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A quote from Ruby Dee about Ossie Davis

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Quote: “I thought he looked very hungry. He looked so – he looked so poverty-stricken or something. I think that’s what I was thinking because...

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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson: first woman to give a political address to U.S. Congress

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Biography “This very young man who twirls his moustache in embryo, announces magnificently then, ‘Save me from ever marrying a strong-minded woman,’ and, lookin...

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Agnès Souret, first Miss France

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Agnès Souret, first Miss France, 1920.

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Nellie Bly fakes insanity for first hand research of insane asylums

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

In 1887, Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, better known as Nellie Bly, was 23-years-old, and an inspiring journalist. Upon the request of an editor from the New York Wo...

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Edward R. Murrow: “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.”

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“No one familiar with the history of this country can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating, bu...

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Ohiyesa: “It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome.”

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Quote: “It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. Its appeal is to the material part, and if allowed its way it will in time ...

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A quote from Eleanor Roosevelt about her father

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Quote “With my father I was perfectly happy. There is still a woodeny painting of a solemn child, a straight bang across her forehead, with an uplifted fi...

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A snapshot of fashion history, Japan, 1910s.

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

A snapshot of fashion history, Japan, 1910s.

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A quote from Walt Whitman

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.” – Walt Whitman — “A quote from Wa...

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Richard Feynman quote: dealing with uncertainty

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers whi...

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