Finding accounts of Easter activities for this blog has taken a bit of time. However, I found a few excerpts from different sources about different aspects of Easter Celebrations. I hope you enjoy and that you and your family enjoy this year's Easter celebrations and the reason for the season.
We have an interesting account of the Easter celebration at the Old Ladies' Home in Roxbury, Mass. We cannot print it at length, but it gives so pleasant an expression of the good cheer in a home where the heart helps the hand that we should be sorry not to copy a few words from it.—" The household is up with the robins, who sing their carols around, and the old ladies appear at the breakfast table in best 'bib and tucker." Just as the morning exercises are concluded and the Easter eggs distributed, the city missionary and party arrived and met with a hearty welcome from the family gathered in the parlors. Quavering voices, supported by the full tones of cheery friends, joined heartily in 'Praising God from whom all blessings flow ;' then followed a short Easter service. Easter cards and hymns were distributed, and then goodbyes were said with the hearty response, 'God bless you in your good works and labor of love to-day.'" Source: Lend a Hand Vol. I June 1886
HUNTING FOR EASTER-EGGS.
The Easter-egg is a painted or colored egg used for a present at Easter, a day which occurs on Sunday, the second day after Good-Friday.
The term "Easter" is said to be derived from a Saxon word meaning rising; and Easter is a festival of the Christian Church to commemorate the resurrection.
In the picture, the children are hunting for Easter-eggs, which the good mother has hidden in different parts of the room. The child who finds the most eggs will have the pleasure of making presents of them to whom he or she may choose.
Baby has set his eyes on the egg that lies on the floor. If he takes it up, I hope he will not let it fall, and break it. The other children will not be slow to find the painted eggs. There must be a dozen, or more, of them hidden away. Source: The Nursery Vol. 17-18 pg100 ©1875
And the Easter Parade down 5th Ave. New York City was not really a parade as such but it soon became a tradition. The earliest record I found was in 1865. If you have an additional source, please let us know.
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Friday, March 30, 2018
Friday, August 4, 2017
House Movers
Here's a different occupation that folks don't often think about, a house mover. They literally moved a house from it's foundation, moved it to another location and set it on it's new foundation.
Below is an advertisement from the Omaha Daily Bee, Feb. 12, 1886 advertising a house moving company.
Below are some illustrations of various types of buildings being moved from the Salt Lake Herald June 13, 1897
Below is an advertisement from the Omaha Daily Bee, Feb. 12, 1886 advertising a house moving company.
Below are some illustrations of various types of buildings being moved from the Salt Lake Herald June 13, 1897
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Dishwasher
Yes, you read that title correctly. The Dishwasher was invented in 1850 by Joel Houghton but it didn't work very well. In 1886 Mrs. Josephine Cochran made the first practical dishwasher. In the 1893 World's Fair Mrs. Josephine Cochran won the highest prize for "best Mechanical construction." Restaurants and hotels were the first purchasers. Her company eventually became a part of KitchenAid.
Monday, May 8, 2017
The Statue of Liberty
The corner stone for the statue of liberty was laid July 5, 1884 on Bedloe's Island a military post. I believe most of us know that the statue was a gift from Franc, but were you aware that it was often referred to as Barholdi's statue? The statue was built in France then dismantled and shipped to New York. After several months, nearly a year and a half of reconstruction and touch ups the statue was dedicated on Oct. 28, 1886.
From "A Standard History of Freemasonry" ©1899 we have this account of that day:
We are assembled here to-day in the face of you all to erect a statue representing liberty enlightening the world, a work of art grand in its conception and birth. As Auguste Bartholdi sailed into the bay of New York, a few years ago. the sight of the great city before him was grand, but grander the thought which found lodgment in his mind, of placing at this entrance to the continent, something that would welcome to these shores all who love and seek liberty, and the thought at this time crude though grand, gave birth to this statue; grand in its figure—colossal in size; grand in its practical use—lighting the storm-tossed mari
ner to a safe harbor, and grand in its very name and the significance thereof—"Liberty Enlightening the World:" "liberty" of thought, of conscience, of action, that true liberty that is not license, but which finds its highest development in obedience to constituted authorities and law; "enlightening"— how necessary enlightenment to true liberty and the highest appreciation thereof; "world"—yes, to the whole world does our continent open its arms and bid it welcome to the blessings of liberty.
From the "History of the city of New York" ©1896 we also have this excerpt:
This statue, at present adorning the entrance to the inner harbor of New York, is much larger than was the Colossus of Rhodes ; the figure is one hundred and sixty-two feet in height, and from the top of the pedestal the head-dress reaches an elevation of three hundred and twentysix feet. The pedestal is a rectangular shaft placed in the parade of the star-shaped granite fortification known as Fort Wood. The weight of the entire structure is forty-eight thousand tons. The work of constructing the pedestal was done under the supervision of Gen. C. P. Stone, engineer-in-chief. The tiara upon the head, and the torch carried aloft as a beacon in the right hand, are illuminated by electricity.
Because it admirably embodies the spirit of the statue, we append the sonnet written by Emma Lazarus.
THE NEW COLOSSUS.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek tame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land,
Here at our sea-washed sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose Hame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. Front her beacon hand
Glows world-wide welcome ; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin-cities frame.
" Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp !" cries she
With silent lips. " Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free;
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, —
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, tome.
