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Vintage Newspapers- Unveiling The Unknown From News That’s Sown
Sometimes we come across some interesting news articles from the past in our research. We really enjoy sharing them and a little background with you! Enjoy! The Hippodrome, The Waco News Tribune (Waco, Texas), September 21, 1922 In the mood for a silent film? How about this one? Always The Woman was released in 1922…
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Old Photographs Are Pretty Awesome
Oftentimes, we find many photographs in our research that are unknown in some way. Some we can identify parts of, but most details are lost to time. Here’s a few: This adorable puppy is unknown, as is the date and location. Looking at context clues (clothes and vehicle), we can place this photograph at circa…
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The People of Yesterday
Some of the most interesting parts in the research of history is the photographs. Some have been deemed “boring” and are often thrown in the garbage or end up in the bins of Goodwill or antique stores. Here are a few from our collection: This is Casey. Her name is written on the back of…
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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 -
Old Newspapers Can Be Quite Interesting
Welcome! It’s good to see you! Put some water on the stove and have some tea. English Breakfast is always good. Settle in and join us for a short journey into time. Here we go… I. Magnin & Co. Advertisement, Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California), July 27, 1934 Do you like fashion? If you do, are…
adah proctor, adah sturgis, advertisements, agriculture, agronomy, alaska, baranof island, baton rouge, broken neck, California, carriage, cemetery, chemist, chicago, cisco, clothing, connecticut, cow, f.e. spencer, family-history, ferrara candy company, fort steilacoom, genealogy, Goddard, greenoaks memorial park, harrison street, health, history, holstein, hot springs, illinois, louisiana, louisiana state university, luxary, mae brussell, magnin, main chicago post office, massachusetts, navy, new haven, oakland, ohio, owlite, owlite brands, patent, pepsico, perrysburg, post office, sanitarium, seattle, sitka, social security, stony ridge, sturgis, swartz, tacoma, texas, texas a&m, tragedy, uber, walgreens, washington, washington state university, western state hospital, woman, world war -
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 -
Old News Is Still News
Newspapers were and still are (although that is slowly fading away) used as a primary source of reading the news. People used to depend wholly on what was written in the newspaper and sometimes what was written and not written was due to the politics of that newspaper. Baseball Toledo, Toledo Blade (Toledo, Ohio), August…
a taste of honey, advertisements, belcourt, belcourt playhouse, consumption, films, genealogy, Hank Williams, horse, idaho falls, jewelry, Kentucky, Klamath Falls, la grippe, malt whiskey, minneapolis, minnesota, movie, movies, Mud Hens, nashville, ohio, oregon, Oxfords, Paducah, perrysburg, pocatello, police, rita tushingham, Roy Rogers, shoes, south dakota, switzerland, tacoma, tennessee, texas, theatre, toledo, train car, washington, watch, watchmaker, whiskey, wisconsin, world war I, Wurlitzer
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