Thursday, April 24, 2014

Jesse Ludington - Fair Haven Oyster Man - Portrait by artist George Henry Story

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Jesse Ludington (1805-1886) - Oil on Canvas - artist George Henry Story (Smithsonian American Art Museums) (public domain) I have ...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The (Benyon) Family - Brighton Massachusetts - Auburndale Mansion - 1872 - Artist George Henry Story

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The Family - by George Henry Story (Public Domain) The great 19 th century successful American Middle Class grand family portrait...
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Monday, April 21, 2014

Lincoln's Favorite Humorist Artemus Ward and His Wartime Bohemian New York Crowd 1864

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Source: - Artemus Ward (CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE) A Biography and Bibliography BY DON C. SEITZ 1919 (Don Carlos Seitz 1862-1935)   (ori...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

George Henry Story - American Artist (1835-1922)

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George Henry Story - Self Portrait 1902 -  Gift to Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mrs. George Henry Story 1906 http://commons.wikimedia...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Philip Downing Letter Box - U S Patent 462093 - Oct 27 1891

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https://www.google.com/patents/US462093?dq=philip+downing,+letter+mailbox&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IVpNU4CoBO3QsQST3YG4Dw&ved=0...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Moses King New York Guide Book Cover – Inspiration for O.Henry’s short story The Lady Higher Up?

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https://archive.org/details/kingsphotographi00kingrich New York World Sunday Magazine, July 24, 1904, The Lady Higher Up by O....

Walt Whitman 1887

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Walt Whitman 1887 - presumably in his Camden New Jersey home. Photograph attributed to the Philadelphia artist Thomas Eakins - (Lib...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

Babbitt Soap - Washington Street NYC - 1892

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_T._Babbitt https://archive.org/details/kingsphotographi00kingrich ...

Greenwich Street and Trinity Place NYC - 1892 thru Present

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https://archive.org/details/kingsphotographi00kingrich Above looking north - 1892 View from #1 Broadway / Washington Building - G...

1 Broadway NYC - 1884 thru Present - Washington Building

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https://archive.org/details/kingsphotographi00kingrich Same structure - re-sheathed and remodeled in the 1920s.  http://en.wi...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Charles Keating Lonely in Hell - Awaits His Pals Dennis DeConcini and John McCain for Reunion of the Phoenix Boys

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Dear Denny and Johnny: Missing you in Hell. Am keeping a special spot warm for each of you.  Your Bosom Buddy. Love Charles. ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Bribes Corruption and Fees at New York Stock Exchange 1913 - So What Else Is New One Hundred Years Later ?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_J._Stilwell .

Equal Job = Equal Pay - Pussy Riot in the House of Representatives - Speaker John Boehner

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Equal Pay 4 Equal Work. John Boenher only deserves 77% of his salary.  Because he is such a Pussy when it comes to genuine Leaders...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Allegheny City Hall – Federal and Ohio Streets Pittsburgh – 1863-1938 – Architect Colomb Gengembre

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Present site of Buhl Planetarium  http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/photoalbumBuhl.htm http://www.uniondalecem...
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Columbus Circle – The Hubert Co-op Apartments 230 West 59th Street – Philip G. Hubert – George Henry Story

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photo - Tatzu Nishi In Pride of the Cities, famed New York City short story writer O.Henry hinted at the snobbishness of some p...