Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Alabama. Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald 1921…
A few years ago, with many genealogical facts in hand, I made a research trip to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in search of…
The following is an abridged excerpt from an article that was originally published in a New York newspaper and republished in the Jacksonville Republican…
Faith and Courage: 2nd Edition -presents the religious persecution of Quakers in Pre-Revolutionary War days of America intertwined with a love story. The characters…
{I've often wondered why people seemed to be so serious and not smiling in old photographs, then one day I realized that it may…
"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you…
Some people believe in engraving their trades on their tombstones in the past. Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him…
How to cure rheumatic gout and using food for ailments instead of medicine (Transcribed from The Iron Age, Birmingham, March 5, 1874) An Englishman…
Woman's mourning bonnet in hard crape, c.1880 (Wikipedia) Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Crape/Crepe is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber…
On January 9, 1965 "the battleship USS Alabama was dedicated in Mobile as a World War II memorial. Commissioned in August 1942, the Alabama served primarily…
CORN BREAD By Inez McCollum Corn bread is older than our country. Native Americans were making corn bread when the settlers came to America. …
[Anne Newport Royall was alive to witness the Revolutionary War and recorded her sentiments about the experience in this letter written on President Washington's…
Wallpaper was the rage in the 1890s and this is the way our ancestors made the paste to hang the wallpaper from wheat flour.…
Patron+ member story Our ancestors valued colors in clothes and look for ways to keep them from fading when washed, but using turpentine to…
(Alabamians have always helped each other in times of crisis - this is one example) The Can't Get Away Club A local relief society organized…
Fur was more popular in the 1890s than they are now, and they could look bad after years of wear. This is how they…
The United States national 21-gun salute is a gun for each state: for the president 21 guns, 17 for the vice-president, 15 for cabinet…
This story can also be found in the book Alabama Footprints: Immigrants The War of 1812 confirmed the separate existence of the United States…
PAINT AND GREASE REMOVAL An excellent recipe for removing paint or grease spots from garments may be had by mixing four tablespoonfuls of alcohol…
Because of its unusual softness and appearance as well as its high cost of production, velvet has often been associated with nobility. To Raise…
Carpets were expensive items in the 1890s and moths were very destructive. Here are some remedies for eradicating moths and lessening the damage that…
A BUSY DAY'S WORK (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870 – Originally published in the American Agriculturist) In many families…
Washing clothes was a major task in the past and there were techniques to getting the clothes really clean as can be seen by…
Removing stains and spots has always been a problem. Here is how they dealt with most stains and spots according to a 1890s…
These instructions for properly searching, folding and ironing shirts make me tired just reading them. I'm glad I live in this century! How…
Evidently, there was a problem with personal clothing and garments being lost in the 1890s just as there is today. They seem to have…
Our ancestors did not have access to medical treatment like we have today and came up with many home remedies. This is a very…
Our ancestors found ingenious ways to clean, and renew almost everything as can be seen from these instructions from a 1890s book. To…
How to destroy insects and vermin (from 1890s book) Out ancestors could not run out to the store for solutions to problems they faced…
Occasionally, I run across a vintage film or picture that is not about Alabama, but is just too good not to share. This is…
![PATRON + Can you believe there were actually tooth brush drills in school in 1919? [see vintage pics]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/White-toothbrush-drills-fairfield-Alabama-220x169.jpg)
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