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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 -
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 -
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 -
Lorena M. “Rena” Trickey- Horsewoman Extraordinaire
Sometimes when conducting research, you come across something or someone so interesting that you need to know more. Of course, that explodes into a huge rabbit hole. That was the case of the below article. A research project was under way when the article below came into view. We needed to know more about this…
abuse, bellingham, bronc riding, champion, cheyenne, cowgirl, divorce, frontier days, genealogy, hawaii, kitty canutt, lakeview, logger, lorena trickey, mary pickford, mcalpin trophy, mercury, mexico, miner, murder, National rodeo hall of fame, nevada, new york, oregon, pendleton, police, portland, quicksilver, rajneesh, rodeo, self defense, Spouse, the daddy of em all, tijuana, tom mix, tonopah, trick riding, washington, women, wyoming, yakima canutt -
Let’s Explore Some Vintage Newspapers
Who likes to drink tea like we do? Well grab a cup and join us! The Cure Listing, The Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), August 28, 1918 Sounds like a great day to go to the movies. The Cure stars Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (1889-1977) as an alcoholic at a health spa. Hilarity ensues, no doubt.…
baltimore, butternut, camera, car accident, cemetery, Charlie Chaplin, coffee, dodge city, eastman, film, gravestones, hawaii, hilo, injury, kansas, lila lee, marble, mauna loa, movies, nebraska, omaha, philco, radio, red skelton, shooting, silent film, Spouse, tennessee, toliet talcum, wallace reid, washington, wedding, wedding day, wyatt earp -
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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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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