David J. Snyder
@fractalpast9.bsky.social
Historian, writer, editor. Author of "American Power in the Netherlands" (Bloomsbury, 2026). I blog about US empire, history, and culture at fractalpast.com. Working on a biography of Pittsburgh's Daisy Lampkin.
For editing inquiries: www.fractalpast.com.
For editing inquiries: www.fractalpast.com.
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Colored Women’s Fourth Liberty Loan Committee (local)
Negro Women's Clubs of Pennsylvania
Western PA Republican Party
Pittsburgh Courier (vice president)
Natl. Assoc. of Colored Women's Clubs
Urban League (local)
The Loendi Club (local)
NAACP (multiple) . . .
Colored Women’s Fourth Liberty Loan Committee (local)
Negro Women's Clubs of Pennsylvania
Western PA Republican Party
Pittsburgh Courier (vice president)
Natl. Assoc. of Colored Women's Clubs
Urban League (local)
The Loendi Club (local)
NAACP (multiple) . . .
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Colored Women’s Fourth Liberty Loan Committee (local)
Negro Women's Clubs of Pennsylvania
Western PA Republican Party
Pittsburgh Courier (vice president)
Natl. Assoc. of Colored Women's Clubs
Urban League (local)
The Loendi Club (local)
NAACP (multiple) . . .
Colored Women’s Fourth Liberty Loan Committee (local)
Negro Women's Clubs of Pennsylvania
Western PA Republican Party
Pittsburgh Courier (vice president)
Natl. Assoc. of Colored Women's Clubs
Urban League (local)
The Loendi Club (local)
NAACP (multiple) . . .
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A partial list of the groups and organizations in which Daisy Lampkin took a prominent or defined leadership role include:
Bethel AME Church (local)
Aurora Reading Club (local)
Lucy Stone League
Red Cross (local)
Allegheny County Colored Women’s Committee (local) . . .
A partial list of the groups and organizations in which Daisy Lampkin took a prominent or defined leadership role include:
Bethel AME Church (local)
Aurora Reading Club (local)
Lucy Stone League
Red Cross (local)
Allegheny County Colored Women’s Committee (local) . . .
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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A partial list of the groups and organizations in which Daisy Lampkin took a prominent or defined leadership role include:
Bethel AME Church (local)
Aurora Reading Club (local)
Lucy Stone League
Red Cross (local)
Allegheny County Colored Women’s Committee (local) . . .
A partial list of the groups and organizations in which Daisy Lampkin took a prominent or defined leadership role include:
Bethel AME Church (local)
Aurora Reading Club (local)
Lucy Stone League
Red Cross (local)
Allegheny County Colored Women’s Committee (local) . . .
I'm lookin' at it right now:
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm lookin' at it right now:
Anniversary of one of my most favorite pictures I've ever taken:
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Anniversary of one of my most favorite pictures I've ever taken:
The Dutch labor party traditionally puts the fist inside a rose. I've always been partial...
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Dutch labor party traditionally puts the fist inside a rose. I've always been partial...
This is like a swing-and-a-miss and a home run on the same pitch.
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is like a swing-and-a-miss and a home run on the same pitch.
Bluesky is probably not the forum for this, but coming of age in the internet world it's always seemed somehow inexplicable to me that there is no real digital record of my mother, who passed away 48 years ago today. Here is a picture of Gail Margery Lee Snyder, c. 1972-3. I miss her.
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Bluesky is probably not the forum for this, but coming of age in the internet world it's always seemed somehow inexplicable to me that there is no real digital record of my mother, who passed away 48 years ago today. Here is a picture of Gail Margery Lee Snyder, c. 1972-3. I miss her.
Camera can't do it justice, but breathtaking sunrise today in my little neighborhood:
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Camera can't do it justice, but breathtaking sunrise today in my little neighborhood:
I don't really know if Jung said this or not, but the sentiment remains true regardless of who said it. Seems apropos for our judgmental age.
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I don't really know if Jung said this or not, but the sentiment remains true regardless of who said it. Seems apropos for our judgmental age.
Any residual success the Eagles have ever enjoyed derives from their temporary combination with true greatness back in 1943:
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Any residual success the Eagles have ever enjoyed derives from their temporary combination with true greatness back in 1943:
They call me "Popsie." Sup?
September 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
They call me "Popsie." Sup?
Gotta be a strong nominee:
September 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Gotta be a strong nominee:
Timeline cleanse. Meet Popsie. She's one cool chick.
September 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Timeline cleanse. Meet Popsie. She's one cool chick.
Happy Labor Day, folks.
September 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy Labor Day, folks.
One of her Wimbledon trophies, in storage at the Smithsonian Museum of American History:
August 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One of her Wimbledon trophies, in storage at the Smithsonian Museum of American History:
A 1945 notice in the NAACP Bulletin suggests just how degraded we've allowed ourselves to become. This was the 1940 GOP nominee for president.
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A 1945 notice in the NAACP Bulletin suggests just how degraded we've allowed ourselves to become. This was the 1940 GOP nominee for president.