Category Archives: History

It’s Up to you…

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Budget Travel Magazine is running a contest to find the 10 Coolest Small towns in America. The beloved home of Travel Between The Pages, Newtown PA, is already in the top ten — keep the momentum going by voting early … Continue reading →

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Vintage NYC

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Literary History Trips

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

How about a trip through literary history ? The Australian website BibliOZ offers a clever tool that will help you discover the books that led the New York Times bestseller lists on your birthday. All you need to do is … Continue reading →

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Old Dutch (map) Porn

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The 17th century Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit created the extraordinary Stedenboek or Book of Cities. With only four copies of the book known to exist, the National Library of the Netherlands has digitized and uploaded two excellent versions to … Continue reading →

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Nostalgia NYC Style

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The Museum of the City of New York has placed a noteworthy selection of old NYC photographs from its enormous collection on its website. On the home page, click on the “Collections Portal” box for a trip back in time. … Continue reading →

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We Never Forget

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Hottest Tourist Destination for 2011

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Planning your next vacation trip? having trouble deciding where to go? How about visiting the site of the world’s worst civilian nuclear disaster? Beginning early Spring 2011, the area surrounding the ruined Chernobyl nuclear power plant and nearby towns and … Continue reading →

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Imagine

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Brian D. Butler
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Always Something Interesting…

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

There’s always something interesting at Shorpy.com the vintage photo blog featuring thousands of images from the 1850s to 1950s.

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Do you believe in retronautics ?

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Chris Wild’s amazing website, How to be a Retronaut, is a virtual time machine with astonishing retro-posts that will transport you in time . A recent series by Dutch historian Jo Teeuwisse chronicals World War II  and contemporay Amsterdam with … Continue reading →

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