Harper’s Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. I often use back copies as historical research to help me because the magazine dates to June 1850 when it was first published in New York City by the Harper brothers I’ve pictured below. Today, Harper’s … [Read more...]
Georgia On My Mind
Connecting readers with historical and travel information about the state of Georgia. Follow Lisa's Georgia On My Mind page on Facebook.
Atlanta’s Movers and Shakers in Caricature from 1908
The Atlanta Georgian and News was a newspaper that launched on April 25, 1906 with a special thirty-six-page issue. Initially the paper had around seventeen thousand subscribers and was the third-largest paper in competition to The Atlanta Journal. In February 1907 the Georgian absorbed the … [Read more...]
Augusta National – It’s Historic!
A rite of Spring around the Cooper manse is giving a respectful nod to Masters Week, the time leading up to the annual Masters Golf Tournament at Georgia’s Augusta National Golf Club. Golf is a major sport in our family. Both of children were encouraged to play to the point they both lettered in … [Read more...]
A Snapshot of Shorty’s Steak House
Take a good look at the photo I have placed below. The time according to the archival notes with the photo is the 1940s. It appears to be a rainy day in Atlanta as cars and a trolley bus travel on Pryor Street. The large brick building looming in the right upper corner is the Kimball House Hotel … [Read more...]
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