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I'm 25 and I come from all over New England. I collect old things and share them on the internet. Occasionally other things will find their way in as well.

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16 August 2010, 1:11 am
Oh hells yes she did.
From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier; Bangor, Maine; July 18, 1843.
(Incidentally, I searched through a couple of weeks’ worth of issues prior to that one trying to dig up what Isaac originally said about her, but it was nowhere to be found.)

Oh hells yes she did.

From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier; Bangor, Maine; July 18, 1843.

(Incidentally, I searched through a couple of weeks’ worth of issues prior to that one trying to dig up what Isaac originally said about her, but it was nowhere to be found.)

14 August 2010, 9:38 pm

“Ruined family and so forth.”

From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier; Bangor, Maine; July 18, 1843.

11 August 2010, 3:55 pm
Victorian rehab!
From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier; Bangor, Maine; September 6, 1893.

Victorian rehab!

From the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier; Bangor, Maine; September 6, 1893.

17 July 2010, 10:48 pm

Reblogged: blackandwtf

16 July 2010, 10:21 pm
“I want to exchange a double barrel shot gun for  information leading me to a good woman willing to marry me.”

I want to exchange a double barrel shot gun for information leading me to a good woman willing to marry me.”

13 July 2010, 10:49 pm
From the Ellensburg Capital; Ellensburg, Washington; November 5, 1909.

From the Ellensburg Capital; Ellensburg, Washington; November 5, 1909.

13 July 2010, 10:30 pm
Marie Burroughs, ca. 1890s.
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Marie Burroughs, ca. 1890s.

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13 July 2010, 10:25 pm
Marie Burroughs, ca. 1890s.
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Marie Burroughs, ca. 1890s.

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08 July 2010, 6:33 pm
From the New York Times; June 15, 1880.

From the New York Times; June 15, 1880.

08 July 2010, 5:15 pm

I like your beard.

Thomas Sanders, an early partner in and first treasurer of the Bell Telephone Company, in 1878.

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08 July 2010, 1:42 pm
“Pyramid telephone switchboard, installed at  Richmond, Va., 1882.”
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Pyramid telephone switchboard, installed at Richmond, Va., 1882.”

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08 July 2010, 1:03 pm
Ada Rehan and John Drew in “Dollars and Sense,” ca. 1880s-1890s.
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Ada Rehan and John Drew in “Dollars and Sense,” ca. 1880s-1890s.

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08 July 2010, 12:40 am
“Tude Hamilton, the noted auctioneer, will not go west, all stories to the contrary notwithstanding, and will cry all sales promptly.”

“Tude Hamilton, the noted auctioneer, will not go west, all stories to the contrary notwithstanding, and will cry all sales promptly.”

04 July 2010, 9:57 pm

Reblogged: vintageyoungins

04 July 2010, 3:45 pm
German magician Alexander Heimburger (a.k.a. Alexander the Conjurer) with Harry Houdini and two unidentified women, ca. 1900.
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German magician Alexander Heimburger (a.k.a. Alexander the Conjurer) with Harry Houdini and two unidentified women, ca. 1900.

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