Two Old Fashioned Dolls.
2008-11-26
In 1888 a description of these dolls was given in the St.Nicholas magazine for children. They belonged to a Mrs. L. D. Bradish and had been a gift from her big brother in 1827! Continue Reading
A Kind Hearted Puss.
2008-11-25
This is no fancy picture. It is taken from a photograph of a real cat with her adopted family of chickens. The lady who made the photograph, and kindly sent it to St.Nicholas, tells this story in an accompanying letter: “The owner of our good-hearted puss raised a great manyContinue Reading
Julius B. Bruenn – A New York Merchant
2008-11-24
I like to run across ordinary people who found their way into the publications of the era. Oftentimes there is biographical information that can be gleamed for genealogy purposes. And too many times this information is totally lost to the family lines involved. So as I run across them IContinue Reading
Advice in Regard to Kerosene Lamps.
2008-11-23
As at present so many parties are abolishing the use of gas and substituting kerosene lamps, a few words of warning and advice about their use may be welcome to many. Frequent accidents show that kerosene lamps are more or less dangerous from a tendency to explode, and if theyContinue Reading
The Children’s Toys and a Pleasant Place for the Little Ones
2008-11-22
Having two boys myself and the problem of toys always being spread all over creation I could really appreciate this article. It’s dated November 1887 – It is the first rainy days of autumn that bring the children — happily occupied out of doors during the summer — into theContinue Reading
Wrapping Parcels Without String
2008-11-21
IT will surprise the reader to learn that tying up parcels is so expensive that the busiest storekeepers are endeavoring to do without it as far as possible. Have you noticed how of late years, in the great shopping stores in New York, parcels are no longer fastened with string,Continue Reading