Walter S. Adams was one of the original staff members of the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory when it was formed in 1904. He became assistant to George Ellery hale in 1917 and Director of the observatory in 1923, a position he held until his...
James Robinson Planché, a dramatist, antiquary, and officer of arms, was born in Piccadilly, London, on February 27, 1796; the son of Huguenot refugees. He wrote or adapted over 170 plays over the course of his 60 year career; these included...
John Fiske was an American philosopher and historian. He was born Edmund Fiske Greene in Connecticut in 1842. He later assumed his maternal great-grandfather's surname Fiske. He graduated from Harvard College in 1863 and Harvard Law School in 1865....
George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on...
Arvid T. Johnson was an American soldier during World War I. He joined the Medical Detachment of 354th Infantry American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) where he served as a dental assistant. He spent 1917 training in the United States and was sent...
Terry Dunstan Thompson was born in New London, Conn., Aug. 30, 1918, the only son of Terry B. Thompson, a Naval officer, and Virginia Leita Thompson. Raised in a devout Catholic family, Thompson was educated at a variety of Catholic schools before...
Ralph Henry Cameron was born in Southport, Maine, in 1863. He moved to Arizona in 1883, and operated a sheep ranch with his brother Niles in Flagstaff. In 1890, he and his partners turned to mining and filed numerous mining claims in and around the...
Adams & Co. was a California branch of the eastern express firm of Adams & Company, founded in Boston in 1840. Successful throughout the state in the express and banking business, it was run by Daniel Hale Haskell and Isaiah Churchill Woods, with...
The Farmers & Merchants Bank of Sheyenne, N.D. was established on January 1, 1906. Although the bank worked primarily to secure loans, mortgages, seed purchases, and land for their largely agrarian, Swedish American clientele - many of whom had...
James De Barth Shorb (1842-1896) was born in Frederick County, Maryland, a son of Dr. James Aloysius Shorb (1798-1867) and Margaret McMeal Shorb. He came to California in 1863 looking for oil in Ventura County, and married Maria de Jesus "Sue"...
Samuel L. Kreider was a prominent businessman in Los Angeles, California. Kreider was born in San Francisco, California, July 4, 1882. He was the son of Frank L. and Minnie M. Kreider. His father was a veteran of the Civil War and a past commander...
Frances Johnston, born 1864, was a photographer whose career spanned six decades and covered a vast array of topics. She is commonly considered the first female photojournalist and was also a charter member of the Photo-Secession. She was a...
Frances Nacke Noel, reformer, labor activist, feminist, suffragette, and socialist, came to the United States from Germany in 1893. In 1899 she moved to Los Angeles, joined the Socialist party, and worked for several labor and suffrage...
Image of an aerial landscape view of the borough of Harmony in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and the Connoquenessing Creek and the surrounding hills, showing labeled streets with references printed in the margin.