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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

THEY WROTE IT BACK THEN

 Post by Doris McCraw writing as Angela Raines

For my scheduled second Tuesday, which is really early this month, I thought I'd share some news clippings from the past. Hope you enjoy stories from yesteryear.

Comanche National Grasslands
Photo property of the author

First up is a piece on etiquette according to Mark Twain. (I confess to a love of Twain, in part because he grew up about seventy miles from my hometown.)

Twain in 1871
photo from Wikipedia


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From the Rocky Mountain News, Nov. 23, 1866

And what people thought was humorous in the 1880s, well, I leave it to you to decide.

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From the Sun, Gunnison County, March 22, 1884


And lastly a look at corsets, that piece of the wardrobe we sometimes love and hate. Image a life where this is part of the daily routine. 

Victorian Corsets ~ Free Vintage Clip Art | Clip art vintage, Steampunk images, Victorian corset

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Aspen Daily Chronicle September 5, 1888






Doris Gardner-McCraw -
Author, Speaker, Historian-specializing in
Colorado and Women's History
Angela Raines - author: Telling Stories Where Love & History Meet


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2 comments:

  1. Elizabeth ClementsSeptember 8, 2020 at 10:49 PM

    I love this post, Doris. I'm a big fan of Mark Twain. Amazing how clear that photograph is all these years later. I love your photograph of those cliffs. That is exactly the kind of hiding place I envision for my latest wip. I would love to go exploring there. You always entertain as you inform, Doris.

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  2. Renaissance WomenSeptember 11, 2020 at 8:43 PM

    Thank you, Elizabeth. The cliffs are in the Comanche National Grasslands near the area around Bent's fort and LaJunta, CO. The same grasslands also have a canyon with dinosaur footprints.

    I also am a big fan of Twain, but then I grew up near his hometown. LOL.

    Thank you for your kind words. Doris

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