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Phonographically Yours
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Phonographically Yours (history that you don't get to read very often)
The term Phonographic comes from dictionaries of the 19th century. Which used the Greek for sound and writer creating Phono Graph adding an ic...This Blog is for sounding out on many things. Much of it will deal with history but also current events, music, art, religion, culture and politics...So let's sound out and talk...I have a lot to say! I hope what I write makes you study the subjects more.
- Added on: Sep 30th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
A new Constitution for New York...From the Review of Reviews magazine ..March 1894
The title tells it all as New York prepared to have a Constitutional Convention, to restyle and improve it's present Constitution. Here is the story from an interview with a delegate to this convention. Presented by Review of Reviews of NYC in March...
Death of a political candidate in South Korea 1956. It seems the sitting President was careful to make sure his enemies did not live to beat him.
President Rhee with MacArthur. The Republic of Korea re-elected 81-year-old President Syngman Rhee to his third term in May, 1956. Rhee's opponent and main critic, P. H. Shinicky, died during the campaign. His death touched off riots in Seoul an...
Postage Currency from the Civil War 1862-1863 ...An early example
This early issue was produced in the North (In NYC) during the civil war sometime between August 1862 through May of 1863. They were to use as money and designed to allow people to buy stamps as coinage was scarce at the time.Fractional Currency not...
My great great great uncle. Richard Kasidick ..Who had a great career as an artist.
Richard KasadickA high resolution copy of a photo of his studio and a painting.The only painting I know to be done by him in January 1898. This is the only photo I have of my great great great uncle. He was an artist,and was in the first graduating c...
The George Washington Centennial in New York City in the Magazine of American History.July 1889, and a momento token of that event.
Here is a token from the event you will read about in this article. These were sold during the event and usually had a ribbon tied into the small hole in the token. On the front it mentions the anniversary of Washington assuming the office as the fi...
A Civil War Thanksgiving...November 24, 1864. As drawn by Thomas Nast
This is the original Thanksgiving cartoon by Thomas Nast. For November 24, 1864Thanksgiving became a official federal holiday in 1863. It had existed of course for many years. But during the American Civil War it became a true legal holiday. In 1864...
