The Great Infuenza started in March of that year at Fort Funston in Kansas. It killed my wife’s Great Uncle when he was in basic training. A photo shortly before his death shows him in uniform as a robust Minnesota farm boy.
Knowing how different things were in 1918 in terms of technological development, it is often hard to reconcile that men who fought in the Civil War would be alive to send the boys off. Assuming one was 18 in 1865, they would be 71 in 1918 and many who fought were younger than 18. Even more fantastic to think about is that someone who witnessed the Wright Brothers flight as a youth could have also watched the moon landing on a color television 66 years later.
I like this - an adaptation of the Main Street series, sort of. I love me some ephemera - I have lots of it - and once in a while something will require a deep dive into the old newspapers and whatever the interwebs can be persuaded to cough up.
The Great Infuenza started in March of that year at Fort Funston in Kansas. It killed my wife’s Great Uncle when he was in basic training. A photo shortly before his death shows him in uniform as a robust Minnesota farm boy.
As always, an interesting post. Thanks!
Very sad.
OMG it’s the gallery of regrettable food guy!!! 😃
Nice. Thanks! Looking forward to more. (No pressure ;-)
Wow. Just wow.
Knowing how different things were in 1918 in terms of technological development, it is often hard to reconcile that men who fought in the Civil War would be alive to send the boys off. Assuming one was 18 in 1865, they would be 71 in 1918 and many who fought were younger than 18. Even more fantastic to think about is that someone who witnessed the Wright Brothers flight as a youth could have also watched the moon landing on a color television 66 years later.
Come for the regrettable food. Stay for the ephemera. Or vice versa. Please to be making ephemera a regular feature. That'd be grand.
Interesting. Have a fun, healthy break
I would like to Like this, but where is the button?
I like this - an adaptation of the Main Street series, sort of. I love me some ephemera - I have lots of it - and once in a while something will require a deep dive into the old newspapers and whatever the interwebs can be persuaded to cough up.