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Fifty Years Ago

November 19, 2013February 17, 2014 Elizabeth Thomsen 2 Comments

Like most members of my generation, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard

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History Local History North Shore Photography 

The Tramp House

November 18, 2012November 18, 2012 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I stopped in Middleton yesterday to take some pictures of the Old Town Hall, an 1848 building, expanded in 1878,

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Family History History 

Diamond Jubilee

June 2, 2012June 2, 2012 Elizabeth Thomsen 1 Comment

The celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee reminds me of something my Scottish grandmother once shared with me. I asked

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Books History 

In the Garden of Beasts

November 19, 2011November 19, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 2 Comments

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin In 1933, the quiet, scholarly history

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History Memory 

Women of Science

October 7, 2011October 7, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

I love this Smithsonian photograph of Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and Rachel Brown (1898-1980.) It was taken in 1955 when

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Family History Flickr History Music Photography YouTube 

Did Your Mother Come from Ireland?

June 1, 2011July 26, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

Or your grandfather or your great grandparents? If so, you should check out the National Library of Ireland, the newest

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Children's Literature History On This Day 

On This Day in History: September 19

September 19, 2010May 23, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

Up, Up and Away! On September 19, 1783, the Montgolfier Brothers launched the first hot air balloon carrying passengers: a

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History Holidays Memory 

In Flanders Field

November 11, 2009May 23, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

No Mans Land, Flanders Field, France, 1919 In Flanders Field In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row

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Flickr History Photography 

Commenting the Commons

March 5, 2009September 25, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 1 Comment

Every time the Library of Congress adds new photographs to their Flickr Commons site, I jump right on them, flipping

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Flickr History Photography 

Suffrage Pageant Flower Girls

March 1, 2009May 23, 2011 Elizabeth Thomsen 0 Comments

Here’s a great photograph of suffragists to kick off Women’s History Month. It’s from the Library of Congress collection on

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