In continuation of the celebration of the first annual Idaho Day on March 4th, I’m posting this 1920 Clason’s Idaho Green Guide, which boasts Idaho’s abundant electricity at the time.
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Joe Williams arrangements
Ev'rybody Wants To Be Loved (By Someone)
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A New Social Order?
“Each individual who desires to contribute to bringing about better conditions of living, should try to interest other individuals and organizations in Relatism and its objective of creating a modernized world, so that the principles it represents can continue to grow until they become the basis of a new and...
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Happy National Handwriting Day!
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Personal letter
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Hello Out There
In 1923, 92 years ago, University of Idaho sent out its first radio broadcast of students singing Christmas Carols, heard as far away as Chicago, a distance of almost 1500 miles. That Spring semester, the station became designated as KFAN, broadcasting programs, lectures, recitals, concerts, band and orchestra music, and...
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Same Old Holiday Greetings
This 1933 Holiday Greeting served as card and envelope all in one. When it is folded into quarters then sealed with a flap on one side, it was able to be sent through the mail. The delightful depiction of campus was sent by Jesse and Leah Buchanan. Jesse was the...
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Mrs. Murphy
Mrs. Murphy
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A Delightful Law to be Broken
December 5, 1933, 81 years ago today, America ratified the 21st amendment once again legalizing alcohol. The 18th amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the United States, originally passed in 1919 with the best of intentions to improve society and home life, but quickly spiraled...
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Giving Thanks
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Aaron R. Gould letter
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Scripophily
Standard Dairy Company
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