1 lift my lamp beside the golden door! "
From "A Standard History of Freemasonry" ©1899 we have this account of that day:
We are assembled here to-day in the face of you all to erect a statue representing liberty enlightening the world, a work of art grand in its conception and birth. As Auguste Bartholdi sailed into the bay of New York, a few years ago. the sight of the great city before him was grand, but grander the thought which found lodgment in his mind, of placing at this entrance to the continent, something that would welcome to these shores all who love and seek liberty, and the thought at this time crude though grand, gave birth to this statue; grand in its figure—colossal in size; grand in its practical use—lighting the storm-tossed mari
ner to a safe harbor, and grand in its very name and the significance thereof—"Liberty Enlightening the World:" "liberty" of thought, of conscience, of action, that true liberty that is not license, but which finds its highest development in obedience to constituted authorities and law; "enlightening"— how necessary enlightenment to true liberty and the highest appreciation thereof; "world"—yes, to the whole world does our continent open its arms and bid it welcome to the blessings of liberty.
From the "History of the city of New York" ©1896 we also have this excerpt:
This statue, at present adorning the entrance to the inner harbor of New York, is much larger than was the Colossus of Rhodes ; the figure is one hundred and sixty-two feet in height, and from the top of the pedestal the head-dress reaches an elevation of three hundred and twentysix feet. The pedestal is a rectangular shaft placed in the parade of the star-shaped granite fortification known as Fort Wood. The weight of the entire structure is forty-eight thousand tons. The work of constructing the pedestal was done under the supervision of Gen. C. P. Stone, engineer-in-chief. The tiara upon the head, and the torch carried aloft as a beacon in the right hand, are illuminated by electricity.
Because it admirably embodies the spirit of the statue, we append the sonnet written by Emma Lazarus.
THE NEW COLOSSUS.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek tame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land,
Here at our sea-washed sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose Hame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. Front her beacon hand
Glows world-wide welcome ; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin-cities frame.
" Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp !" cries she
With silent lips. " Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free;
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, —
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, tome.
1 lift my lamp beside the golden door! "
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Wagon Builders
I stumbled on this bit of information from Law Notes: Vol. 5 Pg 147 ©1886 while researching various wagon builders. What I found interesting about this was the practice of the "financing" of the purchase of a wagon.
Throughout the kingdom are many wagon companies, so called, that never build a single wagon; in fact, were they to do so, it would actually be ultra vires. In reality, these companies are "financing" companies only; they are no more wagon companies than bodies that lend money on bills of sale of furniture are furniture companies.
A person wishing to buy wagons, but to pay for them by instalments spread over a term, say, of seven years, will go to a wagon builder and get him to build the sort of wagons he (the intending purchaser) requires. Application is then made to a "financing" wagen company, by whom the wagons are purchased from the builder at the price the intending purchaser agreed to give; the builder invoices them to the company; and then they are let by the latter to the intending purchaser on the hire and purchase system. The rent fixed by the agreement for hire is calculated on the basis that the payments made during the term shall at its expiration have recouped the company the cost of the wagons and interest at the rate agreed upon; and in the agreement is contained a license to seize and retake possession of the wagons on non-payment of the rent and in certain other events. A proviso is also inserted that the property in the wagons shall, at the expiration of the term, when all moneys due under the agreement shall have been paid, vest in the bailee for hire, or, as he is generally termed, "the tenant."
Throughout the kingdom are many wagon companies, so called, that never build a single wagon; in fact, were they to do so, it would actually be ultra vires. In reality, these companies are "financing" companies only; they are no more wagon companies than bodies that lend money on bills of sale of furniture are furniture companies.
A person wishing to buy wagons, but to pay for them by instalments spread over a term, say, of seven years, will go to a wagon builder and get him to build the sort of wagons he (the intending purchaser) requires. Application is then made to a "financing" wagen company, by whom the wagons are purchased from the builder at the price the intending purchaser agreed to give; the builder invoices them to the company; and then they are let by the latter to the intending purchaser on the hire and purchase system. The rent fixed by the agreement for hire is calculated on the basis that the payments made during the term shall at its expiration have recouped the company the cost of the wagons and interest at the rate agreed upon; and in the agreement is contained a license to seize and retake possession of the wagons on non-payment of the rent and in certain other events. A proviso is also inserted that the property in the wagons shall, at the expiration of the term, when all moneys due under the agreement shall have been paid, vest in the bailee for hire, or, as he is generally termed, "the tenant."
