Saturday, January 17, 2015

FUNNY BIT…



This cracked me up. If you haven't figured out by now - the book I'm working on takes place in 1904 and has something to do with the World's Fair.

An ALA MEETING FROM 1904!


I cracked up when I read the bit about "morbid trash." This was from a meeting of the American Library Association at the St. Louis World's fair in 1904. "40 delegates were present."

Thursday, January 15, 2015

This is an ad from 1904. Huh?



I wonder if that's where the saying "getting plastered comes from. Ha!

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

INTERESTING ARTICLE ON "AIRSHIP"

I know, I know… I need to post! I'm almost done with the book I'm working on so then I can get back to it. I'm sure by the time I do all of my readers will be gone. Sigh.

Anyway, I'm going to start a clipping file for the unrelated interesting articles I find while doing research. Here's one: