April 24, 2024
Tag: old home week
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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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April 2, 2023 5 Comments
The most popular entertainment of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century was Vaudeville. The acts were mostly light comedy, acrobatic, musical, and sometimes silly, but everyone loved it and had their favorites. Today postcards are about all we have as memories.