James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Dec 2, 2009, 10:21 am
From the Los Angeles Herald, January 22nd 1905 "golf has insinuated its seductive form and paralyzed the enterprise and energy of the breadwinner." The golf mania has reached that stage in the Brit...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Nov 30, 2009, 11:09 am
Interesting article on a player punching a opponent in the back of the head. The player dies and the assailant is charged with murder. From the San Francisco Call, November 14th 1910 MURDER CHARGE F...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Nov 29, 2009, 12:31 pm
Here is a engraving I found of "Implements of Restoration from Drowning". This is from "The Domestic Encyclopaedia Vol. 2", by A. F. M. Willich, 1802. Fig. 1, A pair of bellows with two separate bags...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Nov 25, 2009, 1:48 pm
CLICK HERE - to read from front to back a electronics catalog from the 1940's. Electric Blankets, Blenders, Mixers, Waffle Makers, Vacuums, Roaster Ovens, Pots & Pans, Toasters, Heat Pads, Scales,...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Nov 12, 2009, 2:40 pm
Below is a photograph of the children of President James A. Garfield. According to the Library of Congress it was taken sometime between 1865 and 1880. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, and died on S...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Nov 11, 2009, 1:40 pm
This article comes from The Laramie Daily Sentinel dated March 13th 1878. It is transcribed below. As a frame of reference, the Gem Variety Theater was opened in April of 1877 by Al Swearengen. Also a...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Nov 11, 2009, 10:13 am
Hi everyone! We are starting a new email newsletter that will contain blog posts from many of our subscribers every week. THERE WILL BE NO SPAM. The first issue will be sent December 1st 2009. If inte...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Nov 8, 2009, 6:14 pm
This is a interesting photo I found in a box from around 1900-1910. What this is about I have no idea, maybe some out there does. You can see that written on the bottom of the photo was "Good nite.......
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Nov 5, 2009, 8:49 am
Dr. Holt's prescription for the treatment of yellow fever ... D. Holt, M. D. New- Orleans, October 1, 1843. According to this doctor, drinking a lot of tea, Castor oil, and soaking your feet with ...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Oct 29, 2009, 8:07 pm
Group portrait of Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, posed in front of grandstand at West Side Grounds. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Dated 1904.
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Oct 26, 2009, 10:00 am
Sterling Daily Gazette - Sterling, Illinois - September 28th 1927 YANKS DEPEND ON HITTING AND LACK SMARTNESS Jack Dempsey's only chance in the Tunney fight depended on the old sock and as a matt...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Oct 20, 2009, 11:47 am
Even in the 1840's there was a Boston - New York rivalry. From "Diary of America" written by Frederick Marryat. Another difficulty and cause of misrepresentation is, that travelers are not aware...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Oct 18, 2009, 7:51 pm
From the Columbian Register dated May 15th 1819, here is a advertisement from New Haven CT, for a bell foundry, making church bells of all sizes - 50 to 500 pounds! If your interested in purchasing t...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Oct 13, 2009, 9:16 am
From a Boston newspaper dated 1817. I believe this was located (Nashua street) somewhere around the Boston Garden. THE SEER. (actual article below) Professor Lister, the celebrated Astrologer, respe...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Oct 6, 2009, 1:26 pm
From a Quincy Illinois newspaper dated 1900, here is a list of current fatalities and major injuries from playing the sport of football that year. Players are from Asheville NC, Lake Forest IL, Englew...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Oct 3, 2009, 9:19 pm
GENERAL GRANT died at Mt. McGregor on Thursday morning at 8:08 o’clock. His end was peaceful and painless. Throughout Wednesday afternoon he failed rapidly, and his family were all with him expectin...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Oct 3, 2009, 8:59 pm

