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Author: Elizabeth Thomsen

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February 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died

February 3, 2018November 17, 2018 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and pilot Roger Peterson were killed in a plane crash near

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Smiley Tree Face

September 25, 2016March 8, 2020 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I don’t know who created the smiley face on the cut limb of a big old tree in my town,

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Miss C.’s Poetry Voice

May 22, 2016October 1, 2019 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I had the same teacher, Miss C., for both the third and fifth grades. She wasn’t my favorite teacher —

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New England Flood of May 2006

May 11, 2016July 12, 2016 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

Ten years ago it started raining on Mother’s Day and continued raining for days. Many communities in this area, especially

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Postcard of Carpet Shop
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The Carpet Shop

September 27, 2015March 8, 2020 Elizabeth Thomsen 5 Comments Featured

I love the old linen-textured postcards, especially the way the images fall somewhere between photographs and postcards. I especially like

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The Scottish Screen Archive

August 30, 2015September 26, 2019 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I spend a lot of time working with old photographs, at home and at work, but I have recently started

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Gone But Not Forgotten: Sweetheart Cottage

April 20, 2015September 13, 2015 Elizabeth Thomsen 4 Comments

I first fell in love with this little red cottage in Asbury Grove in 2008. It looked so cheerful and

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Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train

April 19, 2015 Elizabeth Thomsen 1 Comment

Abraham Lincoln’s funeral service was held on April 19, 1865, after which the coffin was brought by procession to the

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Past and present in Beverly Gas & Tire mural

March 29, 2015October 1, 2019 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I’m a great admirer of artist Philip Coleman’s murals around the area, and I especially like the one he did

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Winter 

Nina in the Snow

March 16, 2015July 11, 2016 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

It’s been an amazing winter here in Boston. Almost no snow in December and the first half of January, and

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