Rust & Dirt

#history #histsky #skystorians

“We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.” #DwightDEisenhower #skystorians #politics

Excerpts from President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address. January 17, 1961. Accessed in the National Archives. #ushistory #history #skystorians

North Main Street. Union City, #Pennsylvania. 1920s. (Source: PA State Archives)

Marcresan Beach, Canadohta Lake, Pennsylvania. As described by the Canadohta Lake Area Business Association: “The Marcresan Beach area was purchased in 1922 by E.P. Lee and developed by him and his son Max Lee. The original park buildings were destroyed by fire in 1931.” #history

A Scientific Basis for Hope How mass vaccination eradicated poliovirus, helped prevent repeat of 1918 flu pandemic

“Some people are constructive … Others are destructive,” mused Dr. Jonas Salk in 1991.

On this day in 1954, Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio virus vaccine was administered to students at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, PA. Read more here: www.eriereader.com/article/a-sc...

#history #skystorians

Squad of Misfits: The Story of Connie Hawkins and the Pittsburgh Pipers: www.eriereader.com/article/squa...

#PittsburghPA #NBAsky #history #skystorians #basketball

First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Erie. State Street. #EriePA. No date listed.

Again, for hyperlocal peeps. Note a time change for this on Friday this week. Now 4:30-6:00pm

Squad of Misfits: The Story of Connie Hawkins and the Pittsburgh Pipers Northwestern Pennsylvania's brush with professional basketball

My latest: “[Connie Hawkins is] playing a very fast game of chess," observed one sportswriter. "He knows what's happening everywhere." #skystorians #history #basketball #Pittsburgh #NBAsky

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Squad of Misfits: The Story of Connie Hawkins and the Pittsburgh Pipers Northwestern Pennsylvania's brush with professional basketball

Ebony Magazine called Connie Hawkins "Mr. Everything," describing his #basketball style as "razzle-dazzle" & "sneaky fast" with "will-o'-the-wispiness and flair." Hawkins could "take complete command of a ball game.” #nba #sportssky Read more: www.eriereader.com/article/squa...

On this day in 1968, #PBS aired the very first episode of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. The episode featured the songs “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” “I Like You As You Are,” & “Tomorrow.” Topics covered including tying your shoes, growing, and dealing with change. The series ran for 895 episodes. #history

Downtown #EriePA. 1976. #rustbelt #pennsylvania

Valentine’s Day snippets from Penn State #EriePA’s Behrend Beacon. 2004. #ValentinesDay #history #skystorians

Valentine Love Lines. 1985. Dallas, PA. #history #ValentinesDay

Frogs. 2004. #EriePA.

Mystic Park. Titusville, PA. 1905.

Did you know that the legendary historian Samuel Eliot Morrison received a commission from FDR to join the WWII Navy & write its history from the inside, & that he narrowly escaped a kamikaze pilot among other episodes? That & more in today’s Valentine’s blog post! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️

January 28, 1939. When Philly discovered pizza: “What is pizza? Well, it’s just a big open-faced pie, filled with tomatoes, anchovies, muzzarella cheese, peppers, or what have you — and baked while you wait.” #history #NationalPizzaDay #skystorians

Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to #EriePA in 1825 as depicted in Erie: From Forest Trail to Port City by Margaret L. Tenpas. Published in 1976. #skystorians #history

A blacksmith in Spartansburg, #ErieCounty, PA. 1880s. #history

The Public Dock (and the USS Wolverine). Early 1900s. #EriePA

Do People Even Read Anymore? How our reading habits have – and haven't – changed over the years

Here’s my latest: “Why read John Steinbeck talking about some trip he took with his dog when we can watch a celebrity eat increasingly spicy chicken wings on YouTube? To be fair, Sean Evans is a great interviewer.” #booksky #readsky #literature

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Do People Even Read Anymore? How our reading habits have – and haven't – changed over the years

Here’s my latest story: “In 1772, while away from his home, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail of what he missed the most. ‘[A]bove all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books,’ he told her.” #booksky #skystorians #reading

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Peek’n Peak. Clymer, New York. 1973.

The old Union City High School. #UnionCityPA.

The Erie Zoo’s Glenwood Gulch Express. No date. Published by Lakeport Dist. Inc. #EriePA.

Children’s fashion in 1989 from the Sears #Christmas Wishbook. Who else loved looking through the Wishbook every year? #1980s #history

Erie's Year in Review: 1975 A look back at a monumental year in Erie, 50 years ago

My latest, a recap of living through 1975, which came to an end fifty years ago: "We have always feared that there was one law and scale of punishment for the rich and powerful and a totally different [one] for the poor and deprived." #history #skystorians

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