- Warszawa
- 1900s America
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- 1900s
Out of the Archives: Sometimes the photos in DEP’s archives don’t have any original captions, so we have to do a little detective work to figure out what they show. A clue to this photo’s date is the poster for Quo Vadis, a 1924 silent film. Other images in this series show similar trenches, one in front of a building with the word “Arverne” above its door, near what look like movie posters. A little research revealed that there’d been an Arverne Theatre on Rockaway Beach Boulevard, with a matching photograph in the NYC Municipal Archives collections, and block and lot numbers allowing us to map it. We also had a feeling that the photos were taken for the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, which makes sense because the DWSGE was building water distribution mains and sewers in the Rockaways in 1924. So, here it is: probably water or sewer main construction in the Rockaways, circa 1924, scanned in beautiful detail from an original glass plate negative. Let us know if you recognize anything else in the image! #tbt - @nycwater on Instagram
Rare Photos of the Famous Outlaw Jesse James From the Late 19th Century
- Los Angeles City Oil Fields, LA before Hollywood. (1895)
Harry Shepherd
- My great great great great Grandpa William Patterson born in Vermont in 1823
Spooky
The FReeper Foxhole Profiles James Ewell Brown (JEB) Stuart - Apr. 5th, 2003
- Civil war soldier Jacob Miller was shot by a Confederate Soldier that left a big hole in his forehead. Incredibly, he lived for another 54 years. Seventeen years after he was wounded, a buckshot dropped out of his wound, and thirty-one years after, two pieces of lead fell out.
- Lublin
10 Surprising Facts About General Custer | HISTORY
- Colorado College
- Ireland and Easter Rising
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- Civil War
10 FACTS You Must Know About The Jesuits!
- Opening Ceremony of the Jerusalem Train Station, Palestine, 1892 [641x960]
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There are so many wonderful photographs in the Museum’s archives of the horse-drawn vehicles used in Kennebunk in the late 19th and early 20th century. They were essential to move people, goods and information to places railroads and waterways didnt go. Horse-drawn delivery wagons remained in use well into the automobile age. It wasnt unusual to see milk, ice, or produce delivered by horse--especially in smaller towns like Kennebunk. Horses were well suited to the frequent stops and starts along a route and could negotiate poor roads better than early motorized vehicles. Before mechanical refrigeration, many Americans bought their perishable goods on a daily basis so enterprising merchants delivered groceries door-to-door in wagons. Historian Ken Joy gives this account of Charles Shepard who drove a delivery wagon from the railroad station to the stores downtown. “After he loaded his wagon at the station he would climb up to the sea, shake the reins and promptly fall asleep. Without guidance the horse would go down Summer Street, down Main Street into Garden Street and stop at the rear of the Curtis & Roberts grocery store. Charles would wake up and make his deliveries.” In 1902, rural farmers became more connected with the rest of the nation when Congress made rural postal routes--operated in only a few areas beginning in 1896--a permanent part of the postal service. Rural Free Delivery (RFD) was a boon to residents who were previously required to personally collect their mail in the nearest town. Elbridge Smith (1867-1933) used this light-weight mail wagon on his route in West Kennebunk. Many other rural carriers use d similar wagons some set up with a cash box, foot warmer and a small sorting desk inside. Elbridge delivered mail in this cart, now part of the collection of the Brick Store Museum, from 1902-1932 when he retired at 65. - @brickstoremuseum on Instagram
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- Alexandria, Louisiana
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- Rutherford County
- Hooverville in Central Park, New York City, 1930. [500x372]
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Viola sororia var. priceana, Confederate Violet at Toadshade Wildflower Farm
- History
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- A To Read List
- Interwar period
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- A little dark...
- liverpool U.K.
