Tessera
Folgen

Pam from Michigan

@pgtk.bsky.social

Lifelong learner. Love books, music, geography, history, maps, and math. Detroit sports & 🎾 fan; Dabble in genetic genealogy and am currently using DNA to verify my family tree research. Solved two adoptions❤️ Truth, integrity, and the Rule of Law matter.

519 Posts800 Follower621 Folgt
Admirable Women@admirablewomen.bsky.social · 4d ago

Biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert developed the Purified Protein Derivative in the 1930s that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide by 1952. Before her work, TB skin tests were inconsistent/unreliable.It remains the basis for the TB skin test used today. Born #OTD in 1897. #WomenInSTEM

A vintage black-and-white studio portrait features biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert (1900–1991), famed for developing the Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide. Captured from the chest up, she poses in a three-quarter turn while looking directly at the camera with a subtle, intelligent smile, establishing a serene, professional, and historically significant mood. Her dark hair is styled in a classic 1920s short bob featuring prominent finger waves framing her forehead. She wears delicate, rimless spectacles and a light-colored blouse designed with a prominent collar and soft ruffled detailing along the edges. The composition employs soft-focus lighting typical of early 20th-century photography, casting gentle highlights across her face against a smooth, dark, non-descript studio backdrop. In the bottom right corner, a faint, embossed photographer's stamp adds an authentic period touch to this archival image celebrating a foundational figure in medicine.
Art Herstory@artherstory.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture" is now open at the Detroit Institute of Arts thru Jan 3, 2027 - dia.org/events/exhib... The groundbreaking exhibition features nearly 40 paintings that reveal a lesser-known side of the artist and invite you to see the built world in a whole new way.

Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture | Detroit Institute of Arts Museum

The Detroit Institute of the Arts is located in Detroit’s cultural corridor. Our address is 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.

dia.org

History and Heritage Yorkshire@handhyorkshire.bsky.social · last mo.

The story of the Brontë family began in the historic village of Thornton, on the western edge of Bradford. Here, at the Brontë Birthplace on Market Street, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne were born between 1816 and 1820, while their father, Patrick Brontë, served as curate of

This building is the historic Brontë Birthplace located at 72–74 Market Street in Thornton, Bradford. The Reverend Patrick Brontë lived here from 1815 to 1820 while working as the minister at the nearby St. James' Church. Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë were all born in the house during those years. The Brontë Birthplace will be free to visitors on 13 September as part of the national Heritage Open Days scheme. Image Tim Green CFC BY 4.0
100 years ago news@100yearsagonews.bsky.social · last mo.

Aug. 30, 1926: A mob storms a jail in Georgia and lynches a 45-year-old prisoner who had been accused of murdering a woman. The case is unusual for the South in that the lynching victim is white—and many of the killers will be identified and convicted for their crime. 1/6

Atlanta Constitution Coffee County Courthouse
Pam from Michigan@pgtk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My ancestors lived in Toronto & SW Ontario at this time. Good coverage for 150 years ago. #NewspaperNerd #genealogy #Ontario #History #Canada

Toronto Railway Museum@torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Aug 7, 1876: The Globe newspaper begins operating a special one-car express train over the Great Western Railway. The train left Toronto at four in the morning in order to guarantee timely delivery of the newspaper to London and southwestern Ontario. 1/3

An 1890 illustration of the "Globe Flyer" newspaper train departing from Toronto Union at 3:55 A.M, led by Grand Trunk Railway steam locomotive No. 702. From an engraving by William Thomson.