This post is the 3rd installment of a series dedicated to exploring actual sale prices of historic newspapers from various periods of time. Below please find a few selections from the 19th century. Note: If you have an issue of your own you’re trying to price, one trick/strategy is to go to the “advanced” search [...]
This appeared in the “New York Clipper” newspaper of December 6, 1856 issue. Hopefully this “expedition” in Bridgeport, Vermont, was so successful that the town is a nice place in which to live today:
We continue with our series on “prices realized”, with this 4th installment providing select examples of issues from the 20th century. While there are many issues to choose from, we tried to cover a variety of collectible interests. Note: While collectible newspapers have had a good track record of increasing in value over time (see [...]
This week I have selected tomorrow’s date for our travel advantage. The Connecticut Mirror issue dated September 10, 1810 which on the front page carried an article entitled “Character of Bonaparte”. Mr. S. T. Coleridge had instituted a political paper in which the character of Bonaparte was handled with great severity of reprehension, and assailed [...]
The following is an interesting item printed in “The Floridian” newspaper from Tallahassee, August 12, 1848. The “Temperance Aphorisms” which follows it is worth a look as well:
I would generally agree with this pretty fair article by NPR, Today’s Tea Party Isn’t Quite Like 1773’s. The current Tea Party movement is not protesting the lack of representation like their 1773 counterparts who had no representation at all. Current protestors indeed are not happy with those who are representing them and in a [...]
Recently Elementary students in Virginia attendede the The Cedar Creek Battlefield Kids’ Civil War History Camp to learn about the daily lives of Civil War soldeirs, the battlefield, and some Civil War history.
John Ortman brought his son to the event and declared, “When a 10-year-old develops an interest in history, I think you need to [...]
Richard Dreyfuss has been praised and criticized for his work in trying to educate young people about American history and the Constitution. He has said: “America is falling far short in preparing its children to become leaders and participants in the democratic system.” Not sure how I feel about this comment, but nonetheless I have [...]
The Guide To Online Schools, which is an online education directory that specializes in online degrees, online schools, and distance learning, picked Blog4history.com as one of its 100 Best History Blogs.
From the publisher:
Reading about history on encyclopedia-type sites can be a drag. The information is completely static, and new research and discoveries take time [...]
Presidents have regularly addressed students annually for as long as I can remember. However, I don’t actually remember watching one or being forced to. But nonetheless, as a teacher I was told by my administration that today I had to show President Obama’s address to schoolkids. No problem was my response, sounds good. And according [...]