Rebel Flag Skull Crossbones Style 3 Vinyl Sticker Decal confederate
- De Promis Lan
How To Draw Chibi Hello Kitty, Step by Step, Drawing Guide, by Dawn
- Old Paris
Portrait of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard - 64 Parishes
- Dorothea Lange
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The Greek Genocide (or Ottoman Greek Genocide) refers to the systematic extermination of the native Greek subjects of the Ottoman Empire before, during and after World War I (1914-1923). It was instigated by two successive governments of the Ottoman Empire; i.e. the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) party, and the Turkish Nationalist Movement of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. It included massacres, forced deportations and death marches, summary expulsions, boycotts, rape, forced conversion to Islam, conscription into labor battalions, arbitrary executions, and destruction of Christian Orthodox cultural, historical and religious monuments. According to various sources, approximately 1 million Ottoman Greeks perished during this period. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #linkinbio for full story ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #hellenicnews #hellenicnewsofamerica #greekgenocide #neverforget #greek #omogeneia - @hellenicnewsofamerica on Instagram
- Im bored board
- Old house located where JFK International Airport currently lies today ,on 150th street and 147th Avenue in 1922s Jamaica, Queens,. (600x455)
- hometown retro
- Grandmother Willow
- Selma California My home town
- Baker City, Oregon
- 1900s
- 1812 Earthquakes
- BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
Looks like this was a great day in Downtown Hickory! Who doesnt love a parade? #flashback #downtownhickory #mainstreetnc #nc #hickorync - @downtown_hickory on Instagram
- 1800s
- Princess Marie of Romania, later Maria of Yugoslavia 1905. [1500x1081]
- Agricultural Revolution
- Navy Reserve
- Glasgow city
- Australian flags
- Residents of Jacksonville, FL walk amongst the ruins of the Great Fire of 1901[600x436]
- Aftermath of an IRB Bombing of Scotland Yard in 1884 [600 × 369]
- Austin Texas
- A parade of the Royal Canadian Dragoons headed down Bloor Street West in Toronto, Canada, before leaving for World War I in 1915. [1920x1088]
- 24H LE MANS 1924
- Los Angeles
- CHATTANOOGA PHOTOS
- AA
- Wehrmacht soldiers aim an MG-34 from a trench during the Battle of Stalingrad
- First version of Lenins mausoleum, 1924, Moscow [750 x 553]
- Michael Collins
- FÜR DEN KAISER!!!!!
- I hope old mate found their Magpie - SMH Newspaper - 1867
- General public relaxing on The White House south lawn, 1861 [3000x2013]
- Nuremberg trials
QUIZ: Where was the original Hoadleys Chocolates Ltd factory located, and what famous chocolate bar did they invent? #throwbackthursday - @southbanknews on Instagram
- Gainesville Georgia
- Slum in Toronto, 1936. On Elizabeth St
- Lake City, Florida
- j.m. barrie
- 1950s: My Grandfather with his homemade tractor originating a Model A Ford.
- Custer
- History of Italian Soldiers
- civil war
- Battle of Gettysburg
- 10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION
Happy 916 Day! #mysacramento #sacramento #visitsacramento #california - @mysacramento on Instagram
- People: At Work
- American Shame Slavery
- 1940s
- Sikh and Argentine Sugar Mill workers, San Pedro, Jujuy province, Argentina 1912 [960x560]
- Montgomery, Alabama
- This is Finnish sense of humor from the military vets association: “Expert tips for a great skiing vacation? Stay home.”
💫🏛 #HistoricalSpotlight 🎥📚 Does anyone know what year and where this was photo taken? 📸: Kew Historical Society - @kewforyou on Instagram
- Alamo
- Amelia Earhart !!!
