this day in 2007 , the wife of Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland was arrested on suspicion of burning over $10,000 (£5,000) of his belongings . . .
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June 13, 2008 11:58 AM EDT --
This is a bit of background I wrote for my as yet unpubished book, Sex Sells, which is about women in photography, on the stage, and in film from Victorian Time up to the 1960's.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND: . . .
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November 03, 2008 12:54 AM EST --
My 17 yr old son and I went on a expedition today, for he went ont his trail friday with a friend and had to show me it. It make me wonder where he goes, yet it is cool when he shows me, . . .
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June 18, 2008 11:57 AM EDT --
Kenneth Davis knows that history is complicated.
American history textbooks and oral history give us perfect role models in our historical figures and an unfolding story in which we were always . . .
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February 26, 2008 02:39 PM EST --
In Poland, 'Unmentionables' on Display
In Opatowek, Poland, the Museum of Industry in Opatowek is displaying women's underwear from knickers and corsets of the early 20th century . . .
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September 23, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
In the comment section, name two of your favorite President (Living or Dead) . Next week I will tally the results. Then the top two will face each other in a fanatsy election.
Below are my two . . .
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March 13, 2009 03:57 PM EDT --
Found these sexest "gems" on the net
Then I thought these were a bit bizarre as well . . .
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August 16, 2007 11:26 AM EDT --
While on our vacation, I was surprised to find Lincoln's homestead. Well it was Lincoln's father and mother that lived there. Enjoy the photos. See the cabinet Lincoln's father . . .
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May 15, 2008 09:58 AM EDT --
. . the feather duster:
Susan Hibbard patented the feather duster in 1875. Her husband, George Hibbard, tried to claim the patent was his, but the court awarded the patent to her. Like a Victorian-era . . .
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