Archive for the ‘History’ Category

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

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

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

Alexander Graham Bell and the Garfield Assassination

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 [...]