Perspective.Native children during this period were taken from their homes, families, and reservations and shipped over vast distances to the boarding schools. Attendance at such schools was required of all Native children between the ages of 10-18. Children were shorn of their identities in every way, including name, style of dress, and even personal appearance... Students were... taught that they were inferior, and that the school was there to "raise them up" from savagery to the level of non-Natives.
Native children during this period were taken from their homes, families, and reservations and shipped over vast distances to the boarding schools. Attendance at such schools was required of all Native children between the ages of 10-18. Children were shorn of their identities in every way, including name, style of dress, and even personal appearance... Students were... taught that they were inferior, and that the school was there to "raise them up" from savagery to the level of non-Natives.
ClassicPics @History_Pics A helicopter installs a section of antenna mast of the CN Tower in Toronto, 1975. pic.twitter.com/pvWW1OB0Eq
ClassicPics @History_Pics A helicopter installs a section of antenna mast of the CN Tower in Toronto, 1975. pic.twitter.com/pvWW1OB0Eq
Ralph E. Madsen, the Tall Cowboy. at Capitol in Washington, D.C., Shaking Hands With Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas in 1919. Known simply as "Tex", Ralph E. Madsen, born in 1897, grew to be 7'6" and was considered the tallest man in the United States at that time. He spent most of his life on a ranch in Texas, acquired veterinary skills and was an authority on horses, sheep, cows and pigs. He eventually traveled to every state, Mexico and Canada, always accompanied by his minature horses.
Ralph E. Madsen, the Tall Cowboy. at Capitol in Washington, D.C., Shaking Hands With Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas in 1919. Known simply as "Tex", Ralph E. Madsen, born in 1897, grew to be 7'6" and was considered the tallest man in the United States at that time. He spent most of his life on a ranch in Texas, acquired veterinary skills and was an authority on horses, sheep, cows and pigs. He eventually traveled to every state, Mexico and Canada, always accompanied by his minature horses.
Iron slave collar, Roman, fourth-sixth century CE The inscription says "I have run away; hold me. When you shall have returned me to my master, Zoninus, you will receive a gold coin". This was sealed around the slave's neck.
Iron slave collar, Roman, fourth-sixth century CE The inscription says "I have run away; hold me. When you shall have returned me to my master, Zoninus, you will receive a gold coin". This was sealed around the slave's neck.
Biggest meteorite in U.S. found in West Linn, Oregon. Massive 16-ton chunk of iron was found in 1902 by a neighboring property owner, who dragged it half a mile in an attempt to steal it; today it's in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Biggest meteorite in U.S. found in West Linn, Oregon. Massive 16-ton chunk of iron was found in 1902 by a neighboring property owner, who dragged it half a mile in an attempt to steal it; today it's in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Red Lion Inn - Main Street New London - Washington slept here. - Link to Historypin Tour of places Washington slept; www.historypin.co...
Red Lion Inn - Main Street New London - Washington slept here. - Link to Historypin Tour of places Washington slept; www.historypin.co...
In 1538 Thomas Cromwell, at the court of Henry VIII ordered that every wedding, baptism and burial should be recorded. This was the start of Parish Records
In 1538 Thomas Cromwell, at the court of Henry VIII ordered that every wedding, baptism and burial should be recorded. This was the start of Parish Records
Old headstone in Calhoun county, MS. If you were murdered in those days, the murderers name is at the bottom of the headstone.
Old headstone in Calhoun county, MS. If you were murdered in those days, the murderers name is at the bottom of the headstone.
Sojourner Truth was bought and sold four times, ran away in 1827, and successfully sued for the return of her five-year-old son. With the help of a friend she published her life and beliefs in 1850 in the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, which brought national recognition She gave her most famous speech, “Ain’t I A Woman?” at woman’s rights conference in Akron, Ohio in 1851 where all the other speakers were men.
Sojourner Truth was bought and sold four times, ran away in 1827, and successfully sued for the return of her five-year-old son. With the help of a friend she published her life and beliefs in 1850 in the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, which brought national recognition She gave her most famous speech, “Ain’t I A Woman?” at woman’s rights conference in Akron, Ohio in 1851 where all the other speakers were men.
Marilyn Monroe || Beautiful and didn't worry about a "thigh gap."
Marilyn Monroe || Beautiful and didn't worry about a "thigh gap."
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3, July 1908, approaching its hangar on the Bodensee.
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3, July 1908, approaching its hangar on the Bodensee.
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