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    Historic Songs For A Pandemic(Post)

    In 1918 two events were consuming the attention and resources of the world: World War I and the Flu pandemic.  The pandemic received scant attention from popular culture though it affected most aspect

    The Civil War Battle at Mill Springs - Logan's Crossing, Kentucky, January 19, 1862(Post)

    The battle of Mill Springs in Kentucky was destined to be a pivotal conflict at the outset of the Civil War.  Securing  this territory would be a major victory for either side due to its proximity t

    The Chicago World's Fair Invented The Best And The Worst(Post)

    In 1871, a fire started in the city of Chicago that burnt its buildings to cinder and ashes. After two days of the fire spreading through four miles of inner city, it naturally put itself out. It w

    Bayard Rustin, Man Of Many Faces(Post)

    Ronald Reagan praised Bayard Rustin’s “moral courage” after the gay civil rights activist’s death in 1987. An anti-gay praising a gay black rabble-rouser who advised Martin Luther King? The 80s wer

    The Coast Guard’s Forgotten History(Post)

    Too often overshadowed by its similarly sea-faring cousin, the Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard has a far longer history, and one that’s just as action-packed.Officially formed on January 28, 1915, the Co

    How Buffalo Bill Invented The Wild West(Post)

    When “Buffalo Bill” Cody died in 1917, more than 18,000 mourners attended his funeral and paid their respects while his body lay out for viewing at the Colorado State House. Even in death the former

    Susan Glaspell and Alison’s House(Post)

    News of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for drama elated the playwright, infuriated the theater critics, and surprised everyone. Alison’s House by Susan Glaspell beat out plays by such greats as Maxwell Ander

    Mark Twain on the Danube(Post)

    Acclaimed novelist, lecturer, humorist, journalist, and travel writer—Mark Twain (1835-1910) received a celebrity’s welcome when he arrived in Vienna in September 1897. Bookstores could not keep up

    Printing Ink and Paper(Page)

    From 2001 through 2016 Snapshots of the Past was a printmaker and republisher of fine art prints made from historic maps, prints, photos and other ephemera originally housed at the Library

    “A Fortress Besieged By An Invading Army”: The Astor Place Riot(Post)

    On the evening of May 10, 1849, the British Shakespearean actor William Charles Macready, playing Macbeth, stepped onto the stage of the palatial Astor Place Opera House in lower Manhattan. Built i

    Elephants On The Brooklyn Bridge(Post)

    It was an audacious project from the start. Fourteen years in the building, the Brooklyn Bridge easily catapulted itself into the ranks of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial Age. The Bridge was a t