“If we don’t all pull together nothing will get done.”

“If we don’t all pull together nothing will get done.”

This is as Alaskan as you can get.  What you are seeing is a line

In the days when “horsepower” meant horse power

In the days when “horsepower” meant horse power

Today, “horsepower” is a measure of strength of a car.  But that has only been

“The Disreputable Doctor”

“The Disreputable Doctor”

A HUGE THANKS TO Facebook Page Alaska Mystery Pictures, Investigating the Unknown People. One of

“Whoever said I wasn’t a great artist?”

“Whoever said I wasn’t a great artist?”

Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a

“You can take that to the bank!”

“You can take that to the bank!”

There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.

“Home on the Range, er, Tundra”

“Home on the Range, er, Tundra”

My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee.  He arrived in New York on the

The Lessons of the Preparedness Day Bombing for Today: Repression, Frame-up, Labor and Political Prisoners

The Lessons of the Preparedness Day Bombing for Today: Repression, Frame-up, Labor and Political Prisoners

One hundred years ago on this date, a terror bombing took place in San Francisco

When Wood was Gold

When Wood was Gold

Technically – and legally – a cord is a pile of wood four feet by

“What’s the difference between a walrus and a banana?”

“What’s the difference between a walrus and a banana?”

This is a sight that, sadly, is more than an historic snapshot of the past. 

Centennial of 1916 SF bombing that led to infamous convictions

Centennial of 1916 SF bombing that led to infamous convictions

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Centennial-of-1916-SF-bombing-that-led-to-8381615.php By Carl Nolte July 16, 2016 Updated: July 16, 2016 3:00pm

San Francisco Preparedness Day Parade Bombing

San Francisco Preparedness Day Parade Bombing

There is an old expression that “all politics is local.” But not that many people

America in a Snapshot

America in a Snapshot

One of the nice things about historic photographs – please excuse the pun – is