• This week in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh stood trial for treason, & his eloquent defense made him a national hero.
• Evening glamour, 1922.
• What was on the Pilgrims' menu at the first Thanksgiving?
• Fantastic images from the Duke of Wellington's funeral, 1852.
• Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam was upset. His wife was upset. Cambridge officials were conciliatory. But why?
• The woman who became a witch-pricker in Scotland, 1662.
• Every day except Christmas: Covent Garden, London.
• The colorful story of an American locomotive that ended up on Exmoor.
• Six myths about Thanksgiving revealed.
• More about that first Thanksgiving in Texas.
• This 1869 dressing gown is the perfect garment for Thanksgiving (or any) morning.
• The strangeness and splendor of Elizabethan "It" girls.
• NYC's grand Windsor Hotel burns on St. Patrick's Day 1899 in one of the city's most horrific disasters.
• Rich and satisfying Sippet Pudding - 18th c. recipe plus modern version.
• The game board King Charles I carried with him to the scaffold.
• Special bat refuges built into bridge after old roosting places filled in during repairs.
• A serial killer in the regiment? A curious Civil War hanging.
• How to cook a bird like Norma Jeane: Marilyn Monroe's handwritten turkey recipe.
• Early color photographs of Paris, 1914.
• Lady Sarah Archer, definitely not winning "Mother of the Year."
• Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on her wedding day, 65 years ago this week.
• The UK's last typewriter produced - and promptly sent to a museum.
• Dog in joyful air - "Lady Londonderry's Dog."
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3 comments:
What a thrill to see "Lady Londonderry's Dog" in your list this week! (Though I really wish I hadn't written the post before my first cup of coffee. Shameful indulgence in commas.) Thank you both, and thanks for this great blog. I see all kinds of things here I wish I'd found myself!
A lovely selection as usual, and thank you for including my Covent Garden post among the Breakfast Links. The typewriter link got my nostalgia going. Like a lot of writers aged over 50, I cut my teeth on a manual typewriter - then someone told me that it was best to type with your fingers. (Sorry...)
Great links this week. I still have a manual typewriter. Of course, it no longer works because though it's clean and the keys work, there is no ribbon anymore.
And wow, what a beautiful picture of Elizabeth!
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