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Aretha Franklin recorded "Respect" in 1967

February 14, 1967

photograph | queen of soul | respect | Atlantic records | girl power | sock it to me | TCB | love | civilrights | library of congress | music | history | onthisday | Otis Redding | Aretha Franklin | R&B | rhythm and blues | women's history | songwriting | song | Women's rights

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Extraordinary photo of construction project in 1914

Hadjin, Turkey

1914

photograph | genocide | Armenia | Houshamadyan | Turkey | construction | houses | buildings | Missionary | reconstruction | education | teachers | school

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Anna Bowman with orphans

Hadjin, Turkey

1909

photograph | orphans | genocide | Armenia | Turkey | Houshamadyan | women's history | students | education | teachers | health | diseases | medicine

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The BASE Team at Verizon

downtown NYC

May 15th 2017

photograph | growth hackers | growth hacking | Verizon Innovative Learning | verizon | memories | city hall | downtown | Mannion | Souleymane | Shadman | Shah | Gurleen | Sarah | Takhim

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Nelson Mandela freed from jail

Cape Town, South Africa

February 11, 1990

photograph | Madiba | long walk to freedom | desegregation | equality | peace | reconciliation | victorversterprison | Africa | history | onthisday | F. W. de Klerk | Nobel Prize | discrimination | Nelson Mandela | democracy | government | politics | prisoner | imprisonment | Robben Island | South Africa | Groot Drakenstein Prison (Victor Verster Prison)

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William G. Morgan introduced the sport of Mintonette to the world

State of Massachusetts, USA

February 9, 1895

photograph | invention | Mintonette | volleyball | spalding | ymca | holyoke | massachusetts | keeptheballflying | spike | sports | history | onthisday | basketball | James Naismith | William Morgan

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The Boeing 247 takes flight for the first time

USA

February 8, 1933

photograph | airplane | Boeing | Boeing247 | aviation | design | engineering | twinengines | airliner | faa | centuryofprogress | history | onthisday | technology | flight | innovation | United Air Lines | Chicago World Fair | travel | plane travel | cross-country

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Happy Father's Day!

Bedford Autodrome, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England

January 2nd, 2003

photograph | racing | Automobile | auto racing | car racing | Formula Palmer Audi | single seaters | motorsports | sports | race track | championship | season

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Heavily dressed team working on improvements to our app

conference room, scenyc offices and studios, The Bronx, NY, USA

2017-01-08

photograph | The Glass Files | corporate history | work session | teams | sundays | development | marketing

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American film and television entertainment studio United Artists

California, United States

February 5, 1919

photograph | media production | film | cinema | Charlie Chaplin | United Artists | studio | intellectual property | hollywood | onthisday | production | silent films | talkies | entrepreneurship | entertainment | creative control | artists | distribution | cinematography

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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested, jailed, and fined

Alabama, United States

February 4, 1913

photograph | Civil Rights | Rosa Parks | Rosa Parks Day | black history | US history | Alabama | Montgomery Bus Boycott | US Supreme Court | scotus | women's history | Martin Luther King Jr. | Jackie Robinson | defiance | democracy | First Lady of Civil Rights | equality | desegregation | onthisday | Presidential Medal of Freedom | Ralph Abernathy | on the bus | transportation | US Constitution | discrimination | state funeral

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The awesome power of Russian software engineering

Almaty, Kazakhstan (formerly Alma-Ata, Soviet Union)

4 October 2004

photograph | apparel | t-shirt | Russia | USSR | Kazakhstan | Igor Sysoev | Nginx | software | software engineering | web server | aircraft carrier | marketing | promotional materials | technology | innovation | computer science

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View looking west from the bluff where the missionaries lived

Bitlis, Turkey

circa 1910s

photograph | Missionary | Houshamadyan | genocide | Armenia | Turkey | architecture | town | village | a view from the village | fortress | women's history

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Family accepted into the Mount Holyoke Girls Seminary

Bitlis, Turkey or an outlying village or town

circa 1880s

photograph | seminary | Turkey | genocide | Armenia | Houshamadyan | Mount Holyoke | Missionary | religion | collaboration | family | mother | daughter | cousins | women's history

writing

Special Message from Harry Truman to Congress on civil rights

United States Congress, Washington, D.C.

