The Junior Scrapbook of Priscilla Fuller Bradley 1959-60

Priscilla Fuller Bradley created this scrapbook as a Junior at Wareham High School during the 1959-60 school year.

The Sophomore Scrapbook of Priscilla Fuller Bradley 1958-59

Priscilla Fuller Bradley put this together as a Sophomore at Wareham High School during the 1958-59 school year.

The Freshman Scrapbook of Priscilla Fuller Bradley 1957-58

Priscilla Fuller Bradley put this together as a freshman at Wareham High School.

The Guide – Martha’s Vineyard – Summer 1978

FROM INSIDE THE GUIDE:

Volume 3, Number 1, Summer 1978

“The Guide is published one time a year, June through September by SUN LION PUBLISHING COMPANY at the VANTAGE PRESS, Burlington, Vermont.”

Brockton History by Matchbooks

Mildred’s Chowder House – Hyannis

 

 

 

 

 

CLICK ON THE MATCHBOOK TO SEE A FULL MILDRED’S CHOWDER HOUSE MENU (OPENS IN NEW PAGE)

WWII Ration Stamps

Rationing

 

Matchbook – 1940’s-50’s Cock Horse Luncheons and Dinners

This video features a man reading a Cock Horse menu from the 1940’s – the back of the menu features the restaurant’s history.  (WARNING: snickering about name of restaurant in video – still a good find)  

Cock Horse?

“Cock Horse” can mean a high-spirited horse, and the additional horse to assist pulling a cart or carriage up a hill.  From the mid-sixteenth century it also meant a pretend Hobby horse or an adult’s knee. 

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Historian and Genealogist Lynda Ames remembers her grandmother reciting the old rhyme, Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross

Says Lynda, “You cross your legs and place your small child on your extended foot.  Holding their hands, you lift and lower your foot (in a riding motion) and recite to them”:

Ride a Cockhorse to Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady upon a fine horse
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
She shall make music wherever she goes.

  

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The Village Blacksmith – Longfellow – click to read the PDF!