Remembering History: February 2015

In 1930, 16 year James Cameron narrowly survived a lynching that claimed Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith and inspired the famous song Strange Fruit. He would later found three chapters of the NAACP, serve as Indiana's State Director of the Office of Civil Liberties and found America's Black Holocaust Museum. Listen to a great NPR interview with him about that harrowing night and his miraculous survival: www.npr.org/...

In 1930, 16 year James Cameron narrowly survived a lynching that claimed Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith and inspired the famous song Strange Fruit. He would later found three chapters of the NAACP, serve as Indiana's State Director of the Office of Civil Liberties and found America's Black Holocaust Museum. Listen to a great NPR interview with him about that harrowing night and his miraculous survival: www.npr.org/...

Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma to Montgomery March, 21 March 1965.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories - NYTimes.com

"Mr. Nimoy never forgot his Boston roots and the spirit of his work lives on.." - @Marty_Walsh t.co/uYTXmQcry9 t.co/KVYZBQr1mc

@GeorgeTakei: Rest in peace with the stars, my dear friend. t.co/D2dVG6I9Xi

Dr. Joseph Warren enlisted Paul Revere and William Dawes to spread the alarm that the British were about to raid the town of Concord and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan - head of the OSS, the WW2 precursor to the CIA

Jackie Kennedy leaving her apartment building at 1040 Fifth Avenue with Caroline and John, Jr. on her way to her wedding in Greece to Aristotle Onassis. October 17, 1968

The last commercial sailing ship, Pamir, to round Cape Horn in 1949

NYT Archives ‏@NYTArchives 1934: The NYT reports the spread of a "weed which maddens the senses and emaciates the body" timesmachine.nyti... …

Old Pics Archive ‏@oldpicsarchive President Gerald Ford dances with Queen Elizabeth , Washington DC, July 7, 1976 -

Public Library Book Wagon, New York City, ca. 1930s. t.co/joytmbSmYo

JonBenet Ramsey Case Should Have Been Handled Differently, Ex-Police Chief Says t.co/mDtjJNLgXc t.co/PtWMf7IJ2j

Lucy Parsons (circa 1853–1942) Labor organizer, socialist, and legendary orator. Lucy was of Native American, Black, and Mexican ancestry, born in Texas enslaved. She moved to Chicago where she was a key organizer in the labor movement and also participated in revolutionary activism on behalf of political prisoners, people of color, the homeless, and women. She said, “We [women] are the slaves of slaves. We are exploited more ruthlessly than men.”

Lucy Parsons (circa 1853–1942) Labor organizer, socialist, and legendary orator. Lucy was of Native American, Black, and Mexican ancestry, born in Texas enslaved. She moved to Chicago where she was a key organizer in the labor movement and also participated in revolutionary activism on behalf of political prisoners, people of color, the homeless, and women. She said, “We [women] are the slaves of slaves. We are exploited more ruthlessly than men.”

A state commission in Mississippi voted to ban Sesame Street in 1970 due to its "highly integrated cast of children." t.co/cX7TJdNfAs

Lords Kitchener and Roberts

Historical Pics ‏@VeryOldPics Thich Quang Duc, 1963

by Kulwant Roy Mahatma Gandhi, 1940

#Reconstruction ~ In 1863, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton sent Northern Activist, Tunis Campbell to Georgia, to assist the army in resettling former Slaves; it was the beginning of a new life. He purchased more than 1,200 acres in McIntosh County, and established an Association of Black Landowners. Emancipation is finally real -- until white planters return to claim their lands.

#Reconstruction ~ In 1863, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton sent Northern Activist, Tunis Campbell to Georgia, to assist the army in resettling former Slaves; it was the beginning of a new life. He purchased more than 1,200 acres in McIntosh County, and established an Association of Black Landowners. Emancipation is finally real -- until white planters return to claim their lands.

The Julio-Claudian family tree

Dwight D. Eisenhower at Disneyland.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg embrace before they were executed by electric chair at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility NYC on the 19th of June 1953 after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in a time of war.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg embrace before they were executed by electric chair at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility NYC on the 19th of June 1953 after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in a time of war.

