July 16, 2025
Tag: pins and buttons
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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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“I Like Ike!”
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Dwight Eisenhower never served in combat, but he achieved total victory in World War II. He had no experience running an institution of higher learning, yet he became President of Columbia University. And he never held public office until he was elected President of the United States.
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August 8, 2022 3 Comments
Isaac and Moses Ottenheimer, well known businessmen from Baltimore, Maryland started their business when they were 19 and 14. They were stationers, booksellers, and publishers. Never did they claim otherwise, but along the way they made some great postcards, such as the real photo cards of President Wilson’s second inauguration in 1917.