http://www.garyleetodd.com From the beginnings of civilization to the present Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My link to the old family photos is at the end of this essay. A while ago I submitted DNA samples for a genealogical database. It prompted me to post my family information online for the benefit of anyone who is interested. I had done some research in this area when ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/iv-essays-and-blogs/todd-genealogy-old-family-photos/ The museum has been totally renovated, with many new artifacts and labels in English. It's definitely raised the standards for Chinese museums. I've included the museum labels at the beginning of each gallery & each exhibit. In addition to 4 museum albums from 2010, I have 3 earlier albums from ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/chinese-museums-online/henan-provincial-museum-2010-song-following/ The museum has been totally renovated, with many new artifacts and labels in English. It's definitely raised the standards for Chinese museums. I've included the museum labels at the beginning of each gallery & each exhibit. In addition to 4 museum albums from 2010, I have 3 earlier albums from this ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/chinese-museums-online/henan-provincial-museum-2010-han-following/ The museum has been totally renovated, with many new artifacts and labels in English. It's definitely raised the standards for Chinese museums. I've included the museum labels at the beginning of each gallery & each exhibit. In addition to 4 museum albums from 2010, I have 3 earlier albums from this ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/chinese-museums-online/henan-provincial-museum-2010-western-zhou-to-qin/ The museum has been totally renovated, with many new artifacts and labels in English. It's definitely raised the standards for Chinese museums. I've included the museum labels at the beginning of each gallery & each exhibit. In addition to 4 museum albums from 2010, I have 3 earlier albums from this ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/chinese-museums-online/henan-provincial-museum-2010-neolithic-xia-shang/ From 1975 to 1979 I lived in Duluth, Minnesota, overlooking the entrance to the Duluth Ship Canal. I got my first Nikon in 1977, and in my spare time took photos of ships entering the harbor. Many of these are probably still sailing today. After the lake vessels, I added ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/iic-united-states-scenic-places/bulk-freighters-ships-of-the-great-lakes/ 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 & ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/world-museums-united-states/railway-museums/ 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., ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/world-museums-united-states/rock-island-arsenal-museum-illinois/ My grandfather, Cecil Amos Todd, was born in Red House, West Virginia, in 1890. I've included photos I took in Red House many years ago, plus a 1947 family photo I copied. James Todd, my great-great-great-great grandfather, was one of the Virginia Militia who fought at Point Pleasant, and whose ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/iia-united-states-historic-sites/west-virginia-battle-of-point-pleasant-todd-roots/ In 1965 the Rockford West High School symphony orchestra played concerts in the New York State Pavilion at the World's Fair, in Rockefeller Plaza in downtown New York, and on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. These are BW photos I took during that trip. I played ... http://www.garyleetodd.com/iia-united-states-historic-sites/1965-new-york-1967-montreal-world-fairs/