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ethno-cupid
150 years ago Harper’s Weekly observed Valentine’s Day with a cartoon featuring six cupids representing different ethnic groups. The New-York Times noted that the post office was being swamped with valentine missives. That apparently wasn’t a new phenomenon – eight … Continue reading
and all that ragtime
100 years ago some American troops were still occupying Germany after the November 1918 armistice that ended most of the fighting in World War I, but many were returning home. According to the “Rotogravure Picture Section” of the February 23, … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Years Ago, World War I
Tagged 369th Infantry Regiment (United States), 370th Infantry Regiment (United States), 54th Massachusetts regiment, Abraham Lincoln, Arlington National Cemetery, Black History Month, Frederick Douglass, James Reese Europe, jazz, Negro History Week, Otis Beverly Duncan, World War I
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scalped
From the January 16, 1869 issue of Harper’s Weekly (pages 41-42): THE INDIAN WAR. THE Indian Peace Commission of 1867 accomplished greater harm than benefit. Treaties were entered into with The Cheyennes, Arrapahoes, Kiowas, Comanches, and at the recommendation of … Continue reading
lest you forget
In January 1869 a National Convention of the Colored Men of America was held in Washington, D.C. On January 19th a delegation from the Convention called on President-elect Ulysses S. Grant to congratulate him for the victory and to remind … Continue reading
death of an ex-president
On January 6, 1919 Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died at his home at Oyster Bay on Long Island. From Europe President Woodrow Wilson telegraphed his order to fly flags at half-staff for thirty days. Mr. … Continue reading
happy new wheels
Based on its January 9, 1869 cover, it seems that Harper’s Weekly had pretty great expectations for the new year in general and president-elect Ulysses S. Grant in particular. It’s true that General Grant did successfully carry out the political … Continue reading
nationalist reunion
From the January 9, 1869 issue of Harper’s Weekly: THE ARMY REUNION AT CHICAGO THE immense congregation of officers and soldiers assembled at Chicago on the 15th and 16th of December were representatives of our volunteer armies. Many were present … Continue reading
conservative counterpoise
In an editorial on December 25, 1868 The New-York Times stressed that Christmas was a traditional, family time in a world of great technological change, especially the transportation revolution caused by steam power. The technological innovation led to social change: … Continue reading
Khaki Christmas
The New York Tribune didn’t think it was dreaming in its December 22, 1918 issue. Although America entered the Great War late, its military prowess did help the French-British alliance eventually subdue the German-led coalition. One of the great promises … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Years Ago, World War I
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Christmas, David G. Farragut, John Adams Dix, Ulysses S. Grant, World War I
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the velocipede revolution
The times they are a-modernizin’. Back in April 1868 an American periodical urged better preservation of historically important places. 150 years ago this month the same paper enthusiastically described a new device – a traveling machine. It wasn’t just the … Continue reading
