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Off to Japan - Japonisme Parasols Painted By American Artists
.Here are a few parasols reflecting the Japonisme trend.Alberta Binford McCloskey (1863 – 1911) Eleanor, the Artist's DaughterEdward Horace Nicholson (1901 – 1966) Lady with UmbrellaEthel Mars (1876 –...
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In 19C North Carolina, New Years Day was Slave Hiring (or Buying) Day
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. WOMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA. Harriet Ann Jacobs 1813-1897 Edited by Lydia Maria Francis Child 1802-1880From the Documenting the American South...
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Fugitive Slaves in Maryland Often Ran Away between Christmas & New Year's DayMost runaways were young men fleeing alone. Young women without children ran more often than those with children. The...
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19C New Year's Celebrations
1832 Frances Anne Kemble, a well-known British actress & author who came to the States accompanied by her father in 1832, was apparently none too fond of holiday turtles & oysters. She mentions...
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Early 19th-Century Landscapes of South Carolina
South Carolina artist Charles Fraser (1782-1860) painted some watercolors of the landscapes he saw around him in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These are from the Carolina Art Association...
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Etiquette for American Ladies 1840 - Musical Chairs
Etiquette for Ladies: With Hints on the Preservation, Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty. Published by Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 1838-1840When any one enters, whether announced or not,...
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South Carolina Churches in the Early 19C
Artist Charles Fraser (1782-1760) painted a series of watercolors of churches & meeting houses in South Carolina. He depicts broad swipes of landscapes allowing the viewer to see the buildings in...
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Etiquette for American Ladies 1840 - On Departing Guests
Etiquette for Ladies: With Hints on the Preservation, Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty. Published by Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 1838-1840When visitors show any intention of leaving you,...
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Etiquette for American Ladies 1840 - On Propriety of Carriage or Body Language
Etiquette for Ladies: With Hints on the Preservation, Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty. Published by Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 1838-1840At home and abroad the carriage of the body is as...
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Etiquette for American Ladies 1840 - On Leaving Cards & Recording Visits
Etiquette for Ladies: With Hints on the Preservation, Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty. Published by Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 1838-1840Should you not find the person you call on at...
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Etiquette for American Ladies 1840 - No Children or Dogs
Etiquette for Ladies: With Hints on the Preservation, Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty. Published by Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 1838-1840Ceremonious visits should be short; if the...
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Etiquette for American Ladies 1840 - On Carrying Calling Cards
Etiquette for Ladies: With Hints on the Preservation, Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty. Published by Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 1838-1840After making one's toilette with care, visitors...
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New Hampshire Christian Science Founder, Mary Baker Eddy d. 12/3/1910
Mary Baker Eddy, born on July 16, 1821 in Bow, New Hampshire, founded of the Christian Science movement. Deeply religious, she advocated Christian Science as a spiritual practical solution to health...
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Maria Martin Bachman (1796-1863) & John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Maria Martin Bachman 1796-1863 See Charleston County Public LibraryMaria Martin Bachman of Charleston, South Carolina, may well have been the most influential woman on the American 19C natural history...
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1862, Ida B. Wells born in Mississippi
.Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an African American journalist, newspaper editor, & early leader in the civil rights movement, born in early in the Civil War in1862. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, anti-lynching...
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John Adams Moves into the White House, Abigail Soon Follows
President John Adams, in the last year of his only term as president, moved into the newly constructed President's House, the original name for what is known today as the White House. Adams had been...
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Cookbook from Mary Randolph 1762-1828
The Virginia Housewife: or, Methodical CookBy Mary Randolph 1762-1828Baltimore: Plaskitt, Fite, 1838 (1838) Lilly Martin Spencer (American artist, 1822–1902) The Young Wife First StewThis is considered...
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Virginia Cookbook Author Mary Randolph 1762-1828
Biography of Virginia Cookbook Author Mary Randolph 1762-1828Lilly Martin Spencer (American artist, 1822–1902) The Young Wife First StewMary Randolph was born in Virginia, the daughter of Anne Cary and...
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