In search of the history of a well-traveled house

Article Abstract:

A woman researched the history of her Martha's Vineyard, MA, home. A house that was once used for a Japanese tearoom was merged with a gingerbread cottage, it was moved a few times, a second story and a wraparound porch were added, and a spiral staircase had replaced the original.

Personal narratives, Housing, History, Dwellings, Local history

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Happy birthday, pink flamingos

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Don Featherstone, vp of Union Products, a lawn ornament company in Leominster, MA, designed a 3-D spongy foam pink flamingo in 1956. Every year the company sells a quarter of a million pink flamingos with wire legs, but flamingos with yellow plastic legs failed to sell.

Marketing, New England, Decorative arts, Decoration and ornament, Decorations (Special occasions), Union Products

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"These are the sure bonds of union." (Jefferson Davis)

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Jefferson Davis traveled to New England as US secretary of war tn years before the Civil War. In a speech in Hartford, CT, he expressed his admiration of the industrialization of the North. During a visit to Maine five years later he was honored with a military salute.

Political aspects, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Humor and anecdotes, Travel, Confederate States of America, Davis, Jefferson

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