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Joan Caulfield Cheesecake 1
Graduates Together
Gabrielle Crescent Moon
Dutch Cheesecake
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Publicity Photograph • Scotty Bjurstrom Agency photo • Chicago • 8″ x 10″ • c.1950
Cheesecake Roudenko
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Promotional Photograph • L. Roudenko photo • 8″ x 10″ • c.1950
Cheesecake by Bjurstrom
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Promotional Photograph • L. Roudenko photo • 8″ x 10″ • c.1950
Kelowna Power House
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Mounted photograph 1900
Wilsons Gin Caddo Oklahoma
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Real photo postcard 1910
Victorian Roofers
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Carte-de-Visite 1860
Sailor in the Studio
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Cabinet photograph 1890
RC Mounted
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Real photo postcard hand-colored 1920
Old Salts Club
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Book illustration 1930
Monks at Work
Carte-de-Visite 1860
Looking for Work
Magazine Cover • Motor Magazine • 10″ x 12″ • 1939
Inside Portland OR Grocery
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Silver print photograph 1900
Haircuts Marsailles
Magazine Cover • Paris • 7″ x 9″ • c.1890
Funky Farmer
Advertising Trade Card • Gies Litho • Buffalo • 4″ x 6″ • c.1880
Farmwork Lunch Break
Advertising trade card • Libby Meat Co. • 5″ x 3″ • c.1880
Fairbanks Scales
Advertising Trade Card • for Fairbanks Scales Co. • 5″ x 3″ • c.1870
January 9. Anson Jones, first President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide, 1858.
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January 9. Anson Jones, first President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide, 1858. “Texas Gun Law” is a western pulp novel published in New York in 1848.
January 9. Ralph Terry born in 1936.
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January 9. Ralph Terry born in 1936. Ralph Terry absorbs the power of the sphere. 1959.
January 8. Last Execution for Blasphemy 1697
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Last execution for blasphemy in Britain, 1697. Feodor Chaliapin as the executioner, an operatic role played in Russia, c. 1890. Please share your comments below or share this blog with your…
January 8. Walker Cooper born 1915.
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January 8. Walker Cooper born 1915. Portrait of Walker Cooper as a St. Louis Cardinal, 1941.
January 7. First Transatlantic Telephone Service 1927.
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First transatlantic telephone service, New York to London, January 7, 1927. Telephone switchboard from the 1940s. Please share your comments below or share this blog with your friends on Facebook, Linkedin…
January 7. Johnny Mize born 1913.
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January 7. Johnny Mize born 1913. Portrait of Mize with the NY Giants, 1947.
January 6. New Mexico Admitted to the Union 1912.
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New Mexico admitted to the Union, 1912, View of the Taos Pueblo, photochrome by Detroit Publishing Company, 1900. Please share your comments below or share this blog with your friends on…
January 6. King Cole dies 100 years ago, 1916.
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January 6. King Cole dies 100 years ago, 1916. King Cole warms up before a game on the road, stadium unknown, c.1912. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1915, and…
January 5. Henry Ford offers Living Wage 1914
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Henry Ford offers workers 40-hour work week and living wage on January 5, 1914. Ford Motors magazine advertisement. Please share your comments below or share this blog with your friends on…
Benny Kauff’s Power Swing
January 4. The Boy Scout Association incorporated
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The Boy Scout Association incorporated throughout the British empire. Boy Scouts Parade March sheet music, Julius K. Johnson, published Troy, NY, 1912. Please share your comments below or share this blog…
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