Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961. The Graduate, 1967. Nimoy as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, ca. 1966-1969. Beatles, With the Beatles, 1963. Jackson Five, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, 1969.
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July 5, 2022
Nuclear warhead stockpiles of the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia, 1945-2014. Fastfission / Wikipedia. Integration at the Barnard School, 1955. Photo: Wikipedia. CDC's polio vaccine poster. Wikipedia
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June 28, 2022
Firestorm after bombing of Hiroshima, 1945. J. Howard Miller, "We Can Do It!", 1943 (created for Westinghouse Electric to boost morale of female workers). TV from ca. 1946-1947. Images: Wikipedia
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June 21, 2022
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, completed 1937. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Top Hat, 1935. Judy Garland sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz, 1939.
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June 14, 2022
Josef Stalin (Wikipedia). Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis, before his 1927 transatlantic flight. Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, 1925 (Wikipedia).
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June 7, 2022
Recruitment poster for World War 1. Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, 1912. Cass Gilbert, Woolworth Building, 1912.
Second of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…
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Starting this week: 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. This week's installment covers 1900-1909. For more on the timeline and a link to…
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Published on September 11, 2021, the 232nd anniversary of Alexander Hamilton's appointment as the first secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Available from Amazon in print or Kindle;…
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Alexander Hamilton & The Reynolds Affair: A Three-Part Moral and Political Tale is now available in print and Kindle from Amazon, and from Ingram with standard discount for booksellers and…
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A few words about what I do and why I do it. For more, see About Dianne L. Durante. History As an independent scholar, writer, and lecturer, I love to…
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