Archive for June, 2010

Brand New Feature at DeadFred!

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Type in a surname to see what’s new
http://www.deadfred.com/index.php

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The Photo Detective Maureen Taylor - “The Last Muster”

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

An amazing photographic addition to the history of the early Republic http://upress.kent.edu/books/Taylor_M.htm
 If there’s such a thing as a paradigm shift in the way we look at American Revolutionary War history Maureen Taylor’s  new book leads the way .  Maureen has spent years researching , compiling and bringing to life in Pictures and Genealogy the people who lived [...]

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Picture of Five Boys - Interesting History of a 1937 Photo

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

 

 
For 70 years, this picture has been used to tell the same story – of inequality, class division, “toffs and toughs”. As an old Etonian closes in on Downing Street, it is being trotted out again. But what was the story behind it?
Link to Ian Jacks article at moreintelligentlife.com
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ian-jack/5-boys

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Photo-Sleuth - Brett Payne

Monday, June 7th, 2010

 
 I can across Brett Paynes Blog the other day .  He has some interesting information relating to Old Photo ..   Check it out  http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/2010/06/dating-photos-with-aid-of-trade.html
 
 

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