As early as the Sixth century Cyrus, King of Persia, used carrier pigeons to communicate with various locations across his vast empire. Pigeons were also used during times of war to carry messages due to their homing ability as well as the … [Read more]
Harper’s Weekly Profiles Atlanta in 1879, Part Two
A few days ago, I posted part one of this article you can find here. In this article I’m providing the full text of an article that appeared in the December 1879 issue of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine and was written by Ernest Ingersoll, a … [Read more]
Harper’s Weekly Profiles Atlanta in 1879
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 … [Read more]
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 … [Read more]
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