Posts made in June, 2012

A Study In Signatures – The Autographs Of The Sherlock Holmes Actors Of The Basil Rathbone And Nigel Bruce Film Series

Posted by on Jun 26, 2012 in Autograph Collecting, Featured, Silver Screen Stars | 0 comments

  A Study In Signatures The autographs of the Sherlock Holmes Actors of the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes Films   The Sherlock Holmes actors of the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce film series made up one of the most quirky and interesting group of characters in any similar film series of the era.  In 1939 20th Century Fox filmed what would become the first of 14 Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as the inimitable private detective and Nigel Bruce filling the role of Dr. Watson.  “The Hound of The Baskervilles” was an instant success and the studio...

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Notes From The Doctor Who Tried To Save Lincoln Are Found

Posted by on Jun 13, 2012 in Featured, Historical Documents | 0 comments

The personal notes of a young doctor who was the first to treat president Abraham Lincoln after he was shot have been discovered in a box of medical records at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Overlooked for nearly 150 years, the 21 pages of notes detailing the doctor’s recollections of the momentous and historical night were discovered in May by a researcher with the Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project, an organization dedicated to researching documents about and written by Lincoln. The find is beyond doubt one of immense historical importance and will provide researchers a...

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Lincoln’s Last Hours By Charles A. Leale, M. D.

Posted by on Jun 13, 2012 in Historical Documents | 1 comment

Lincoln’s Last Hours By Charles A. Leale, M. D.   Compliments of The Estate of Charles A. Leale New York ADDRESS delivered before the COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States at the regular meeting, February, 1909, City of New York in observance of the ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF President Abraham Lincoln   Lincoln’s Last Hours By Charles A. Leale, M. D. COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY CHARLES A. LEALE, M. D. Commander and Companions of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: At the historic...

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Thomas Edison

Posted by on Jun 7, 2012 in Noteables | 0 comments

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Sir Walter Scott

Posted by on Jun 6, 2012 in Authors | 0 comments

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