Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1843" align="alignnone" width="450"] Dr. Francis Edward Stewart, Ph.G., Pharm.D.[/caption] Vol. 5, No. 13 On March 30, 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Georgia, became the first physician to…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 5, Issue 11 On occasion I stumble across rather interesting photographs that grab my attention; either the image itself is intriguing or the inscription contains a fascinating tidbit of…
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Matthew Ballard
“The Condition of the Laboring Man at Pullman” Political Cartoon, circa 1894 Vol. 5, No. 9 March 3rd marks the 188th birthday of George Mortimer Pullman, born in 1831 to…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1802" align="alignnone" width="640"] A scene from Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights,” showing Tony Stabenau (back left), a Buffalo boxer with roots in Albion.[/caption] Vol. 5, No. 3 The pages of…
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Matthew Ballard
[caption id="attachment_1796" align="alignnone" width="612"] Amos Alonzo Stagg (left) and Stella Robertson Stagg (right) as newlyweds, c.1894; University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf1-07768]. Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.[/caption]Vol.…
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