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Back to SearchCountess Santa Eulalia, aka Libbie Shindler Stetson
Episode 398
ABC:LHS #075-2 Elizabeth "Libby" Shindler...
...was an Indiana farm girl / schoolteacher who caught the eye of philanthropist / hatmaker John B. S…
1 year, 4 months ago
The United States and Peerage Titles
Episode 397
ABC:LHS #075-1 In the last quarter of the 19th century...
...there was a surge in marriages between European nobility and American heiresses as fa…
1 year, 4 months ago
Laurel Hill Nobility (part 1)
Episode 403
ABC:LHS #075 In the late 19th and early 20th century...
...more than 450 American heiresses traded their fortunes for a European title; they were…1 year, 4 months ago
Jack Merriam & Dream Garden
Episode 396
BBB:LHWS #044 John W. “Jack” Merriam...
...made his fortune in real estate development – Oxford Valley Mall, Cedarbrook Apartment Complex, and othe…
1 year, 4 months ago
2LT Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill: Gassed!
Episode 393
ABC:LHS #074-5 2LT Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill...
...was a PAFA-trained artist who specialized in landscapes and beach scenes. He joined the Army i…
1 year, 5 months ago
MAJ Alfred Reginald Allen, MD: The Choices a Man Makes
Episode 392
ABC:LHS #074-4 Alfred Reginald Allen, MD...
...was a UPenn med school grad, a clever researcher in neurologic injuries, a brilliant composer of op…
1 year, 5 months ago
CPT Alan Wood Lukens: Lost in the Fog of War
Episode 391
ABC:LHS #074-3 CPT Alan Wood Lukens...
...was variously reported as killed in action, missing in action, hospitalized at an unknown site in France,…
1 year, 5 months ago
1LT Dillwyn Parrish Starr: Groton to The Somme
Episode 390
ABC:LHS #074-2 1LT Dillwyn Parrish Starr...
...joined the military long before the United States entered the war. He had been a football star at Gr…
1 year, 5 months ago
Philadelphia and the Great War
Episode 395
ABC:LHS #074-1 "The Workshop of the World"...
...provided doughboys with blankets, footwear, and head gear. By the time the US Congress declared w…
1 year, 5 months ago
Killing Fields of France (part 1)
Episode 394
ABC:LHS #074 The United States was dragged into a war...
...that it seemed nobody wanted, but that was inevitable anyway. Philadelphia produced ma…
1 year, 5 months ago