Monthly Archives: January 2022
HISTORIC PHOTO: FIRST PHOTO OF PEOPLE
Though not the intended subjects of the photograph above, the shoe shiner and his customer are reportedly the first people to appear in one. Though probably meant to be merely a view of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, it was taken in 1838 by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, inventor of the first commercially successful photographic process, […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: FIRST FOOTING
New Year, or Hogmanay, is a big deal in Scotland, and the celebration of it isn’t confined to toasting its arrival with ‘a wee dram’ and singing “Auld lang Syne” as January 1st rolls in. Seeking good luck for the coming year, people want their first footer (the first person to cross their threshold after […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022
Have a safe, socially distanced, New Year.
Time Travelling With Kids 