u/CoolYogurtcloset1947

Who's excited for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope?

I use Instagram too much, about 6 hours a day, is this just their way of saying "STOP!" at me?

I wanted to share a major restoration update regarding a piece of classic 1950s television history.

As many variety show and vintage music fans know, The Lennon Sisters made their national television debut on Christmas Eve in 1955 on The Lawrence Welk Show, singing an a cappella version of the song "He". This single performance launched a legendary 70-year career.

The Lost Media Status:
For decades, the full live broadcast of this December 24, 1955, Christmas episode has been considered lost/incomplete. Because it was the mid-50s, the full context of their introduction, the full performance, and the aftermath are largely missing from public archives, with only short, heavily edited snippets circulating.

The Discovery & Reconstruction:
By tracking down and compiling three completely different source clips, I have successfully reconstructed a much longer, unedited sequence of this exact broadcast!

While it isn't the entire episode, this compiled edit extends significantly further into the song than the standard archival snippets, saving the performance all the way up to the lyric: "He still finds the time ..."

This fan-restored fragment gives us a much clearer picture of the arrangement and the staging of the four original sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy, and Janet) on the night that changed their lives.

Has anyone else tracked down pieces of this specific kinescope, or does anyone know if the Lawrence Welk estate holds a cleaner, more complete master of this episode?The Performance

This is HENRY CLAY we're talking about!

Not a lot of people have seen the color version of James Monroe's 1796 painting by Louis Sene, here it is!

Henry had s*x with his great-grandmother it seems

This is a lost daguerreotype (engraving) of Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams, is this good as well?

Is this a bad restoration or a good restoration (original on next slide)

Today is June 19, slavery was abolished 161 years ago on this day.

It is funny though, but the life itself isn't.

R.I.P. Baby Boy Schreiber (1931) and mother, Catharine E. Felmey Schreiber (1907-1931)

Still, how does this happen?????

Dubya (b. 1946) could've met the last surviving child of John Tyler (b. 1790), Margaret Pearl Tyler Ellis (d. 1947)

Is there ANY records of parents, children, spouse?

She only died in 1946, just 80 years ago, so where is her lineage?

26 screenshots of a FInd-a-Grave memorial (Robert Patterson), a Revolutionary War veteran who had his photo taken (second picture is original screenshot)

10 years old is wild

Super-centenarian born in 1770 is crazy

If you look closely at the bottom right corner, you'll see a star.

IS THAT NOT GEMINI‽