origin of the term Rummage Sale history lesson, 1898Modern day yard sales have their origin in rummage sales that first emerged in port cities around the docks. Derived from a nautical term that dates back to the late 16th century, the word rummage referred to the storage of … Read More
Red Cross ambulance pulled by a beautiful pair of matched dapplesThe Red Cross first provided ambulance service to the military in 1898 in the Spanish American War, and after that conflict provided ambulances in many American cities. https://www.facebook.com/neatoldphotos.m.lucas2/photos/a… Read More
The Rue Saint-Dominique and the beautiful Fontaine de Mars, or Fontaine du Gros-Caillou, circa 1900and one cool old double decker horse drawn omnibushttps://www.facebook.com/neatoldphotos.m.lucas2/… Read More
just finished my laundry at the laundramat, so it seems fitting to post the laundry delivery horse carts from 120 years ago http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2014/09/electric-laundry-circa-1897.html… Read More
trams in a snowstorm in New York on February 1914https://www.facebook.com/neatoldphotos.m.lucas2/… Read More
