THE VILLAGE STREET

A DRINK OF WATER

Do you have ancestors who came to the United States

 in need of work who build bridges, as I do?

A BIT OF THE EAST RIVER

Seeing this print by artist Otto H. Bacher, reminded me of

how important rivers were to transportation back in the day.

BUILD A LITTLE MODEL OF THE MAYFLOWER

Thanks to Dover Publications, here is the project.  You'll probably want to enlarge before you cut out and you still might need some tweezers, but hey, this is at no cost to you!  Celebrate the 400th anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims on the Mayflower and indulge yourself in some Colonial American history!


  I've copied these in the same size so all parts should fit.  I would try to enlarge X2 or X3.  Have fun!

SHE AWAITS WORD OF HER MARRIAGE

ANCIENT AND STRONG

THE COUNTRY LANE

MOTHER NATURES TREE

FAMILY TREE FUN

STEAMSHIP POSTCARDS - HOLLAND AMERICA LINE - WHITE STAR LINE

GGARCHIVES - HOLLAND AMERICA LINE

 

 

STEAMSHIP POSTCARDS - RED STAR LINE and GG ARCHIVES LINK

Images from Dover Publications

 

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FOUND AN INTERESTING NEW RESEARCH RESOURCE CALLED GG ARCHIVES

 

Here is the link to RED STAR information

GG ARCHIVES - STEAMSHIPS - RED STAR LINE

THE NORMANDIE " THE FRENCH LINE'S MOST LAVISH LINER EVERY BUILT"

These pictures are from the book "THE FABULOUS INTERIORS OF THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS IN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS" which is published by Dover Publishing.

 

This French Line ship is just one of many covered.  If you have immigrants coming by ship into the United States you may want to see this book to see if their ship is listed.  It has information on the on-board life style,  details like the menus, the service, and much more.  It is one thing to see a post card of the exterior of the ship and another to see the accommodations.  You quickly realize that the Titanic wasn't the only luxury ship!