Posted on November 18, 2014 by Jenny ONeill
What is the connection between cursive writing and history? As schools begin to move away from teaching cursive writing skills, will students also lose the ability to read cursive handwriting? And if so, how will they access the handwritten documents of history? One of the great pleasures and challenges of working with primary source documents […]
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Victory Mail, or “V-Mail” was used during World War II to expedite correspondence for armed services overseas. It used microfilm processing to produce lighter, smaller mail cargo to limit the amount of space used for mail (http://postalmuseum.si.edu/victorymail/). The writer used a form that was then processed for shipment overseas. These are examples of two V-Mail […]
Continue ReadingPosted on November 13, 2014 by Jenny ONeill
Union School at Westport Factory. The building is no longer there, but the building is similar in style to the Bell School.
Continue ReadingPosted on November 13, 2014 by Jenny ONeill
Does anyone remember this event? The Fourth of July parade: Dartmouth Riding Club made this float representing a large horse. The telephone lines became snagged on the ear of the horse. Herbert Hadfield is in front watching the wires to avoid further trouble, circa 1961.
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Envelope advertising the Southern New England County Fair, held September 15-18, 1914 at Lincoln Park (“halfway between New Bedford and Fall River, MA”). Map of fair grounds on back.
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Posted on November 13, 2014 by Jenny ONeill
Posted on November 13, 2014 by Jenny ONeill
Posted on November 13, 2014 by Jenny ONeill
Posted on November 13, 2014 by Jenny ONeill
Letter book of Lydia Macomber, daughter of John. She and her sister Olive were both deaf and driven to Hartford by buggy where both were schooled. She married a deaf student and they lived in Dr. Kirkaldy’s house. She says, “This summer we took care of silk-worms which contained about 16,000. There are forty-six pounds […]
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