Tag Archives: history

How I Came to Spend the Pandemic Thinking About Winston Churchill

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Reviews of recent works by Candice Millard and Eric Larson Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, History | Tagged Battle of Britain, Boer War, Boers, Book reviews, Candice Millare, Eric Larson, Finest Hour, Great Britain, Hermann Goring, history, London, Nazi Germany, South Africa, Transvaal, Winston Churchil, World War II | 13 Comments

The Jukebox Story: Rise and Fall

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The impact of technical, economic and cultural changes. Continue reading →

Posted in History, History of Teenagers | Tagged 45 rpm, 50's, history, jukebox, music, records, Seeberg, teenagers, Wurlitzer | 8 Comments

The Jukebox Story: Whose Idea Was This Anyway?

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Was it the inventor of the “nickel-in-the-slot” machine? Continue reading →

Posted in History, Uncategorized | Tagged Albert K. Keller, automatic phonograph, Charles Adams Randall, history, juke joints, jukebox, Louis Glass, music, phonograph | 10 Comments

Let’s Social Distance and Quarantine Like It’s 1918

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The doctors, deniers and poets of the Spanish flu pandemic. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 1918, history, pandemic, Spanish flu | 10 Comments

Blame Ben Franklin: The History of For-Profit Colleges

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The commercial for-profit college business is older than the United States itself. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Bryant & Stratton, colleges, commercial college, education, for-profit colleges, history, Strayer University | 3 Comments

What to Think of Thomas Edison

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Ken Dowell

The man, the book, the movie Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, History | Tagged Book reviews, electricity, George Westinghouse, history, movie reviews, Nicola Tesla, The Current War, The Last Days of Night, Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison National Historical Park, West Orange | 12 Comments

The Bloomers: Baseball’s Barnstorming Women

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Ken Dowell

The Bloomer Girls didn’t always win, but they filled the ball parks wherever they played.
Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History, Sports | Tagged baseball, Bloomer Girls, Edith Houghton, history, New York Bloomer Girls, Philadelphia Bobbies, Western Bloomer Girls | 7 Comments

Orvieto

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Ken Dowell

Home of the Etruscans Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged churches, Duomo, Etruscans, history, Italy, medieval, Orvieto, palaces, travel, Umbria | 8 Comments

Big Lucy

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Ken Dowell

Lucy the Elephant, Margate, N.J. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged history, Jersey shore, Lucy the Elephant, Margate, New Jersey, travel | 16 Comments

Irish Castles

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Ken Dowell

Ruined, restored and repurposed. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Ashford Castle, castles, Cong, history, Ireland, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Castle, Killarney, Killarney National Park, Ross Castle, travel | 11 Comments

Tag Archives: history

How I Came to Spend the Pandemic Thinking About Winston Churchill

The Jukebox Story: Rise and Fall

The Jukebox Story: Whose Idea Was This Anyway?

Let’s Social Distance and Quarantine Like It’s 1918

Blame Ben Franklin: The History of For-Profit Colleges

What to Think of Thomas Edison

The Bloomers: Baseball’s Barnstorming Women

Orvieto

Big Lucy

Irish Castles

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