S5E19: "Strictly In It: Analyzing a 1907 postcard to determine what it tells us of time and place"

Jonathon Ahl is the Education coordinator at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, and therefore is no stranger to dissecting a document on the spot, sight unseen. We applied our analytical skills to a postcard from Oregon featuring a cartoon duck, printed and filled out in the first part of the 20th Century.

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S5E18: "This One's For Chuck: Chuck Mangione and his Album Feels So Good as a document of the late 1970s"

The waning days of December is the time to reflect on the previous year and that includes notable people we have lost. Jazz musician Chuck Mangione was one such purpose, and I had the pleasure of speaking to one of his biggest fans about Mangione's most recognized album, Feels So Good at a conference in October, to decide how it's a reflection of the era.

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S5E17:"Gee the Traffic is Terrific: Navigating with road maps and travel culture as documents of time and place"

John King teaches in Florida, New York, and joined me at the Mid Hudson Council for the Social Studies conference this Fall to talk about some of the road maps in my collection that caught his eye. This is not the first time that road maps have come up on the show, but as John demonstrates, everyone has their own perspectives and experiences as they navigate around a shared roadway culture.

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