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Old February 20, 2011   #1
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Default Historical newspapers and heirlooms

Just thought I'd pass on this site for anyone who interest in checking out heirloom history etc.

I use this site for research using varieties, the libraries have digitized newspapers from 1839 - present. I find the info fascinating since I'm from the area the newspaper database is referring to - it's a double plus.

(I also searched all the threads and did not see a post regarding this - thanks Raybo!)

The paper is a joint effort between NY state and historical societies.

FYI, the aggregate search is slow today - the "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" seems to be fine.

http://suffolkhistoricnewspapers.org/
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Old February 20, 2011   #2
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That's pretty cool! Finally some evidence that the real Marglobe was indeterminate.

Long Islander (Huntington) - 1839-1974
Thursday, June 20, 1946 Page: 2 Section: None
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Old February 20, 2011   #3
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That is pretty cool! It even mentioned my Grandma's favorite, Bonny Best.
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Old February 21, 2011   #4
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I spent a couple of hours there yesterday. I searched for "tomato" and then concentrated on articles from the 19th century. What a wonderful historic information source this is.

I was a bit surprised at the prices of canned foods back in the 1850's to 1890's. From 8 to 25 cents for a certain things was a lot of money back then. I did a quick, non-precise comparison to our last weekly grocery list and came up with about 35 dollars for a month's groceries. That would have been the total monthly income for a lot of folks back then.

Some of the "For Sale" ads were interesting and, by today's standards, quite humorous. Lots of folks making a bit of cash selling plants. And lots of articles on "how to" do things in the garden. The DW liked all the recipes. There were a lot of recipes for Ketchup and Chow Chow.

The 1840's talked a lot about how the tomato was losing the "poison" and the "sour/bitter" reputations and taking on the "good for you", acquired taste, and "healthy/medicinal" facades.

Again, thanks for posting this link. This is highly recommended reading.

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Old February 21, 2011   #5
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No problem - if anyone is interested in regional digitized collections, please PM me. I have been utilizing this collection but there are others.
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Old February 23, 2011   #6
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Very cool! I live on Long Island - grew up in Ridge, but moved to Oceanside about 1.5 years ago.
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