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Average Annual Rainfall in the United States 1886
This comes from Houghtaling's Handbook of Useful Information ©1887
Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inches
Neah Bay, Wash. Ter.. . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sitka, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Ft. Haskins, Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Mt. Vernon, Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Baton Rouge, LA . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Meadow Valley, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Ft. Tonson, Indiana Ter.. . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ft. Myers, FL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Washington, Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Natchez, Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
New Orleans, Louisianna. . . . . . . . . . 51
Savannah, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Springdale, Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Fortress Monroe, Va. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Memphis, Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Newark, New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Boston, MA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Brunswick, Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cincinnati, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
New Haven, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . .44
Philadelphia, PA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Charleston, S.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
New York City, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Gaston, N. Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Richmond, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Marietta, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
St. Louis, Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Muscatine, Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Baltimore, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
New Bedford, MA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Providence, Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ft. Smith, Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hanover, New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ft. Vancouver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Cleveland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
PIttsburgh, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Washington, D. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
White Sulphur Springs, Va. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ft. Gibson, Indian Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Key West, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Peoria, Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Burlington, Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Buffalo, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Ft. Brown, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Detroit, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Milwaukee, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Penn Yan, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ft. Kearney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Ft. Snelling, Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Salt Lake City, Utah Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Mackinac, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
San Francisco, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dallas, Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sacramento, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Ft. Massachusetts, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ft. Marcy, New Mexico Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Ft. Randall, Dakota Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ft. Defiance, Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Ft. Craig, New Mexico Ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
San Diego, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ft. Colville, Washington Ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ft. Bliss, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Ft. Bridger, Utah Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ft. Garland, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inches
Neah Bay, Wash. Ter.. . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sitka, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Ft. Haskins, Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Mt. Vernon, Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Baton Rouge, LA . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Meadow Valley, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Ft. Tonson, Indiana Ter.. . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ft. Myers, FL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Washington, Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Natchez, Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
New Orleans, Louisianna. . . . . . . . . . 51
Savannah, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Springdale, Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Fortress Monroe, Va. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Memphis, Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Newark, New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Boston, MA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Brunswick, Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cincinnati, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
New Haven, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . .44
Philadelphia, PA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Charleston, S.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
New York City, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Gaston, N. Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Richmond, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Marietta, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
St. Louis, Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Muscatine, Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Baltimore, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
New Bedford, MA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Providence, Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ft. Smith, Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hanover, New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ft. Vancouver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Cleveland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
PIttsburgh, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Washington, D. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
White Sulphur Springs, Va. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ft. Gibson, Indian Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Key West, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Peoria, Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Burlington, Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Buffalo, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Ft. Brown, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Detroit, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Milwaukee, Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Penn Yan, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ft. Kearney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Ft. Snelling, Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Salt Lake City, Utah Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Mackinac, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
San Francisco, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dallas, Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Sacramento, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Ft. Massachusetts, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ft. Marcy, New Mexico Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Ft. Randall, Dakota Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ft. Defiance, Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Ft. Craig, New Mexico Ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
San Diego, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ft. Colville, Washington Ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ft. Bliss, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Ft. Bridger, Utah Ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ft. Garland, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Monday, December 12, 2016
Winners of the League Base-Ball Championship
From Houghtaling's Handbook ©1887
Winners of the League Base-Ball Championship
The following were the winners of the championship of the National Base-Ball League for the years named below:
1886 - Chicago Club. . . Won 90 games, and lost 34 games
1885 - Chicago Club . . . Won 87 games and lost 25 games
1884 - Providence Club . . . Won 84 games and lost 28 games
1883 - Boston Club . . . Won 63 games and lost 35 games
1882 - Chicago Club . . . Won 55 games and lost 29 games
1881 - Chicago Club . . . Won 56 games and lost 28 games
1880 - Chicago Club . . . Won 67 games and lost 17 games
1879 - Providence Club . . . Won 59 games and lost 25 games
1878 - Boston Club . . . Won 41 games and lost 19 games
1877 - Boston Club . . . Won 31 games and lost 17 games
1876 - Chicago Club . . . Won 52 games and lost 14 games
(end quote)
1876 was the first year of the National League of Professional Baseball. It organized with 8 teams. The Boston Red Stockings (also called the Boston Red Caps), Chicago White Stockings, Cincinnati Red Legs (also called the Cincinnati Red Stockings), Hartford Dark Blues, Louisville Grays, Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Mutuals (also called the New York Mutuals) & St. Louis Browns (also called the St. Louis Brown Stockings). There were 70 games for the season starting April 22nd and ending Oct. 21st.
For more information about this first year of professional baseball check out The Baseball Almanac
Winners of the League Base-Ball Championship
The following were the winners of the championship of the National Base-Ball League for the years named below:
1886 - Chicago Club. . . Won 90 games, and lost 34 games
1885 - Chicago Club . . . Won 87 games and lost 25 games
1884 - Providence Club . . . Won 84 games and lost 28 games
1883 - Boston Club . . . Won 63 games and lost 35 games
1882 - Chicago Club . . . Won 55 games and lost 29 games
1881 - Chicago Club . . . Won 56 games and lost 28 games
1880 - Chicago Club . . . Won 67 games and lost 17 games
1879 - Providence Club . . . Won 59 games and lost 25 games
1878 - Boston Club . . . Won 41 games and lost 19 games
1877 - Boston Club . . . Won 31 games and lost 17 games
1876 - Chicago Club . . . Won 52 games and lost 14 games
(end quote)
1876 was the first year of the National League of Professional Baseball. It organized with 8 teams. The Boston Red Stockings (also called the Boston Red Caps), Chicago White Stockings, Cincinnati Red Legs (also called the Cincinnati Red Stockings), Hartford Dark Blues, Louisville Grays, Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Mutuals (also called the New York Mutuals) & St. Louis Browns (also called the St. Louis Brown Stockings). There were 70 games for the season starting April 22nd and ending Oct. 21st.
For more information about this first year of professional baseball check out The Baseball Almanac
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Apple Tarts for Profit
Below are two excerpts from Cooking for Profit ©1886 The first is a list of the menu, how many it will feed and what the cost for the items are. This information is very useful when figuring what our characters of the past spent on food. Or if you're following this blog for fun facts, it's interesting to see what our ancestor's paid.
The second entry is the recipe for Apple Tarts.
Dinner
July 27.1
Soup—cream a la duchesse (8 qts 45 cents).
Scalloped salmon, frizzed potatoes (fish, charged previous days, say, 20 cents).
Boiled corned tongue (2.5 Ibs, 28 cents).
Corned beef and cabbage (1 Ib, and cabbage 16 cents).
Roast beef, (2 ribs, 3 Ibs net, 39 cents).
Spring lamb (side, 7 Ibs net, 80 cents).
Roast mutton (for second table, 4 Ibs, 48 cents).
Grenadins of veal, sauce Napolitaine (8 orders, 1 Ib select and sauce 24 cents).
Brochettes of kidney, sauce claremont (4 orders, 10 cents).
Mashed turnips 4, hot slaw 9, green peas 15, stewed tomatoes 15, potatoes two days 15 (57 cents).
Steamed pound pudding, wine sauce (2 Ibs and sauce, 28 cents).
