Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Jim Thorpe: America's Greatest Athlete of the First Half of the 20th Century

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Jim Thorpe (center)  Clarence Childs (right) Indiana University 1913/1914 season James B. Childs Family Collection Rutherford B. Hayes...
Monday, May 18, 2020

William Feaga of the 72nd Ohio at the Running of the Vicksburg Batteries

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Union Soldiers at Vicksburg by Kurtz and Allison On April 16,  1863, a joint army/naval operation was commanded by  General Ulysses S...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

"Real Photos" Tell the Real Story

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Everyone collects something. Down through the decades, millions have collected those fascinating images of America printed in a 3 x 5 fo...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

The Lorain-Sandusky Tornado of 1924: Ohio's Deadliest

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Sandusky Standpipe Crushed by Tornado Courtesy of Sandusky Library On a warm Saturday afternoon in late June 1924, a light rain beg...
Monday, April 27, 2020

Executions at the Johnson's Island Civil War Military Prison

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Blindfolded, bound, and shackled, Captain William F. Corbin and his comrade Thomas Jefferson McGraw sat on a pair of rough coffins at the ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The Sinking of the Lusitania

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RMS. Lusitania On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania , t he British ocean liner, the largest in the world, was returning to Liverpool, Eng...
Monday, April 13, 2020

William Flockens's 1904 Military Travel Guide

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At the turn of the 20 th century, Americans were fascinated by other cultures, societies, and landscapes. While the country’s wealthy el...
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