Thursday, August 8 at 8 p.m. EST, join David M. Kelly and me on Fun Classic Reads! We’ll be doing a live read of "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons," a #SherlockHolmeswww.youtube.com/@FunClassicR...#classicliterature#booksky
That’s amazing about your grandparents’ letters! I’ve never found anything so personal as hair, only photos, news articles, and samples of fabric for clothes. These are from a married couple I don’t know. They were from NJ, where I live, and he was a Marine who saw combat. Lovely stationery too.
#OTD (May 23) in the year 1873: The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. #OTDIH #history 🗃️ #c19th
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, the Red River Rebellion and in response to lawlessness, demonstrated by the subsequent Cypress Hills Massacre and fears of United States military intervention. The NWMP combined military, police and judicial functions along similar lines to the Royal Irish Constabulary. A small, mobile police force was chosen to reduce potential for tensions with the United States and First Nations. The NWMP uniforms included red coats deliberately reminiscent of British and Canadian military uniforms.
Woman Maker Wednesday: a new thing I just made up. This evening dress was made in 1867 by Marie and Josephine Virfolet, high-end dressmakers in NYC. Unfortunately, that's about the extent of what we know about them! Like many #19thc#FashionHistory
1859 French book about geology. What an incredible piece of art this cover is! #19thc #bibliophile#antiques 🗃️
