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red oak church in ceres va 1912 and philco 70

“You would wear yourself down winding it up”

I don’t know when I got my first radio, but Daddy had one of the first radios there was in Ceres, VA (shown here in 1912). It was about as big as television is now.

Early view of Lincoln Theatre interior, Marion, VA

June 3, 2019 Theatres / Virginia

Sound comes to the photoplays

The Lincoln Theatre is completely and finely equipped for the reproduction of sound with the showing of its photoplays.

etching of late 19th century telegraph unit

May 20, 2019 Railroad industry / Telegraph / Virginia

If you made a mistake you could cause a head-on collision

“Telegraphy was interesting work. It was a big responsibility then. At that time it was harder for a woman to get a job.”

b&w photo man and woman sit in court, downhearted

May 16, 2019 Courthouses / Legal profession / Virginia

Somewhere among the mementos of my youth is a silk hat mark, Part 2 of 2

Among the mementos of my youth is a silk hat mark. Ere then, ere then, upon it, in the long, long ago, her deft fingers wove my initials!

swirling set of telegrams and help emoji

May 15, 2019 Courthouses / Legal profession / Virginia

Somewhere among the mementos of my youth is a silk hat mark, Part 1 of 2

I wired him : Have just been appointed to prosecute so & so. Have recently gone to the bar. For the sake of the Ewing name will you help me?

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