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Photo of the Day Podcast

Brenda Elthon

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Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/15

Most, if not all, of the Allied naval vessels operating in the Java Sea of Indonesia were lost in a naval battle with a much larger Japanese force two weeks ago, Navy Department officials announced yesterday.Among the ships lost is the USS Houston, a heavy cruiser said to be FDR’s favorite naval vessel.Seven Allied vessels and 2,300 crewmen are believed to have been lost in the largest Allied defeat since the Pearl Harbor attack three months ago.The captain and crew of an unidentified US submarine

1:36

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/14

Some old words from Walt Whitman:I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on

2:10

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/13

It is May 17, 1961.The new American president, John F. Kennedy, is in Ottawa, Canada, to address members of the Canadian Houses of Parliament.It is his first foreign trip as president.Speaking first in French, he tells the members “I feel that I am truly among friends.”Then, in English, Kennedy says, for decades, American and Canadian relations have been characterized by ‘the enduring qualities of amity and honor’ with a border which has known ‘neither guns nor guerilla fighters.’ Get full access to

4:07

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/12

Neil Armstrong takes man’s first steps on the Moon as 650 million people around the world watch on live tv.Two months after becoming president, Richard Nixon authorizes the covert bombing of Cambodia.Life Magazine’s publication of photos of the 242 men killed in Vietnam during a single week in May changes the public’s perception of the war.Lt. William Calley is charged with murder in connection with the 1968 My Lai Massacre in Vietnam in which 109 Vietnamese civilians were killed.Large-scale antiwar

2:40

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/11

It’s a summer night in Chicago during the Great Depression.The writer Saul Bellow is walking on the streets of Chicago.“The light held after nine o’clock, and the ground was covered with clover,more than a mile of green between Cottage Grove and Stony Island.The blight hadn’t yet carried off the elms, and under them drivers had pulled over,parking bumper to bumper and turned on their radios to hear Roosevelt. Get full access to Photo of the Day at look.substack.com/subscribe

2:40

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/10

It is November 10, 1940.This is the letter a boy from Cleveland wrote to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.“I am a boy of 17, I quit school 2 years ago in order to find a job.Since my dad died 3 years ago we haven't been able to do so good.We stretched his insurance money so far as it would go, but now we have to face it.We are behind 2 months in our rent and the 3rd falling due this Wednesday, the 13th. Get full access to Photo of the Day at look.substack.com/subscribe

5:25

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/08

As Soviet assault forces mass along Germany’s Oder River, thirty to forty miles east of Berlin, armored units of General Patton’s Third Army have reached the banks of the Rhine near the western German city of Coblenz.To the north, the entire west bank of the Rhine, from Cologne to Dusseldorf, is now in Allied hands.Nearly 100,000 German prisoners have been taken in this region in the last month and massive German supply dumps have been seized.Many are surrendering, including Russians, Frenchmen and

3:12

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/07

It is November 8, 1944.The Allied breach of Germany’s western wall of defense in October 1944has enabled journalist William Shirer to return to Germanyafter a four-year absence.He has come to Aachen, an ancient city.It is the place where Charlemagne, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire,held court more than a thousand years before,and where rulers of Western Europe were crowned for six hundred years. Get full access to Photo of the Day at look.substack.com/subscribe

2:05

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/06

Some old words about the soldiers who fought in the American Civil War.Look at that column well, as it passes by,Remembering Bull Run and the cocksfeather hats,The congressmen,the raw militia brigadesWho went to war with a flag and a haircloth trunkIn bright red pantsand ideals and ignorance,Ready to fight like picture-postcard boys Get full access to Photo of the Day at look.substack.com/subscribe

3:38

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/05

San Francisco Giants outfielder Willy Mays becomes the highest paid player in professional baseball, earning $105,000 a year.Surgeon General Luther Terry warns that smoking causes lung cancer and likely causes heart disease, urging government action. Get full access to Photo of the Day at look.substack.com/subscribe

