Recent Spotlights by dymaxion

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"This realistic picture of history..." The Birth of a Nation

Source News - Poughkeepsie Journal

Created 06 Nov 2009 - 242 views

Japan Annexes Korea ("the Hermit Kingdom")

Source News - San Francisco Chronicle

Created 29 Oct 2009 - 265 views

Fires Continue March of Death and Desolation - 22 August 1910

Source News - San Francisco Chronicle

Created 29 Oct 2009 - 114 views

A Story Made for Hollywood

Source News - The Chicago Tribune

Created 27 Oct 2009 - 125 views

H L Mencken in the 1922 Baltimore City Directory

Source City Directories - Baltimore

Created 15 Sep 2009 - 149 views

President Warren G Harding in a 1923 Washington DC City Directory

Source City Directories - Washington DC

Created 15 Sep 2009 - 116 views

President Teddy Roosevelt in a 1903 Washington DC City Directory

Source City Directories - Washington DC

Created 15 Sep 2009 - 124 views

President James Buchanan in a 1860 Washington DC City Directory

Source City Directories - Washington DC

Created 15 Sep 2009 - 188 views

Justa Baron dies of "Unknown Natural Causes" at the age of 108

Source Texas Death Certificates

Created 20 Mar 2009 - 487 views

French Dreadnaught Danton Torpedoed

Source News - London Times

Created 19 Feb 2009 - 513 views

French Dreadnaught Danton Torpedoed

Source News - London Times

Created 19 Feb 2009 - 334 views

Frank Sinatra Leaving Italy

Source WWII US Air Force Photos

Created 14 Feb 2009 - 402 views

"Rebel Barbarities in Texas from Sketches by Fred Sumner"

Source uploaded by gengal

Created 17 Oct 2008 - 430 views

Herman Melville Honored for Surviving his Work with Cannibals

Source News - The Chicago Tribune

Created 06 Oct 2008 - 485 views

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Fat Folks Reduced by Dr Snyder

Source News - The Chicago Tribune

Created 06 Oct 2008 - 460 views

1891 Chicago Tribune Reports Stage Coach Hold up near Redding, California

Source News - The Chicago Tribune

Created 05 Oct 2008 - 329 views

Melville's "well-known romance, 'Nobby Dick'"

Source News - The Chicago Tribune

Created 04 Oct 2008 - 335 views

July 3-4, 1776 in the Transcript Journals of the Continental Congress

Source Continental Congress - Papers

Created 03 Jul 2008 - 13,654 views

Baseball in the Manzanar Interment Camp - 1943

Source uploaded by dymaxion

Created 27 Jun 2008 - 474 views

Bombed truck with its tire still burning: Hawaii 7 Dec 1941

Source WWII US Air Force Photos

Created 10 Jun 2008 - 368 views

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