Early 20th Century Autocamping
The rise of the automobile in the very early part of the 20th century created a unique cultural movement that lasted for some 25 odd years. In 1910 there were approximately 460,000 automobiles in...
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Postcard Story: In Which A Civil War Veteran Becomes A Citizen
My interest in this postcard was initially the painterly depiction of the Laguna Pueblo on the front. One of my great-uncles was the parish priest of the mission church there, 1930-1931, and on my...
How My Dad Missed Out On Meeting President Harry S. Truman
The deeper I dive into newspaper archives the more interesting are the stories I find. I go looking for stories explicitly related to family members and most of the time I end up finding...
1924 Road Tripping – Park III: The End Of The Road
This is the third and final letter from Miss Edith Bordner, from the end of her travels in Vancouver, British Columbia at the end of summer 1924. [Letter 1] [Letter 2] She mentioned in...
1924 Road Tripping – Part II: Through Santa Fe and further west
We continue with the second of three letters from Miss Edith Bordner of New Philadelphia, OH, from her automobile trip across America in the summer of 1924. [Letter 1] [Letter 3] This was the...
1924 Road Tripping – Part I: Out of Ohio and Through Missouri and Kansas
A while back I came across a vintage postcard from Santa Fe featuring the slogan “The Most Wonderful 50 Mile Square in America.” I had never heard the phrase before so I did some...
Trump’s Rise To Power Is Most Alarming To Me
The comparisons of Trump and his followers to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party are many. The similarities have become more indurate with each passing day. The rise in incidents of hate...
Thoughts On The Death Penalty
Today I am struggling. After a lifetime of being staunchly opposed to the death penalty I find myself re-examining decades-old beliefs and trying to stave off deep feelings of anger and bloodlust revenge. A...
Voter ID Laws Only Serve To Disenfranchise Minorities And The Poor
Now that the conventions are over and our candidates have been set loose upon the campaign trails we can focus on other matters. In this post, voter ID laws. My belief has always been,...
Stamp Stories: The Nursing Commemorative Stamp
I recently pulled out my ancient stamp collection, dusted it off, and thought, “Man, what’s the story behind this one?” on several of them. To that end, I’ve added a “Stamp Stories” section of...
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