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Great Grandmother’s Blanket?
I found my great-grandmother’s baby photo in the bottom of a trunk. Her name was Laura Bedell by marriage. I really would never have known it was her save the hand written note attached to it. I recognized my grandfather’s … Continue reading
Posted in children, historical, old photographs, Thoughts
Tagged Anne Foster, Anne Whitmarsh, historical, history, Laura Bedell, Laura Witmarsh, old blanket, old photo, photo, tin-type
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A New Turn for the Stop Sign
If you come to a red octagonal sign standing on a post by the side of a road, chances are you will know what to do without even knowing the language. The stop sign is an international symbol. How did … Continue reading
The Titanic:The Tragic Story of a Young Canadian Family
They met on a train heading to Montreal. He was 25 and she was 21, by the end of the year they were married. It sounds like a beautiful romance, sadly enough it would end in tragedy. Hudson Joshua Creighton … Continue reading
Posted in 1900-1914, historical, historical media
Tagged Bessie Waldo Daniels, Canada, Chesterville, CS Mackay-Bennett, Harry Molson, Helen Loraine Allison, historical, history, Hudson Joshua Creighton Allison, Hudson Trevor Allison, Major Peuchen, Montreal, Ontario history, RMS ship Titanic, titanic
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The Titanic: Wallace Hartley’s Violin
Their story is the stuff of legends: while surrounded by chaos, human instinct said they should escape to save their own life, eight musicians serenaded the passengers with “Nearer My God to Thee,” as the ship broke in two and … Continue reading
Posted in 1900-1914, historical
Tagged 1912, CS Mackay-Bennett, Halifax, historical, history, Lusitania, Maria Robinson, RMS Carpathia, RMS Titanic, Roger Marie Bricoux, SS Californian, titanic, violin, Wallace Hartley
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