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The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London
Over one hundred fifty years of court case transcripts from the Old Bailey in London, starting from 1674. How would you react if you heard someone breaking into your house? Now if you couldn't call the police? Thomas White got his man and neighbors to help search his cellars when it happened to him on 22 October 1780. This and many other stories of the impact of crime on everyday lives are found here.
[2004 Oct 21] [/reference/history] [#]
United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) galleries of images and propaganda leaflets, primarily of second Iraq war.
[2004 Oct 21] [/reference/history] [#]
Propaganda Postcards from the Great War
A large collection of cards, photos, and stories to go with them from World War I. Read about and see zeppelin attacks, the story of Mata Hari and publicity pictures of her, propaganda cartoons, etc.
[2004 Oct 21] [/reference/history] [#]
In 1870 Hiram Codd patented a bottle with a marble (ball) stopper. This page provides a history of ball sealed bottles starting with rubber balls used prior to glass Codd stopper and up until patents issued in the 1940s.
[2004 Oct 20] [/reference/history] [#]
In 1972 in Oklo, Gabon, while mining for uranium a very strange thing was discovered: the fossilized remains of a naturally occuring nuclear reactor. Later several other similar reactors were discovered, each dating back about two billion years. This is one of the few sites I've been able to find with explanations of the phenomenon and photographs of the site.
[2004 Oct 20] [/reference/history] [#]
History and other information (such as recipes) on Horn and Hardart's Automat resturant. Too bad the pictures are so small.
[2004 Sep 21] [/reference/history] [#]
This Library of Congress page has page by page scans of scrapbook kept by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland author Charles Dodgson. The book contains newspaper clippings, Punch cartoons, and text by Dodgson. Additionally, the LoC has collected photos of people mentioned in the text.
[2004 Aug 10] [/reference/history] [#]
Cronological listing of England's kings.
[2004 Jul 01] [/reference/history] [#]
This site has mp3 files of the oral arguments in many important older decisions: Miranda v Arizona (1966), Roe v Wade (1973), NY Times v US (1971, the Pentagon Papers case), Loving v Virgina (1967), and a number of less famous cases. These files are large, and not always very clear.
[2004 Jun 11] [/reference/history] [#]
18th Century Apparel / First hand accounts
"18th Century apparel / First hand accounts from The Annals of Philadelphia by John F. Watson Pub. 1830"
[2004 Jun 01] [/reference/history] [#]
Historical media and inventions, like pnuematic trains, camera obscura, the Difference Engine, wax cylinder audio recordings, etc.
[2004 Mar 10] [/reference/history] [#]
FOIA, etc, archives related to US national security.
[2004 Jan 06] [/reference/history] [#]
The Progressive, Nov 1979, The H-Bomb Secret
The best non-classified reference on the hydrogen bomb, at least when it was published. A victory for the First Amendment getting it published.
[2003 Nov 12] [/reference/history] [#]
Scans from an 1881 encyclopedia dealing with all manner of home life issues: agriculture, medicine, cleaning, pottery, etc.
[2003 Oct 21] [/reference/history] [#]