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All the single ladies!  Just the ones historically actually.  Today’s solo female-in-the-wild is one of many female paleontologists.  Annoyingly many books about the history of paleontology leave out most if not all of female contribution.  Well, this historian has a bone to pick about that!  Mignon Talbot is one of my absolute favorite paleontologists.  SheContinue reading “The Podokesaurus and Dr. Talbot”

It may seem disconnected, thinking about trees during a war. Trees, however, provide many uses depending on the type of wood, which was in heavy demand during WWII. More wood was used than steel, with uses such as building crates, chairs, desks, and so much more, according to a publication just after the war byContinue reading “The U.S. Forestry in WWII”

The Great War was a conflict that included many advances, and not just that of technological.  This war brought about social changes, economic, political and military.  Women’s involvement in the war, from the Yeomanettes of the American Navy to the Women’s Auxiliary Corps of Britain, gave the ability to show competence in time of war. Continue reading “Hello Girls”

Typewriter Production in WWII. Many may claim that typewriters were massively produced during WWII, or that no typewriter was produced at all during the war on the United States Home-front.  Sadly, both overall statements would be incorrect.  Typewriter manufacturing did slow and stop for some companies, especially mid to late war, however it did notContinue reading “A Type to Build On”

Seeing the number of negative posts and confused posts on how preservation, flutes, and history seems to work, we decided to put a pause on our scheduled historical blog post on the manufacturing of typewriters during WWII.  Instead, you will see a delightful post written by our Executive Director on first, the history of flutesContinue reading “Lizzo and the Magic Flute”

While this may not be a historical saga, it is a modern one of historical proportions. Many of you, fair readers, may know that we venture out into the unknown often to put on displays on many eras. WWII happens to be one of our largest and most requested displays. This story, however, is notContinue reading “The Great Laundry Wars”

A recipe that has been around for a quite a while, is that of bread soup. It was an easy way to make old bread last and still feed your family. Bread, when stale, could be used to make many things, like dried bread crumbs for cooking, a type of crackers, puddings and soup. TheContinue reading “Bread Soup”

This onion pie is based off of a recipe from 1767 from the Primitive Cookery. It has been modified for a modern audience. The original recipe included things like boiled eggs, apples, onions, nutmeg and more. It is more of a savory than sweet taste for a pie. Our version is below! 1 Pastry ShellContinue reading “Onion Pie”

The early industrial revolution provided a vast alteration in the consumer culture and fashion of women in the early to mid-19th century, with innovations, a change in economy and a push for consumerism.  The women’s local economy before this industrial push was responsible for much of the creation of handspun items like cloth and notContinue reading “Material Matters of the Early 19th Century”

While World War I may not have shown economic growth in the cotton industry in the United States, the following war, World War II would.  With the United states leading in manufacturing during the war, the nations found itself with a surplus of cotton.[1] The Berry Amendment aided a bit with this production, forcing allContinue reading “U.S. Cotton in WWII”