Posts Tagged: history

vintage illustration couple smoking cigarettes

Smoking and Pregnant – Just What the Doctor Ordered PtII

  1954 was a good year for smokers and an even better one for the big tobacco companies. For a baby in utero…not so much. After the previous years blistering reports on the dangers of cigarettes,  1954 new years resolutions

vintage illustration couple smoking cigarettes

Smoking and Pregnant – Just What the Doctor Ordered PtII

  1954 was a good year for smokers and an even better one for the big tobacco companies. For a baby in utero…not so much. After the previous years blistering reports on the dangers of cigarettes,  1954 new years resolutions

school girl with retro 3D glasses

History in 3D

A Front Row Seat to History Long before we slipped on our anaglyph glasses to watch 3D TV or to simply view the cover illustration of this weeks New York Times Book Review, Monsanto predicted a  three-dimensional future for the

school girl with retro 3D glasses

History in 3D

A Front Row Seat to History Long before we slipped on our anaglyph glasses to watch 3D TV or to simply view the cover illustration of this weeks New York Times Book Review, Monsanto predicted a  three-dimensional future for the

John & Robert Kennedy

50 Years of Gun Violence- R.I.P.

Keep Hope Alive In July 1969, a full-page ad in the Sunday  NY Times posed a request to the American public: Hold onto this page for 1 year and hope and pray it ended. The hopeful ad  appeared  one  year

John & Robert Kennedy

50 Years of Gun Violence- R.I.P.

Keep Hope Alive In July 1969, a full-page ad in the Sunday  NY Times posed a request to the American public: Hold onto this page for 1 year and hope and pray it ended. The hopeful ad  appeared  one  year

John kennedy

JFK- A Third Grader Remembers November 22, 1963

While others relied on Walter Cronkite for their news of the Kennedy Assassination, My Weekly Reader was the newspaper of record for the grade-school set. The popular publication was a weekly newspaper that covered current event for elementary school children.

John kennedy

JFK- A Third Grader Remembers November 22, 1963

While others relied on Walter Cronkite for their news of the Kennedy Assassination, My Weekly Reader was the newspaper of record for the grade-school set. The popular publication was a weekly newspaper that covered current event for elementary school children.

boy watching TV as Oswald shot

JFK Assasination – Transfixed by TV

History was compressed into a single weekend that November. It was the weekend that never seemed to end, that began with a TV bulletin and ended with a burning flame flickering on TV screens across the nation. Like a relentless

boy watching TV as Oswald shot

JFK Assasination – Transfixed by TV

History was compressed into a single weekend that November. It was the weekend that never seemed to end, that began with a TV bulletin and ended with a burning flame flickering on TV screens across the nation. Like a relentless

JFK Inauguration 1961

JFK’s Inauguration: A Colorful Account

TV and John Kennedy were made for each other. The Kennedy years stand out as a time bracketed by TV milestones. In the years between the Great Debates and the network coverage of the assassination and funeral of the president,

JFK Inauguration 1961

JFK’s Inauguration: A Colorful Account

TV and John Kennedy were made for each other. The Kennedy years stand out as a time bracketed by TV milestones. In the years between the Great Debates and the network coverage of the assassination and funeral of the president,

US Govrnment Ad Vintage

ENDA Discrimination?

Is discrimination in the workplace coming to an end? With the Senate’s historic vote to pass the Employment Non Discrimination Act, it is worth remembering that not that long ago, thousands of hard-working, qualified Americans were summarily fired from their

US Govrnment Ad Vintage

ENDA Discrimination?

Is discrimination in the workplace coming to an end? With the Senate’s historic vote to pass the Employment Non Discrimination Act, it is worth remembering that not that long ago, thousands of hard-working, qualified Americans were summarily fired from their

JFK for president button

Sun, Sand and JFK

The sizzling summer of 1960 was dominated by the equally hot Presidential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Earlier in the summer Kennedy had boldly beckoned us to hitch our wagon to his train and be pioneers in

JFK for president button

Sun, Sand and JFK

The sizzling summer of 1960 was dominated by the equally hot Presidential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Earlier in the summer Kennedy had boldly beckoned us to hitch our wagon to his train and be pioneers in

Vintage Right Wing Propaganda

What Was The Right Brewing Before The Tea Party?

  , George Washington Small’s biggest bugaboo was big government. It was, he felt, the duty of every American to build down Washington’s bloated bureaucratic government. Alarmed that the expansion of the government to regulate almost every aspect of American

Vintage Right Wing Propaganda

What Was The Right Brewing Before The Tea Party?

  , George Washington Small’s biggest bugaboo was big government. It was, he felt, the duty of every American to build down Washington’s bloated bureaucratic government. Alarmed that the expansion of the government to regulate almost every aspect of American

illustration paper doll Prince Charles Princess Diana Christening

Royal Christening

Princess Diana’s presence will be felt at the Royal Christening of Prince George. Prince William will honor his mother at  Prince George’s baptism by holding his sons christening in the Chapel Room of St James Place, the same room where

illustration paper doll Prince Charles Princess Diana Christening

Royal Christening

Princess Diana’s presence will be felt at the Royal Christening of Prince George. Prince William will honor his mother at  Prince George’s baptism by holding his sons christening in the Chapel Room of St James Place, the same room where