Chinese and World History » II.B. United States Museums

Leonid Brezhnev Photos & Awards & other Soviet Militaria

leefoxx1949 — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:48:04 +0000

The first artifacts shown here were owned by Leonid Brezhnev and are currently in my possession. The photo album was presented to him by 18th Army veterans, for whom he served as political commissar during WWII. These are published here for the first time. The 63-piece ribbon bar includes his Order of Victory which he was awarded as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It was rescinded after he died in 1982, as he had obviously done nothing to earn it. Copies of the ribbon bar have appeared on eBay, but this one is genuine. Following the photo album are other Soviet artifacts in my personal collection, along with my Mao badges from the Cultural Revolution. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/LeonidBrezhnevPhotosAwardsOtherSovietMilitaria

Chinese Bronze & Jade, Freer Gallery, 2011

leefoxx1949 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:05:00 +0000

These 2 rooms of jade & bronze in the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., were not here in 2009. They have such a large collection that they rotate it. The photos I took then are posted in a separate album labelled Chinese & Asian Art. It can be located on the website under July 2009. These artifacts were mostly acquired from China during the Warlord Era (c. 1920s), and the bronzes were cleaned. We don’t do that today with ancient bronze, but it does give a better idea of what they looked like when they were new. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/ChineseBronzeJadeFreerGallery2011

Vicksburg Battlefield & USS Cairo Museum

leefoxx1949 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:56:29 +0000

The siege of Vicksburg by Union General Grant and its surrender in 1863 was a turning point in the War Between the States. The battlefield photos follow the auto tour shown in the brochure photos at the front of this album. The USS Cairo was sunk in the Mississippi River, raised 102 years later, restored, and placed on display on the battlefield. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/VicksburgBattlefieldUSSCairoMuseum#

Fort Bragg Airborne Military Museums

leefoxx1949 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:23:26 +0000

Here are three museums dedicated to U.S. airborne operations: the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina; the 82nd Airborne Museum located at Ft. Bragg; and the Special Warfare Museum, also located at Ft. Bragg. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/FortBraggAirborneMilitaryMuseums#

Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta: Asian & African Galleries

leefoxx1949 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:46:37 +0000

The Michael C. Carlos Museum is housed at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It has 5 main galleries of ancient artifacts which I have photographed and placed into 4 albums on my website. Three are from July, 2009; the fourth was added July, 2010. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/MichaelCCarlosMuseumAtlantaAsianAfricanGalleries#

Getty Villa Museum: Roman, Greek, & Etruscan Antiquities

leefoxx1949 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:45:37 +0000

Oil baron J. Paul Getty built this villa near Los Angeles based on a Roman villa buried in the 79 AD eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. It houses his personal collection of antiquities collected from ancient Etruria, Greece, and Rome. Most pictures of artifacts are preceded by a museum label describing the artifact in greater detail. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/GettyVillaMuseumRomanGreekEtruscanAntiquities#

Military Museum: Modern Weapons, Aircraft, Tanks, etc.

leefoxx1949 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:56:25 +0000

This album deals exclusively with modern weapons. I have two separate albums for ancient weapons in the Military Museum. There are quite a few U.S. weapons on display here, so I’m listing this album under both “United States Museums” and “Chinese Museums.” Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/MilitaryMuseumModernWeaponsAircraftTanksEtc#

Railway Museums

leefoxx1949 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:20:33 +0000

I’m somewhat of a closet railfan who grew up along the Illinois Central RR and rode the ICRR to and from the University of Illinois in the late 60s. These are copies of photos I took at several RR museums in the U.S. & Britain, mostly in the 1980s & early 90s, except for the one in England, which I took in 2003. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/RailwayMuseums#

Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Tanks, Cannons, & Military Exhibits

leefoxx1949 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:58:47 +0000

I took the Rock Island photos c. 1961 with a Brownie Bulls-eye camera & 620 BW film. This is the John M. Browning Museum at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois near the Mississippi River. The others were taken at various time & various places. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/RockIslandArsenalMuseumTanksCannonsMilitaryExhibits#

Oahu: Bishop Museum, Pearl Harbor, Iolani Palace, Honolulu

leefoxx1949 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:28:12 +0000

The Bishop Museum deals with early Hawaiian history. Pearl Harbor, site of a major U.S. naval base, is famous for the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, which brought the U.S. into the Pacific War. Iolani Palace was the palace of the last Hawaiian kings & queen, until the U.S. took over in the 1890s. These are all located in Honolulu, the capital of the islands. I took the photos in 2000 & 2003. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/OahuBishopMuseumPearlHarborIolaniPalaceHonolulu#