3:09

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/04

It is the summer of 1865.Texas ranchers are returning home from fighting in the Civil War.And they are learning the old ways of cattle ranching are gone forever.Their enslaved labor, which had tended the herds before the war, has left.And their cattle have scattered across the open range.The market for beef has changed, too.Markets in the South have collapsed — people are broke —but demand for beef in the North is surging.These changes have brought an opportunity, for ranchers who could adapt,to get

3:43

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/03/03

It is January 9, 1961.President-elect Kennedy has returned to his native Massachusetts to speak to the state legislature.In eleven days, he will be inaugurated as America’s 35th president.He begins by describing the singular role Massachusetts played in America’s founding. "Its leaders have shaped our destiny long before the great republic was born,” he says, “and its principles have guided our footsteps in times of crisis as well as in times of calm.” Get full access to Photo of the Day at

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Photo of the Day

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2025/03/01

It is March 1, 1945.V-E Day is in 68 days.And in 42 days, FDR will be dead.Here’s what the day’s newspaper reported.Reports say German forces, under pressure from rapidly advancing Allied troops, are pulling back from positions along the western banks of the Rhine River in an effort to form a consolidated line of defense on its eastern side in the industrial Ruhr Valley.This withdrawal leaves the Rhine as a formidable obstacle to the continuing Allied advance.Allied military officials remind the

1:30

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/02/28

Some old words for a hard day.Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; Get full access to Photo of the Day at look.substack.com/subscribe

4:29

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/02/27

It is October 13, 1850.Bill Warren is writing to his father while on his overland journey to the California gold fields.“Dear FatherI take up my pen for to write you a few lines hoping they will finde you and Mother ... Lucian ... Larry and the babe (I have forgot its name) all well.I have enjoyed good health moste of the time cince I left home.When we got to St Joseph [Missouri] Uncle Cody had taking in a Hongarian by the name of John Cowen.All things got right as we supposed we crossed the

4:00

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/02/26

The unemployment rate stands at 15 percent and banks have begun to fail.The public is beginning to hoard cash at home rather than deposit it in banks.Those banks which have survived the panicked withdrawals are beginning to accumulate large cash reserves instead of lending depositor money out.So, there is a marked decrease in the supply of money available to businesses to fund their ongoing operations.Consumer consumption is decreasing, bankruptcies and unemployment are rising, and deflation is

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Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/02/25

It is May 12, 1968.Larry Houck, a 24-year-old Marine helicopter pilotaboard the USS Iwo Jima in the South China Sea,is writing to a hometown buddy who also serves in Vietnam.Below, an excerpt:There’s been a lot of action up around here lately. Get full access to Photo of the Day at look.substack.com/subscribe

2:43

Photo of the Day

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2025/02/24

It is July 16, 1863.John Crawford is writing to his wife, Martha,from a Confederate hospital in Winchester, Virginia,where he is recovering from an illness contracted during theConfederate retreat from Gettysburg. Get full access to Photo of the Day at look.substack.com/subscribe

5:35

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/02/22

Reading the paper on February 22, 1943.German tank and infantry battalions under General Erwin Rommel have captured the Kasserine Pass, a gap in the mountains of west Tunisia, in the first direct encounter between German and American forces in the war.American defenders of the Pass suffered heavy losses and were forced to retreat fifty miles.British armoured units have now joined with the Americans for a counter-attack and more heavy fighting is expected there in the coming days. Get full access to

2:30

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day Podcast ·

2025/02/21

It is June 4, 1940.Prime Minister Winston Churchill is speaking in the House of Commons.The nine-day operation to rescue British, French and Belgian soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk has concluded.Eight hundred vessels braving German aircraft and underwater mines have brought 338,000 men to safety in England.Thousands have been lost.Thousands more have been left behind, to become Nazi prisoners.Nine large vessels and two hundred small ones were also lost.And the armies’ equipment — guns, tanks,

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