Apple tarts (24 tarts, 30 cents).
Boston cream puffs (No. 288; 32 puffs half size, 36 cents).
Sultana cake and pound cake (15 cents).
Vanilla ice cream <2j4 qts pure cream, su^ar, etc., 70 cents).
Nuts, raisins, cheese, crackers, pickles, condiments (48 cents).
Milk 36, cream 20, butter 20, bread 12 (88 cents).
Coffee 10, tea 3, sugar 4 (17 cents).
Total $6.99; 48 persons; 14.5 cents a plate.
781—Apple Tarts.
Made of puff paste and cooked apple put through a colander and well sweetened. Canned apples will answer when fresh cannot be had.
Roll out puff paste, cut flats and line large patty pans or jem pans, put in a tablespoon of apple and bake. A favorite sort of pastry, richer than apple pie and sells well at the fine bakeries.
The second entry is the recipe for Apple Tarts.
Dinner
July 27.1
Soup—cream a la duchesse (8 qts 45 cents).
Scalloped salmon, frizzed potatoes (fish, charged previous days, say, 20 cents).
Boiled corned tongue (2.5 Ibs, 28 cents).
Corned beef and cabbage (1 Ib, and cabbage 16 cents).
Roast beef, (2 ribs, 3 Ibs net, 39 cents).
Spring lamb (side, 7 Ibs net, 80 cents).
Roast mutton (for second table, 4 Ibs, 48 cents).
Grenadins of veal, sauce Napolitaine (8 orders, 1 Ib select and sauce 24 cents).
Brochettes of kidney, sauce claremont (4 orders, 10 cents).
Mashed turnips 4, hot slaw 9, green peas 15, stewed tomatoes 15, potatoes two days 15 (57 cents).
Steamed pound pudding, wine sauce (2 Ibs and sauce, 28 cents).
Apple tarts (24 tarts, 30 cents).
Boston cream puffs (No. 288; 32 puffs half size, 36 cents).
Sultana cake and pound cake (15 cents).
Vanilla ice cream <2j4 qts pure cream, su^ar, etc., 70 cents).
Nuts, raisins, cheese, crackers, pickles, condiments (48 cents).
Milk 36, cream 20, butter 20, bread 12 (88 cents).
Coffee 10, tea 3, sugar 4 (17 cents).
Total $6.99; 48 persons; 14.5 cents a plate.
781—Apple Tarts.
Made of puff paste and cooked apple put through a colander and well sweetened. Canned apples will answer when fresh cannot be had.
Roll out puff paste, cut flats and line large patty pans or jem pans, put in a tablespoon of apple and bake. A favorite sort of pastry, richer than apple pie and sells well at the fine bakeries.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Thanksgiving Winter Vegetables
Today, I'm starting a series with Thanksgiving in mind. Next week, I'll continue with some recipes and how one product, uniquely North American, how it was grown and effected business in the 19th century. Prepare yourself for the turkey recipe, it was completely new to me.
Below is an excerpt from The Friends' Review published in 1886 out of Pennsylvania.
Winter Vegetables Where we have long winters, gardeners always try to keep the table well supplied with vegetables. In December, having noticed some turnips stored for winter use and sprouting, my mind was aroused to the fact that they would be useful vegetables if forced. I at once commenced working out the idea. Having a dark corner in a warm greenhouse, I placed on the floor two inches of sand, and then set out turnips close together, and gently pressed them into the sand; after which I gave them a watering, and closed them up. In about ten days I had my heart gladdened by beautiful blanched leafstalks. A bundle of them was cut, as much as would make a dish for twelve people, tied up as asparagus is, and sent into the kitchen. It was cooked the same as sea kale or asparagus, and when placed upon the table it was pronounced "excellent." It may be well to say that any cellar that excludes frost is suitable for forcing or growing turnips in this manner. Housekeepers can have a very delicious vegetable all winter by planting at intervals. Any kind of turnip may be used.
Kohl rabi may also be esteemed as a winter vegetable, although some raise it only for summer use. I manage by sowing in the spring in a cold-frame to have nice young plants to handle early. I transplant them from the seed bed into rows, say thirteen inches apart, and allow them to stand until they have been well frozen, then take them up and store the same as cabbage.
The drumhead Savoy I consider one of the most important of winter vegetables, as it answers two purposes; first, as a cabbage, to be boiled, which is much sweeter than the ordinary cabbage; secondly, as a beautiful, sweet, salad cabbage, when cut and dressed the Same as endive.
Perhaps few are aware that the leek is one of the finest winter vegetables, and when prop.erly grown can be had from one foot to a foot and a half of white, which, when boiled, is very nutritious, and much milder than the onion. With beets, carrots, parsnips, artichokes, salsify, celery, celeraic, Brussels sprouts, leeks, turnips and cabbage, all carefully put into a root cellar, we are prepared to give change of vegetables all winter as well as summer. — G. Hunter, in Vick's Magazine.
Food Value Of Ensilage.—In a paper read before the late Ensilage Congress, Dr. Sturtevant, director of the New York State Experiment Station at Geneva, told how, in 1885, he had filled a silo, without any precaution, with fodder corn of various kinds, and at dates all along from August loth to ipth. The lots, as they were put in, were tramped sufficiently to level the mass, and up to August 28th, the fodder in the silo was not covered. At that date the planks were laid on, but removed
September 3d, when some amber corn fodder was dropped in. September 4th the planks were laid on, the silo now being completed. No weights were used. November i8th, on examination, it was found that the ensilage at four inches down was in excellent condition. December i9th, about three inches of the upper portion were rotten, but below this the ensilage was in good preservation.
