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Friday, November 2, 2012

Grace Shapley in Upstate New York

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These are all scanned from the collection of Grace Shaply of Binghamton, New York. You may recall the previous two posts that showed some o...
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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Birds in Advertising - Part 1

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It's not often that you see birds used in advertising anymore, but back in the 1880s birds were common in advertisements for all things ...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Harry Starr's Magnificent Scrapbook

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I wonder if it was typical for little boys to keep scrapbooks like this in the 1880s. Harry Starr seems to have lived in Baltimore, Maryland...
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I love antique postcards because they preserve evidence of everyday life as well as celebrations and sad events. Looking at an old postcard is like holding a single piece of a puzzle; we have to imagine the rest. I will try to put up a postcard every day. If you have a special request for a particular city or place, let me know!
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