Advertising provides a window into the social expectations of times gone by. Advertisements from the past relay the"little" daily needs and wants of generations now but faint memories. The Ancient Egyptians and the Romans dyed their hair, and so did, evidently, Prince Georgeans. Marylanders, and citizens of the District of Columbia. An advertisement in [...]
An "extravagant" southern-style eggnog recipe found in The Sunday Star, a Washington DC newspaper, published December 31, 1905. Beat the whites and yolks of 18 fresh eggs separately, the whites in a large bowl until both are as light as possible. While beating the yolks stir in with them 18 tablespoons of pulverized sugar. Take [...]
October 24th 1855 in Prince George's County: Vaguely Familiar Gleanings from the Upper Marlborough Newspaper, The Planters' Advocate Prince George's County was a divided land in the autumn of 1855. The long rows in tobacco fields vied with grains and fruits which in turn were in laced with pastures [...]
"The Bridge of Life" built by Dionicio Rodriguez at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, in 1936-38. Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0 Hispanic Heritage Month The Work of Dionicio Rodriguez, A Nationally Known Mexican-American Artist, in Prince George’s County Cedar Hill Cemetery, 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suitland, Maryland, [...]
FOREIGN PAUPERS AND CRIMINALS — The bill reported in the House of Representatives on the 2d inst., in relation to foreign paupers , makes it the duty of the U. S. Consuls, on personal application to them or persons wishing to emigrate to the United States, to grant them a certificate, on proof that the [...]
The Prince George's Society is digitizing its editions of the Prince George's Enquirer. Access to the digitized newspaper editions can be found at the Society's DeMarr Library located on the 1st floor of the Greenbelt, Maryland public library. We hope that you might consider becoming a member. Your membership of 30.00 will help us bring [...]
THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MARIETTA HOUSE MUSEUM Present AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON THE ROSENWALD SCHOOLS OF MARYLAND by Susan G. Pearl 7:00 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Marietta, 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale CALL 301-464-5291 TO RESERVE SEAT JR BTW Highland Park, Prince George’s Galesville, Anne Arundel
ATHA Inc. has moved to the Magruder House (4701 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg, MD 20710) just around the corner from Bladensburg Waterfront Park. Sharing space in Bladensburg’s oldest building with AEON Preservation Services and Prince George’s Heritage Inc., ATHA Inc. will have limited public hours. Our email and phone numbers remain the same. Mail may now [...]
Horticultural. CELERY. The production of goods celery is a point well worthy the care of the gardener. Few vegetables are more highly prized were require so much attention from the time the seed is sown till it is furnished to the table. The droughts of summer and the severe frosts of winter are [...]
Beginning on Friday, August 28, and continuing through Thursday, September 3, 2015, the newly restored Old Greenbelt Theatre will be showing the new film “Rosenwald” which tells the story of Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), president of Sears, Roebuck and Company from 1908 to 1924, and one of America’s great philanthropists. Although Rosenwald was involved with many [...]
