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Historian. Authored 40-page journal article on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 12 visits to Westchester County. Led successful campaigns to preserve/protect a historic riding stable and a former train station. #publichistory Westchester County, New York

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Ohio was the state that clinched the nomination for Carter in '76.

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A flyer publicizing an unveiling ceremony for the Toni Morrison historical marker is taped to the covered marker in front of 513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February, 18, 2026. The marker was a project of Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective. The group is comprised of Cornell faculty, librarians, and scholars dedicated to celebrating the legacy of the 1955 alumna of Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. The marker was sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation through its New York State Historical Marker Grant Program. The unveiling ceremony was moved indoors due to rain. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A flyer publicizing an unveiling ceremony for the Toni Morrison historical marker is taped to the covered marker in front of 513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February, 18, 2026. The marker was a project of Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective. The group is comprised of Cornell faculty, librarians, and scholars dedicated to celebrating the legacy of the 1955 alumna of Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. The marker was sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation through its New York State Historical Marker Grant Program. The unveiling ceremony was moved indoors due to rain. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

Organizers of the Toni Morrison historical marker project and community members stand on the sidewalk between Morrison’s former home and the newly unveiled roadside historical marker on February 18, 2026. Left to right are three members of Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective—Kofi Acree, Director for the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library; Margaret Washington, Professor Emerita in the Department of History; and Anne Adams, Professor Emerita in Africana Studies and Comparative Literature. Beside them are Anastasia Sopchak, Research Historian and Engagement Associate at the William G. Pomeroy Foundation; Elizabeth Bittel, Civil Rights Education and Training Specialist at the Cornell Office of Civil Rights; Kaleb Hunkele, artist and lecturer at the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences; and Cally Arthur, retired staff member in the Department of Global Development. Bittel and Hunkele are current residents of Morrison’s former home. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

Organizers of the Toni Morrison historical marker project and community members stand on the sidewalk between Morrison’s former home and the newly unveiled roadside historical marker on February 18, 2026. Left to right are three members of Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective—Kofi Acree, Director for the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library; Margaret Washington, Professor Emerita in the Department of History; and Anne Adams, Professor Emerita in Africana Studies and Comparative Literature. Beside them are Anastasia Sopchak, Research Historian and Engagement Associate at the William G. Pomeroy Foundation; Elizabeth Bittel, Civil Rights Education and Training Specialist at the Cornell Office of Civil Rights; Kaleb Hunkele, artist and lecturer at the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences; and Cally Arthur, retired staff member in the Department of Global Development. Bittel and Hunkele are current residents of Morrison’s former home. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A street view shows the newly unveiled Toni Morrison historical marker (left) in front of the duplex at 511-513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February 18, 2026. Morrison lived in an upstairs apartment on the left side of the duplex (#513) from 1953 to 1954 while a graduate student at Cornell University. She received a Master of Arts in American Literature from the school in 1955. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A street view shows the newly unveiled Toni Morrison historical marker (left) in front of the duplex at 511-513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February 18, 2026. Morrison lived in an upstairs apartment on the left side of the duplex (#513) from 1953 to 1954 while a graduate student at Cornell University. She received a Master of Arts in American Literature from the school in 1955. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A close-up view shows the north side of the newly unveiled Toni Morrison historical marker at 513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February 18, 2026. The cast aluminum marker was sponsored by the Syracuse-based William G. Pomeroy Foundation through its New York State Historical Marker Grant Program. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A close-up view shows the north side of the newly unveiled Toni Morrison historical marker at 513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February 18, 2026. The cast aluminum marker was sponsored by the Syracuse-based William G. Pomeroy Foundation through its New York State Historical Marker Grant Program. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A historical marker commemorating literary icon Toni Morrison was unveiled in Ithaca, New York, on what would have been her 95th birthday, February 18, 2026. It stands in front of the house where she lived while a graduate student in American Literature at Cornell University in the 1950s.