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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 28, 2009, 8:53 am
EXCERPT from "THE TEXAN CRUISER - or - CALYPSO THE WANDERER." A TALE OF THE MEXICAN WAR. From The Novelette dated 1863. The pirate’s eyes flashed fire. Naturally reckless and impetuous, this provoc...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 23, 2009, 2:33 pm
In this article from the Quincy Whig dated June 21, 1914, Ty Cobb gets into a scuffle with a 20 year old butcher over a piece of fish. The butcher stated that Cobb pulled a revolver on him. Cobb claim...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 18, 2009, 10:44 am
... Ashburton on behalf of the mother country, Abbott Lawrence on the part of Massachusetts, and Edward Kent on the part of Maine. Some of the most renowned men in the world have fed at its ...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 17, 2009, 9:23 am
This article is from THE NATION dated April 10th 1873 on the Colfax Louisiana Massacre/Riot. In 1873 there was a contested election for Governor and whites carrying weapons along with a small cannon o...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 14, 2009, 1:07 pm
The Traitor's Oath The Communist party of the United Stats administers an oath to every one who joins that party. In that oath there is only one mention of the United States. It is the last wor...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 14, 2009, 12:40 pm
This is a WW2-era handout before America's involvement from the Fourth American Writers Congress meeting in Manhattan NYC.
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 13, 2009, 1:08 pm

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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 13, 2009, 12:58 pm

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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 11, 2009, 7:08 pm

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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 11, 2009, 3:32 pm
From a 1856 newspaper. Man shoots himself in stomach creating a visible hole. A PHYSIOLOGICAL CURIOSITY Many of our readers will remember a series of experiments, published by Dr.Beaumont, of the Un...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 5, 2009, 10:14 pm
DEADWOOD, Dakota Ter., Sept. 27, 1879. unknown newspaper Between one and two o’clock yesterday morning the inhabitants of Deadwood were awakened by the cry of “Fire !“ and the barking of dogs, ...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Sep 1, 2009, 10:44 am
Sorry this is hard to read, I transcribed it below. This was the longest X-ray treatment for cancer on record. I can't believe this ended well, but I could not find any information on how she ende...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 31, 2009, 8:20 pm
Team filled with PHD's takes on students from Carleton College for charity. Akron Weekly Pioneer Press (Akron, Colorado); Jun 22, 1923
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 30, 2009, 12:37 pm
This photo (ca.1904) is of a police matron searching a female prisoner in Chicago, Illinois. This photograph has the women standing facing each other with the prisoner's back to the camera. The po...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 29, 2009, 6:40 pm
Daily Journal (Telluride, San Miguel County CO.) Wednesday, May 16, 1923 This post is on Upton Sinclair's 1923 arrest for reading the First Amendment to the US Constitution to Marine Transport Wo...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 29, 2009, 11:18 am
From the Anti-Nazi Bulletin - November 1939.
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 28, 2009, 9:28 pm
"If slaves make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong." General Howell Cobb The Journal of Negro History July, 1919 Charles H. Wesley The problem of arming the slaves was of far greater...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 25, 2009, 2:13 pm
FORTUNE IN POSTAGE STAMPS Chicago Daily News - March 4th 1897 “Just think of It.” remarked Mrs. Ross, a small, pleasant lady, as her large, black eyes moved restlessly and gazed inquiringly at he...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 15, 2009, 2:20 pm
DUNGEON ROCK, LYNN. BY FRANK P. HARRIMAN. The Bay State Monthly - April 1884 All over the land there are localities to which, in some way or other, have become attached names that indicate some...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 15, 2009, 2:12 pm
Here is a photo I have of a automobile overlooking Hollywood CA sometime around 1910.
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 14, 2009, 9:37 am
THIRTY DAYS WITH THE SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT The Continental Monthly, Vol. IV. October, 1863, No. IV. Devoted to Literature and National Policy. The 71st Regiment N.Y.S.N.G. left New York to aid in r...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 13, 2009, 6:13 pm
A TALK WITH JEFF DAVIS Indianapolis Sentinel - January 3rd 1881 Click to share via Facebook! or Twitter! What He Has to Say to a Tennessean — He Thinks Salaries Too High — He Regards Political ...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 12, 2009, 7:05 pm
Indianapolis Sentinel - January 3rd 1881 Too Cold for the Colored People. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. - Today another batch of colored folks went through, having had one taste of Western winter and being sa...
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James A. posted an article on The History Cellar - Aug 10, 2009, 8:23 pm
Click to share via Facebook! or Twitter! The Cripple Creek Colorado fire was started by a couple getting into a argument and banging against a gasoline stove at one of the many brothels in the area....
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