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63Real Strange Products from 1902 Sears Catalog
Funny vintage images of Sears Roebuck 1902 catalog. Did you know they sold "Arsenic Complexion powder", guns, tombstones and "underwear for fat men"? Sears Catalogue features these vintage items, vintage clothes for men and women. Old magazines and catalogs funny pictures from 19th century.
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84Canada's Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
A number of years ago while living back in my hometown of Rochester, New York and working in my first job which provided me with a two-week paid vacation, I teamed up with my younger brother and sister, who...
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68Crystal Glass
LEAD CRYSTALWARE Lead glass is glass in which lead is put in instead of calcium. The production with calcium is defined as potash glass. Lead glass is made of 18-35 mol % (II) oxide (PdO). Today's crystal...
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62First Choice is Always Right
I think I was about two when I realized, to my mothers dismay, that women wear dresses sometimes, and that pink is pretty! I'm pretty sure my mom was dead set early on that I was going to wear green and blue...
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71albert einstein's life and career
Einstein, Albert Born March 14, 1879,Ulm, Germany Died April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. Albert Einstein is such a great name in the history of science that his name must be included among...
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59Historical ways of dealing with crime
Throughout history ways of dealing with criminals have swung from the ridiculous to the barbaric. The seriousness of different crimes has also changed from time to time. At one point in 'ye olde Englande', to...
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66The Duchess of Devonshire Book Review
Amanda Foreman is the autor of this spectacular novel The Duchess, published in 1999 the story of Georgiana, the duchess of devonshire has now been made into a major motion picture. With many great...
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65Joseph Priestley and the Birmingham Riots
On the night of July 14th, 1791, Dr. Joseph Priestley must have feared for his life. An unruly mob of hundreds had, only moments ago, set a torch to the New Unitarian Meeting House, the church where...
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53What are your thoughts on Enlightenment?
The Enlightment seems to have been a revolution of thought. I feel that the Enlightenment was necessary to alleviate such an extreme gap between the peasantry and nobles, but even in democracy, such class...
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65Love and Possession
Love and Possession Love is a topic discussed by many, or in fact, most authors of any time. The 17th century is no exception to this. The poems, plays, stories, and novels of the time deal with love...
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