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Did you know that when Yolande Betbeze, Alabama's first Miss America winner of 1951 refused to pose in a swimsuit throughout her reign. She…
Cider was a popular alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples before the 20th century. The juice of any variety of apple…
Recipe Wednesday -- from the 1920s Salt-Codfish Salad Soak one pound of salt cod in cold water overnight. Drain water, put more cold water…
I haven't this methods for cleaning silks. If you attempt them, proceed with caution and not on a valuable piece of silk. How To…
Learn how to cook like our grandparents with this recipe from the 1920s Spanish Rice 2 cupfuls of stewed tomatoes 1 cupful of boiling…
The Black Sheep The children of a prominent family chose to give the patriarch a book of their family's history. The biographer they hired…
Kid gloves are gloves made from the skin of a young goat. They were first fashioned in the 18th century and were often made…
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Alabama. Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald 1921…
The following is an abridged excerpt from an article that was originally published in a New York newspaper and republished in the Jacksonville Republican…
{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…
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