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Yardbird is how Ed Johansen referred to himself in some of the letters he sent home to the family from boot camp in 1942. At the time the definition fit him: yardbird. n. Slang. An untrained military recruit. This is a book of letters and photos that Ed sent home to his family and fiance. As I read them, I was enchanted with the world that my dad described. a world at war, his hopes of making it as an officer in the Army, his description of the training he went through: .,."a section of land we have to crawl over with land mines exploding all around us and machine guns firing over us.," his...

A photo collection in full color of zinc cemetery markers in the Chicagoland area. They were manufactured by the Monumental Bronze Company in Bridgeport, CT and their subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada between 1875 and 1912. Marketed as superior to stone in terms of durability, the products were referred to as "white bronze." They were cast from 99% pure zinc and were rust resistant. Rare in the Chicago area, this is a collection of original full-color photographs of these remarkable powder-blue monuments.