- BACK IN THE DAYS
- One of the earliest active combat photos, from my home province- battle of Batoche Saskatchewan (1885)
- The abolition catastrophe, or the great November smash-up. US, 1864
- A circus parade going through downtown Iowa Falls, Iowa. circa 1890. [1380x1108]
- [NEVER] Forget
- LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Flying over the Us Capitol building 1928 [1800x1269]
- Abraham Lincoln
- Wyatt earp tombstone
- Clovis New Mexico
- Brisbane queensland
- Baker City, Oregon
- ALEISTER CROWLEY
- Funding Study Abroad
- Military Police
- CHATTANOOGA PHOTOS
FRANK SCHUMAN Developed in Northeast Philadelphia’s Tacony neighborhood in the early 20th Century, Shuman’s “Sun Engine” is a poignant reminder that while humanity has been slow to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, we have certainly not lacked the technology, or foresight, to do so. On the expansive lawn between an ivy-covered house and workshop at Disston and Ditman Streets, Shuman integrated his deep knowledge of glass, optics, and convection heating to create a powerful array capable of doing actual work. Tacony was a center for technological revolution during the period between 1890 and 1920. Frank Shuman was a world famous inventor who lived at Disston and Ditman Streets. Scientific American visited this community multiple times for such innovations as the casting of the mammoth statue of William Penn and all the domework adorning Philadelphias City Hall. This project was overseen by Francis Schumann, President of the Tacony Iron and Metal Company, the uncle of the inventor. Much attention was brought to this community as a result of Shumans numerous inventions, including wire glass and a gas mask so durable it was used in World War I. Shuman also was notable for solar power, having a solar powered engine on display during sunny days between 1907 and 1909. He later oversaw the worlds first solar energy plant in Egypt which pumped 6,000 gallons of irrigation water per minute. “One thing I feel sure of,” he wrote prophetically in a 1914 Scientific American article, “is that the human race must finally utilize direct sun power or revert to barbarism.” Based on the output of his device, he reasoned that an array covering 20,250 square miles in an unpopulated portion of Africa’s Sahara Desert would produce the same amount of energy as all of the coal mined in 1909. Displaying an understanding of the social value of solar, he urged “…all far-sighted engineers and inventors to work in this direction” not only for their own profit but “the eternal welfare of the human race”. #SAWTOWNUSA #DISSTON #TACONYVSGLOBALWARMING #HISTORICALTACONY - @tacony_19135 on Instagram
- Indignation Meeting in Bloomington after Lincolns Assassination, Illinois, 1865 [4200 x 3037]
- Cherry Creek Colorado
- To prevent virus outbreak in the US Amry Major Connell, surgeon of the 71st Reg, inoculating 1 of the 300 women in the Womens Motor Corps of the National League for Womens Service with the army serum for typhoid at the 71st Reg Armory, NYC 103-yrs-ago May 29, 1917, during WWI
- Japanese infantry ready to leave Tokyo for the front, 1904. [1024x771]
- Lake Forest College
- Aguadilla,PR
- DeFuniak Springs, Florida
- Chicago Heights
- Powhatan indians
- Fort worth
- 3rd Regt Volunteers leaving St. Louis for Porto Rico. Spanish-American-War 1898 [804x806]
- History of India
- Human Condition
- Waldemar Haffkine. He is recognized as the first microbiologist who developed and used vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague. He tested the vaccines on himself. Lord Joseph Lister named him a saviour of humanity.
- A JOURNAL
- Civil War
- Cortos, trailler y mas
- Abraham Lincoln Facts
- 1800s
- WW1 PHOTOS
- A quick update on this old house in VT
- Country Decor
- The Swastika Hotel, built/named in 1931.
