April 24, 2024
Tag: samuel ward stanton
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A Hudson River Steamer and an Artist Named Samuel Ward Stanton
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For nearly a century, New Yorkers had river steamer service second to none other. When the Washington Irving launched in 1913 it was a splendid steamer, but sadly it sailed without its artist. Read the whole story.
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March 28, 2024 2 Comments
Extraordinary people are easy to remember. Some time ago (June 9, 2019) in Postcard History Online Magazine you read about Henri Pol, the Bird Charmer at Tuileries Gardens in Paris. Today you meet a wrinkled old man who had a guinea pig circus in Bath, England.