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A Jimmy Carter campaign button for the 1976 New Hampshire presidential primary is displayed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. (Andy Bass photo, 2017)

A Jimmy Carter campaign button for the 1976 New Hampshire presidential primary is displayed at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. (Andy Bass photo, 2017)

50 years ago today, February 24, 1976:

Jimmy Carter won the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, receiving 28.6% of the vote in a field of six. His retail politics and "Peanut Brigade" volunteers were key to his success. The win helped propel him to the nomination.

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1991 Impel U.S. Olympic Cards Hall of Fame #14 (Andy Bass collection)

1991 Impel U.S. Olympic Cards Hall of Fame #14 (Andy Bass collection)

1996 Collect-A-Card Centennial Olympic Games #63 (Andy Bass collection)

1996 Collect-A-Card Centennial Olympic Games #63 (Andy Bass collection)

American pole vaulter Bob Richards (1926-2023) was born 100 years ago today in Champaign, Illinois. He medaled in three consecutive Olympic Games, winning bronze in 1948 and gold in 1952 and 1956. In 1958, he became the first athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties cereal box.

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A flyer publicizing an unveiling ceremony for the Toni Morrison historical marker is taped to the covered marker in front of 513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February, 18, 2026. The marker was a project of Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective. The group is comprised of Cornell faculty, librarians, and scholars dedicated to celebrating the legacy of the 1955 alumna of Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. The marker was sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation through its New York State Historical Marker Grant Program. The unveiling ceremony was moved indoors due to rain. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A flyer publicizing an unveiling ceremony for the Toni Morrison historical marker is taped to the covered marker in front of 513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February, 18, 2026. The marker was a project of Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective. The group is comprised of Cornell faculty, librarians, and scholars dedicated to celebrating the legacy of the 1955 alumna of Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. The marker was sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation through its New York State Historical Marker Grant Program. The unveiling ceremony was moved indoors due to rain. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

Organizers of the Toni Morrison historical marker project and community members stand on the sidewalk between Morrison’s former home and the newly unveiled roadside historical marker on February 18, 2026. Left to right are three members of Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective—Kofi Acree, Director for the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library; Margaret Washington, Professor Emerita in the Department of History; and Anne Adams, Professor Emerita in Africana Studies and Comparative Literature. Beside them are Anastasia Sopchak, Research Historian and Engagement Associate at the William G. Pomeroy Foundation; Elizabeth Bittel, Civil Rights Education and Training Specialist at the Cornell Office of Civil Rights; Kaleb Hunkele, artist and lecturer at the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences; and Cally Arthur, retired staff member in the Department of Global Development. Bittel and Hunkele are current residents of Morrison’s former home. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

Organizers of the Toni Morrison historical marker project and community members stand on the sidewalk between Morrison’s former home and the newly unveiled roadside historical marker on February 18, 2026. Left to right are three members of Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective—Kofi Acree, Director for the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library; Margaret Washington, Professor Emerita in the Department of History; and Anne Adams, Professor Emerita in Africana Studies and Comparative Literature. Beside them are Anastasia Sopchak, Research Historian and Engagement Associate at the William G. Pomeroy Foundation; Elizabeth Bittel, Civil Rights Education and Training Specialist at the Cornell Office of Civil Rights; Kaleb Hunkele, artist and lecturer at the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences; and Cally Arthur, retired staff member in the Department of Global Development. Bittel and Hunkele are current residents of Morrison’s former home. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A street view shows the newly unveiled Toni Morrison historical marker (left) in front of the duplex at 511-513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February 18, 2026. Morrison lived in an upstairs apartment on the left side of the duplex (#513) from 1953 to 1954 while a graduate student at Cornell University. She received a Master of Arts in American Literature from the school in 1955. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A street view shows the newly unveiled Toni Morrison historical marker (left) in front of the duplex at 511-513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February 18, 2026. Morrison lived in an upstairs apartment on the left side of the duplex (#513) from 1953 to 1954 while a graduate student at Cornell University. She received a Master of Arts in American Literature from the school in 1955. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A close-up view shows the north side of the newly unveiled Toni Morrison historical marker at 513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February 18, 2026. The cast aluminum marker was sponsored by the Syracuse-based William G. Pomeroy Foundation through its New York State Historical Marker Grant Program. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A close-up view shows the north side of the newly unveiled Toni Morrison historical marker at 513 North Albany Street in Ithaca, New York, on February 18, 2026. The cast aluminum marker was sponsored by the Syracuse-based William G. Pomeroy Foundation through its New York State Historical Marker Grant Program. (Andy Bass photo, 2026)