- Appalachian History
The Draft registration cards of some of the Easy Company men: Doc Roe George Luz Joe Toye Donald Malarkey Bill Guarnere Warren Muck Albert Blithe David Webster Ronald Speirs ♠️♠️ #bandofbrothers #easycompany #ww2 #wwii #506thpir #parachuteinfantry #101stairbornedivision #paratrooper #ww2history #history #ww2documents - @band_of_brothers_101st on Instagram
- Photo taken at the 1909 Reims Air Meet. Regarded by historians as the first public airshow
- Deadwood
- Practice Trenches at American University, Washington, DC - 1917 [600x441]
- Agatha Christie
Seattle’s Chinatown/International District has a complex history, stemming from decades of immigration and the hand-in-hand racism that came along with it. Since the conception of this district, there has always been some portion of the population that has suffered through the discrimination of others—namely white Americans. Starting in 1886, the Seattle Anti-Chinese Riot, during which “two weeks in white Seattleites rounded up the city’s Chinese residents, forced them onto ships and boxcars and shipped them north and south. By the end of it, a community of hundreds had been reduced to a few dozen” (Pulkkinen). For this reason, the Chinatown over here is less established than similar communities, such as Portland. Of course, the Chinese population has not been the only population discriminated against. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the vast majority of Chinatown’s Japanese population were forcibly removed to the internment camps. During their absence, “Chinese and Filipino workers and shops filled the need for services while the Japanese were gone for three years,” which kept this area alive (Densho). However, the numerous Japanese businesses and residences dwindled, and many people were not able to return to their homes or jobs once released; many employers and neighbors were openly hostile and did not want to be associated with Japanese-Americans. Unfortunately, while modern times have reduced the number of racist sentiments, longtime residents of the International District still face discrimination. This time, it is due to financial reasons—Seattle’s booming housing market and development have led to forced evictions as developers buy up older parts of the area. This gentrification has caused grief among citizens like Tai Fung Chin, who was “forced out of her apartment in Seattles International District back in 2015. But she didnt want to leave the neighborhood…’Because of the language barrier, this is like China — everybody speaks the same language so, they dont have any choice’ (KUOW). These actions don’t only hurt the current residents of this neighborhood, but also trample over the historic significance of the area. For example, Chinatown - @internationaldistrict206 on Instagram
- John Basilone
- Copper (TV series)
- A pile of bison bones along the railroad tracks in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1890. They were on their way to England to be ground and used for fine bone china. [960x457]
- City of Tombstone, Arizona Territory Know for the gunfight at the O.K Corral And Boot Hill. (1881) [240x204]
- New York- Vintage
- Langley, British Columbia
- My great great great great grandfather. Chief Justice for the Osage National Supreme Court. If only he knew CGM
- The Mugshot of Hermann Göring. June 22, 1945. [840x634]
- Digital Archives
- Statue of Liberty & Uncle Sam
- My family celebrating America! (Not sure of the holiday/ occasion, but its sometime after 1912)
- Imperial Russia
- Calvert County, Maryland
- cloud chief Oklahoma
- Cherokee Park
- Ancient Aliens
- The Great War
- #1 Victoria m Friedrich of Germany
- Volcano, California
- Veterans from both the Union and Confederate army’s pose for a picture together for the 50th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. Pennsylvania 1913. [1100 x 825]
- Houghton Lake, Michigan
- Dont forget History
- Clovis New Mexico
- Americana
- Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, at the age of forty-three. He became President four years later.
- Charlotte, NC, 1906 - Tryon Street, looking south from Carnegie Library [916x575]
- Property records
Vous pouvez retrouver dès maintenant sur notre site un article sur l’histoire du Fort de la Justice. L’article est bien plus complet que celui fait il y a plus d’un an sur notre Instagram. Vous pourrez le retrouver sur le site www.urbelfort.com ! N’hésitez surtout pas à nous donner votre avis sur notre article ;) #abandoned #lostplaces #alsace #urbexalsace #urbexvosges #urbexlorraine #urbexfrance #urbexfranchecomte #territoiredulion #urbex #urbex #urbexfranchecomte #abandoned #lostplaces #nature #war #urbexapocalypse #urbexphotography #urbexplaces #urbexnature #urbexalsace #lostfrench #urbanexploration #urbexworld #histoire #history #histoiredefrance #geschichte - @urbel_fort on Instagram
- Samuel Wilson-purportedly aka Uncle Sam 1850s
- Hurricane Camille
- 1900s Russia
- [Anecdote ] Le documentaire français Nuit et Brouillard (1955) a été censuré afin de cacher le képi dun garde de camp de concentration nazi qui montrait quil nest rien dautre quun gendarme français.