Dr. Sturtevant also gave the results of some figures bearing upon the food value of ensilage when fed as an adjunct to other foods. When the ration was 18 pounds of an even mixture of meal and bran, together with about 70 pounds of ensilage daily, and this compared with the same amount of grain with 30 pounds of the same dried fodder which, put in the silo, formed the ensilage, and the same amount of grain, with 20 pounds of hay, the following conclusions were justified by the results— viz., that 26 pounds of fodder-corn were the equivalent of 70 pounds of the ensilage, or 18 pounds of hay. Expressing these results in tabular form, using too pounds as the unit for comparison.
One hundred pounds of ensilage were the equivalent of 38 pounds of fodder-corn.
One hundred pounds of ensilage were the equivalent of 26 pounds of hay.
One hundred pounds of fodder-corn were the equivalent of 262 pounds of ensilage.
One hundred pounds of fodder.corn were the equivalent of 69 pounds of hay.
One hundred pounds of hay were the equivalent of 381 pounds of ensilage.
One hundred pounds of hay were the equivalent of 145 pounds of fodder corn.
Dr. Sturtevant did not recommend the proportions of ensilage as used in his trials. His experience leads him to believe that in addition to hay and grain about twenty-five pounds of ensilage can be fed daily per cow with advantage.—New York World.
Below is an excerpt from The Friends' Review published in 1886 out of Pennsylvania.
Winter Vegetables Where we have long winters, gardeners always try to keep the table well supplied with vegetables. In December, having noticed some turnips stored for winter use and sprouting, my mind was aroused to the fact that they would be useful vegetables if forced. I at once commenced working out the idea. Having a dark corner in a warm greenhouse, I placed on the floor two inches of sand, and then set out turnips close together, and gently pressed them into the sand; after which I gave them a watering, and closed them up. In about ten days I had my heart gladdened by beautiful blanched leafstalks. A bundle of them was cut, as much as would make a dish for twelve people, tied up as asparagus is, and sent into the kitchen. It was cooked the same as sea kale or asparagus, and when placed upon the table it was pronounced "excellent." It may be well to say that any cellar that excludes frost is suitable for forcing or growing turnips in this manner. Housekeepers can have a very delicious vegetable all winter by planting at intervals. Any kind of turnip may be used.
Kohl rabi may also be esteemed as a winter vegetable, although some raise it only for summer use. I manage by sowing in the spring in a cold-frame to have nice young plants to handle early. I transplant them from the seed bed into rows, say thirteen inches apart, and allow them to stand until they have been well frozen, then take them up and store the same as cabbage.
The drumhead Savoy I consider one of the most important of winter vegetables, as it answers two purposes; first, as a cabbage, to be boiled, which is much sweeter than the ordinary cabbage; secondly, as a beautiful, sweet, salad cabbage, when cut and dressed the Same as endive.
Perhaps few are aware that the leek is one of the finest winter vegetables, and when prop.erly grown can be had from one foot to a foot and a half of white, which, when boiled, is very nutritious, and much milder than the onion. With beets, carrots, parsnips, artichokes, salsify, celery, celeraic, Brussels sprouts, leeks, turnips and cabbage, all carefully put into a root cellar, we are prepared to give change of vegetables all winter as well as summer. — G. Hunter, in Vick's Magazine.
Food Value Of Ensilage.—In a paper read before the late Ensilage Congress, Dr. Sturtevant, director of the New York State Experiment Station at Geneva, told how, in 1885, he had filled a silo, without any precaution, with fodder corn of various kinds, and at dates all along from August loth to ipth. The lots, as they were put in, were tramped sufficiently to level the mass, and up to August 28th, the fodder in the silo was not covered. At that date the planks were laid on, but removed
September 3d, when some amber corn fodder was dropped in. September 4th the planks were laid on, the silo now being completed. No weights were used. November i8th, on examination, it was found that the ensilage at four inches down was in excellent condition. December i9th, about three inches of the upper portion were rotten, but below this the ensilage was in good preservation.
Dr. Sturtevant also gave the results of some figures bearing upon the food value of ensilage when fed as an adjunct to other foods. When the ration was 18 pounds of an even mixture of meal and bran, together with about 70 pounds of ensilage daily, and this compared with the same amount of grain with 30 pounds of the same dried fodder which, put in the silo, formed the ensilage, and the same amount of grain, with 20 pounds of hay, the following conclusions were justified by the results— viz., that 26 pounds of fodder-corn were the equivalent of 70 pounds of the ensilage, or 18 pounds of hay. Expressing these results in tabular form, using too pounds as the unit for comparison.
One hundred pounds of ensilage were the equivalent of 38 pounds of fodder-corn.
One hundred pounds of ensilage were the equivalent of 26 pounds of hay.
One hundred pounds of fodder-corn were the equivalent of 262 pounds of ensilage.
One hundred pounds of fodder.corn were the equivalent of 69 pounds of hay.
One hundred pounds of hay were the equivalent of 381 pounds of ensilage.
One hundred pounds of hay were the equivalent of 145 pounds of fodder corn.
Dr. Sturtevant did not recommend the proportions of ensilage as used in his trials. His experience leads him to believe that in addition to hay and grain about twenty-five pounds of ensilage can be fed daily per cow with advantage.—New York World.
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Soda
Hi all,
You might find this topic a little strange but the fact is that the soda we drink today had it's roots in the 19th century. It was actually at the tail of the previous century when the term "soda water" was coined. (1798)
And the first soda fountain was patented in 1819 by Samuel Fahnestock.
