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• Only The Dead Know Brooklyn, Part One: The Ghost of Union Street

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 14:20 in brooklyn ghosts, brooklyn history, unsolved mysteries

  It was a hot night in August 1890 when police officer Thomas McGrath had "an exciting experience with a ghost" in the streets of South Brooklyn. South Brooklyn was a working-class area with "a mixed population [of] Irish, Italians, Germans and Swedes...

• The Only Way To Tour New York City In 1905 (Almost Wordless Wednesday)

  Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 11:18 in 1900s ads, old advertisements and products, old new york city, old photographs, wordless wednesday

  When they invent the time machine I will be taking this tour (and doing plenty of sightseeing on my own, too). ...

• The Knox Company Explains It All To You

  Posted on Tuesday August 26th, 2008 at 12:19 in 1950s almanacs, dream interpretation, dreams, ephemera, the medicine show

  Let the Knox Company of Fort Erie, Ontario interpret your dreams! They made medicines like Cystex, which "help[ed] clean kidneys," and Kolade Powders for stomach troubles (though this sounds way too much like Kool-Aid for my liking).I have their extr...

• "The Top of New York," 1937

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 11:49 in 1930s ephemera, New York City, old postcards

  A postcard sent in 1937 - when the Empire State Building was the world's tallest building at just over 1470 feet tall (to the top of the spire). It was built in 1930-1931.The picture must have been taken on a foggy day -the postcard manufacturer has ...

• An Uncommon Victorian Woman: Sarah Price, Oculist

  Posted on Sunday August 24th, 2008 at 19:02 in 1860s ads, brooklyn history, brooklyn people, occupations, odd news from the past, old advertisements and products, the medicine show, victorian women

  Sarah Price was a professional optician in Brooklyn from about 1835 to the 1870s, at which point her daughter, Sarah (Price) Ensell, took over the business. This was most unusual - both the profession, and the passing on of a family business from mot...

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