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Filipino emergency notes more popularly known as guerrilla notes or resistance currencies were issued in various sizes, designs and denominations by many provincial and municipal authorities during the Japanese occupation to finance the resistance movement in the Philippines. These notes are proud reminders of the difficult situations and dangerous conditions…
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Less than a decade after the successful first airplane flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, one of the Wright Brothers planes, the “Wright B”, made its way to the Philippines in December 1911. Wright Model B The shipment of the “Wright Model B”…
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Syrian craftsmen created a room with walnut paneled walls that frame a series of elaborate painted doorways, cupboards and shuttered windows. The decoration is typical of the Ottoman decorative style, featuring flowering vases and pedestal bowls full of fruits, highlighted against a gilt pattern of stylized leaves and blossoms. These…
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How did the reservation lands of the American Indians shrink? What exactly happened in the past? The United States government and the American Indians have always had a difficult relationship. After many years of armed conflict, the government negotiated a treaty with the Lakotas, Dakotas, and Nakotas in 1868. Look…
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Who is Lester Lacy? As a prisoner of the Japanese during WWII, Mr. Lacy kept a small journal where he wrote his war experiences. Lester Lacy, of Bland, Missouri, entered the service as a member of the Army Air Corps on 15 December 1939, and was eventually assigned to the…
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Here are examples of English silver in the baroque and rococo styles. These works of art were produced using innovative techniques and are marked with England’s most celebrated 18th-century silversmith. Baroque silver is boldly shaped or massive in size, rigidly symmetrical in design, and richly ornamented. The newer rococo style…
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I was fascinated at the different old logos, slogans, and posters from various airlines that were posted at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. So I took photos of them. Here they are… Northeast Airlines “Making Neighborhood of the Northeast” Trans-Texas Airways “Route of the Starliners” Chicago & Southern…
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Benjamin Charles Steele from Montana was one of the POW survivors during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines in World War II (1939-1945). While a prisoner, he produced a remarkable document of drawings and sketches about his experiences as a prisoner of war for three and a half years. Though…
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