Old School 101 [27Apr2020]
1964: A brave black man emerges from using the "white men only"-bathroom at a courthouse in Clinton, Louisiana (by Bob Adelman).
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Old School 101 [26Apr2020]
Former Oakland A's ball girl and future cookie mogul, Debbie (Mrs.) Fields, 1974
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The Prague Astronomical Clock is one of the world's oldest fully functional astronomical clocks,currently at well over 600 Years Old.It is also a magnificent blend of mechanical engineering and art.
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Job hunting in the 1930's
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Meet Brooklyn Supreme,the world's biggest horse in history.The Belgian Stallion weighed in at 3,200 pounds, stood 19.2 hands tall with a girth of over 10 feet.According to an old newspaper, "Brooklyn Supreme may be 3,200 pounds of solid, magnificent horse flesh, sinew and brawn, but Brooklyn Supreme is a surprisingly gentle fellow whose greatest delight is stealing ice cream cones and goodies from unsuspecting little boys and girls."
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A Concise Account of the Mode of Instructing in Needle-Work… †printed by Thomas I. White, Dublin, 1833.
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Meet the Elasmotherium, a big hairy unicorn that existed as early as 29,000 years ago.
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Aircraft Detection Before The Invention Of Radar
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A woman wears a sign,"Wear A Mask or Go to Jail," during the influenza epidemic in California, 1918
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Margaret Leonard, the first white southerner to participate in the “freedom riders;†a group of black & white activists that rode interstate buses into the south to protest non-enforcement of discrimination laws in public transit 1961. Arrested for protesting.
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