Returned stolen material
Posted onIt’s been a while since I’ve reported on the returning stolen pieces, but I am happy to say that they continue to come in. And some people have been extremely kind and sent extra pieces in to help rebuild our collection. Here are some of the pieces have that have come back in the last month.
Photographs of the steamshipsCity of Pueblo(left) andRobert E. Lee(正确的)。
更归还的碎片
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我很高兴地说,自上次关于我们被盗的档案碎片的报告,还有几次返回,很快就返回了更多。我一直扫描我的小心脏,以便在好的时间内完成所有这些作品,所以我们可以将扫描送回人民。我也不得不向我们扫描太大的碎片来看看我们令人敬畏的摄影部门。没有进一步的ADO,这里有一些又来折扣!
rms女王玛丽
Posted onI recently had the opportunity to visit RMSQueen Maryin Long Beach, California, which is something I have been wanting to do for quite a while now.
Queen Maryhas had a pretty illustrious history, which I won’t go into in too much detail because you can read about it on her website,这里. She was built in Scotland for the Cunard Line and had her maiden voyage in 1936. She quickly became a favorite for the rich and famous who wanted to travel luxuriously. During WWII she became a troopship and was nicknamed the “Grey Ghost” due to her stealth and grey paint. If I heard correctly on one of my tours, at one point she carried as many as 16,000 troops on one voyage, which is still a record to this day. I know that she is a large boat, but that seems like way too many people. Anyways, in 1967 she retired and docked in Long Beach, where she remains to this day.
Lizzie Borden,几艘船和海滨博物馆
Posted onToday I offer a murder mystery for your consideration. On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found dead in their Fall River, Massachusetts home; a murder for which Andrew’s daughter Lizzie Andrew Borden would be charged and later acquitted. Whether or not Lizzie Borden killed her father and stepmother remains a question to this day, with scholars and armchair detectives eagerly debating their opinions. I won’t offer an opinion on her guilt or innocence here. But I will offer a connection between artifacts in our collection and the infamous Lizzie Borden.
It begins with Colonel Richard Borden from her paternal grandfather’s side of the family. Only three generations separate the two relatives. but unlike Lizzie, Richard seems to have been universally liked and respected. Accounts of his life describe him as honest, self-reliant, intelligent, steadfast in his convictions, physically strong, charitable, and possessing the highest moral standards. He also didn’t mind a bit of hard work.




