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Turner showed images from old magazines including hand drawn and hand painted covers, old advertisements, and articles about what was going on during the time. These publications help you better understand what life was like for your ancestors. Some of the magazines are still in existence, such as ''[https://www.cappersfarmer.com/ Capper's Farmer]'' (practical DIY advice--Turner's cover was Vol 46 July 1935), ''[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=delineator The Delineator]'' (an American women's magazine from 1873-1937), ''[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=lhj Ladies' Home Journal]'' (1883-2016), and ''[https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/issues/?issue-year=1950 The Saturday Evening Post]'' (issues back to 1821). Some of these websites have online archives of back issues that you can view, although some may charge a fee. | Turner showed images from old magazines including hand drawn and hand painted covers, old advertisements, and articles about what was going on during the time. These publications help you better understand what life was like for your ancestors. Some of the magazines are still in existence, such as ''[https://www.cappersfarmer.com/ Capper's Farmer]'' (practical DIY advice--Turner's cover was Vol 46 July 1935), ''[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=delineator The Delineator]'' (an American women's magazine from 1873-1937), ''[https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=lhj Ladies' Home Journal]'' (1883-2016), and ''[https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/issues/?issue-year=1950 The Saturday Evening Post]'' (issues back to 1821). Some of these websites have online archives of back issues that you can view, although some may charge a fee. | ||
Turner had some postcards that were also hand drawn and hand painted. Besides the lovely artwork, you can glean information from the written messages, names, addresses, stamps, and postmarks on the reverse sides. One of the postcards Turner showed was the N & W Coal Piers in Norfolk, Va., which | Turner had some postcards that were also hand drawn and hand painted. Besides the lovely artwork, you can glean information from the written messages, names, addresses, stamps, and postmarks on the reverse sides. One of the postcards Turner showed was the N & W Coal Piers in Norfolk, Va., which you can see an image [https://www.cardcow.com/370168/new-nw-coal-piers-lamberts-point-norfolk-virginia/ online]. | ||
Turner also showed images of an Estancia NM Drug Store calendar from 1966 that included recipes, household hints, tips on entertaining, first aid, a fishing guide, astronomical data, farm information, food facts, and coupons. | |||
An 1898 copy of ''Child Stories as Related By Dwight Lyman Moody in His Revival Work in Europe and America'' was another treasure Turner found. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_L._Moody Moody] was a 19th-century evangelist. | |||
More items of interest were several issues of ''The Railroad Telegrapher,'' a monthly magazine of the Order of Railroad Telegraph Operators first published in the late 1800s. Turner reminded us that back then communication was by telegraph. | |||
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