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“Sweet Harlem”: A historical fiction short story

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

I was seven the first time I saw a man lynched. He was strung up from a flimsy branch of a short, stout tree. A dangling, lifeless body with a face caked in dry...

Story

A snapshot biography of Jackie Cochran

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

Jackie Cochran was independent, persistent, she was adventurous and driven to achieve, and when she “set her mind to do something, she was a damned Sherma...

Story

A snapshot biography of Dr. Susan Anderson

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

Dr. Susan Anderson was petite and quick witted, and affectionately people called her “Doc Susie.” As the sole physician in Fraser, Colorado for much...

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Historical Fiction: A New Beginning

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

I never thought myself a man of adventure. Quite the opposite actually. Mathematics was my calling and being from a family of means, I studied at Harvard, then ...

Story

President Roosevelt gives speech after being shot

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot—but it takes more than that to ...

Story

Irena Sendler quote: “I was taught by my father…

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

“I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning you don’t ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help.” – Irena Sendler — Note: Irena S...

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“The Pogrom”: A historical fiction short story

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

There was fear in fathers eyes. It was there in the sweat running down his face. And in his frantic shouting to my uncle. My father, a small thin man with soft ...

Photograph/Story

NYC after a blizzard, 1888

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

NYC after a blizzard, 1888

Biography/Story

The short story of Madam CJ Walker

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And f...

Quote/Story

Mary Winsor supports suffrage protestors

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“It is quite enough to pay taxes when you are not represented, let alone pay a fine if you object to this arrangement.” – Mary Winsor Note: In this photo,...

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