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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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There’s Nothing More Valuable Than Vintage Newspaper Knowledge
Here we are at the end of Spring and headed into Summer with barreling speed. Because of that, in lieu of a cup of hot tea, feel free to grab some iced tea or lemonade. Or whatever keeps you cooled off in the warmer months. Be refreshed and enjoy these peeks into history. Clara Bow…
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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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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 -
A Trip Through History With Vintage Newspapers
Got you cup of tea ready? Or maybe a cup of hot cider to celebrate the holiday season? Let’s dive into some newspapers and see what kind of characters we see today. Enjoy! Miriam Hopkins, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), December 17, 1933 Miriam Hopkins was a beautiful, versatile, and talented actress on…
academy award, actress, australia, bette davis, broadway, comanche, cowboy copas, flushing, food, Georgia, hawkshaw hawkins, horse, hospital, katherine hepburn, killers of the flower moon, may robson, movies, nevada round-up, new york, new york city, ohio, oklahoma, oklahoma city, oscars, pa-24, patsy cline, photography, piper, plan, queens, randy hughes, reno rodeo, savannah, shoes, slent film, syracuse, toledo, travel, viola dana, will rogers, women -
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 -
Old News: A Vintage Newspaper Extravaganza!
Folks, we gather here again to look at some old newspapers. As usual, please grab a good cup of tea and sit down with us on today’s journey. Robert Burns Cigars Advertisement, Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, New York), June 20, 1922 PSA: Cigars can be harmful to your health. That said, the general public was…
accident, advertisements, austria, bavaria, bridgeport, broadway, Buffalo, child, china, cigar, connecticut, death, Dr. florence janson, drown, earthquake, genealogy, germany, hookah, hungary, illinois, king cole, morgan stanley, new york, north china daily news, nurse, nutting, ohio, oregon, sherriff, strand, theater, theatre, vaudeville, woman, women -
Another Look at the Exciting and the Mundane of Vintage Newspapers
It’s officially summer! So, grab a tall glass of some icy sweet tea and take a short walk while we explore some history, according to newspapers. Get comfy, Here we go… Lipton Tea Advertisement, Deadwood Pioneer Times (Deadwood, South Dakota), March 27, 1937 Thomas Lipton (1848-1931), of Glasgow, Scotland, founded Lipton Tea in 1890, after…
akron, bank robbery, broken arrow, burlesque, camel, cemetery, cheltenham, chemist, cholera, cigarettes, colorado, dentist, detroit, dr. rupert blue, electro, england, fort collins, fresno, genealogy, glasgow, hetzer, indiana, job, liverpool, mcneil island, michigan, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, painless, pool, portland, San Francisco, scotland, skin lotion, surgeon general, swimming, tea, theatre, union, uss bennington, victor blue, washington, wedding, workhouse -
What Happened Years Ago?
Grab a cup of coffee (or tea, if that’s your thing) and take a trip into the past with us. Hotel Arlington., The Rocky Mountain Echo (Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada) April 9, 1906 With the great Rocky Mountains to the West and the flat, lonesome plains to the East, Pincher Creek, Alberta was officially incorporated…
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