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy seated behind Diana, Sting and Elton John at Gianni Versace Memorial Service, Milan, 1997

1968 article delivering news that Oscars were postponed because of MLK assassination. t.co/FeJdoVFxLS t.co/QbrYig5VOr

The construction of the World Trade Centre, early 70's.

NYT Archives ‏@NYTArchives Malcolm X, a “marked man,” was assassinated 50 years ago today. nyti.ms/1waX5YU

On April 4, 1958, underworld bodyguard Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death outside the Beverly Hills home of his girlfriend actress Lana Turner. While Cheryl Craine, Turner's then teenage daughter, claimed that she stabbed "Handsome Harry" while defending her mother, skeptics have argued that it was in fact Turner who killed Stompanato, only to place the blame on her daughter who she knew would face minimal consequences.

On April 4, 1958, underworld bodyguard Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death outside the Beverly Hills home of his girlfriend actress Lana Turner. While Cheryl Craine, Turner's then teenage daughter, claimed that she stabbed "Handsome Harry" while defending her mother, skeptics have argued that it was in fact Turner who killed Stompanato, only to place the blame on her daughter who she knew would face minimal consequences.

The wedding bed for Sir John Radclyffe and Lady Anne Asshawe, dates back to the 1570s. The bed is the only surviving piece of furniture from Ordsall Hall. The Radclyffe family were one of the most influential families in England who served Tudor kings and queens in civil and foreign wars.

The wedding bed for Sir John Radclyffe and Lady Anne Asshawe, dates back to the 1570s. The bed is the only surviving piece of furniture from Ordsall Hall. The Radclyffe family were one of the most influential families in England who served Tudor kings and queens in civil and foreign wars.

The airship Le Jaune by the LeBaudy brothers glides by the Eiffel Tower in 1903

New York children sleep on a fire escape during a hot summer in 1938.

Norwich CT - early 1900's

A 200-year-old time capsule was found in a Baltimore monument honoring President Washington. t.co/NdeAVC1h8f t.co/w6bD9XxYG5

Canyon Road with logging apparent (Beaverton - PDX suburb)

Mitchell Point tunnel on the historic Columbia River Highway in Oregon. A popular route in the 1920's, sadly permanently destroyed in 1966.

Lumberjacks in Oregon, c. 1910

third street in portland 1905

Third Street in Portland, Oregon -- circa 1890s

A2004-002.9146 St Johns Bridge 1930

Japanese Cemetery (1937) 82nd and NE Fremont, Portland Oregon

Lineage of the British Royal Family

This was taken from the Portland Public Market in the 1930s. You are looking North at the old Morrison Bridge and along the seawall. Oregon State Archives.

Real estate businessman W.M. Killingsworth platted the Walnut Park addition to Portland in 1905. 80 acres were divided into 400 lots and deeds stated only residential buildings would be built. He built this fine home for himself facing N Alberta Street between N Vancouver and Commercial Avenues, 229 alberta 20759 c1910

Real estate businessman W.M. Killingsworth platted the Walnut Park addition to Portland in 1905. 80 acres were divided into 400 lots and deeds stated only residential buildings would be built. He built this fine home for himself facing N Alberta Street between N Vancouver and Commercial Avenues, 229 alberta 20759 c1910

Amazing shot of the Speck at SE 50th/Foster/Powell in 1956 Portland Oregon

Walking the plank - 348 feet up in the air - Madras

Can you pass a literacy test given to Black voters in the 1960's? t.co/V79zilAu8S

Old School Boston ‏@OldSchoolBoston WBZ began in Springfield in 1921, and moved to Boston in 1931. Colleen Smith #wbz

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson but baptized and raised as Norma Jeane Baker; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)

Louis XVI's Throne

Graves of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI - Basilica of St Denis, Paris ...

SAINT DENIS - La Basilique - A monument to Louis XVII, frail son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. He was imprisoned with his parents, separated from his family, brainwashed to believe Revolutionary propaganda, neglected, and died in a squalid prison cell.

SAINT DENIS - La Basilique - A monument to Louis XVII, frail son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. He was imprisoned with his parents, separated from his family, brainwashed to believe Revolutionary propaganda, neglected, and died in a squalid prison cell.