The Aerodrome: Tragedy. P63 hits B-17 at Dallas Airshow. (Graphic)

The Aerodrome: Tragedy. P63 hits B-17 at Dallas Airshow. (Graphic): 

Tragedy. P63 hits B-17 at Dallas Airshow. (Graphic)

I'm sorry, it's hard to see how this could happen.

June 9, 1920. In Memorium.

Fort Worth, Texas.  June 9, 1920.

Fort Worth was the subject of wide lenses on this day in 1920.

I've been to Fort Wort and this looks sort of familiar today, but I'm not familiar enough to really comment on it.  Is anyone who stops in here familiar with the town?

War memorials Council appointed by the Secty. of War as an advisory group for consultation with the War Dept. in matters respecting the deposition of overseas dead.

In the US the council appointed by the Secretary of War dealing with overseas war dead had their photograph taken.  In the UK, on the same day, the Imperial War Museum opened.  It is one of the greatest military museums in the world.

April 18, 1920. Dallas skyline.

Dallas Texas, April 18, 1920.

The Big Picture: Love Field, Dallas Texas, August 20, 1918.

Love Field Aviation Camp, Dallas, Texas, May 30, 1918

Churches of the West: Roman Catholic Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe (Cathedral Shrine)

Roman Catholic Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe (Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe), Dallas Texas







These photographs are not great, as I was too close to the Cathedral when I took them. Hopefully they convey some idea of the the appearance of this High Victorian Gothic Cathedral.

Dedicated in 1902 as the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, this cathedral was renamed the Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe in 1977, when another aging Dallas church dedicated to the Lady of Guadalupe was torn down. This cathedral has the second largest parish congregation in the United
States.

The steeple on this cathedral was only completed fairly recently, although it was always part of the original design.

Thursday, March 3, 1910. Economic exploitation of lesser powers.

Morocco signed an accord with France, which they no doubt regretted, allowing the French to occupy Casablanca and Quijada in return for military training.  It was part of a loan deal.  Morocco would ultimately end up being bent over by France, and Spain.

This is similar to the current proposal, in a way, to bend Ukraine over and take its minerals, proposed by Donny Trump.  It's another bad idea that Ukraine probably would like to give the US the middle finger salute for, but Donny is too dense to understand that life isn't transactional, the pathetic bloated twit.

Well, if nothing else, it gave us a great movie in the end. . . 

Stock in Sears began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

I miss Sears being what it once was.

Allen Brooks, a black man in his 50s or 60s and  accused of raping a young white girl of about 2 years old was lynched in Dallas, Texas.

Was he guilty?

Well, without knowing more, and I don't, it seems awfully unlikely.  And that's the point.  He was deprived of a fair trial and murdered.

Last edition:

Thursday, March 1, 1900. Samoa

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