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Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

15 Feb

It’s President’s Day in the US today. I thought this was  funny little spoof of Timbaland’s song Apologize.

 
 

The Open Road London 1927

09 Feb

Here’s a video of London in 1927 in colour. Not colourized, but it in colour.

 
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Alexander Graham Bell and the Garfield Assassination

03 Jul

Some people ask me “Why bother to collect old newspapers? If I want to read dry, boring history, I can just get a history book.” My answer to this is that even the best of history books leave out some mighty interesting aspects of historical events. The only way they can be re-discovered, is through reading original newspapers published during the time of the event. The assassination of president James Garfield in 1881 is a prime example of this.

Read the rest at HistoryBuff.com