Historical Image of the Day
This week's images will be of motherhood in American history.
Hupa woman with child, 1923. The Hupa are a people of northern California.
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Monday, May 09, 2011
Hupa woman with child, 1923. The Hupa are a people of northern California.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
I For One Can't Wait for Humboldt Redwoods State Park Brought to You by Viagra
California is moving toward what the anti-environmental browns have always wanted: privatization of state parks. What could possibly go wrong?
Friday, February 11, 2011
Historical Image of the Day
Cartoon from San Francisco Call, questioning John Muir's masculinity for fighting the Hetch Hetchy Dam in Yosemite National Park, built to bring water to San Francisco. No precise date on the cartoon, quite likely in the early 1910s
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Historical Image of the Day
Opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, carrying water stolen from eastern California's Owens Valley, 1913
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Historical Image of the Day
Aftermath of the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times building by a union member angry over the paper's union-busting methods.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Monday, January 03, 2011
Historical Image of the Day
This week's images revolve around the history of Los Angeles, as I prepare for my U.S. Urban History course this spring.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Historical Image of the Day
Last night on the plane, I read D. J. Waldie's fascinating ode to his suburban neighborhood in Lakewood, California, Holy Land. Lakewood still sounds awful, but he does give his long-abused town and its residents a real dignity.
In honor of the book, this week images will focus on the history of the suburbs.
Political ad opposing the rezoning of El Camino Real, the major street through the San Francisco suburb of Burlingame, California, for business development, 1930s.
Friday, December 03, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Monday, October 04, 2010
Historical Image of the Day
This week's images will revolve around the theme of marriage in American history.
March in support of gay marriage, San Francisco, 2010.
This week's theme is inspired by Christina Simmons', Making Marriage Modern: Women's Sexuality from the Progressive Era to World War II, published by Oxford in 2009.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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