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1872 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, Drugs Department
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In this episode, we venture through some of the 700+ pages of the 1872 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, and discover eve... Read more
12 Nov 2018
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The Book of Household Management, Reading 2
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Let's drift off to a new entry from one of our most popular volumes: The Book of Household Management, by Mrs. Isabella ... Read more
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1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalog, Bicycle Department
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An Account of the Salem Witch Trials, by Cotton Mather
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Let's rest beneath the trees with one of the first environmentalists, John Muir. His relaxed rambles from Indiana to Flo... Read more
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The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Reading 3
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Tonight, we return to the managerial wonder of Mrs. Beeton, and fall asleep to everything one needs to know to be a prop... Read more
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