Tom Mix

Cowboy star and movie executive Tom Mix is pictured in Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1915.

13 Star Flag

The 13 Star Flag, delivered in 1804c., was the first American flag flown over California when the region was Spanish Territory. This picture was taken outside the Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1939. The flag's whereabouts today remain unknown.

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty

President Jimmy Carter is pictured shaking hands with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Manachem Begin on the White House lawn after the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty on March 26, 1979.

Andrews Sisters

The Andrews Sisters, Maxene, Patty, and LaVerne are pictured circa 1920.

After The Rescue

A Coast Guard crew with their lifeboat on the beach at Barnegat City, New Jersey. c.1907

Haverhill, Massachusetts

Here we see a photograph of downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts taken around the turn of the century. Haverhill is located in the northeastern part of Massachusetts along the Merrimack River, and is one of the oldest historic communities in the state.

Buffalo Bill Cody (1846 - 1917)

William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill Cody is pictured above in this original photo taken on December 10, 1881.

New York vs Philadelphia

With the arrival of this year's World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees, I found the above image rather appropriate for the occasion. The scene is the Polo Grounds in New York on October 9, 1913 after game 3 of the World Series where the Philadelphia A's defeated the New York Giants by a score of 8-2.

Historical Postcard

The above undated postcard shows a Red Cross ambulance convoy. My guess would be the first World War, judging by the uniform and vehicle styles seen in the picture.

Corsetry

The corset, once referred to as "the garment of great antiquity", was worn as early as the 2nd Millenium BC. It was originally worn as an outer garment by both men and women during the Minoan Bronze Age.

Len Bias

Len Bias was considered one of the best college basketball players of his era at the University of Maryland. He became the number 2 overall pick in the NBA draft, however he never did get to play for the team that drafted him, the Boston Celtics, because he died shortly after signing of a cocaine overdose at the age of 22.

1903 Pandemic Flu

Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD, pictured in 1903, when it lost many of its' own nurses to the pandemic flu.

Grace Annie Lockhart (1855-1916)

Grace Annie Lockhart was the first woman to earn a university degree in the British Empire. Her Bachelor of Science and English Literature degree was awarded on May 25, 1875.

Western Union

Western Union boy on a bicycle - 1925

The California Gold Rush

In 1848 along the American River in California, James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter from New Jersey, picked up some gold nuggets from the river near where he was building a saw mill. Scenes similar to the image above soon became symbolic of the California Gold Rush.

Ogunquit Maine

The Ogunquit School of Painting and Sculpture is pictured on July 11, 1937. Photographed by G. Herbert Whitney, the school opened in 1935 in this scenic coastal village.

Bethel, Maine

The junction of Broad, Church, and Main streets, known as "Honest Corner", is pictured in 1885. These nineteenth century commercial structures in the heart of Bethel remain standing today.

Dow Jones

Journalist Charles Dow is pictured in 1896, the year the Dow Jones Industrial Average was introduced. The "Dow" gives investors a regular window into the stock market.

Great Depression 1929 - 1941

A bread line in New York City during the Great Depression reveals the hardships of the time as a result of an economy gone bad. After the stock market boom in the early 1920's, the US Government attempted to raise interest rate levels resulting in a stock market crash.

Panama Canal Construction

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is pictured on a construction crane in 1906 at one of the Panama Canal construction sites. The project would become known as one of the greatest man-made achievements in history.

Southwick House

From Southwick House, pictured above on D-Day June 5, 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the order to launch the D-Day invasion. Located near Portsmouth, England, the mansion served as the Allied Expeditionary Force advance headquarters.

Safeway

In 1923, Skaggs Stores in San Francisco merged with the Sam Seelig chain in Los Angeles to become Safeway Stores. The above picture shows an unidentified Safeway location, probably in San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood.

New York, 1895

Belleview Hospital

New York, U.S.

Texas Theater

The Texas Theater in Dallas was opened in 1931, and was once part of a chain owned by Howard Hughes. It was here that Lee Harvey Oswald was captured by authorities after the Kennedy assassination in November of 1963.

The Horseless Carriage

Over a hundred years ago, the Chicago Auto Show was born, and over the years, America's love affair with the 'horseless carriage' continued to blossom. The above picture shows dancers appearing at the 1941 show.

Retro Wedding

I have to confess that I have no idea who the people pictured above are, but while thumbing through the many historical pictures I find every day, this photo just plain hit my fancy. I came across it on a website for a company named Favor Ideas, which helps people plan unique weddings. I would imagine that these kids were costumed up in a 1930's theme, and popped in front of the similar era backdrop. While the youngsters may be of today's generation, the theme, the background setting, and even the picture quality imperfections can be considered historical.

Earhart Images

The Amelia Earhart mystery continues. Recently, I've come across these two images, and decided to pass them on.

The above picture shows the Pacific island of Nikumaroro, believed by many to be the place where Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan landed their aircraft. The photograph was taken in July 1937, a short time after their disappearance.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra is pictured preparing for takeoff. This would be one of the last photos taken of the craft, which was never seen again following its' departure.

The Alden House

The Alden House (1910)

Probably one of the greatest love stories ever told was that of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, both Pilgrims who crossed over on the Mayflower and landed in Plymouth, MA in 1620. Somewhere around 1672, the Aldens built the home pictured above in the town of Duxbury. While it was not their original house which they constructed in Plymouth shortly after arriving on the Mayflower, it is the only one of their homes still standing. The house has remained in the Alden family and today is maintained by the Alden House Historic Site, and is a National Landmark.