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Charles “Harry Eliott” Edmond Hermet
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Today “Harry Eliott” is remembered, Charles Edmond Hermet is not, but it was Charles who remained the master of the small moment that would fit on a postcard.
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The Jews of Salonica
History of a Community Destroyed in the Holocaust6 Comments
Today Salonica is the second city of Greece. It is a charming port on the Aegean Sea, redolent with memory and history, but much of their history has a sad note. Postcards help tell the story.
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The Unsolved Murder of William Desmond Taylor
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Film preservationists began searching for Mary Miles Minter’s work in the 1960s but nothing remained. Greed, scandal and murder were only three of the reasons.
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Motel Chains That Didn’t Make It
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As Americans traveled the new national highways in the 1950s and ‘60s, they discovered several motel chains. Some have lasted, but others went defunct in just a few years for many different reasons.
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