1929 Joe Le Maistre of Tufts. Image: Leslie Jones Collection/Boston Public Library Though today the roles of kicker and punter are reserved for specialized members of a football team, in the early years of the game, when small rosters required … Read More
1942 Image: Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images Though hemp was grown as a fiber by the earliest American colonists, and cannabis was used as an ingredient in medicines throughout the 19th century, recreational cannabis smoking first took on a negative … Read More
Image: Gervais Courtellemont/National Geographic Creative/Corbis Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc, in English) was born a peasant in northeastern France around 1412, in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War. As a teenager, she experienced a series of visions which convinced … Read More
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c. 1900 Image: Archive Photos/Getty Images Sitting athwart the U.S.-Canada border, Niagara Falls (the collective name for Horseshoe, American and Bridal Veil Falls) dump an average of 4 million cubic feet of water over a 167-foot drop every minute Combined, … Read More
Dec. 28, 1979 Image: Waring Abbott/Getty Images Originally founded in 1905 as an independent resort town lined with picturesque canals (complete with gondolas!), Venice, California, was annexed by the city of Los Angeles in 1926 but gradually fell into disrepair … Read More
Image: Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images In the early 20th century, facing a drop in cattle prices after World War I, many ranchers in the western United States began offering tourists the chance to stay at their ranches to experience … Read More
c. 1915 Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images In 1914, Keystone Pictures founder Mack Sennett was looking for a way to drum up extra press for his slapstick films in the crowded silent comedy market While reading the newspaper one day, he … Read More
Nov. 24, 1955 Image: John Drysdale/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Taking its name from the title of a Francis Barraud painting of a dog listening to a gramophone, His Master’s Voice (HMV) was the unofficial name for the Gramophone Company’s record … Read More
1966 “Parker Escape Attempt.” Image: San Quentin Prison courtesy of Nigel Poor Located on a small peninsula north of San Francisco, San Quentin State Prison has housed prisoners since 1852, making it the oldest penitentiary in the state of California. … Read More