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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Climbing the Photograph Mountain
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Here I sit, labeling old photos. Again. I feel like I will grow old and feeble, right here, pen in hand. I have a large box of them, ...
Friday, December 11, 2015
The Cap Goes Home
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For the last four years, I've been the keeper of something special - the cap of Lieutenant Joseph E. Leonard of Tipp City, Ohio. J...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015
A Day in the Life of a WWII Night Fighter
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In a letter dated Sept. 9, 1943, my great-uncle Ray Christensen gives a description of his work schedule in the 417th Night Fighter Squadron...
Friday, November 6, 2015
The Dust Storm of November, 1933
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As a child, I recall my grandparents talking about the dust storms of the "Dirty Thirties," the air being so dark with blowing di...
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Saturday, October 17, 2015
Lessons Learned From a Computer Failure
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It's what we all dread - turning on the computer, and finding it refuses to boot. One week ago tomorrow, it happened to me. My compute...
Monday, April 20, 2015
Reading Glued-in Postcards
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It's always a thrill to discover a new photograph, such as the one of this lovely large home, printed as a postcard. But how frustrati...
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More Fun -and Haunted - Finds in the Office
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This is the second-oldest item I've discovered in the bowels of my office - the oldest being a commencement program from 1884 - but thi...
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