Inauguration Weather

In this Inauguration Day 1889 photo, President Benjamin Harrison is being sworn in under an umbrella, as rain continued to fall the entire day. Click the link below for the National Weather Service's detailed records of Inauguration Day forecasts in the past.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/lwx/Historic_Events/Inauguration/Inauguration.html

Falkland Islands War

After being bombed by Argentine aircraft, the British destroyer HMS Coventry is pictured sinking on May 25, 1982 during the Falkland Islands War.


http://jove.prohosting.com/~sinking/falklands.shtml

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.