- Battle of Omdurman
- [728x1013] Hanoi in the Liberation Day, October 10th, 1954 (view more at https://imgur.com/gallery/mGqnzpL)
- flapper halloween
- Australian History
- American History
- Phineas Gage, a railroad worker in 1848 used explosives to clear a hole was impaled through the skull by a 13 pound rod about 3.5 feet in length. He survived with major permanent personality changes. He is still considered a medical marvel to this day.
- Georgia Tech home game in 1918 at start of Spanish Flu
This group is attending a ceremony to lay the #cornerstone for the Monroe School at 215 N. 7th St. in #Phoenix. Completed in #1914, the #oldschool building is still in use as the Childrens Museum of Phoenix. Photo from the McCullough Brothers Collection, ASU. @childmusephx - @cityofphoenixaz on Instagram
- The Royal Navys Grand Fleet in 1914
- Gainesville Georgia
- 1800-1849
- Currier and Ives
- FOREST HILLS
- Charleston....
- Best Georgist propoganda since Monopoly (1914)
- bastogne 1944
Join @VMHCeducation this Thursday, October 1 at 10:00 am for an upcoming free webinar, Sign of the Times: Activism in the Suffrage Movement! Recommended for Middle School students: 7th Grade/US History II, this program will examine how Virginia women convinced Congress to ratify the 19th amendment using rhetorical techniques in the fight to gain womens suffrage. Students will use primary sources from the VMHCs collection to see how tone and word choice intensified during the Suffrage Movement. By exploring how to craft an argument, students will learn how writing influenced social activism. This webinar is free; however, registration is required. Register now at the link in our bio. - @virginiahistory on Instagram
- Sporting event spectators, Hong Kong, circa 1860s [1600x1079]
- The Alamo
- Western photo
It is so peacefully hopeful to see photos of early Black Americans in rural farm settings and they’ve become my favorite types of photos to collect. I actually was gifted a similar photo of my great grandfather and his parents that Ill share one day! These types of photos beam with pride at what they accomplished and built with their hands! I image that in this photo, as far as their eyes could see, they saw fields of plenty. Corn, collards, butter beans, okra, squash, and sweet potatoes. Many Black American families in the south owned hundreds of acres in the early 1900’s that allowed them to insulate themselves with self sufficiency and opportunities for generations. Our early #Blackfarmers were some of our first business men and they understood the importance of land and inheritance. For them, land was a source of #freedom. We can only image the constant challenges southern Black farmers of the 19th and 20th centuries, many who had experienced slavery first hand, had to face daily to keep their land. The day to day tasks of planting, reaping, managing debts and taxes before quickbooks and keeping their children connected to the land had to be very challenging. I can imagine the satisfaction they must have felt from working their own land and knowing their toiling was not for the benefit of anyone else except their own families and communities. There had to be great satisfaction that rested in their souls from knowing their land had their FREE blood, sweat and tears embedded in the soil. Working and hopeful that not only did they plant crops for that moments harvest, but to know they had left seeds that would be reaped for the generations to come. #blackhistory #vintagephotos #ADOS #blackamericana #blackarchive #blackamerican - @black.archive on Instagram
- Postcards of Cornwall
This picture was taken in the 1930’s of all the mill workers. We are going to try and recreate this exact picture, a century later, next week! Can anyone guess how many people are in the photograph? @federalmills #geelong #ruralmills #federalmills #federalwoolenmills #australia #australianmills #takeaguess #vintage - @federalmills on Instagram
- Civil War
- Tyler Texas
- Snowball fight between Democrats and Republicans out front the Capitol Building. 1921.
