Tag: Edison

  • Phonographs on Postcards

    Phonographs on Postcards

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    Few of us today remember phonographs, Gramophones, or the Victrola, but nearly 150 years since their invention by Thomas Edison they fascinate us all.

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Past Article

Marie Hahn
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“Gun Boat Quilt” was a term given to the raffle quilts made by southern women in order to finance the building of gun boats needed during the Civil War to protect the ports of the southern states and the shipping lanes in and out of southern harbors. This is part of the story.

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