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100 years of the best old-fashioned mint julep recipes (1862-1962)
It seems that there are almost as many old-fashioned mint julep recipes as there are people who enjoy the cocktails. Take a look at a century of the best how-tos!
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Get laced up with more than 200 classic Victorian corsets
Throughout the 1800s, clothing styles for women changed considerably. Come take a trip through history with this gallery of more than 200 corset styles!
1700s
New Amsterdam to now: Images of New York in the Colonial days
Here are images showing New York City’s growth from a frontier settlement known as New Amsterdam to the metropolis of the western world –through the Colonial times, and in the early days of US independence.
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Mother’s letter to John Quincy Adams, age 11 (1840)
The Mother of John Q Adams It is said that superior men always have superior mothers, and it certainly seems to be the case in
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