A historical marker commemorating literary icon Toni Morrison was unveiled in Ithaca, New York, on what would have been her 95th birthday, February 18, 2026. It stands in front of the house where she lived while a graduate student in American Literature at Cornell University in the 1950s.

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50 years ago today, February 13, 1976:

American Dorothy Hamill won the Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating at the Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. The 19-year-old's signature wedge haircut inspired a nationwide fashion trend among women and girls in the late 1970s.⛸️💇‍♀️

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Baseball's Dale Long (1926-1991) was born 100 years ago today in Springfield, Missouri. The first baseman set a Major League record with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1956 by hitting home runs in 8 consecutive games. He won a World Series ring with the New York Yankees in 1962, batting .298 in 41 games.

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1983 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Yearbook (Andy Bass Collection)

1983 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Yearbook (Andy Bass Collection)

1983 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Yearbook (Andy Bass Collection)

1983 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Yearbook (Andy Bass Collection)

50 years ago today, January 22, 1975:

Former pitchers Robin Roberts and Bob Lemon were each elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. With 75% required for election, Roberts was selected on 86.9% of ballots cast and Lemon on 78.6% of those cast.

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Patricia Neal as Jean Bowen in the 1951 comedy-romance film WEEK-END WITH FATHER. (Andy Bass Collection)

Patricia Neal as Jean Bowen in the 1951 comedy-romance film WEEK-END WITH FATHER. (Andy Bass Collection)

Patricia Neal in a promotional photo for her guest appearance on NBC’s GOODYEAR TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE. She appeared in the episode “Spring Reunion.” It aired April 11, 1954. (Andy Bass Collection)

Patricia Neal in a promotional photo for her guest appearance on NBC’s GOODYEAR TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE. She appeared in the episode “Spring Reunion.” It aired April 11, 1954. (Andy Bass Collection)

Acclaimed actress Patricia Neal (1926-2010) was born 100 years ago today in Packard, Kentucky. Her many awards included an Oscar for HUD (1963). Her resilience through family tragedies and her arduous rehabilitation from debilitating and near-fatal strokes in 1965 inspired many throughout the world.

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Fritz Weaver circa 1956. (Andy Bass Collection)

Fritz Weaver circa 1956. (Andy Bass Collection)

Fritz Weaver with Burgess Meredith (left) in the 1961 Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man.” 1999 Rittenhouse Twilight Zone Premiere Edition #46. (Andy Bass Collection)

Fritz Weaver with Burgess Meredith (left) in the 1961 Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man.” 1999 Rittenhouse Twilight Zone Premiere Edition #46. (Andy Bass Collection)

Fritz Weaver. (Andy Bass Collection)

Fritz Weaver. (Andy Bass Collection)

Fritz Weaver as Father Tom Farrow in the 1981 horror film THE JAWS OF SATAN (Andy Bass Collection)

Fritz Weaver as Father Tom Farrow in the 1981 horror film THE JAWS OF SATAN (Andy Bass Collection)

Prolific character actor Fritz Weaver (1926-2016) was born 100 years ago today in Pittsburgh, PA. He began his career on the stage and won a Tony for CHILD'S PLAY (1970). His television work includes two episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE and an Emmy-nominated role as Dr. Josef Weiss in HOLOCAUST (1978).

