Tag Archives: History

Old videos: Two from 1940s Rhode Island

Posted on February 9, 2014 by David Brussat

Two old film clips of Rhode Island take viewers on tours of the nation’s smallest state – the smallest but not the least significant! The first is a propaganda film focusing on the home front and its values; the second … Continue reading →

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Old video: San Franscico after the quake, 1906

Posted on February 3, 2014 by David Brussat

Here is an old video from YouTube of San Francisco after the earthquake. It gives rise to the suspicion that maybe the video I posted yesterday was a later video, with more types of automobile and with time to have … Continue reading →

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Old video: Trolley ride in San Francisco, 1906

Posted on February 2, 2014 by David Brussat

Here’s video, with music, from YouTube of a trolley ride down San Francisco’s Market Street in 1906, before the earthquake. After the earthquake? Tune in to this blog tomorrow!

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Old video: Puttering down Broadway

Posted on February 2, 2014 by David Brussat

Came across several fascinating videos from YouTube of old films shot in various places and sundry moods. I will post them one by one today. Prepare to be fascinated, but buckle your seat belts first! This one (perhaps notwithstanding the … Continue reading →

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Britannica on architecture, c. 1911

Posted on January 31, 2014 by David Brussat

I dragged out my 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. My edition is actually the 12th edition, which is the 11th plus an appendix updating, in 1922, various important subjects, many of which had seen their articles in the famous … Continue reading →

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John Lukacs on Budapest

Posted on January 12, 2014 by David Brussat

This post is a naked attempt to get Hungary onto the list of nations provided to WordPress bloggers to give them an idea of where their posts are being read. I am a quarter Hungarian and my wife Victoria is … Continue reading →

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The birth of classical architecture

Posted on January 1, 2014 by David Brussat

Theories of how classical architecture sprang from a wood hut seem plausible enough. Some gradual progression was obviously involved. But somehow, when rendered in the form of a step-by-step history, however evocatively illustrated, it seems to lose all plausibility, elucidating … Continue reading →

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