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December 06, 2009 12:17 PM EST (shared with group: December 06, 2009) — Due to the wordly encumbrances and sloth of the Sunday School teacher, the "regular" Sunday School lesson for today has been postponed. Instead, I am sharing a vintage postccard that express the . . . more
December 03, 2009 07:39 AM EST (shared with group: December 03, 2009) —  The Zeppelin is named for Count Frederick Von Zeppelin, a German nobleman who observed first-hand the use of balloons in the American Civil War and in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Von Zeppelin . . . more
November 30, 2009 10:47 AM EST (shared with group: November 30, 2009) — More than a month ago, I posted an article including two illustrations of military training from the era of World War I.  The iillustrations, against a hand-colored background, featured "Battery . . . more
November 29, 2009 10:16 AM EST (shared with group: November 29, 2009) — Seventy years ago, some scholars in the Sunday School were reminded of their attendance (or absences) by postcards sent from their Sunday School teachers or the Sunday School Superintendant. Long . . . more
November 28, 2009 10:19 AM EST (shared with group: November 28, 2009) — The original title of this article was " The Three Graces in Peoria, Illinois". I found it too difficult, however, to focus on the vintage photograph and not to offer commentary on the evolving . . . more
November 25, 2009 09:35 AM EST (shared with group: November 25, 2009) — I wrote this article last night, exactly one hundred years after the Turkey was postmarked. One hundred years ago today, young John Waterman received a Thanksgiving card from his friends in Albany, . . . more
November 23, 2009 11:23 AM EST (shared with group: November 23, 2009) — I love the huge, solid, "substantial" shapes of vintage automobiles from the forties.  Of course they were much heavier than they needed to be (gas was cheap)  and were adorned with . . . more
November 22, 2009 10:30 AM EST (shared with group: November 22, 2009) — Was King Saul suffering a major depression?   Was he psychotic?  Everyone knew that he had dark moods, but no one predicted that he would throw spears at the "entertainment". Did he have . . . more
November 15, 2009 08:38 AM EST (shared with group: November 15, 2009) — This is the fourth Sunday School lesson from the packet of materials I found at the Flea Market. The lessons were developed for the Methodist Church in 1943. I believe that the series presents a "snapshot" . . . more
November 13, 2009 08:47 AM EST (shared with group: November 13, 2009) — Americans were on the move throughout the early decades of the twentieth century.   As automobiles became increasingly accessible ( and affordable, thanks to Henry Ford), there was enormous interest . . . more
November 10, 2009 09:23 AM EST (shared with group: November 10, 2009) — One of the things that bothers me about looking at vintage photographs for sale in antique shops is the absence of identifying information.  It is both sad and frustrating. Sometimes one picture . . . more
November 09, 2009 05:00 AM EST (shared with group: November 09, 2009) — Settled by German immigrant families in 1799, this small town in north-central Pennsylvania became a city during the coal era - and a center of Molly McGuire labor activism. The town is about 12 . . . more
November 08, 2009 06:48 AM EST (shared with group: November 08, 2009) — Two weeks ago, I began publishing a series of Sunday School Lessons on Gather. Sunday School For the Infidels of Gather - Lesson I: "A Happy Family" Sunday School for the Infidels of Gather . . . more
November 06, 2009 08:34 AM EST (shared with group: November 06, 2009) — Birdie Sharp was working in Tionesta, Pa, a borough in Forest County.  Although Tionesta was the county seat, it was a small community on the edge of the large Allegheny National Forest.  . . . more
November 05, 2009 06:07 AM EST (shared with group: November 05, 2009) — Milford Logan lived in Royal Center, Indiana, a small town in north central Indiana. Royal Center, Indiana In July of 1914, he received a postcard from Rachel, who encouraged him to take his medicine . . . more
November 04, 2009 06:23 AM EST (shared with group: November 04, 2009) — At the antique flea market in New York several weeks ago, I was offered a packet of postcards and a souvenir folder related to servicemen in World War I. The postcards were crudely made, stock images . . . more
November 01, 2009 06:12 AM EST (shared with group: November 01, 2009) — Last Sunday, I published my first Sunday School Lesson on Gather. Sunday School For the Infidels of Gather - Lesson I: "A Happy Family" This is how I introduced the series (regular readers, unless . . . more
October 30, 2009 06:41 AM EDT (shared with group: October 30, 2009) — Ruth Dent lived in Galloway, a small town is southwest Missouri (now, within Springfield, Missouri), and she loved to hear about exciting things elsewhere in the world. In November of 1908, her . . . more
October 29, 2009 07:23 AM EDT (shared with group: October 29, 2009) — I have a vintage photograph, albeit somewhat dirty and damaged, from the First World War. There are two men in uniforms, which include shorts. One man bears a patch with a cross, which (if it is not . . . more
October 28, 2009 06:59 AM EDT (shared with group: October 28, 2009) — In March of 1908, the mysterious writer, EMS, was visiting Binghamton, New York.  Writing to Mrs. Edith Smith, EMS indicated that all was well.  The visit to Mrs. Wilcox was successful, and . . . more
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