| Welcome to The Turn of the Century..1899-1900 that is. | |||||||||||||||||
| The Victorian Age was a time where old and new collided. Here we are 100 years hense, ready to collide again. Time alone will tell. Share your past and and I will publish the literary treasures I have found. Read to us your poetry (do you remember all of the words to Grandfather's Clock?). Remind us of a song that your grandmother sang to you. Allow me to publish what you send or we will link our visitors to your home page. Write soon. |
This wed site is the beginning of a journey into the past..for rememberance sake. You are invited to share this domain as YOUR LINK TO THE PAST... http://www.turnofthecentury. org From here we will link to sources for woodworking, non-electric appliances, lace and quilts, grandmothers "words of wisdom" and greatgrandpa's craftsmanship. This home will provide songs and plays from period literature, quotes from Mark Twain's humorous writings and poems and speaches from the best orators of the times. On our porch will be country goods and homemade items for you to take home and recipes by simply downloading from [email protected] PLEASE JOIN US in bringing recipes, items for trade/sale,old things you've found, and let us know what you're looking for in friends and goods as we attemt to remember the greatness of our past before we collide with our future. | ||||||||||||||||
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Tonight Tinker the Peddler says "check out the link below to get your own 20MB of free webspace" | Antique Mall. Americana treasures.a venue for Antique dealers who haven't the time to play on the net . Email about your antique shop..ship anywhere | ||||||||||||||||
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LOOK WHAT I FOUND!! from "Facts for the Curious" article found in "Everybody's Encyclopedia" pub.1907 by Charles Morris, Editor of Twentieth Century Cyclodedia The 19th Century in a Nutshell: "The Nineteenth century received from its predecessors the horse; we bequeathed the bicycle, the locomotive, and the motor car. We received the goose quill and bequeathed the typewriter. We received the scythe and bequeathed the mowing machine. We received the hand printing press;we bequeathed the cylinder press. We received the painted canvas;we bequeathed lithography, photography and color photography. We received the hand-loom; we bequeathed the cotton and woolen factory. We received gunpowder;we bequeathed lyddite. We received the tallow dip; we bequeathed the electric lamp. We recieved the galvanic battery; we bequeathed the dynamo. We recieved the flint-lock; we bequeathed Maxims. We recieved the sailing ship; we bequeather the steamship. We recieved the beacon signal fire; we bequeathed the telephone and wireless telegraphy. We recieved ordinary light; we bequeather Roentgen rays." What, my new 2000 friends, did we recieve? And what will we bequeath? Original copies available. | ||||||||||||||||
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