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The famous moment on V-J Day a nurse and sailor at the end of World War II in New York City. Alfred Eisenstaedt took the famous photograph in Times Square but did not note the names of the people in the picture.
Route 66 … Why is this road so important to America?
Route 66 was a highway spawned by the demands of a rapidly changing America. The abbreviated route between Chicago and the Pacific coast traversed essentially flat prairie lands and enjoyed a more temperate climate than northern highways, which made it especially appealing to truckers.
In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck proclaimed U... Continue reading
convention luncheon in Coventry.
Back in the day how an automobile salesman shows a prospective customer the interior of a new car's engine in an automobile showroom.
John Travolta, the youngest of six children, was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey in an Irish-American neighborhood. His father, Salvatore Travolta was a second-generation Italian American and his mother, Helen Cecilia Irish American was an actress and singer who became a high school drama and English teacher. He always said that his household was predominantly Irish in culture even... Continue reading
This copy was made before Life magazine damaged frames in their copy.
I Love Lucy Television Show Debuts
October 15, 1951
I Love Lucy debuted last night on CBS at 9pm, and it was sensational. This show took years to be approved and finally in early 1951 agent Don Sharpe negotiated a contract with CBS and sponsor Philip Morris cigarettes for Desilu, the couple's new production company, to produce the show. CBS and the sponsor insisted that the program be... Continue reading
She was born in San Francisco on July 20, 1938, and took ballet classes at the age of four. She landed her first film role, a bit part in Happy Land at the age of five, and at the age of eight, Wood won over the audiences with her small role as an orphan in the drama Tomorrow Is Forever with Claudette Colbert and Orson Wells. The next year she became a star with her first major role in Miracle on... Continue reading
In 1945, Jackie Robinson signed a contract to play for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League for a salary of $400 per month. In his one and only season in the Negro Leagues, he batted .387 and appeared in the league’s All-Star Game. Later in that same year, Brooklyn Dodgers’ President and General Manager Branch Rickey, who had been scouting the Negro Leagues for talent, signed Robinson to... Continue reading
She was born in San Francisco on July 20, 1938, and took ballet classes at the age of four. She landed her first film role, a bit part in Happy Land at the age of five, and at the age of eight, Wood won over the audiences with her small role as an orphan in the drama Tomorrow Is Forever with Claudette Colbert and Orson Wells. The next year she became a star with her first major role in Miracle on... Continue reading
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