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Blondin’s High Wire Act
Advertising Trade Card • for Merrick Thread Co. • 4″ x 3″ • c.1885
June 29. Chicago becomes largest U.S. city in area, 1889.
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June 29, 1889. Chicago becomes largest U.S. city in area after Hyde Park and other surrounding towns vote for annexation. 1910 postcard called ‘A Birdseye View of Chicago.’
June 29. Harmon Killebrew is born in 1936.
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June 29, 1936. Harmon Killebrew is born. Wire service photo of Harmon Killebrew showing off his big bat in Washington in 1958.
Willard Brown Demonstrates
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News photograph 1940
Sick European Politics
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Postcard 1913
June 27. Gus Zernial is born in 1923.
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June 27, 1923. Gus Zernial is born. Action photo of Gus Zernial hitting in Comiskey Park in 1950.
June 27. United States enters Korean War, 1950.
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June 27, 1950. United States enters Korean civil War as a ‘Police Action.’ MASH unit operates in the Korean jungle, 1954.
Hack Wilson and Babe Herman
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News photograph 1927
June 25. Joe Kuhel is born in 1906.
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June 25, 1906. Joe Kuhel is born. Pre-game photographic portrait of Joe Kuhel of the White Sox at Comiskey Park before a game.
June 25. Custer dies at Little Big Horn, 1876.
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June 25, 1876. General George Custer dies at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Chief Rain in the Face and his people do a victory dance, ten year commemoration of their…
June 24. First airmail service from Montreal, Quebec to Toronto, 1918.
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June 24, 1918. First airmail service from Montreal, Quebec to Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Sheet music for the song “Hello Montreal,” from around 1920.
June 24. Billy Nash is born in 1865.
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June 24, 1865. Billy Nash is born. Tobacco premium of Billy Nash, the Boston second baseman, 1894.
June 23. Carl Spooner is born in 1931.
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June 23, 1931. Carl Spooner is born. Portrait of Carl Spooner during his two seasons with Brooklyn, 1954 and 1955.
June 23. Government Printing Office established by Congress, 1860.
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June 23, 1860. Government Printing Office established by Congress. Advertising blotter for the Hoen Litho Company of Baltimore and Richmond from 1880.
June 22. Carl Hubbell is born in 1903.
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June 22, 1903. Carl Hubbell is born. Butterfinger baseball premium of Carl Hubbell from the early 1930s.
Soldiers Preparing for Shipment to Cuba
Stereoview 1898
June 21. Oliver ‘Ghost’ Marcelle is born in 1895.
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June 21, 1895. Oliver ‘Ghost’ Marcelle is born. Billiken cigarette card of Ghost Marcelle in the Cuban winter league in 1923-24.
June 21. RCMP kill two in Winnipeg demonstration, 1919.
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June 21, 1919. RCMP kill two in Winnipeg demonstration by unemployed WWI veterans. Postcard about RCMP training, medieval style.
June 20. Bill Werber is born in 1908.
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June 20, 1908. Bill Werber is born. Goudey gum card from 1934 featuring Bill Werber.
June 20. Victoria becomes the Queen of Britain, 1837.
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June 20, 1837. Victoria becomes the Queen of Great Britain. Lithographic portrait of a young Queen Victoria from about 1850.
June 19. Slavery prohibited in U.S. colonies by the Congress, 1862.
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June 19, 1862. Slavery prohibited in U.S. colonies by the Congress by killing the Dred Scott decision. Anti-Slavery sheet music from the American north in 1844.
Lou Gehrig’s Last Game
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News photograph 1939
Lou Brock • Rookie
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Color photograph 1961
June 18. President Nixon starts ‘War on Drugs.’ 1971.
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June 18, 1971. President Nixon starts ‘War on Drugs,’ a destructive program in both human and monetary terms. Advertising card of the Battle of Waterloo, famous as a most inglorious defeat.
Statue of Liberty Delivered to New York
Advertising trade card 1885
June 17. Pete Browning is born in 1861.
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June 17, 1861. Pete Browning is born. Grainy photograph of Pete Browning with the Louiville BBC in 1887.
June 16. Eddie Malone is born in 1920.
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June 16, 1920. Eddie Malone is born. Photo of Eddie Malone by Scotty Bjurstrom agency of Chicago in his only year of service, 1949.
June 15. Monte Weaver is born in 1906.
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June 15, 1906. Monte Weaver is born. Wire photo of Monte Weaver in action circa 1933.
June 15. Border with Canada officially established, 1846.
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June 15, 1846. Border with Canada officially established at the 49th parallel in the Oregon Treaty. Postcard of the State of Oregon from circa 1940.
June 14. Don Newcombe is born in 1926.
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June 14, 1926. Don Newcombe is born. Action sequence of Don Newcombe pitching for the Dodgers in 1956.
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