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Photo: Native Americans in the vicinity of the Union Pacific Railroad line, mid- to late 1800s
From Iowa Digital Archives "C.R. Savage, Art Bazar. Views of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California, etc. Kodaks, premos, pocos,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 5, 20211 min read
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Dolley Payne Madison Project Virginia Center for Digital History
Virginia Center for Digital History The Dolley Madison Project is a University of Virginia Research Project affiliated with The Papers of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 5, 20211 min read
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Photo: Forsyth Park Savannah Georgia 1899
Black and white stereograph of a military parade in Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia. Printed on the lower right side: "Reviewing...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 5, 20211 min read
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Photo: Promontory Utah 1869 Union Pacific and Central Pacific Locomotives Meet
"Meeting of the Rails" at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. The Union Pacific and Central Pacific locomotives inched together and...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 5, 20211 min read
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Photo: Twin Brothers Maynard and Albert Russell of Ipswich Massachusetts 1920
Maynard and Albert Russell twins of Foster Russell and Martha Hodgkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts born on October 10, 1834. Boston Post 1920
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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Chair owned by Philip and Mary English attributed to Samuel Beadle Jr. Salem Massachusetts 1674
Turned great chair owned by Philip and Mary English, circa 1674, attributed to Samuel Beadle Jr (U.K./Salem, Mass.,1643-1706). Oak and ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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Photo Nurse Family Association Dedication Memorial to Rebecca Nurse 1885
Nurse Family Association, dedication of the Rebecca Nurse Memorial, erected July, 1885. The tall granite memorial is located in the...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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Quaker William Penn History and Early Worship Meeting House
Where William Penn Worshiped A 1th Century Quaker Meeting House "The Blue Idol" in Coolham, Sussex, England. From the Nashville Banner...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 2, 20211 min read
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Photo 33rd Triennial Conclave Centennial Anniversary 1916
Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum USC Archive A panoramic photograph of the 33rd Triennial Conclave Centennial Anniversary of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 2, 20211 min read
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Video: America's Hidden Stories Salem's Secrets Witchcraft Era
In 1692, the townspeople of Salem, Massachusetts found themselves in a panic over witchcraft. But after several months, the paranoia and...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Sep 2, 202127 min read
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Edwin B. Worthen Collection of Lexington Massachusetts
Photo of a scene from "The Eve of the Revolution," 1924. On verso: "A scene from 'The Eve of the Revolution,' one of the Yale...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 31, 20211 min read
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CELEBRATING WILLIAM PENN’S VISION AND THE FIRST WELSH SETTLEMENT IN LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH PDF
Sharing File--See PDF below. In August 1682, the Welsh Quakers arrived in what is now Lower Merion and Narberth. They were seeking a home...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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Video: Vermont in the 1950's Cruising the Streets
Vermont in the 1950's was a State on the edge of big change! Take a look back at the Green Mountain State in the fabulous Fifties! This...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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Postcard Image of Smokey of Monty Montana Wild West Show
From the Delsman family collection
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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The Cabinetmaker & the Carver: Boston Furniture from Private Collections
Publication from Gerald W. R. Ward. Foreword by Dennis Fiori. For centuries, Boston has been one of the most important furniture-making...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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The Devil Went Down to Newbury: Elizabeth Morse and John Godrey Cases
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spain, Fuendetodos, 1746-1828) - Image Wikipedia “Cotton Mather came galloping down All the way to Newbury...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 27, 20213 min read
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Seeking information on Richard Sterlin/Sterling 1777-1872 Vermont
Richard Sterlin/Sterling (1777-1872) born in Lyme, Connecticut to Joseph Sterlin and Lydia Ranson. He married Priscilla Ralph daughter of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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Video: Tobacco Valley Connecticut River Valley
Credit: Periscope Film. Opening credits: The Shade Tobacco Agricultural Association presents TOBACCO VALLEY, the story of Shade Grown...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 25, 20213 min read
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American Women On A Mission Part 1
My story from Newburyport News Jun 30, 2014 In 19th-century Newburyport, Massachusetts local lasses preferred a mission of mercy over...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 23, 20213 min read
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17th Century Newbury Paternity Stories: The Coker Family Line
Court records from December 1641 state: “Robert Coaker of Newbury and Miriam [Moulton] Kinge of Hampton, New Hampshire, were presented...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 23, 20211 min read
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