Old checks hold a fascination for both my brother Richard and I. In going through mom and dad's house in Huntsville we've found a la...

Lola Montez in 1851 Source:  Wikipedia In the first half of the nineteenth century "Lola Montez" was a famous--and notorious--danc...

Now we come to a post on one of my favorite topics, old postcards. I've written one piece on a number from my own collection, "Some...

As one does in these days of modern times, I recently wandered through the online riches at the  Smithsonian Institution web pages. The Ala...

In July 2014 I posted an item on this blog, "Hillman Hospital and How It Became UAB." I recently came across the article below p...

I recently picked up and flipped through my copy of William K. Everson's classic A Pictorial History of the Western Film, as one does wh...

One of the topics I bring out from time to time on this blog is film actresses from the state whose careers began before 1960. I've cove...