December 14, 2025
Tag: Lynn
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It’s Old Home Week!
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Small towns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic lost population as westward migration and the lure of factory work drew young people away. Old Home Week attempted to lure them back.
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May 7, 2020 102 Comments
Technical schools: places that teach how the world works. At the turn of the 20th century a wealth Californian saw her first car. Instinctively she realized that some day a mechanic would be needed to repair that car. To that end she built a school, hired teachers, and held classes in auto repair. That was just the start.