Would You Make These Recipes from 100 Years Ago?
Until just about a century ago, women had to spend a great deal of time in the kitchen to ensure that the family was fed. They didn’t have the...
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The OKCupid of 100+ Years Ago: Matrimonial Ads from Old Newspapers
Long before the days of Tinder or Match.com, people used local media to look for love. The earliest known matrimonial ads published in newspapers are from the 17th century...
Unmasking Pandemic Masks, Then and Now
As people around the world begin to emerge from sheltering in place, they find themselves in a strange new reality: one where half of our faces are hidden. Though...
Drawing on Your Ancestors’ Resilience Can Help You Get Through Tough Times
Many have drawn the parallel between what we are going through today and the Spanish Flu of 1918. Thankfully, we’ve had 100 years of progress in science and medicine...