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"Black-and-yellow Wood-Warbler (Flowering Raspberry. Rubus odoratus.), John James Audubon, 1841 From the New York Public Library" One Week in July 1905: Emma Coon shares her days as a farmer's wife and young mother. Sunday July 2, 1905~Rainy in am; Burton and his mother [Mary Cornelia Barker Coon] went to church. Monday July 3, 1905~Warm; I …
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Vintage Recipes_ From the Country Doctor (1)Download With or without fever, these recipes are familiar to those who desire a cool drink today. I suspect Diane Lapis, local researcher and President of the Board of Trustees at the Beacon Historical Society, has included a version of the Tomato Cocktail in her book, Cocktails Across America: …
Shookville Methodist Church; Photo taken July 27, 2017Courtesy of Bonnie Wood @ https://keepingnyhistoryalive.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeI7nu0D8IM&feature=share A Walk in Shookville If you wander the winding roads of Milan in Upper Dutchess County, New York, you may miss the hamlet of Shookville on Shookville Road in the blink of an eye. The walls and foundation of the old …
Just a torn scrap of paper preserved within the pages of another text of related topic, but not belonging~Redman, Jacques and Hinman, Russell. "Natural Advanced Geography". American Book Company. 1898. Click the arrow on the Instagram post to view 7 more photos after the collage. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-XtxGiDD9z/ Photo Series "Advanced Geography 1898" : 1st image: Collage: …
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