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Images from American History, Part 49

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 5, 2023

USS Vincennes in Disappointment Bay, after 1845 Attributed to Capt. Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) America Oil on canvas 23 ? x 35 ? inches (59.7 x 90.2 cm) Museum Purchase Accession Number: M265 I don't usually provide any context to these images, but it is worth...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,254

By Erik Loomis

On December 8, 2022

This is the grave of Richard Byrd. Born in 1888 in Winchester, Virginia, Byrd grew up in the post-Civil War Gilded Age elite. In fact, his brother was the infamous.

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Everything is A-OK!

By Erik Loomis

On February 8, 2020

Yep, world is going great! You could be walking around Antarctica in a T-shirt. A record-breaking temperature reading taken at an Argentinian research station on the continent Thursday clocked in.