Paris, France, Monday, October 18, 1948: Shown above at the Gare Saint-Lazare, one of the French capital’s main train stations, are two SNCF workmen putting the finishing touches on one of the forty-nine “Merci Train” WWI boxcars of the...
November 11, 1918: Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss, representing the Allies, and Minister of State Erzberger, representing Germany, sign the armistice at 5:15 AM inside Marshal Foch’s own train, number 2419D of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits — thus becoming...
East Island after Hurricane Walaka (FWS). https://www.sciencealert.com/entire-hawaiian-island-was-just-erased-by-hurricane-east-walaka-chip-fletcher-monk-seals-green-sea-turtles Latest: Climate change, anyone? 1786-2018 232 years after La Pérouse’s discovery of Necker Island and the French Frigates Shoals including East Island, Hawai’i… Another Pacific Ocean TRAGEDY…. E.J. Louis...
Paris, France in the Fall of 1947: Ms. Gabrielle Griswold. (Private Collection). This photo shows Blake’s American Aid to France during a Friendship Train Steering Committee meeting, held to discuss Friendship Train distributions throughout France. Blake sits at his...
http://frenchculture.org/archive/events/propaganda-design Latest: Propaganda by Design When: April 5, 2017 at 6:30pm Where: Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, NY 10029 On April 5th at 6:30 pm, the Museum of the City...
OTD: April 2, 1917: Libération. La Fayette, Nous Voilà. Secrétariat Général à l’Information. Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko. E.1-2004. Prints & Drawings Study...
August 25, 1916 – August 25, 2016 Latest: Statue of Liberty NM Compte certifié @StatueEllisNPS The fun isn’t over yet! We will be having #NPS100 events all weekend long! Stop by the green tent to check it...