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Historic Painting: "San Francisco Fire" by William A. Coulter, 1906.

117 years ago today, San Francisco reaped the whirlwind. This is what it looked like.

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Thunder from above: the demise of the U.S. Navy airship USS Akron.

Thunder from above: the demise of the U.S. Navy airship USS Akron.

Historic Photo: Sons and grandsons of Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island, 1862.

Historic Photo: Sons and grandsons of Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island, 1862.

America’s Paris: the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

America’s Paris: the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.