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HENRY KISSINGER TURNS ONE HUNDRED TODAY

WONDERED WHO J. WARREN KERRIGAN WAS……..

PRESIDENT HARDING IN STUMPTOWN

YES I COLLECT VINTAGE POSTCARDS

This one of Thomas Edison’s winter home caught my attention. After googling, it reports Edison built the home in Ft Meyers Florida on the Caloosahatchee River in 1886. Through 1931, the inventor added new home gadgets which is fascinating to tour today. Next door another inventor, Henry Ford built a home. Both were given by the families to Ft Meyers for home & garden tours. The photo below is the avenue leading to the famous residences. 

HISTORIC POSTCARD

President Kennedy spent his last night on the eighth floor at HOTEL TEXAS in Ft Worth. In the morning he made a quick speech to supporters outside of the lobby. His final speech was the same morning at a breakfast in The Crystal Room ( ballroom in hotel) … after his final breakfast they left for the quick flight to Love Field in Dallas. They arrived at 11:38 AM. In less than one hour he would be assassinated. Today the hotel is a Hilton.

SPEAKING OUTSIDE THE HOTEL TEXAS

President Kennedy’s final speech in The Crystal Ballroom in Hotel Texas..
 

ONLY ONE LEFT FROM THIS PHOTO OF FIRST LADIES

HOWARD’S RIDE IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA

FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY

KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA …. Pat looks nervous.

THROUGH THE LENSES OF NORMAN ROCKWELL

THE WILLARD HOTEL ON PENNSYLVANIA AVE IN WASHINGTON D.C.