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3 views of the San Francisco skyline (1857, 1887, 1897)
San Francisco against the sky Silhouettes of the city’s toplines at three periods No words could so vividly portray the changes which forty years have wrought in the material face of San Francisco as...
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Unidentified but not forgotten: Antique portraits from Cincinnati
Unidentified young woman, half-length portrait A woman in a patterned dress, wearing a ribbon choker and large hanging earrings, sits with her left arm resting on a table. Hand-coloring is visible on...
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9 ornate Southern-style wrought-iron balconies
Gorgeous, graceful balconies, crafted from intricate ironwork, adorn many homes and businesses in the Southern states. Here's a look at some stunning examples!
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Darwin on the fossil record & the Cambrian period (1859)
On the sudden appearance of groups of allied species in the lowest known fossiliferous strata Excerpted from “On the Origin of Species,” by Charles Darwin, M.A. – 1859 There is another and allied...
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Fashionable districts of 1850s San Francisco (1901)
How San Francisco’s society folk were housed and entertained years ago Fashionable districts that have faded into obscurity Where and how the smart set of the fifties lived Suppose that all the new...
View ArticleThe etiquette of marriage: The ceremony & after (1850)
The marriage ceremony Weddings are everywhere accompanied with some degree of ceremony, and are usually considered as occasions of festivity. The preliminaries having been arranged by the contracting...
View ArticleThe etiquette of courtship: Love letters (1850)
Love letters A gentleman is struck with the appearance of a lady and is desirous of her acquaintance, but there are no means within his reach of obtaining an introduction, and he has no friends who are...
View ArticleHow to win the favor of ladies (1850)
The etiquette of courtship & marriage No subject in this work is more important, and certainly none will be studied with as much attention, as that of the present section. Love is the universal...
View ArticleThe etiquette of marriage: Popping the question (1850)
Popping the question There is nothing more appalling to a modest and sensitive young man than asking the girl he loves to marry him: and there are few who do not find their moral courage tasked to the...
View ArticleExpert puts Lincoln photographs in correct order (1955)
Expert puts portraits of Abraham Lincoln in correct order Nearly all the 100 or so photographs taken of Lincoln during his lifetime have been known for many years, but it is only within the last 10...
View ArticleCharming & colorful fashions for women from every month of 1859
Steel fashion plate for January 1859 Dinner dress of peach blossom silk; the skirt double, and trimmed by a cordon of passementerie, mixed black and peach color. Walking dress of fawn-colored silk;...
View ArticleLooking back at the history of Chicago (1977)
It is hard to believe that only two centuries ago, Chicago was a lonely marshland of trees and tall grass, a place with an abundance of wild onions, from which the Iroquois gave it its name, Chicagou....
View ArticleThou Soul of our souls: A prayer by Theodore Parker (1950)
Our Father who art in heaven, thou Soul of our souls - A prayer delivered on Sunday, October 6, 1850, by Theodore Parker, American Transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church The...
View ArticleAbraham Lincoln quotes: Famous sayings from a wise leader
Abraham Lincoln’s sayings about leadership, government, patriotism, personal responsibility & more Abraham Lincoln quotes on leadership They were pillars of the temple of liberty; and now that...
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Colonel Samuel Colt dies in Hartford (1862)
Death of Colonel Samuel Colt Col. Samuel Colt, the well-known inventor of improvements in firearms, died in Hartford, Conn., Thursday morning [January 10, 1862], at 9 o’clock, of an acute attack upon...
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The love story behind our first Memorial Day (1955)
When the flowers are reverently placed on the graves tomorrow, there will be many indebted to a tall, dark-haired frontiersman-soldier-statesman, General John Alexander Logan. Through his efforts,...
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Harriet Tubman: The notable career of a slave (1913)
Harriet Tubman: The notable career of a slave Harriet T Davis – Scout, Spy, War Nurse and Underground Railway Manager Scout, spy, war nurse, “underground railroad” manager, a memorable figure of the...
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Pirate Jean Lafitte: The Terror of the Gulf of Mexico (1864)
Pirate Jean Lafitte, The Terror of the Gulf of Mexico, made prizes of several British East Indiamen, and eventually, became wealthy and powerful enough to found the colony of Barataria, at the mouth of...
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A guide to Roots: The TV miniseries, night by night (1977)
The story 'Roots' spans six generations and 100 years. Here's a day-by-day synopsis of Roots: The TV miniseries. A guide to Roots: The TV miniseries, night by night (1977) appeared on Click Americana.
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Giving a bouquet? See classic New Year’s flower meanings (1897)
It is the fashion to send a bouquet with New Year wishes instead of going to make a call. The flower meanings differ slightly, but from a careful study of them all the following correct sentiments are...
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