- OLD PHOTO
- Lowell & mills
- Captain Daniel V. Gallery on the conning tower of the captured German U-boat 505 prior to its being taken in tow by the USS Guadalcanal, June 1944. [1200х1483]
- All About Trains....All Aboard!
- Australian History
- Bluefield, West Virginia
- American Civil War
- Peronist propaganda about nationalization of railways. Argentina, 1950
- Barcelona in Black & White
- Memorial sign erected along the track of the Teluk Anson - Tapah Ipoh Railway in Malaysia in commemoration of a brave elephant. [1894] (1024x723)
- Ice wagon parked in front of Washington DC public school; school children and teacher lined up as man shows them large chunk of ice suspended by tongs, 1899 [1500×818]
- St GILLES - Croix de Vie
- AlderHillFarm
- Langley, British Columbia
- Old cigar cart? Date unknown...
- Needles, California
- Arkansas
- Adventures to take
- Amarillo, Texas
This Saturday, October 3, 2020, marks the 160th anniversary of the Wide Awakes Grand Procession for emancipation. In 1860, the #WideAwakes, a group of young abolitionists who advocated for the election of Abraham Lincoln, held massive torchlight parades around the country—in New York, Chicago, Boston, and Cleveland—banding together to ensure the freedom of enslaved peoples. Inspired by the 1860 Wide Awakes, @wideawakes2020 takes a cue from this band of abolitionist dreamers and widens the lens. On October 3, #WideAwakesDay, our global grand procession will celebrate joy and civic participation, online and in cities across the world. Find out how you can get involved at WideAwakes.com 👁 - @wideawakesmiami on Instagram
- Memorial Day festivities on 5th Ave, Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Riverside Park, Manhattan - 103-years-ago May 30 1917
- Ulysses S. Grant before and after his brilliant campaign against Vicksburg. The last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi surrendered 157 years ago, July 4, 1863.
- ERWIN ROMMEL
- FAST 11
- richmond
- Feng Shui News & Articles
Yr #henluniau heddiw ydi diwrnod cynhaeaf yn Dafarn Faig, Pantglas yn 1926. Diolch i Wasanaeth Archif Cyngor Gwynedd am y llun // Todays #throwbackthursday #tbt is harvest day at Dafarn Faig, Pantglas in 1926. Thanks to Gwynedd Councils Archive Service for the photo. - @cyngorgwyneddcouncil on Instagram
Recording delay There has been a life event for the producer which has put us off track for a few weeks All going well we may be able to get back in the studio next week Fingers crossed to get back to work soon! Heres a throwback photo which captures this mood for me... - @samanthajosephinemusician on Instagram
- Guthrie Oklahoma
- Changing a little history in my Dieselpunk comic book series BROKEN GARGOYLES with artist Stan Yak! It’s been an enlightening experience researching the 1920-30’s era of America.
- Funeral
- Union cavalry escorting Confederate POWs during a prisoner exchange, Coxs Landing, Virginia, c. 1864. [3000x1857]
- american civil war photographs.
- Poplar bluff
- My Great-Grandfather in his MP uniform. Sometime in the late 1940s.
- The card caried by a card-carring member of the Ku Klux Klan (1928)
- Acworth Georgia
- Society Problems
US postage stamp. Scott #2838h (1994) World War II - Road to Victory Red Ball Express By August 1944, it was clear the Normandy invasion had been a huge success. Pursuing quickly retreating Germans, the Allied troops had come within 100 miles of Paris. However, the armies faced one basic problem - they had outrun the supply lines linking them to the Normandy beaches. Unless the Allies could bridge the gap separating the supplies in Normandy and the troops, the Germans would have a chance to regroup and Paris would be lost. The solution was the Red Ball Express. Given the railroad nickname for a high-priority shipment, this long-haul supply system operated over a one-way set of roads to deliver bulk supplies each day to Patton’s and Hodges’ Armies. When the express began on August 25th, it provided 75 tons of supplies per day. As the pursuit continued, the effort was expanded to include 5,400 trucks carrying over 8,200 tons each day over round-trip routes of up to 686 miles. By mid-November the critical need for emergency long-haul operations across northern France was over, and the service was disbanded on November 16, 1944. During its 81 days of service, the Red Ball Express had provided the 1st and 3rd Armies with 3.5 tons of supplies a minute. #stamp #stamps #usps #postagestamps #mail #stampcollecting #snailmail #philatelic #philately #stampcollection #stampcollector #1994 #worldwarii #war #wwii - @stampcollecting on Instagram
- Battle of Berlin 1945
- 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair
- Aerial view of Las Vegas, circa 1920-25 [730 x 558]
- American Civil War
- 10th Mountain Division
- John Lewis THE CONSCIENCE OF THE CONGRESS
- New Albany Indiana
- One year before WW1, French calvary still wearing Napoleonic style shining uniforms and armor.
