Historical newspapers and heirlooms

surf4grrl · February 20, 2011

Just thought I'd pass on this site for anyone who interest in checking out heirloom history etc.

I use this site for research using varieties, the libraries have digitized newspapers from 1839 - present. I find the info fascinating since I'm from the area the newspaper database is referring to - it's a double plus.

(I also searched all the threads and did not see a post regarding this - thanks Raybo!)

The paper is a joint effort between NY state and historical societies.

FYI, the aggregate search is slow today - the "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" seems to be fine.

http://suffolkhistoricnewspapers.org/

Chucker · February 20, 2011

That's pretty cool! Finally some evidence that the real Marglobe was indeterminate.

Long Islander (Huntington) - 1839-1974
Thursday, June 20, 1946 Page: 2 Section: None

puttgirl · February 20, 2011

That is pretty cool! It even mentioned my Grandma's favorite, Bonny Best.

ContainerTed · February 21, 2011

I spent a couple of hours there yesterday. I searched for "tomato" and then concentrated on articles from the 19th century. What a wonderful historic information source this is.

I was a bit surprised at the prices of canned foods back in the 1850's to 1890's. From 8 to 25 cents for a certain things was a lot of money back then. I did a quick, non-precise comparison to our last weekly grocery list and came up with about 35 dollars for a month's groceries. That would have been the total monthly income for a lot of folks back then.

Some of the "For Sale" ads were interesting and, by today's standards, quite humorous. Lots of folks making a bit of cash selling plants. And lots of articles on "how to" do things in the garden. The DW liked all the recipes. There were a lot of recipes for Ketchup and Chow Chow.

The 1840's talked a lot about how the tomato was losing the "poison" and the "sour/bitter" reputations and taking on the "good for you", acquired taste, and "healthy/medicinal" facades.

Again, thanks for posting this link. This is highly recommended reading.

Ted

surf4grrl · February 21, 2011

No problem - if anyone is interested in regional digitized collections, please PM me. I have been utilizing this collection but there are others.

bullish · February 23, 2011

Very cool! I live on Long Island - grew up in Ridge, but moved to Oceanside about 1.5 years ago.

February 20, 2011	#1
surf4grrl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: field of dreams Posts: 97	Historical newspapers and heirlooms Just thought I'd pass on this site for anyone who interest in checking out heirloom history etc. I use this site for research using varieties, the libraries have digitized newspapers from 1839 - present. I find the info fascinating since I'm from the area the newspaper database is referring to - it's a double plus. (I also searched all the threads and did not see a post regarding this - thanks Raybo!) The paper is a joint effort between NY state and historical societies. FYI, the aggregate search is slow today - the "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" seems to be fine. http://suffolkhistoricnewspapers.org/

February 21, 2011	#4
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	I spent a couple of hours there yesterday. I searched for "tomato" and then concentrated on articles from the 19th century. What a wonderful historic information source this is. I was a bit surprised at the prices of canned foods back in the 1850's to 1890's. From 8 to 25 cents for a certain things was a lot of money back then. I did a quick, non-precise comparison to our last weekly grocery list and came up with about 35 dollars for a month's groceries. That would have been the total monthly income for a lot of folks back then. Some of the "For Sale" ads were interesting and, by today's standards, quite humorous. Lots of folks making a bit of cash selling plants. And lots of articles on "how to" do things in the garden. The DW liked all the recipes. There were a lot of recipes for Ketchup and Chow Chow. The 1840's talked a lot about how the tomato was losing the "poison" and the "sour/bitter" reputations and taking on the "good for you", acquired taste, and "healthy/medicinal" facades. Again, thanks for posting this link. This is highly recommended reading. Ted __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

February 20, 2011	#3
puttgirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW PA Posts: 281	That is pretty cool! It even mentioned my Grandma's favorite, Bonny Best.

February 23, 2011	#6
bullish Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oceanside, Long Island, NY, USA Posts: 48	Very cool! I live on Long Island - grew up in Ridge, but moved to Oceanside about 1.5 years ago.