Trade Card Tricks
Three cards were slipped into a box of laundry powder in 1882. Someone kept them.…
The Last Summer
A Hoenisch Portrait of composer Edvard Grieg at Troldhaugen, July 25, 1907. Six weeks after…
Shakespearean Soap
In the 1880s, someone figured Shakespeare had the perfect verse for selling soap.
Susanna’s Suitors
Fröken Susanna Pettersson of Sunnansjö, Sweden couldn’t vote, couldn’t earn, and couldn’t easily leave her…
Silent Stare from Last Century
The news these days deserves a long silent stare. Here is one from a horse.…
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The Posted Past 