- Clemson
- Cherry Creek Colorado
- Auschwitz Album Revisited
- Castle Rock, Colorado
- Immigrant children rooftop playground. Ellis island early 1900
- NYC to have 2000 police girls doing active patrol duty in East Side streets. Duties will be to see that the streets are kept clean, that children conduct themselves properly, and that sanitary regulations are enforced in the homes, on the streets and in the schools - April 12, 1916
- Civil War Photos
- Antebellum South, Revolutionary and Colonial History
- Towson, Maryland
- Columbus, Ohio
- US Army conducts its first cross-country convoy from DC to San Francisco, July 7 - Sept 6, 1919. Seen here in Eastern Wyoming, the convoy averaged a speed of 5.67 mph (9.1 kph) while moving. [1484x1228]
Happy National Public Lands Day! Check out these historic photos of Montezuma Well! #TodayILearned that Montezuma Well did not become part of Montezuma Castle National Monument until 1947. Before that, it was owned by the Back family. The previous owner of the Well bought the land for one horse, and later sold it to the Backs for two horses, which “doubled his profit.” We think this place is worth much more than that today! National Public Lands Day is a day to participate in service projects to help your national parks like Montezuma Well continue to thrive. How do you show #service to your public lands? -eh (Images: NPS, Arizona Memory Project) #FindYourPark #EncuentraTuParque #NPS #publiclands #LeaveNoTrace #RecreateResponsibly #NPLD #nature #service #parks - @montezumanps on Instagram
- My grand dad on his farm in Germany circa 1950
The Abraham Trostle Farm was greatly impacted by the battle. The stand of the 9th Massachusetts Battery on July 2 left the property in tatters, including a shell hole in the barn that is still there today. The damage to the property impacted the Trostle family for years after the battle as they searched for a way to recoup their loses. Catherine Trostle, Abraham Trostle’s wife, went to a notary to file her claim on October 20, 1868 since she could not read or write. She represented the family since Abraham was admitted into a lunatic asylum after the war. In her testimony, she stated there were over 100 horses across the yard and the home was used as a field hospital, signing her statement with an x. Also included in the damage claim was 16 tons of hay, 20 acres of oats and corn lost, 2000 fence rails, and destruction of the farm lane. According to the claim, Catherine cited $3,344.77 ($61,025.82 today) worth of property damage to her $5,200 ($95,181.24) estate. Agent A. F. Nye, the claims agent assigned, was extremely hesitant to give a definite answer to Catherine’s claim. He argued that he had no eyewitnesses to attest for any of the damage was caused by Union forces. The claim investigation lasted until February 2, 1882. Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs ultimately decided “the nature of damages from ordinary casualties of war, and not within the jurisdiction of the Quarter Master General under Act of July 4, 1864, and the claim therefor is not allowed.” Catherine Trostle filed multiple claims over 10 years for $3,344.77, she never received a cent. #battlefieldbuildings #findyourpark #gettysburgnationalmilitarypark - @gettysburgnps on Instagram
- Abraham Lincoln
- Whitehall Michigan
- Gen. William T. Sherman, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 during the March to the Sea, 1864 [3246x3000]
- Petroleum is discovered Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the worlds first commercially successful oil well
- British marines pose with a captured gun following the Anglo-Zanzibar War. The War lasted a total of 40 minutes. August 27, 1896 [710 x 493]
- There is no better tank than the Bob Semple Tank.
