Friday – Sunday, November 10 -12, 2023 – REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVED
TIME FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND
JULIA GASH TAPESTRY THROWS TO KEEP YOU WARM AND COZY.
TRAM PILLOWS, JULIA GASH DESIGN LANYARDS,ORNAMENTS, KEY CHAINS, MAGNETS AND MORE.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 12 NOON TO 5 P.M. AT THE RIHS KIOSK, TRAM PLAZA
SATURDAY AT THE MAIN STREET FLEA MARKET
FROM THE ARCHIVES
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10-12, 2023
VETERAN’S DAY MEMORIES
ISSUE #1122
SHORPY HISTORIC PHOTO ARCHIVE
Washington, D.C., circa 1916. “Mrs. George Barnett and son.” Lelia Gordon Barnett, wife of the Marine Corps commandant, and her son Basil Gordon, who in 1923 became the first person to crash an airplane in the District of Columbia. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
1918. Washington, D.C. “Walter Reed Hospital scenes.” Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
These are members of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Conyngham Post 97 located in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. I researched it to try and find out exactly when the picture may have been taken and found two possibilities in the Wilkes-Barre Record Almanacs:
“April 21, 1923 – Conyngham Post, G. A. R., observes its fifty-sixth anniversary; about forty veterans of the Civil War, together with many friends, present.”
New York, June 6, 1944. ALLIED ARMIES LAND ON COAST OF FRANCE. GREAT INVASION OF CONTINENT BEGINS. “D-Day. Crowd watching the news line on the New York Times building at Times Square.” Photo by Howard Hollem or Edward Meyer for the Office of War Information
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. “Pension Office interior.” This former repository of Civil War veterans’ pension records is now the National Building Museum. National Photo Company Collection glass negative
The place and provenance of this photo are unknown to me. Scanned from a large print. Perhaps someone can identify the uniforms?
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THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
Teddy Roosevelt “riding” a moose. fact or fiction?”
Andy Sparberg, Gloria Herman, Hara Reiser and Nina Lublin got it right
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On October 7th, a dozen members toured the island with RIHS President Judith Berdy
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