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We’ve been pretty lucky so far in that we haven’t yet had any real accumulation of snow this winter season, unlike other parts of the country this week. But with the holiday season in full swing, we’re feeling a bit nostalgic for wintertime...
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As the holiday season has arrived, we thought it would be fun to post a vintage Christmas postcard from our collection. This example is particularly appealing because it truly reflects the decade in which it was made. It dates from the 1930s, and its design reflects...
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Hybrid cars are all the rage these days. The negative impact of automotive fuels on the environment, coupled with the high price of gas, has made many drivers turn to gas and electric hybrids as a greener, more fuel-efficient method of transportation. But did you know...
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Save the date: November 21, 2010, for the opening reception of the Peabody Historical Society’s new exhibition “A Century of Style: 1840-1940.” The years between 1840 and 1940 saw more changes to women’s fashions than any other era. This...
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Of the 1,060 arrests by police officers in Peabody in 1918, a staggering 1,009 of them were women arrested for public demonstrations of the shimmy dance. The origins of the shimmy are believed to have come from a vaudeville tap dance routine in the early 1900s called...
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Florence Holden was a teacher in Peabody from the 1920s to the 1950s. She worked for the Thomas Carroll School in the Twenties and the Samuel Brown School by the early Thirties. By 1940 she had been appointed Assistant Principal of the Samuel Brown School. The Peabody...