But the idea of adding flavoring to the soda water came from the Ingenuity of Eugene Roussel in Philadelphia in 1830 at his perfume shop. His customers could buy a glass of this soda water and had a choice of orange, cherry, lemon, teaberry, ginger, peach and root beer syrups. He did so well that in no time there were fifty other competitors in the city selling flavored soda water.
By the end of the Civil War soda fountains had become a mainstay. By the end of the century ice cream parlors and soda shops were popping up all over. In New York City by 1900 Soda Shops and Ice Cream Parlors out numbered saloons.
And the number one soda in America, Coke, was invented in 1886 by Dr. John Pemberton.
So for those of you who are writers of historical fiction who are following this blog, when your characters need something different to do, you might have them go out for a soda.
You might find this topic a little strange but the fact is that the soda we drink today had it's roots in the 19th century. It was actually at the tail of the previous century when the term "soda water" was coined. (1798)
And the first soda fountain was patented in 1819 by Samuel Fahnestock.
But the idea of adding flavoring to the soda water came from the Ingenuity of Eugene Roussel in Philadelphia in 1830 at his perfume shop. His customers could buy a glass of this soda water and had a choice of orange, cherry, lemon, teaberry, ginger, peach and root beer syrups. He did so well that in no time there were fifty other competitors in the city selling flavored soda water.
By the end of the Civil War soda fountains had become a mainstay. By the end of the century ice cream parlors and soda shops were popping up all over. In New York City by 1900 Soda Shops and Ice Cream Parlors out numbered saloons.
And the number one soda in America, Coke, was invented in 1886 by Dr. John Pemberton.
So for those of you who are writers of historical fiction who are following this blog, when your characters need something different to do, you might have them go out for a soda.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Blueberries
Rather than give you recipes for blueberries I thought these little tidbits from various states might spark some thoughts for some of your stories. Enjoy!
Blueberries and cranberries. The blueberries and cranberries, of which there are about eleven varieties in the state, include some well-known forms. Here are to be classified the bog huckleberry, the dwarf bilberry, the thin-leafed bilberry, the tall bilberry, the tall blueberry, the Canada blueberry, the low blueberry, the mountain cranberry or cowberry, the deerberry, the small and the large cranberry. Most of these are found only in the northern part the state, especially along the international boundary and the north side of Lake Superior, extending, as so many northern plants do, down the valley of the St. Croix, through which in early days Lake Superior drained into the Mississippi river.
Blueberries. The different kinds of blueberries or bilberries are to be discriminated by their foliage and by the flavor of the berries. The one most common is the dwarf or low blueberry, gathered in large quantities for the market. Its fruits are blue with a whitish bloom and are of very pleasant flavor, enjoyed alike by the Indians and the whites. The plant is a low shrub, with pale green leaves, not evergreen. Its flowers are vase-shaped, small, and white or pink.
The deerberry, which resembles the blueberry in some respects, is considerably larger—three or four feet in height. The berries, shaped like the blueberries, are greenish or yellow and not edible. This variety is also called the squaw huckleberry.
The Canada blueberry, found growing in much moister soil than the ordinary form, has smaller berries, of a blue color, with a bloom. It may be distinguished by the entire margins of the leaves, quite different from the notched margins of the low blueberry. The bog blueberry has pink flowers and small ovate leaves. The cowberry may be recognized by the sour red berries and the evergreen leaves. The flowers and fruits are in structure altogether similar to those of the blueberries.
Source: Minnesota Plant Life ©1899
New Hampshire
The Benton Range.
In the W. part of the town of Benton, and running nearly N. and S., is the chain of peaks which includes Owl's Head, Blueberry Mt., Hogsback Mt., Sugar Loaf, and Black Mt. Though not remarkable for altitude or mass, these summits are otherwise picturesque and interesting, and may be visited without great labor. The same town also contains the famous Moosilauke, another Black Mt. (now called Mt. Clough), and a part of the Blue Ridge. There are no accommodations for tourists here, and people who wish to explore the Benton Range must start out from Warren, Haverhill, or Newbury. The hotels at the latter points are better than that at Warren, and the difference in distance is small. Benton has but 375 inhabitants, and is famous for its quartz crystals and other minerals and ores.
Owl's Head is a spur of Blueberry Mt. to the S. W., and is faced by a fine preoipice, several hundred ft. high, of purple and other dark-hued rocks. Thousands of bushels of blueberries are gathered yearly on this ridge. The ascent is made from the highway, near Warren Summit, and is steep, but short. A vague path conducts through the lower thickets, and along the face of the ridge which looks off on the cliffs. Large crystals of epidote are found about the cliff.
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Blueberry Mountain is the name given to the fine peak N. of and above Owl's Head. It may be easily ascended from Owl's Head in less thaii an hour, although a quicker route for tourists who do not care to visit the latter summit is to go up the N.-Benton road to a point about 7 M. from Warren, and then strike up the E. flank. For about 1 M. from the summit the mountain is free from trees and is covered with alternate bands of carpet-like moss and granite ledges moderately inclined. The work of ascent and exploration is thus rendered easy and pleasant. There is but a slight depression between Owl's Head and Blueberry Mt., the former being a bold spur of the latter rather than a detached mountain. On the highest point of Blueberry Mt. is a signal-beacon of the U. S. Coast Survey (2,800 ft. above the sea).
Source: The White Mountains ©1876
Dwarf Blueberry, Low Blueberry. Six inches to two feet high, usually forming straggling masses in dry woods and old fields. Common, and well known throughout the southeastern parts of the state. Fruit abundant, blue or black. The earliest blueberry of the markets.
Canada Blueberry. A straggling shrub, stouter than the preceding, which it resembles. Leaves and branches downy. Berries often oval, blue, somewhat acid. Probably never seen in the markets. Northern part of state.
