Posts Tagged: History
Auld Auld Auld
Posted by on Monday, February 28, 2005 in - leave a comment
The BBC really is a gem. This photo was on the site today as one of those received from folks world-wide to celebrate early Scots photography: • “Five generations of women are pictured together in this 1870 snap sent in by John Baird from Arizona. He said: "The photo was taken in Alloa and left …
Erie Canal Blog
Posted by on Thursday, February 24, 2005 in - 3 comments
Fabulous. NYCO has started a blog dedicated to the Erie canal. Unlike the Rideau between here and Ottawa, the Erie gave life to a string of communities which are now major towns and cities across northern New York. Its legacy also includes the post War of 1812 rapid expansion of the USA as the …
Values-Free Day Off
Posted by on Monday, February 21, 2005 in - 2 comments
I reported on this holiday last year and can confirm again that a long weekend in February is a good idea. It is law in Alberta, according to the CBC: • “Albertans already enjoy such a holiday, and have done so since 1989. The third Monday in February is Family Day in that province, giving many …
A Real Treat
Posted by on Friday, February 18, 2005 in - 1 comment
From Lisa in Budapest from a Soviet era Hundarian TV ad for blood sausage. • If you think the photo is funny, here is the whole ad: [.mpg, 6.6 MB].
North Korean Edjificationating
Posted by on Thursday, February 10, 2005 in - leave a comment
If the grandchildren of the people represented in this painting would not gladly eat the books and the grass and the uniforms and maybe the people, too, this would just be funny. More here via Boing.
Things Shippy
Posted by on Saturday, February 5, 2005 in - 1 comment
The above is from the on-line searchable collection of the British National Maritime Museum, a great trove of things shippy that I came across this morning: • “Samuel Cunard founded the British and North American Steam Packet Company in 1839 mainly to carry the Royal Mail to Canada and the USA …
First World War Colour Photos
Posted by on Thursday, February 3, 2005 in - 1 comment
These are amazing. They appear to be relatively early on and from the French trenches. Via Fleamaster.
Regiopolis The First
Posted by on Monday, January 17, 2005 in - 5 comments
BBC Local History Being Shut
Posted by on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 in - 1 comment
It was interesting to read about the cutbacks to the BBC's web services as there are loads of areas being cut which I never had heard of. One problem trying to be everything is that somethings fall by the wayside. One such service is BBC Legacies which appears to be an effort to centralize local …
US War Dead Over Time
Posted by on Friday, December 10, 2004 in - 7 comments
Nothing turns on this, in terms of a point being made by me by posting this, but I noticed today a statistical chart at CNN on the US war dead over history. • Iraq's USA losses now stand at 1,433. In the War of 1812, 2,260 members of the US military died. In the 1898 Spanish American War 2,446 …
