Category Archives: History

Sepia Saturday

Posted on July 3, 2021 by smkelly8

Every week Sepia Saturday inspires bloggers to share nostalgic or historic images based on a visual prompt. Since tomorrow’s Independence Day in the US, I’m deviating and sharing images surrounding July 4th. The beauty of Sepia Saturday is we’re free … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday

Posted on June 12, 2021 by smkelly8

Every week Sepia Saturday gives bloggers a visual prompt. This week’s prompt has inspired me to comb through the Library of Congress archives for images of radio. Great Lakes Naval training station radio class., None. [Between 1909 and 1920] Photograph. … Continue reading →

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The Sky over the Louvre

Posted on April 22, 2021 by smkelly8

Graphic novel, The Sky over Louvre by Bernar Yslaire and Jean-Claude Carriere covers the Reign of Terror when Robespierre and the Jacobins maintained power through terrorism.  Revolutionary and artist Jacques-Louis David is looking for a model for his polemic painting. … Continue reading →

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Bosses in Lusty Chicago

Posted on April 7, 2021 by smkelly8

We all know that Chicago has a history of corruption, but do you know the chief actors: Bathhouse John and Hinky Dink Kenna? In the Gilded Age till Al Capone gained power, aldermen Bathhouse John and Hinky Dink Kenna dominated … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday

Posted on February 5, 2021 by smkelly8

Every week Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers with an image. The photo above is of early X-Ray recipients. My goodness, what’s going on with these contraptions? I feel for the woman on the left. Here’s what I found on the Library … Continue reading →

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Queen Victoria’s Secrets

Posted on January 31, 2021 by smkelly8

I thought some of my readers might be interested in this program through the Glessner House, a Chicago house museum.

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Common Sense in a Senseless World

Posted on January 27, 2021 by smkelly8
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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotations

Posted on January 18, 2021 by smkelly8

Here are a few quotations from Martin Luther King, Jr. “If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, ‘brethren!’ Be careful, teachers!”   “The Purpose of … Continue reading →

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