Seeing the Past
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Gary David Plummer:
Retired journalist and writer and editor with a background in American history;
Middling black & white photographer;
Researcher of coal-mining history in a Western Pennsylvania community.
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Retired journalist and writer and editor with a background in American history;
Middling black & white photographer;
Researcher of coal-mining history in a Western Pennsylvania community.
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Maybe this:
pyrography
noun
py·rog·ra·phy
pīˈrägrəfē
plural -es
1
: the art or process of producing designs or pictures (as on wood or leather) by burning or scorching with hot instruments
2
: ornamentation or a piece of ornamentation produced by pyrography
pyrography
noun
py·rog·ra·phy
pīˈrägrəfē
plural -es
1
: the art or process of producing designs or pictures (as on wood or leather) by burning or scorching with hot instruments
2
: ornamentation or a piece of ornamentation produced by pyrography
June 24, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Maybe this:
pyrography
noun
py·rog·ra·phy
pīˈrägrəfē
plural -es
1
: the art or process of producing designs or pictures (as on wood or leather) by burning or scorching with hot instruments
2
: ornamentation or a piece of ornamentation produced by pyrography
pyrography
noun
py·rog·ra·phy
pīˈrägrəfē
plural -es
1
: the art or process of producing designs or pictures (as on wood or leather) by burning or scorching with hot instruments
2
: ornamentation or a piece of ornamentation produced by pyrography
From the Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, August 27, 1934, p. 4:
June 22, 2024 at 3:25 PM
From the Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, August 27, 1934, p. 4:
"In the 1940s, a "Dabs" holder on the wall of a woman's room likely referred to a holder for a type of ointment or salve, commonly known as "dabs." These holders would typically be used to store and dispense small amounts of medicinal or cosmetic creams and ointments." (2/2)
June 12, 2024 at 9:31 PM
"In the 1940s, a "Dabs" holder on the wall of a woman's room likely referred to a holder for a type of ointment or salve, commonly known as "dabs." These holders would typically be used to store and dispense small amounts of medicinal or cosmetic creams and ointments." (2/2)
I haven't found any info on Dabs, so I asked ChatGPT, which probably hallucinated the following : (1/2)
June 12, 2024 at 9:29 PM
I haven't found any info on Dabs, so I asked ChatGPT, which probably hallucinated the following : (1/2)