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10 Aug, 2010 in Food & Drink / History tagged 1950s / book review / books / compost / cooking / dinner / garden / gardening / kitchen by Thad

Heirloom Veg Gardening

Big & Little Books of Heritage Vegetables

17 Jul, 2010 in Food & Drink / History / Our Fragile World tagged book review / books / garden / heirloom / vegetables / wish list by Thad

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Happy 4th!

4 Jul, 2010 in History tagged holiday by Thad

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NYT’s Review of Darwin’s Origins of Species

18 May, 2010 in Edu Resources / History tagged books by Thad

Charlie Brown's pub showing curiosities brought back by sailors

National Maritime Museum on Flickr

3 May, 2010 in Edu Resources / History / Museums / Travel & Transport tagged london / photography by Thad

Model alligator, England, 1801-1900

Science Museum’s Brought to Life Completed!

13 Apr, 2010 in Edu Resources / History / Museums tagged london / medicine / science museum by Thad

Sample Child's Ration Book. Throughout the 1940s (and for nine years after the end of the war) every man woman and child in Britain owned ration books of coupons for food and clothing. The Ministry of Food's carefully formulated diet is generally believed to have improved the nation's health.

National Archives on Flickr

9 Apr, 2010 in Edu Resources / History tagged archive / england / london / photography / UK by Thad

Science for the Nation

Science for the Nation

24 Mar, 2010 in Edu Resources / History / Museums tagged books / england / exhibition / london / science / technology by Thad

Osler Family at 7 Norham Gardens, Oxford, 1905

The Marjorie Howard Futcher Photo Collection

17 Mar, 2010 in Edu Resources / History / Travel & Transport tagged photography by Thad

Fred E. Robinson (at right) owned the drugstore where local business leaders persuaded schoolteacher John Thomas Scopes to consent to be charged with violating state law by teaching about evolution. The sign on the tabletop says: â€œAT THIS TABLE THE SCOPES EVOLUTION CASE WAS STARTED MAY 5, 1925.â€

New Donation of Scopes Trial Photos to the Smithsonian Archives

4 Mar, 2010 in Edu Resources / History / Museums tagged monkey / photography / scopes trial / tennessee by Thad