Repost from @hankwillisthomas • This Saturday, October 3, 2020, marks the 160th anniversary of the Wide Awakes Grand Procession for emancipation. In 1860, the #WideAwakes, a group of young abolitionists who advocated for the election of Abraham Lincoln, held massive torchlight parades around the country—in New York, Chicago, Boston, and Cleveland—banding together to ensure the freedom of enslaved peoples. Inspired by the 1860 Wide Awakes, @wideawakes2020 takes a cue from this band of abolitionist dreamers and widens the lens. On October 3, #WideAwakesDay, our global grand procession will celebrate joy and civic participation, online and in cities across the world. Find out how you can get involved at WideAwakes.com 👁 - @sankofadotorg on Instagram
- Fire department pics from back in the day.[660x454] (Album in comments)
- Arthur Livingston postcards
- Paving Maiden Lane Pullman Washington 1915 [993X604]
- Disaster & Catastrophe + Tragedy & Calamity = Emergency & Incident + Urgency & Importancy
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
- Civil War: Battle ruins seen from the capitol, Columbia, S.C., 1865 [1534x1000]
- Historical
- Resist British Rule (1970s)
- Arkansas Colleges
- BILLY THE KID
- My great grandpa, world war 1 - 1918
- Children of Odd Fellows Orphanage, Sunbury PA - 1909
- Cuba - history
- 24th of July
- 19th Century Research Guide
- New Albany Indiana
- Denton, Texas
- Aboriginal people
- The houses of Riverside Drive and 94th Street, looking west from 94th Street, June 1890
- In 1954, an Air Force jet was pursuing a UFO when the pilots encountered a wave of heat and had to eject — it landed on a house and car, killing four.
- American Civil War
- Alabama Colleges
- American civil war
- tinian island
- GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
- 4th of July in Wyoming, 1914.
- Car driving through the American prairie on a trip from New York to Paris in 1908
- My Grandfather moving the family to SW Kansas 1930s
- Horse and buggy on Okinawa 1941 during WW2
- Buffalo Bills Wild West Show
- California
- Bloomington, Illinois
- Alfonso XIII
- 60s
The Louis BIllard Hall was Oceanside’s first bar. Dating back to 1886, it was the saloon of choice for cowboys, land owners, outlaws and sheriffs. It was located at present-day Harney Sushi (Cleveland and Mission). Next door was the office of J. Chauncey Hayes, the real estate agent who sold much of the lots in early Oceanside. - @oceansidehistoricalsociety on Instagram
- Family Reunions and More
- Art Across the Curriculum
- History
- Custer
- Annie
In 1910 Benjamin Holt, founder of one of Caterpillar’s parent companies the Holt Manufacturing Company registered a trademark for track-type tractors & combine harvesters with the U. S. Patent Office for his companys exclusive use. The trademark was Caterpillar. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #HOLTCAT #CATEquipment #LetsDoTheWork #CATMachinery #Construction #DirtLife #BigIron #HeavyMachinery #Machinery #Shop #Technicians #Equipment #CATYellow #Texas - @holt_cat on Instagram
- Land auction upon founding of Las Vegas (May, 1905) [730 x 567]
- Columbia, South Carolina as seen from the Capital building. After it was sacked during Shermans march. 1865, [1140 x 768]
- Pikes Peak Regional History
- Cherry Creek Colorado
- First Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant Washington, DC, March 4, 1889 [3000x2198]
- first world series
- My great grandfather Swan Anderson, age 16, when he immigrated to the USA from Sweden
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Arthur Livingston postcards
- Balkan Wars 1912-1913
