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What Were they Reading to their Children?!
I found an interesting little book in one of my gran’s trunks. Her father gave it to her when she was a little girl. It was printed in what looks to be 1897. After some research, I have found that … Continue reading
Posted in children, historical, media, primary resource
Tagged 1900 books, children, children's book, history, Pauline and the Matches, Struwwelpeter
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The Manuscript Continued…
Good Evening! In between the insanity of daily life, I am still attempting to type and research my “Gamsby Manuscript.” This new chapter 4-titled by the author (Belle Thorn)-is called “The Battle.” To the best of my knowledge, it is … Continue reading
Posted in history and literature
Tagged American Revolution, Boston, Bunker Hill, Charleston, Dorothea Gamsby, Gamsby, historical Journals, history
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Propaganda for Victory Bonds
I found this in one of my gran’s journals from World War One. It is about 20 pages, and reads like a child’s song. The goal of the pamphlet is to try and sell Liberty Bonds- in Canada we call … Continue reading
Entertainment in 1917…
Thurston the Magician: I found this in one of my gran’s scrapbooks based around World War One. He came to Kingston in 1917- four years into the war. According to my Web research, Thurston was the largest magic act in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, historical media, Kingston, old photographs, primary resource
Tagged 1917, Entertainment, history, Kingston, Magician, playbill, thurston the Magician
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Brushed With Mystery 