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POLITICS: 1868, Wild Fraud Dwarf Today’s Political Sleaze Paperblog Pick in History

POLITICS: In 1868, a Wild Fraud to Dwarf Today’s Political Sleaze

Photo from Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.Thanks again to our friends at the Bloomberg "Echoes" financial history blog for running this item first on June... Read more

Great Tower London Paperblog Pick in History

Great Tower for London

Paris got the Eiffel Tower in 1889. Within months, a competitor in London was being planned. It didn't quite happen - but came very close indeed. Sir Edward Watkin, managing... Read more

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