Haddon Sundblom's Santa

Before the 1931 introduction of the Coca-Cola Santa Claus created by artist Haddon Sundblom, the image of Santa ranged from big to small and fat to tall. Santa even appeared as an elf and looked a bit spooky.

Remembrance Day 2011

Remembrance Day 2011. Spent too much time with facebook® this year to post this in time. Better late than never!

Day of Infamy 68th. Anniversary

It's the sixty eighth anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the day of infamy that killed 2,395 Americans and hurled the United States into World War Two. It has been imortalized in films, books, paintings and even excellent video games....it remains a major turning point in twentieth century history. National Geographic has a very good documentary dvd about the event and there are many fascinating sites on the net that keep the memory alive and well documented. This post is a redux version from way back in 2006 when I started this blogsite, I scooped it from my own archives, famous photo and all!