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Archive: July 2016 (4 Posts)

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Puttering About the Yard

Posted by: Julie Stoner

One of my favorite memories of visiting my grandparents’ house during summer vacation is my grandpa teaching me to play croquet in the side yard. I became nostalgic for those summer days when I came across this Civil War era photograph of a group playing croquet in Washington D.C. I decided to search the collections …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

A Virtual Vacation: Bem-vindos a Lisboa!

Posted by: Lara Szypszak

When I am about to set off on an adventure, as many are about to do this summer, I prepare both my luggage and my expectations. Along with reading guidebooks, I like to search through images of the destination, from both the past and present, in anticipation of the sights my eyes will see. The …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Spectators Pictured “Fanning” the Flames of Baseball Passion

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

The mid-season All-Star Game break provides baseball fans an opportunity to assess their team’s progress thus far, taking stock of strengths and areas for improvement, successes and failings. But, I’m going to take a much further distant historical look at baseball spectators and fans enjoying the game. Going back some 150 years to October 1865, the engraved …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

A Trip Around the Ferris Wheel

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

The two people in the photo at right seem stopped in their tracks, much like I was when I saw this image for the first time. As I took in the details, I realized the towering metal behemoth was a Ferris wheel. It would take a bit more research to discover that this is actually …