Half-high Blueberry. Sugar Blueberry. Two or three feet high, with upright, slender, yellowish-green branches. Fruit harder, and keeps longer than that of any other species; usually very round, bright blue, and spicy. It has the most limited range of any of our blueberries. It is common on pine barrens, and sparingly found very near the Connecticut river as far north as the rapids at White River.
High Blueberry. A shrub ten to fifteen feet high, with stems sometimes two inches in diameter. It grows in moist lands and swamps. The wood is hard and very closeSgrained, useful for the handles of small tools. No attempts have been made to cultivate it, although it doubtless could be cultivated to advantage.
Male Blueberry, Stagger Bush. Shrub three or four feet high, with yellowish bark. In the same situations and much resembling the high blueberry, but the fruit a dry, globular pod instead of a berry. Sometimes poisonous to cattle. Southern parts of the state.
Source: The Forests of Vermont ©1886
The culture and improvement of the blueberry is also receiving attention. There are large areas in the State which at present are practically worthless but which with a little attention and the planting of a few hundreds or thousands of blueberry bushes might, in our opinion, be made to yield profitable returns. Again, if the little dry, unsatisfactory June berry is worthy of culture in the garden, and it is cultivated to quite an extent, there certainly seems to be a field for work in developing improved varieties of the much more promising blueberry.
Source: Agriculture of Maine ©1895
Blueberries and cranberries. The blueberries and cranberries, of which there are about eleven varieties in the state, include some well-known forms. Here are to be classified the bog huckleberry, the dwarf bilberry, the thin-leafed bilberry, the tall bilberry, the tall blueberry, the Canada blueberry, the low blueberry, the mountain cranberry or cowberry, the deerberry, the small and the large cranberry. Most of these are found only in the northern part the state, especially along the international boundary and the north side of Lake Superior, extending, as so many northern plants do, down the valley of the St. Croix, through which in early days Lake Superior drained into the Mississippi river.
Blueberries. The different kinds of blueberries or bilberries are to be discriminated by their foliage and by the flavor of the berries. The one most common is the dwarf or low blueberry, gathered in large quantities for the market. Its fruits are blue with a whitish bloom and are of very pleasant flavor, enjoyed alike by the Indians and the whites. The plant is a low shrub, with pale green leaves, not evergreen. Its flowers are vase-shaped, small, and white or pink.
The deerberry, which resembles the blueberry in some respects, is considerably larger—three or four feet in height. The berries, shaped like the blueberries, are greenish or yellow and not edible. This variety is also called the squaw huckleberry.
The Canada blueberry, found growing in much moister soil than the ordinary form, has smaller berries, of a blue color, with a bloom. It may be distinguished by the entire margins of the leaves, quite different from the notched margins of the low blueberry. The bog blueberry has pink flowers and small ovate leaves. The cowberry may be recognized by the sour red berries and the evergreen leaves. The flowers and fruits are in structure altogether similar to those of the blueberries.
Source: Minnesota Plant Life ©1899
New Hampshire
The Benton Range.
In the W. part of the town of Benton, and running nearly N. and S., is the chain of peaks which includes Owl's Head, Blueberry Mt., Hogsback Mt., Sugar Loaf, and Black Mt. Though not remarkable for altitude or mass, these summits are otherwise picturesque and interesting, and may be visited without great labor. The same town also contains the famous Moosilauke, another Black Mt. (now called Mt. Clough), and a part of the Blue Ridge. There are no accommodations for tourists here, and people who wish to explore the Benton Range must start out from Warren, Haverhill, or Newbury. The hotels at the latter points are better than that at Warren, and the difference in distance is small. Benton has but 375 inhabitants, and is famous for its quartz crystals and other minerals and ores.
Owl's Head is a spur of Blueberry Mt. to the S. W., and is faced by a fine preoipice, several hundred ft. high, of purple and other dark-hued rocks. Thousands of bushels of blueberries are gathered yearly on this ridge. The ascent is made from the highway, near Warren Summit, and is steep, but short. A vague path conducts through the lower thickets, and along the face of the ridge which looks off on the cliffs. Large crystals of epidote are found about the cliff.
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Blueberry Mountain is the name given to the fine peak N. of and above Owl's Head. It may be easily ascended from Owl's Head in less thaii an hour, although a quicker route for tourists who do not care to visit the latter summit is to go up the N.-Benton road to a point about 7 M. from Warren, and then strike up the E. flank. For about 1 M. from the summit the mountain is free from trees and is covered with alternate bands of carpet-like moss and granite ledges moderately inclined. The work of ascent and exploration is thus rendered easy and pleasant. There is but a slight depression between Owl's Head and Blueberry Mt., the former being a bold spur of the latter rather than a detached mountain. On the highest point of Blueberry Mt. is a signal-beacon of the U. S. Coast Survey (2,800 ft. above the sea).
Source: The White Mountains ©1876
Dwarf Blueberry, Low Blueberry. Six inches to two feet high, usually forming straggling masses in dry woods and old fields. Common, and well known throughout the southeastern parts of the state. Fruit abundant, blue or black. The earliest blueberry of the markets.
Canada Blueberry. A straggling shrub, stouter than the preceding, which it resembles. Leaves and branches downy. Berries often oval, blue, somewhat acid. Probably never seen in the markets. Northern part of state.
Half-high Blueberry. Sugar Blueberry. Two or three feet high, with upright, slender, yellowish-green branches. Fruit harder, and keeps longer than that of any other species; usually very round, bright blue, and spicy. It has the most limited range of any of our blueberries. It is common on pine barrens, and sparingly found very near the Connecticut river as far north as the rapids at White River.
