Weird and whimsical works of friendship and love
In May 2021, I had a lovely trip to the Pioneer Living History Museum in Phoenix, Arizona! The hours are reduced for the summer (it gets very hot here) but it’s definitely worth a visit as soon as the temperature is cool enough that you can tolerate it. There are a ton of historic and …
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The Queen Mary, launched in 1936, is one of the most incredible artifacts/ships in the entire world. Just stepping on board feels like stepping into history. Hopefully she’ll open again after COVID! A friend and I stayed the night in April 2019. I’ll share more photos of the rest of the ship later, but here’s …
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When I’m writing fiction with a historical bent, sometimes a word strikes me as “modern,” and I wonder if a character from a certain time period would know it. I find the Online Etymology Dictionary to be absolutely invaluable! Did you know that the verb “buzz” dates to the late 15th century? Yet the word …
Anyone who knows much about the Titanic (or who ever saw a cinematic or television portrayal) probably knows there were quite a few Irish immigrants. The ship’s last port of call before heading to New York was Queenstown, Ireland (now Cobh). Titanicstories on YouTube has a nice (though sad) video showing some of the sights …
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I love pretty much any place named Coney Island. So when I visited EnterTRAINment Junction (fall 2019), I was thrilled to hear they had a miniature Coney Island display! (Themed to Cincinnati’s Coney Island in 1965.) The most famous Coney Island is the one in New York City, but many cities built their own parks …
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One day after the Titanic sank and the news is out in the New York Sun, with articles on at least the first five pages. On page 5 was a rather lovely outline of the ship, though. And the next day’s headline was even more grim: HOPE ABANDONED FOR ALL BUT ABOUT 800 OF THE …
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By the time the April 15, 1912 edition of the New York Sun reached its readers, the Titanic was at the bottom of the sea. I was surprised that, the newspaper reported not only the Titanic being struck by an iceberg, but also that oceanliner Niagara was struck! LINER NIAGARA, HIT BY ICE, CALLS HELP …
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At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck the iceberg which would sink her less than three hours later. What did the New York Sun report the morning before the sinking? Readers from yesterday may be relieved that ten-month-old Ruth Fleischman was found safe and sound and restored to her parents. The kidnapper …
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April 13, 1912 was the last full day day before the Titanic struck the iceberg. What did the New York Sun report? Yesterday there was a report of embezzlement at the First National Bank of Berlin in Utica, New York. Today, the paper reports that the alleged embezzler Frank T. Arnold is dying, with no …
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On April 12, 1912, the Titanic was speeding towards New York City. The top stories in the New York Sun that day included news of the death of Major General Frederick Dent Grant, Pope Pius X denying reports of his own death, $250,000 going missing from a bank, and news about the New York Democratic …
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