History – Pursuits :Elizabeth Thomsen

Fifty Years Ago

Like most members of my generation, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard

I stopped in Middleton yesterday to take some pictures of the Old Town Hall, an 1848 building, expanded in 1878,

The celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee reminds me of something my Scottish grandmother once shared with me. I asked

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin In 1933, the quiet, scholarly history

I love this Smithsonian photograph of Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and Rachel Brown (1898-1980.) It was taken in 1955 when

Or your grandfather or your great grandparents? If so, you should check out the National Library of Ireland, the newest

Up, Up and Away! On September 19, 1783, the Montgolfier Brothers launched the first hot air balloon carrying passengers: a

No Mans Land, Flanders Field, France, 1919 In Flanders Field In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row

Every time the Library of Congress adds new photographs to their Flickr Commons site, I jump right on them, flipping

Here’s a great photograph of suffragists to kick off Women’s History Month. It’s from the Library of Congress collection on