High Blueberry. A shrub ten to fifteen feet high, with stems sometimes two inches in diameter. It grows in moist lands and swamps. The wood is hard and very closeSgrained, useful for the handles of small tools. No attempts have been made to cultivate it, although it doubtless could be cultivated to advantage.
Male Blueberry, Stagger Bush. Shrub three or four feet high, with yellowish bark. In the same situations and much resembling the high blueberry, but the fruit a dry, globular pod instead of a berry. Sometimes poisonous to cattle. Southern parts of the state.
Source: The Forests of Vermont ©1886
The culture and improvement of the blueberry is also receiving attention. There are large areas in the State which at present are practically worthless but which with a little attention and the planting of a few hundreds or thousands of blueberry bushes might, in our opinion, be made to yield profitable returns. Again, if the little dry, unsatisfactory June berry is worthy of culture in the garden, and it is cultivated to quite an extent, there certainly seems to be a field for work in developing improved varieties of the much more promising blueberry.
Source: Agriculture of Maine ©1895
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Private Detectives
Most historical writers are aware of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and the fictional tales of Sherlock Holmes. Both are from the 19th Century. Below are links and tidbits to other detective related stories and tidbits.
The Revelations of a Private Detective ©1868
Here's a copy of an advertisement for the above story with other detective stories listed.
Chapter Five of Major Joshua is a chapter on the life of the character as a private detective. 1894
Chapter Seven of Sealed Orders is the chapter on a private detective. 1886
Thirty Years A Detective by Allan Pinkerton ©1884
The Adventures of a United States Detective ©1876
Traced and Tracked; or Memoirs of a City Detective ©1884
Hands Up; Or Twenty Years a Detective ©1882
There are many more volumes you can find in Google books if you wish to search further and within your time frame.
The Revelations of a Private Detective ©1868
Here's a copy of an advertisement for the above story with other detective stories listed.
Chapter Five of Major Joshua is a chapter on the life of the character as a private detective. 1894
Chapter Seven of Sealed Orders is the chapter on a private detective. 1886
Thirty Years A Detective by Allan Pinkerton ©1884
The Adventures of a United States Detective ©1876
Traced and Tracked; or Memoirs of a City Detective ©1884
Hands Up; Or Twenty Years a Detective ©1882
There are many more volumes you can find in Google books if you wish to search further and within your time frame.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Occupations England, Wales & Scotland 1841-1881
Below is a list I put together from a census report by Charles Booth entitled "Occupations of the People." I'm not going to brother listing the number of folks involved during the various censuses. If you're in need of that information here is a link to the book at Google Books.©1886
For the purpose of creative thinking here's a great list to get you going.
Farmers
Agricultural Laborers & Shepherds
Nurserymen & Gardners
Drainage & Machinery Attendants
Breeding (Horse & Cattle)
Fishermen
Miners
Quarry & Brick Layers
Salt & Water Works
Management
Operative
Road Making
Machinery & Tools
Ship Building
Metal Workers
Earthenware
Fuel, Gas and Chemicals
Furs, Leather & Glue
Wood, Furniture, Carriages
Paper, Floor Cloth, Waterproof
Textiles & Dyeing
Dress
Food, Drink, & Smoking
Watches, Instruments & Toys
Printing & Bookbinding
Navigational & Docks
Railways
Roads
Raw Materials
Clothing, Materials & Dress (not sure why dress is listed twice)
Lodging & Coffee Houses
Stationary
Administration
Army, Navy
Police, Prisons
Law
Medicine
Art & Amusement
Literature & Science
Education
Religion
Domestic Care Services
Property Owning (Real Estate)
For the purpose of creative thinking here's a great list to get you going.
Farmers
Agricultural Laborers & Shepherds
Nurserymen & Gardners
Drainage & Machinery Attendants
Breeding (Horse & Cattle)
Fishermen
Miners
Quarry & Brick Layers
Salt & Water Works
Management
Operative
Road Making
Machinery & Tools
Ship Building
Metal Workers
Earthenware
Fuel, Gas and Chemicals
Furs, Leather & Glue
Wood, Furniture, Carriages
Paper, Floor Cloth, Waterproof
Textiles & Dyeing
Dress
Food, Drink, & Smoking
Watches, Instruments & Toys
Printing & Bookbinding
Navigational & Docks
Railways
Roads
Raw Materials
Clothing, Materials & Dress (not sure why dress is listed twice)
Lodging & Coffee Houses
Stationary
Administration
Army, Navy
Police, Prisons
Law
Medicine
Art & Amusement
Literature & Science
Education
Religion
Domestic Care Services
Property Owning (Real Estate)
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Lawn Tennis
During the 19th Century Lawn Tennis started to organize and the beginning roots of today's tennis matches were formed. Below is a picture of a book on Lawn Tennis that shows what the net, rackets and balls looked like in the later part of the century.
Below are a series of links to various Google books for more information about the game.
American Lawn Tennis Vol. 2 ©1899 This book gives some of the history of lawn tennis in America, along with some personal accounts.
Lawn Tennis ©1886 This book was published in London and states some of the rules concerning the game.
Lawn Tennis in Our Own Country ©1890 This book also gives some of the history in America.
Wright & Dittson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide ©1898
American Lawn Tennis Vol. 2 ©1899 This book gives some of the history of lawn tennis in America, along with some personal accounts.
Lawn Tennis ©1886 This book was published in London and states some of the rules concerning the game.
Lawn Tennis in Our Own Country ©1890 This book also gives some of the history in America.
Wright & Dittson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide ©1898
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