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Even more research odds and ends

Posted on by jccarlton

We live in amazing times. So much can be available at your fingertips.

This is another of my series of the things I found while writing my Mermaids story.

Here is the Research Odds and Ends Series

https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/research-odds-and-ends/

https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2017/09/14/more-research-odds-and-ends/

https://theartsmechanical.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/still-more-research-odds-and-ends/

 

A nice little video about lobsters.

Radio row pages.

http://www.radiodiaries.org/radio-row/

http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=28828.50

Character names? back to the 1880’s just pick the age.

http://www.baby2see.com/names/names_popularity.html

Amazing videos on this channel.

https://www.youtube.com/user/rboylan/videos

Don’t forget to check your relatives for old slides. You never know what might turn up

1942 FARM 17

 

Vermont skiing.

http://vermonthistory.org/research/research-resources-online/green-mountain-chronicles/the-early-days-of-skiing-1934

http://www.innatlongtrail.com/

http://www.nelsap.org/index21.html

http://newenglandskimuseum.org/

A great site for vintage clothing.

https://vintagedancer.com/

Handbook for artillery, 1920.

https://archive.org/details/handbookofartill00unitrich

Army boots WW1 and previous.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/39225-us-army-field-shoes-1902-to-1917/

German replica boots.

https://www.hessenantique.com/WW_I_Footwear_s/664.htm

German uniforms.

http://www.kaisersbunker.com/gtp/index.htm

Library Of Congress Historic American Engineering record for Coney Island(Stillwell Ave.” Subway station.

https://loc.gov/pictures/item/ny1863/

Use this to make a calendar.

https://www.timeanddate.com/

Chasing telescopic sights.

https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/lyman-gun-sight-factory

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/us-world-war-one-sniper-rifles/

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?157378-Possible-early-Winchester-scope

Radio history.

https://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/nyradio.htm

http://www.oldradioworld.com/

Circular saw history.

http://www.asktooltalk.com/articles/toolhistory/divide.php

What I think of when I wrtie about Sal’s car.

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23234/lot/14/

Sort of what the Academy’s shop is like.

http://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/2013/07/old-school-machining.htmlA

Another one.

A book of sailor’s yarns

https://archive.org/details/yarnsofoldmarine00clar

With illustrations.

The History of the Macy parade and balloons.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1920s-puppeteer-whose-inflatable-monsters-changed-thanksgiving

https://42ndblackwatch1881.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-an-archive/

https://mashable.com/2015/11/08/macys-thanksgiving-parade/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily&utm_source=newsletter&utm_cid=mash-prod-email-topstories&utm_emailalert=daily#vIfLq8B5I8q6

Page in Spanish on the Wilhelm Der Grosse, a HAPAG Lloyd steamship.

https://www.navegar-es-preciso.com/news/el-trasatlantico-kaiser-wilhelm-der-grose-un-express-steamer-imperial-de-finales-del-siglo-xix/

The ships sister was interned by the US during the war and used as a transport.

More NYC stuff.

http://www.thegeorgemannarchive.com/1822/1927.html

http://www.vintag.es/2015/04/shooting-city-new-york-ca-1920s.html?m=1

Shop Notes.

https://archive.org/details/PopularMechanicsShopNotes1905_1921

http://tmaking.wkfinetools.com/z_reading/1905-popMechanics/popMech-ShopNotes.asp

Yes, the curb market was real.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9889

 

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