re: Pictures from days gone by....

Patty Duke and Helen Keller on the set of The Miracle Worker.

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In 1958, at the Clyde Beatty Circus in Palisades, New Jersey, an entertainer named Jimmy Armstrong, also recognized as The Dwarf Clown, delighted the spectators. This instance was immortalized by Bruce Davidson in his famous 'Circus' photo series.

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Royal Street, New Orleans, 1906

But were they planning on bringing him back?

"Kodak - Moments Heureux", Norman Keene, 1910s

Not my photo, but a personal connection...

The oldest house still standing in Cobb County, Georgia. Built by my great-great-great-grandfather in 1841. The house barely survived the Civil War.

With the house in the line of Sherman's march down from Chattanooga to Atlanta, the family had evacuated east.

According to family history, torches had already been thrown under the porch to burn it, but as it was being ransacked, the Union soldiers found my ggg-grandfather's Masonic apron. The federal commander was also a Mason and made the troops put out the fire before the house caught; he had said he would not allow a fellow Mason's home to be destroyed.