American History
epub |eng | 2011-09-13 | Author:Judith G. Cetina Ph.D.
The Republican National Convention came to Cleveland in June 1924 to nominate its presidential candidate, which marked the first national political convention to come to Cuyahoga County. This convention was ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-10-24 | Author:Chris Epting
This is a composite picture of the proposed Dodgers Stadium, dated March 13, 1958. This Herald-Examiner newspaper caption on this photograph reads, “Chavez Ravine wrangle at City Council (Zoning), May ...
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Photography & Video
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-22 | Author:Cuttyhunk Historical Society
THE AKIN FAMILY AT THE STATION, C. 1905. In a letter dated February 22, 1893, Timothy Akin Jr. described a breeches buoy rescue of nine men aboard a wrecked four-masted ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-14 | Author:Stephen Dean
LA GRANGE PAVILION HALL. Located at the County Fairgrounds, just north of La Grange on Highway 77, the Fair Pavilion (Round Up Hall) was built in 1925. It stands beside ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jon E. Lewis [Lewis, Jon E.]
El Alamein (1942) J. F. C. Fuller The first three weeks of July 1942, on the El Alamein line [in North Africa] were devoted to attack and counter-attack. Rommel’s one ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jeff Biggers
“WHEN MINING BEGAN,” noted a U.S. Coal Commission report in the 1920s, examining the conditions before the union movement in 1897, “it was upon a ruinously competitive basis. Profit was ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Bill Yenne
This is the intersection of Castro Street and Twenty-fourth Street as it appears today. The colorful cable cars were removed from the Castro Street line, which is now served by ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-14 | Author:Bill Cotter
The centerpiece of the Union Pacific System Pavilion was locomotive No. 8444, the last steam locomotive purchased by the railroad. A world’s fair veteran, having been displayed at Spokane’s Expo ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-30 | Author:Michael E. Costello
Built by Edward Vettle of Pittsburgh, and possibly his brother Erwin Vettle, the Blue Streak instantly became a landmark. It was built using the new technology of under-track safety wheels, ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-14 | Author:CMSAF (Ret.) James M. McCoy
It is important to understand that each aircraft that left Martin-Nebraska had an identity, much like vessels in the Navy. These were ships of the air, and, while the planes ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-19 | Author:The Cleveland Police Historical Society
Chief George J. Matowitz (left) is seen here in this c. 1950 photograph. Appointed May 8, 1905, Matowitz (right) served as the city’s police chief from October 16, 1930, until ...
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United States History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-14 | Author:Dawn Dupler
When the Civil War began, Rufus Saxton commanded an artillery unit at the St. Louis Arsenal and was instrumental in moving soldiers captured at Camp Jackson to the arsenal. He ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2001-09-14 | Author:Boritt, Gabor;
CHAPTER 8 The Riddle of Death Robert V. Bruce The earliest surviving fragments of Abraham Lincoln’s writing are two copybook verses inscribed during his middle teens. One, though often quoted, ...
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Historical Biographies
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Robert D. Putnam
Molly, Lisa, and Amy Molly (55) and her two daughters, Lisa (21) and Amy (18), along with Lisa’s in-laws, have lived in the Kensington area for generations. We meet Molly ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2009-09-14 | Author:Brewer, Susan A.
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles greet South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem, Washington, 1957. (National Archives, 342-AF-18302AF) By the time Senator Kennedy became president, Diem’s unpopular ...
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American History
September 10,2020 )
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