Showing posts with label 19th century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 19th century. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2009

Stickball

Mississippi, 1831:

Monday, May 18, 2009

This Day in History
























1896 - The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling of "Separate but equal" in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson is confounded by the prevalence of biracial conjoined twins.

Friday, May 1, 2009

This Day in History























1879 - Thomas Edison manifests the incandescent lightbulb,
which he would then proceed to break open and use to smoke crack.