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Growing Up in the 50’s: The Automat
Dining with my mom in NYC Continue reading
Posted in Growing Up in the 50s, History
Tagged 50's, automat, food, history, Horn & Hardart, restaurants
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Savannah’s History in Bronze and Marble
Walking historic Savannah: statues and monuments Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel
Tagged history, sculpture, statues, monuments, Savannah, Savannah historic district, Waving Girl, John Wesley, James Oglethorpe
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A Mistake for the Ages
The Prohibition Museum, Savannah, Ga. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged 18th Amendment, Carrie Nation, history, museums, Prohibition, Savannah, temperance movement
2 Comments
American Dream/Cambodian Nightmare
Book review: “A Refugee’s American Dream” Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged book review, books, Cambodia, history, Joe Samuel Starnes, Killing Fields, Leth Oun, memoir, refugees, Secret Service
4 Comments
Images of New York Food
from the Museum of the City of New York Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged delis, food, history, Museum of the City of New York, museums, neighborhoods, New York
7 Comments
From the Junkyard to the Playground
History of the junk playground Continue reading
The Man Behind the “World’s Oldest Swing”
Charles Wicksteed, playgrournd equipment pioneer Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Charles Wicksteed, history, Kettering, playgrouinds, playground equipment, Wicksteed Park, Witch's Hat
8 Comments
The Midwest Makes Pizza Its Own
Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis style pizza Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Buddy's Rendevous, Chicago, Detroit, history, Melrose Cafe, pizza, Pizzeria Uno, St. Louis
12 Comments
America’s Pizza Innovators
How Americans changed the way pizza is make, packaged and sold. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Baker's Pride, Blodgett, Celantano, food, frozen pizza, history, pizza, pizza chains, pizza ovens, Shakey's, totino's
4 Comments