[Jan 13, 1925] Patrolman Rosen rescues a lady during fires in Oakland, CA.

100 years ago today, they were testing the ground for the site where the Sixers are gonna stay.

[Jan 17, 1925] President Calvin Coolidge posed with Osage leaders to acknowledge their struggles during a time of attention to the Osage murders and exploitation. Did you see the movie Killers of the Flower Moon? This is them.

[Jan 17, 1925] Boulder Dam. They thought this guy was nuts in the early 1920s. His vision was approved by 1928. Construction started on the dam in 1930, completed 1936, named..... The Hoover Dam. Full story in next photo.

2 days in snowy Philly ❄️

[January 16, 1925] A plane landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier Langley off the coast of San Diego, California.

Go Birds! Seen at City Hall!

Do Attend Thursday Thread (Upcoming Events, Small Businesses, Local Artists)

[Jan 16,1925] The girl who killed her mom over jazz. Her story in comments.

[Jan 16, 1925] Who can't smile at a doggie in a teacup?

[Jan 16, 1925] I posted a cartoon last week that stated, toes in, ears out, saying that the bob haircut is the new style. I guess this 106 year old lady wants to keep with the times! I saw a story that her daughter was not happy about it.

Sunrise at 7:11 this morning

Not that it snows anymore, but, do people still sled at 63rd and Pine like they did in this 100 year old photo?

Ad in the Philadelphia Inquirer, this day 100 years ago.

Even the WWI Veterans..... Story in the comments.

[Jan 15, 1925] Ahhhh, look what they did for the WWI Veterans.

[January 14th, 1925] Parisian designer M. Alphonse Berg proves that material doesn't matter in fashion, dressing a model in a Daily Star newspaper copy. He'll demonstrate lightning dressmaking at the Hennepin-Orpheum, creating a gown in under 2 minutes, free to the public.

Anyone know why the lights across from the Constitution Center on 6th st blink on&off in a weird pattern?

I hate cars.

Franklin Residences at 9th & Chestnut opened their doors as the Benjamin Franklin Hotel on this day 100 years ago. Although the location of Franklin's kite experiment is debated, the Gimble Bros suggested this location within their full page ad in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philly is lowkey beautiful it’s just some people that ruin it.

[Jan 14, 1925] Last two inhabitants of what is now a ghost town, Calico, CA.

The first Marine recruiter didn’t mess around! Imagine finding your name in a wanted ad for desertion, with a $60 reward for your capture. That’s exactly what Captain Robert Mullan did!

[Jan 14, 1925] These dogs love the radio.

[Jan 14, 1925] USS Arizona, Oklahoma, and Nevada in their prime. Sixteen years later, all three faced the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. More in comments...