Through the Hourglass

Past and present

Through the Hourglass

Past and present

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Sunday, March 16, 2025

Tangled Trees

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Introducing Mr. Primrose Avenue

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George Primrose, promotional card, 1880s   In my hometown of Mount Vernon, New York, Primrose Avenue ran less than a mile between two main s...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Riccadonna

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  Riccadonna Restaurant newspaper sketch, 1890s The snappy young men bounded up the brownstone steps, opera stars trailed their gloved hands...
Thursday, October 17, 2024

Tuberculosis

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  Montefiore Hospital's Country Home Sanitarium, early twentieth century A father and son, both stricken with tuberculosis, died 30 year...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

The Bird Man Comes to Mount Vernon, N.Y.

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  Otto Standke, 1920s In March of 1888, Otto Standke made his entrance at the family farm in eastern Missouri, the sixth of seven children. ...
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Cards

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  This photograph appeared in 1914 in the journal American Photography. It startled me.  The picture jumped out from pages of shadowy portra...
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Monday, July 8, 2024

July Night

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