February 2, 1948

writing | US history | onthisday | Civil Rights | US Constitution | law | Harry Truman | US Presidents | equality | equalityforall | tolerance | respect | freedom | democracy | america | justice | opportunity | government | tyranny | discrimination | liberty | inalienable rights

document

The Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery in the United States

United States Congress, Washington, D.C.

January 31, 1865

document | thirteenthamendment | Thirteenth Amendment | US Constitution | US history | onthisday | slavery | signatures | constitutional amendment | abolition | civilization | equality | jurisdiction

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The Benz Patent-Motorwagen, considered to be the world's first automobile

Germany

January 29, 1886

photograph | Automobile | cars | innovation | technology | engineering | motorcar | onthisday | Karl Benz | Mercedes-Benz | engines | Bertha Benz | invention | women's history

artwork

Wolfgang Gottlieb "Amadeus" Mozart

Salzburg, Austria

January 27, 1756

artwork | requiem | opera | Don Giovanni | Austria | composer | classical music | history | on this day | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Le Nozze Di Figaro | Cosi fan tutte | music | musicians | inventor | music business | Lorenzo Da Ponte | Leopold Mozart

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The Apollo Theater

New York City, USA

January 26, 1934

photograph | apollo | Apollo Theater | Neo Classical | Where stars are born and legends are made | Harlem Renaissance | performance | art | music | comedy | landmark | NYC | NYC History | black history | on this day | talent discovery | theater | performing arts | musicians

artwork

Flags of each member of the Straw Hat Pirates

Japan

since July 19, 1997

artwork | anime | One Piece | pirates | animation | flags | cartoons | Japan | art | drawing | film | television | tv shows | media

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Girls studying at the Mount Holyoke Girls Seminary

Bitlis, Turkey

circa 1900

photograph | seminary | Turkey | genocide | Armenia | Houshamadyan | Missionary | education | history | orphanage | orphans | teachers | Mount Holyoke

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Oblong-winged katydids come in an array of colors

Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, New Orleans, Louisiana, North America

2013

photograph | insects | nature | katydid | North America | Audubon | colors | genetics | science | entomology | scientific research | Scientific American magazine

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This group of 3 people hadn't been together in at least 10 years

scenyc, south Bronx, NY, USA

June 2015

photograph | friends | high school | senior year | Scenyc | The Bronx | entrepreneurship | startups | innovation | ecosystem | education | music

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Roberts was the first student with severe disabilities to attend Berkeley

California, USA

January 23, 1939

photograph | Ed Roberts | rolling quads | Ed Roberts day | civilrights | disability rights | section504 | accessibility | disability history | US history | onthisday | paralyze | American activist | education | degree | Bachelor's | Master's | UC Berkeley | discrimination | civil rights activist | activism

article

The fastest selling single in the history of Capitol Records

USA

January 18th, 1964

article | beatles | I want To Hold Your Hand | beatlemania | British invasion | music | history | onthisday | band | pop culture | The Beatles | Capital Records | musicians | music business

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An Armenian dignitary enjoying a ride in his French-made Victoria

Everek, Turkey

1913

photograph | Houshamadyan | Armenia | genocide | Turkey | transportation | village | horse and buggy | horse and carriage | education

document

Announcement in Germany of a sale of carpets woven by Armenian orphans

Ourfa, Turkey

April 1900

document | Houshamadyan | Turkey | genocide | Armenia | teachers | education | women's history | Mount Holyoke | Germany | Berlin | carpet

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A sudden flick on the way to Verizon Presentation

West Verizon Building, City Hall, NY, USA

Wednesday May 17th 2017

photograph | growth hackers | verizon | squad | TGF | memories | city hall

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Classic photo of Vinny Vella

Little Italy, New York, NY, USA

1970s

photograph | Little Italy | Italy | New York City | family | street life | hustling | actors | hollywood | Vinny Vella | gangster films | The Sopranos

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Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights activist and leader

Washington, D.C., USA

January 15th, 1929

photograph | mlk | justice | equality | Civil Rights | leader | protest | america | history | onthisday | civil rights activist | civil disobedience | Martin Luther King Jr. | Rosa Parks | Christianity | minister | Montgomery Bus Boycott | March on Washington | politics | desegregation | discrimination