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If There’s A Story In Every Picture, What Is It?

Have you ever seen a mysterious photograph and you don’t know what the story about it is because you have no context? Yeah, we have too; we all have. In our various travels, we see a lot of vintage and antique photographs that have nothing written on the back of them. No names, no dates,…
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Vintage Newspapers- From Headlines of Yore Comes News Galore

Hello! Thank you for stopping by. Grab a chair and a cup of something hot to drink and join us for a short trip through some vintage newspapers. Women Work Wicked Wiles, The Maumee Advocate-Era (Maumee, Ohio), September 3, 1915 OK, is it us, or does this sound like the absolute opposite of what it…
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Sometimes You Get The Itch To Look At Some Old Newspapers

Very nearly every researcher/historian/genealogist etc. looks at vintage newspapers to help find their query. But what about the stories that are left forgotten? Well, that’s what we try to do here, so grab your customary cup of tea and let’s take a little trip down nostalgia’s broad boulevard. Enjoy! Sunday Dinner Menu, The Elko Independent…
advertisements, banned, blue oyster cult, Brooklyn, California, carlos santana, ccr, chicken, cigarettes, coffee, comedy, concert, conoco, count basie, creedence clearwater revival, DDT, dinner, don draper, elko, film, folgers, gas, gasoline, genealogy, hotel, lehi, licky strike, mad men, malaria, manson, mosquitos, movies, nashville, nevada, new york, pesticide, restaurant, rush, stockton, swing, tennessee, the captain hates the sea, the grateful dead, the three stooges, utah -
Newspapers! Get Your Old Newspapers!

Happy New Year! We hope your holidays were bright and beautiful and the coming year brings you all the joy you require. This is our first post of the year and we will dig into more vintage newspapers and finding out who these characters of the past were. Also, we are happy to announce that…
acme tea company, advertisements, alabama, baltimore, California, calluses, cheerleader, colorado, congress, corns, country, denver, dolly, elko, Elks, elman, flag day, genealogy, great depression, greenville, grocery, hair, hamilton, hardware, horse, house, isobel carter, jockey, Klamath Falls, knoxville, legend, maryland, miss america, miss tennessee, missouri, music, nevada, New Jersey, opera, oregon, parton, pedicure, pennsylvania, philadelphia, pimlico, porter wagoner, preakness, president, race, santa claus, shaver, store, tennessee, thomas pattison hunter, trimmer, university of tennessee, victoria ann motlow, violin, woodrow wilson, ysaye -
Holy Tea and Biscuits! More Newspapers!

Here we are again, looking at old newspapers and trying to learn more about the people, places, and things of older times. We have chosen some eclectic snapshots of time. So, grab a cup of your favorite hot tea (it sure is cold enough out for it now) and don’t forget the biscuits! Or cookies!…
advertisements, bangor, Brooklyn, busty brown, California, capital plaza, chicago, chicago city hall, cocaine, dentist, dentistry, film, genealogy, great chicago fire, guitar, hotel black, hupmobile, lane bryant, lena himmelstein bryant, los angeles, maine, missouri, movie, music, musical instrument, new york, odontunder, oklahoma, oklahoma city, pennsylvania, plus sized, roscoe arbuckle, seattle, senate park, silent, squatter, strip city, theater, theatre, washington, washington dc -
Feeding The Newspaper Beast
Developed in the 17th century, newspapers were literally a newsletter-style periodical that served as information sheets for merchants. Evolving over time, newspapers now represent local, state, federal, and international news pieces. Newspapers have played such a huge part in our society for many centuries and continue to do so. Let’s take a quick look at…
bayionne, betty rowland, bicycle, bike, breast cancer, burlesque, California, cancer, car accident, colonnade, genealogy, Georgia, girl scouts, hawaii, hilo, hootch, hotel, Iowa, lenny bruce, Lyceum, moonshine, New Jersey, pennsylvania, philadelphia, prohibition, surveyor, theater, theatre, washington -
Another Walk Through Historical Newspapers

It’s that time again. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, whichever you prefer, and a some breakfast. Settle into your favorite chair and join us for another trip through vintage newspapers. Budweiser Advertisement, The Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield, California), April 7, 1937 Was the Budweiser mascot once a Boston Terrier? Probably, given the company’s penchant…
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Don’t Talk Bad About My Wife: The Awful Tale of Harry Radcliffe and Andrew Riley

“I shot Andrew Reilly because he insulted my wife” is what Harry Radcliffe told a San Francisco Call newspaper reporter. Harry continued, “My wife was waiting for me at the corner of Ninth and Folsom at 1 o’clock this morning. Reilly approached and insulted her grossly. I followed him and killed him.” Well, that doesn’t…


