History in the Raw (The bare facts of history that you don't get to read very often)

My name is Jack Stanley, I have studied history for many years. This blog is about history in a more raw view, not over done. I often use original materials to bring a historic event or story to life or an interview I may have done with the person mentioned. If you cook a vegetable too long it loses much. The same can be said of many histories. They are the history of the history written before it. Over done history. THIS IS HISTORY IN THE RAW. Comments send to phonograph78@hotmail.com

Thursday, April 28, 2011

The size of the early penny

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In this day and age we still make pennies. I have to ask why? I cannot see the use of them and I would rather round out a price like they do...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

The first shots of the Civil War in April of 1861 .......was it?

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The first shots fired in the Civil War. On January 10, 1861. Reported in this Jan.26 issue of Harper's Weekly. This is a often disregar...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Walking the fields of the Gettysburg battlefield, in late July 2010

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I took a wonderful trip with 3 friends to the Gettysburg battle field in Pennsylvania. Now I confess as much as I have studied history,looke...

The 1945 French Franc. Due to inflation and warfare it was made of some pretty cheap stuff.

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The 1945 French Franc was made when a country was regaining it's freedom and it's own coinage again. It had been under the control o...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Dirty Water Dogs!

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One of the joys of New York is the dirty water dog. What is that you ask? Go to any street corner and see the hot dog carts. The hot dog has...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Zachary Taylor and John C. Fremont. Two books designed to help them along in the election process

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This book would help a war hero become President. Taylor would die in office in 1850. This book would help a somewhat known hero out west ru...
Monday, March 07, 2011

The Book of The Damned by Charles Fort. The book that started it all on the paranormal

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One of the more unusual books to come out in late 1919 was this volume. "The Book of The Damned" by Charles Fort. It was not a mas...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Airship Hindenburg. A few bits and pieces. Plus a promotional piece for the Airship USS Akron of 1931

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When the great airship Hindenburg crashed in Lakehurst New Jersey in May of 1937. It was the death knell to the Dirigible. The great fire an...
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