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American Jazz Band at Camp Upton during the first World War
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), dated March 27, 1918.
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 8, 20201 min read
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American Civil War Union General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, Great-Grandfather of Gloria Vanderbilt
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881) Union Cavalry General during the Civil War whose reckless style earned him the sobriquet...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 8, 20201 min read
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Christmas traditions shaped by the Civil War
Article by William Hallett in the Daily News He is author of the book “Newburyport and the Civil War.” As the year winds down, it’s...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20203 min read
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George Washington Gerrish Family Photos
Sarah Hanson Hartford Gerrish with her son, James Gerrish of Sacramento, CA and his family. Samuel Howard Gerrish (1834-1912) son of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
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Images of New England Photographer Wayne Chase
Photo by Wayne Marshall Chase Images of New England The story of Byfield: a New England parish By John Louis Ewell Visit Wayne Marshall...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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American Pottery Abraham Lincoln: Dated "Old Abe" Stoneware Jug from Vermont
Political Stoneware Jug, Abraham Lincoln "Old Abe Prest" Brushed in Cobalt, One Gallon Lyman Stone - Waterbury VT - 1862 - Old Abe Prest...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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National Convention of the Daughters of the Revolution, Glen Watkins, New York, 1929
From the DAR Scrapbook, Josiah Bartlett Chapter, Macy Colby House Mrs. Herbert Hoskings (Nancy Keffer), Mrs. D. Englar (Ethel Miller),...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Ten 19th Century Occupations That You’re Not Likely to Encounter Today in America
I came across this article searching for town criers. Family History Daily pulled together a fascinating list of 10 fairly common...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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The Carr-Todd Family Reunions New York 1912-1914
Samuel Street Todd (1824-1921) sitting front Left, his ancestors founded Toddsville, New York where this Todd-Carr family reunion was...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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American Painter Lee Lufkin Kaula: The Tea Party
The Tea Party watercolor painted by Lee Lufkin Kaula in Essex, Massachusetts. Subjects Grace Manning Hart and Dorothy Endicott Hart....
Melissa Davenport Berry
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A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Witch Trials and the American Experience Emerson Baker
I published this book review 2014 in the Salem Chronicle Wicked Local Salem, MA REVIEW: Family relations focus of new book on Salem Witch...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20203 min read
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Baseball Pitcher Sanford "Sandy" Koufax
Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball Hall of Fame and winner of three Cy Young Awards in 1963, 1965, and...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Two Lasses in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade New York City, 1955
Josephine Barrett and Madeline Ryan, both age 10, in Bob Barrett's Pipers and Drummers. World Telegram photo by Walter Albertin, New York...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Book Review: Stories in Stone: A Guide to Cemetery Symbolism
Review by James Pylant Family historians know the familiar symbols they find on an ancestor's grave marker—such as crosses for...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Breaker Boys, Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1892
Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) Coal breaker boys before act passed regulating the employment of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Rare Thomas Lynch Jr. Letter (1776) Charleston, South Carolina
Letter written from Charleston, South Carolina to George Laurence Eaton, Esq. In full: “I am happy to extend to you the enclosed letter...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Captain Thomas Foulds Ellsworth Collection at the Pasadena Museum of History, California
Captain Thomas Foulds Ellsworth (1804-1911) was featured prominently in the exhibit, "When Johnny Came Marching West," that ran in 2015...
Melissa Davenport Berry
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Mabel Thorp Boardman: American Humanitarian and Philanthropist
Photograph of Mabel Thorp Boarman (1860-1946) from Americana Historical Magazine, Vol. 26 Mabel was born in Cleveland Ohio to William...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Smallest Auto in the World "Hoot Gibson Special" driven by American Gus Petzel, 1925
Gus Petzel in his baby car he built in 1925 at his home, 1207 Grand Street Alameda, California. Gus drove the car all the way to...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Kenneth Worcester Dow Gallery of American Art, Furniture, and Objects MOAS FLA
I viewed this collection June 2019 it was amazing! Here is photo of a Highboy Salem, Massachusetts, ca. 1760, Museum of Arts & Sciences...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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