A sneak peek at what will be the theme of my next series....
Ella Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.
"In 1958, Fitzgerald made history as the first African-American woman to win a Grammy Award. Due in no small part to her vocal quality, with lucid intonation and a broad range, the singer would go on to win 13 Grammys in total and sell more than 40 million albums."
Jazz artists will be the theme of the next series.
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(Please share if you like it!) Colorized by me: 🇵🇷 Plaza de Armas of San Juan, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1903. This is one of the main squares in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico.
In 1939, just months before the war would eventually come, Gandhi decided to write a letter and make an appeal to Adolf Hitler: "Dear friend, friends have been urging me to write to you for the sake of humanity."
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(...) "But I have resisted their request, because of the feeling that any letter from me would be an impertinence.
Something tells me that I must not calculate and that I must make my appeal for whatever it may be worth.
It is quite clear that you are today the one person in the world who can prevent a war which may reduce humanity to the savage state.
Must you pay that price for an object however worthy it may appear to you to be?
Swedish physician Dr. Gustav Zander helped pioneer “mechanotherapy”. He would further develop these devices, going on to win a gold medal at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia for his exercise machines.
Movement as a therapeutic agent did already have its proponents—Zander was a follower of the movement cure promoted by an earlier pioneer of exercise Per Henrik Ling.
By the time the edition of his book, Dr. G. Zander’s medico-mechanische Gymnastik was published in 1892, he was well on his way to establishing Zander Institutes across the globe.
Colorized by me: South end of Bowery, Coney Island, New York, 1903.
The Bowery was a raucous area where police frequently looked the other way as drinking, gambling, music and shows took place well into the night.
Coney Island's appeal was that anyone could find the type of experience they desired. For those looking for more variety and fun, and less refinement, the Bowery stood head and shoulders above Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach.