Showing posts with label Abraham Lincoln. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abraham Lincoln. Show all posts
Saturday, May 7, 2011

Model looks

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Many people have remarked that 21-year-old Lewis Powell was a " hottie ." Unfortunately, he was also a felon. Can you pick him out...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Robert Todd Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln did not have a lot of time to get to know his 1st-born son Robert Todd (1843-1926), but the young man ( 1st image ), a 21-ye...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Willie Lincoln

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William Wallace (1850-1862) was his father's favorite . Abraham and Mary Lincoln had already lost one child, Edward Baker (1846-1850), b...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

The play that night

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The play Our American Cousin was produced by American actress Laura Keene (1826-1873) and premiered in 1858 at her theater in New York. It...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Last to see Lincoln

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This man, who died the year I was born, was the last person alive to have viewed the face of American president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Follow-ups

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Follow-ups 12/9/09 Reader Megan brought this to my attention: a mutant parakeet - the opposite of the bald parrot pictured in this post! And...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Connecticut clock manufacture

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My Mom's hometown of Bristol, Connecticut, was a center of American clock manufacturing from the early 1800s. Much of the history cente...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday

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Today, as you may have heard on the news, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln . There have been cel...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Hair jewelry

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I heard a mention on TV that Teddy Roosevelt wore a ring containing a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair. I found the story here: When Roose...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

Maisenbacher House

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I am just back from visiting with relatives in Springfield, Illinois, where I was when the Gov. Blagojevich scandal was breaking. Exciting s...