Tag: Oshkosh Wisconsin

  • It’s Old Home Week!

    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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Timothy Van Staden
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The world changed in many ways in the 1910s. One dynamic change was when it became proper for a young fellow to “date” a woman for a time away from chaperones, instead of “court” her, which was meant to lead to marriage. Professor Tim looks at the new technology of that decades and finds some interesting firsts.

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