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Chaeronea - Map Locator
Chaeronea, a town in central Greece, was the scene of a great battle during the summer of 338 B.C.  Philip II, king of Macedonia, dispatched his army to fight against a combined force of Athenians and Thebans on the plain of Chaeronea.  Alexander, Philip's son, led the Macedonian charge wh...
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Vikings in North America - L'Anse aux Meadows
Based on archaeological evidence, scholars believe that Vikings were the first Europeans to explore North America and that L'Anse aux Meadows (pictured here, in Newfoundland) is the location of the first Viking settlement. Click on the image for a better view.  
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"A Pocketful of Hops"
Most hop pickers in Britain came from the Black Country and South Wales. In the first part of this book, we learn about the lives of such pickers.  In the second, we learn about traditional hop-growing and tending.By way of further background ... The Bromyard Historical Society tells us that ni...
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"Bleeding Kansas"
An image of "Bleeding Kansas" during the American Civil War.
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"Blind Man's Buff" - Jack the Ripper
"Blind Man's Buff" appeared in the September 22, 1888 issue of Punch.  It was accompanied by scathing, poetic  text.  Both the writing, and the drawing, decried police and government ineptitude (for failure to make proper arrests), dubbing them members of "Municipal Muddledom."Some o...
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"Dark Annie" - Victim of Jack the Ripper
Annie Chapman, also known as "Dark Annie," was born in September of 1841.  Her name, at that time, was Eliza Anne Smith.  In 1888, she was 45-years-old, stood five feet tall, had pallid complexion, blue eyes, dark brown (and wavy) hair and a thick nose.  People who knew her, in the la...
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"Day in Infamy" - Changes to First Draft of Speech
President Roosevelt's first choice of words, in his famous December 8th speech, was not "day in infamy."  This facsimile, of his marked-up draft, reveals the original sentence began:  "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in world history ... Click on the image for a better...
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"Inhumanity of Dealers in Human Flesh"
This engraved print, by George Cruikshank, has a lengthy caption: "The Abolition of the Slave Trade, Or the inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in Captn. Kimber's treatment of a young Negro girl of 15 for her virjen [sic] modesty." John Kimber was the captain of Recovery, a slaver owned...
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"JEB" Stuart - Confederate Cavalry Officer
This photo depicts the famous Confederate cavalry officer, Brigadier General James Ewell Brown ("Jeb") Stuart.  This image is from the National Archives' Civil-War photograph collection.  Click on it to substantially increase its size.  
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"Long Liz" Stride - Victim of Jack the Ripper
Elizabeth Stride, also known as "Long Liz," was born in Sweden (on a farm called Stora Tumlehed) in November of 1843.  In 1888, she was 45-years old, stood 5' 4" tall, and had light-gray eyes, dark-brown (curly) hair, pale skin and missing teeth (in her lower-left jaw).  People who knew he...
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