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A southerly view shows Shea’s Buffalo Theatre at 646 Main Street in Downtown Buffalo, New York. It was built by local theater magnate Michael Shea (1859-1934) and designed by prolific theater architects Rapp and Rapp. The cream terra-cotta façade is designed in the Baroque Revival style. The 65-foot-tall, green-and-gold blade sign is a replica installed in 2004. The original blade was removed in the 1940s due to cost and safety concerns. Also in 2004, a missing pediment recreated from photographs was replaced atop the building’s facade. Today, Shea's Buffalo Theatre is owned by the City of Buffalo and is operated by the non-profit Shea's O'Connell Preservation Guild Ltd. The historic landmark is part of a three-theater campus that comprises Shea's Performing Arts Center. It primarily hosts travelling Broadway shows. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)

A southerly view shows Shea’s Buffalo Theatre at 646 Main Street in Downtown Buffalo, New York. It was built by local theater magnate Michael Shea (1859-1934) and designed by prolific theater architects Rapp and Rapp. The cream terra-cotta façade is designed in the Baroque Revival style. The 65-foot-tall, green-and-gold blade sign is a replica installed in 2004. The original blade was removed in the 1940s due to cost and safety concerns. Also in 2004, a missing pediment recreated from photographs was replaced atop the building’s facade. Today, Shea's Buffalo Theatre is owned by the City of Buffalo and is operated by the non-profit Shea's O'Connell Preservation Guild Ltd. The historic landmark is part of a three-theater campus that comprises Shea's Performing Arts Center. It primarily hosts travelling Broadway shows. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)

A northerly view up Main Street shows Shea’s Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, New York. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)

A northerly view up Main Street shows Shea’s Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, New York. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)

A sign bearing the nickname, “THE WONDER THEATRE,” is displayed above the main entrance doors of Shea’s Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, New York. The nickname was a promotional moniker at the time of the theater’s opening to hype its immense scale and opulence. The sign, a replica of the original, was installed in 2004. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)

A sign bearing the nickname, “THE WONDER THEATRE,” is displayed above the main entrance doors of Shea’s Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, New York. The nickname was a promotional moniker at the time of the theater’s opening to hype its immense scale and opulence. The sign, a replica of the original, was installed in 2004. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)

A hexagonal ticket booth with Baroque ornamentation stands in the foyer of Shea’s Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, New York. The black marble portion of the booth is original, but the upper wooden and glass section is a reproduction. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)

A hexagonal ticket booth with Baroque ornamentation stands in the foyer of Shea’s Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, New York. The black marble portion of the booth is original, but the upper wooden and glass section is a reproduction. (Andy Bass photo, 2025)

100 years ago today, January 16, 1926:

Shea's Buffalo Theatre, nicknamed "The Wonder Theatre," opened as a movie palace in Buffalo, New York. It was saved from demolition by concerned citizens in the 1970s and became a non-profit. Today, the historic landmark anchors the Buffalo Theatre District.

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Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Ben Nighthorse Campbell, 92, December 30, 2025. 🗳️

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Jim Hunt, 88, December 18, 2025. 🗳️

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Anthony Geary, 78, December 14, 2025. 📺

Luke Spencer on GENERAL HOSPITAL (1978-2015).

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Randy Jones, 75, November 18, 2025. ⚾️

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Michael Ray Richardson, 70, November 11, 2025. 🏀

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Diane Ladd, 89, November 3, 2025. 🎦📺

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Jane Goodall, 91, October 1, 2025.

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Davey Johnson, 82, September 5, 2025. ⚾️

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Marc Hill, 73, August 24, 2025. ⚾️

Major League Baseball catcher for 14 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals (1973-1974), San Francisco Giants (1975-1980), Seattle Mariners (1980), and Chicago White Sox (1981-1986).

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Gerry Spence, 96, August 13, 2025. ⚖️

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James Lovell, 97, August 7, 2025. 👨‍🚀

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Cleo Laine, 97, July 24, 2025. 👩‍🎤🎤

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Chuck Mangione, 84, July 22, 2025. 🎺🎶

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