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New Mexico: As exciting as a foreign land! (1965)

Visit New Mexico Where does one vacation give you all this? Only in the state of New Mexico! Exciting as a foreign land! Comfortable as home! For the vacation of a lifetime, come to New Mexico ... Read more...

King Tut’s coffin is uncovered (1923)

Tut's coffin is uncovered Resplendent shrine upsets Egyptian theories Luxor, Egypt, December 17, 1923 - All preconceived ideas of Tutenkhamun's golden shrine were upset by the sight of this impressive cof... Read more...

The crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines flight 182 (1978)

On a clear, unseasonably hot morning on September 25, 1978, residents of San Diego's North Park neighborhood were getting their days underway -- not realizing they were soon to be in the center of what would be... Read more...

War: Japan launches reckless attack on US (1941)

Japan launches reckless attack on U.S. In desperate gamble on victory or suicide it strikes first blow at Hawaii Out of the Pacific skies last week, World War II came with startling suddenness to Americ... Read more...

Howard Johnson’s ice cream shops & restaurants in the 1950s

Haven for the folks... heaven for the kids (1950) One way or another, everybody goes for Howard Johnson's! You get ice cream with the famous "28 flavors," fried clams and other New England favorites. Hurry-up ... Read more...

Howard Johnson’s ice cream: Good old days goodness (1966)

There's Good-Old-Days goodness in every flavor... under the orange roof! How ever you love it... to eat in a heaping cone... or to sip by the glass... or spoon by the bowl-full... you'll never discover finer i... Read more...

Watergate is the hot address in Washington DC (1969)

A few years before President Nixon's huge Watergate scandal, Watergate was best known as a hot address -- especially for politicians -- in Washington DC. In Washington, it used to be Georgetown -- now it's Wat... Read more...

Hawaiian Airlines tour guide & route map (1956)

Want to see things a little closer up? Just click on the map or any of the brochure pages to view a larger version of that image! Hawaii's tropical allure Hawaii's tropical allure is a composite of all th... Read more...

NYC heat wave: Hot weather street scenes (early 1900s)

Hot weather in NYC means cooling off in a fountain, taking the kids to park to cool down, and more adventures in the era before air conditioning.

The Statue of Liberty unveiled (1886)

Liberty Unveiled America Accepts the Gift of the French People A city afloat hid in fog And a Million or So of People Ashore Making Holiday in the Wet The giant statue shrouded in mists like a m... Read more...

A new town! Visit Gilbert, Arizona (1914)

In 1914, there was a lot of hype about a new little town near Phoenix called Gilbert -- "the fastest growing and most prosperous community in the Southwest." Amazingly, Gilbert really did live up to its promise... Read more...

Jefferson’s secret message to congress about Lewis & Clark (1803)

In this secret message of January 18, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson asked Congress for $2,500 to explore the West -- all the way to the Pacific Ocean -- and through territory that did not yet belong to t... Read more...

Brooklyn Bridge opens (1883)

The big bridge open Two cities join in making a mammoth holiday Brooklyn in a gale of festival from dawn to midnight The president's walk across the bridge with cannon accompaniement from forts and ships ... Read more...

Our national museum: The Smithsonian (1897)

Our national museum Better known to the public as the Smithsonian Institution Founded with funds left to the United States by James Smithson, an Englishman with a terrible grudge On that delightful reser... Read more...

Beauties of nine towns (1895)

Beauties of seven towns Their individual charms are somewhat hard to define Characteristics of the girls in several great municipalities Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, San F... Read more...

King Tut’s tomb in no-man’s land (1924)

King Tut's tomb in no-man's land Howard Carter holds keys while Egyptian guards surround ancient sepulchre Luxor, Feb. 16, 1924 -- The situation existing in the Valley of the Kings has no precedent in the... Read more...

Where the telephone was born (1875)

In 1875, on the top floor of this building at 109 Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts, Professor Alexander Graham Bell invented and experimented. It was also here that he first succeeded in transmitting s... Read more...

A rustic, forgotten lane in the heart of San Francisco (1896)

A rustic lane in the heart of town - Lined by pepper trees Downtown cottages and front yards that seem to belong to an earlier period How many, even old residents of San Francisco, would believe that there ... Read more...

Hawaii: Where it is and how to get there (1956)

Hawaii: Where it is and how to get there Located at a point in the sub-tropics where sunshine and trade winds meet on most delightful terms, Hawaii is some 2200 miles southwest of San Francisco. A luxury lin... Read more...

Titanic: 45,000 ton monster ready for service (1912)

Titanic: 45,000 ton monster ready for service Only the other day, the Lusitania and her the Mauretania were the world wonder sisters of the briny. Now they must yield the palm to a new pair of marine twins... Read more...

“Flying saucer” Roswell disc mystery is solved (1947)

Disc mystery is 'solved' for three hours until Roswell find collapses A rancher's discovery of a strange object at first identified by an Army public information officer as flying disc touched off a temporary ... Read more...

Weird doings at the Tesla plant (1903)

Weird doings at the Tesla plant Natives around Wardenclyffe, Long Island, having the time of their lives guessing what the electrician is trying to do Whatever Nikola Tesla is trying to do at Wardenclyffe... Read more...

Statue of Liberty construction (1886)

Liberty Enlightening the World: The Statue of Liberty's construction Lady Liberty's face is seen here on Liberty Island, waiting to be installed: Head of Statue of Liberty on display in park in ... Read more...

Remembering the Watts Riots (1965)

Fifty years ago, when white California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer Lee Minikus pulled over 21-year-old African-American Marquette Frye on the evening of August 11, 1965 for reckless driving, little did bo... Read more...

Beautiful homes in old Detroit (early 1900s)

Whether you think of it as Motor City or Motown, there's no denying that the city of Detroit has a long and illustrious history. The Detroit Historical Society notes that the area was very important to the A... Read more...

Mme Demorest’s Emporium of Fashions (1862)

Mme Demorest's Emporium of Fashions - 473 Broadway, New York We think our lady readers will be both interested and benefited by having their attention called to the results which may and have been made to fl... Read more...

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