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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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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 -
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 -
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
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