The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 3 February 2019 We now have our own special place on the web! See http://www.photographersstreetview.com/ It has given me great pleasure to tour the many communities featured in the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885 via Google Street View. Not only has this been both economical and environmentally responsible, it has given me an opportunity to survey the landscape at my leisure rather than zooming through town at the posted speed limit (or more). If you can't travel everywhere you'd like, Google Street View offers armchair excursions to some unusual places right under your nose. Take a moment to look around some of the places you think you know. Move that mouse and change your perspective. If you're already there with your phone, Google sometimes offers you a choice of earlier views of the location of your choice. Find out what that building looked like before renovation. Appreciate the architecture that surrounds you. Street View is more tha...

updated 25 December 2023 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> "Ice-Boat Regatta" The Wikipedia article on ice boating gives a historical overview of the phenomenon. The following is from " Iceboating: Braving the Cold and Ice " by Kevin Nordahl on the Door County (Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources) site: "The origins of the seldom publicized sport of iceboating date back to the necessity of moving cargo over large distances during the winter months. Such occurrences were commonplace in Door County during the late 19th century when fishermen, lumbermen and builders would attach square sails to their sleds to assist their horse teams in moving cargo between Menominee, Michigan and Fish Creek. Regular trade routes were marked along the ice by well-placed Christmas-tree-sized pines for the travelers to follow. At that time speed was not the primary goal of the ice sailor, rather it was the safe and efficient...

updated 30 June 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> Highly recommended for the curious is Jane E. Boyd's excellent article, " Celluloid, the Eternal Substitute " in Chemical Heritage Magazine. Not only does Boyd discuss the characteristics of the process, the author also examines the social implications of its use. "NO MORE WASHEE WASHEE, MELICAN MAN WEAR CELLULOID COLLAR AND CUFF" (published by  Doerner & Gunther. Lith. 62 Duane St. N.Y., 1870) Prejudice against Chinese immigrants was rampant in post Civil War America. The quote from the card above conveys the desire of some Americans to send those of Chinese ancestry back to China. This seems to be a repetitive theme in world history. Americans even established a country--Liberia--to receive African-Americans sent back from America. In the 21st century America is trying to send the Mexicans, Bolivians, etc. back to their home...

updated 2 August 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> According to an article about the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection appearing in the  Summer 1965 issue of  Food Marketing in New England  (First National Stores, v. 26 no. 1 p. 22-3): For additional information on Higgins' (and H.M.S. Pinafor), see page 121 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection . According to the Seattle Public Library ,  Charles S. Higgins,"his wife Mary and their children, Charles, Lillie and Minnie, lived in Brooklyn [NY]...The family's home address in 1880 was 95 Sixth Ave." From Business Lookup : Higgins Soap Company 660-662 Atlantic Ave. [2015: Barclay's Center] Brooklyn New York  11217 NYS Entity Status ACTIVE NYS Filing Date JULY 27, 1892 NYS DOS ID# 265 County NEW YORK Jurisdiction NEW JERSEY Registered Agent NONE NYS Entity Typ...