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The History of Teens as Told Through Their Music
The history of teen personas, of teenage style and teenage lifestyle, is always associated with if not defined by the music of the era. Continue reading
Posted in History, History of Teenagers, Uncategorized
Tagged Benny goodman, Bob Dylan, bobby soxers, dancing, flappers, history, jazz, music, ragtime, rock 'n' roll, Scott Joplin, swing, teenagers, The Beatles
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How Teens Won the War Between the Generations
Each iteration of emerging teen culture was looked down upon with scorn by adults. Continue reading
Posted in History, History of Teenagers, Uncategorized
Tagged 20th century, adolescents, history, teenagers
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The Invention of the Teenager
For most of our history, society didn’t recognize 13-19 year olds as a distinct group. Instead you went from childhood to adulthood. Continue reading
Posted in History, History of Teenagers, Uncategorized
Tagged adolescents, Frank Sinatra, high school, history, Seventeen, teenagers
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Riding the Rails, A Multimedia Review
How a generation of American teens became hoboes. Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, History, History of Teenagers, Uncategorized
Tagged books, Depression, documentaries, history, railroads, teenagers
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A Day By the Falls
Paterson’s Great Falls Historic District, some photos and some history Continue reading
Posted in History, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Great Falls, history, Industrial history, national parks, New Jersey, Paterson, Paterson Museum, Silk City
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Some Words of Wisdom from FDR
With photos from the FDR National Historic Site in Hyde Park, N.Y. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR, Franklin Delano roosevelt, Freedom From Fear, history, Hyde Park, Norman Rockwell, Presidents, Springwood
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A Place to Celebrate Immigrants
Between 1892 and 1964 more than 12 million immigrated to the U.S. through Ellis Island. Continue reading
Beer in New Jersey: All the Laws We Never Followed
NJ’s governor during Prohibition declared “I am as wet as the Atlantic Ocean” Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged alcohol, beer, Bishop's law, brew pubs, history, laws, liquor licenses, microbreweries, New Jersey, Prohibition, temperance
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Beer Barons of New Jersey: Gottfried Krueger and Max Hassel
A tale of immigrants and gangsters. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged beer, bootleggers, gangsters, Gottfried Krueger, history, Jersey Trio, Krueger Brewing, Mas Hassel, New Jersey, Newark, Prohibition
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