Historical Archive

  • Advertising campaigns have always been inventive.  Enter the 1930’s advertisement for Byrrh Wine.  Black cats always cause trouble in mythology, so obviously, one should be the cause of the collapse...

    Save the Byrrh

    Posted on 11 May 2012 | No Comments
    Advertising campaigns have always been inventive.  Enter the 1930’s advertisement for Byrrh Wine.  Black cats always cause trouble in mythology, so obviously, one should be the cause of the collapse...

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  • War.  It always seems to be war that creates a recorded history about otherwise obscure locations in the world.   It is true about the Balaklava region of the Ukraine in...

    The Calvary at Balaklava

    Posted on 10 May 2012 | No Comments
    War.  It always seems to be war that creates a recorded history about otherwise obscure locations in the world.   It is true about the Balaklava region of the Ukraine in...

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  • The Nine Lives of a Cat.  A Tale of Wonder by Charles Bennett.

    The Nine Lives of a Cat

    Posted on 23 April 2012 | No Comments
    The Nine Lives of a Cat.  A Tale of Wonder by Charles Bennett.

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  • July 4th ~ Park City, Utah ~ 1914

    Posted on 21 April 2012 | No Comments

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  • Remember when Mom and Dad went out and you absolutely had to tag along?  As it turned out, they did have more energy than you. Remember nodding off to sleep...

    After the Dance

    Posted on 17 April 2012 | No Comments
    Remember when Mom and Dad went out and you absolutely had to tag along?  As it turned out, they did have more energy than you. Remember nodding off to sleep...

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  • William-Adolpe Bouguereau’s beautiful painting “The Little Knitter” has long been one of my favorites.  The young lady reminds me of a mental picture created when I found the records of...

    The Little Knitter

    Posted on 10 April 2012 | No Comments
    William-Adolpe Bouguereau’s beautiful painting “The Little Knitter” has long been one of my favorites.  The young lady reminds me of a mental picture created when I found the records of...

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  • There wasn’t time or materials on site during Civil War battles to make pontoon boats, so wagon frames were quickly purposed to haul premade boats to water crossings.

    Civil War ~ Mobile Pontoons ~ 1862

    Posted on 8 March 2012 | No Comments
    There wasn’t time or materials on site during Civil War battles to make pontoon boats, so wagon frames were quickly purposed to haul premade boats to water crossings.

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  • The residents of this cemetery are forever serenaded by the constant squeaking and thump of the adjacent windmill.  Silence isn’t always golden but over time is preferred to a sound...

    Tombstone Serenade

    Posted on 28 February 2012 | No Comments
    The residents of this cemetery are forever serenaded by the constant squeaking and thump of the adjacent windmill.  Silence isn’t always golden but over time is preferred to a sound...

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  • When lumber was scarce and time to find and haul it to the construction site was precious, a dugout home was the best solution to home construction.

    Home Sweet Dugout Home

    Posted on 11 February 2012 | No Comments
    When lumber was scarce and time to find and haul it to the construction site was precious, a dugout home was the best solution to home construction.

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  • Still struggling from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, many people across the U.S. barely survived from day-to-day.   The government created services to help with small food and goods...

    Distributing Surplus in Arizona

    Posted on 8 February 2012 | No Comments
    Still struggling from the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, many people across the U.S. barely survived from day-to-day.   The government created services to help with small food and goods...

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