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The Concordia Wells Mysteries

Cover art and Images that evoke my historical mystery series, set in a fictitious women's college in 1890s Hartford, CT.
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Book Release! Unseemly Honeymoon, book 6 of the Concordia Wells Mysteries Mystery Series, Mystery Thriller, Jim West, Book G, Hidden House, Concordia, Book Release, Book Search, Suspense
Book Release! Unseemly Honeymoon, book 6 of the Concordia Wells Mysteries
Book Release! Unseemly Honeymoon, book 6 of the Concordia Wells Mysteries
Crowd outside Grand Central Station, returning from summer vacations. Sept 8th, 1908.  Digitize your memories with Pic Scanner app for iPhone and iPad Old Pictures, Old Photos, Amazing Pictures, Shorpy Historical Photos, Grand Central Terminal, New Amsterdam, Vintage New York, American Cities, American History
Crowd outside Grand Central Station, returning from summer vacations. Sept 8th, 1908. Digitize your memories with Pic Scanner app for iPhone and iPad
Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, who in 1847, by using a telescope, discovered a comet which as a result became known as the "Miss Mitchell's Comet". She won a gold medal prize for her discovery which was presented to her by King Frederick VII of Denmark. The medal said “Not in vain do we watch the setting and rising of the stars”. Mitchell was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer. Mary Watson, American Academy Of Art, Nantucket, Famous Scientist, Gender Pay Gap, Vision Board, The First Americans, Telescopes
Maria Mitchell - Wikipedia
Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, who in 1847, by using a telescope, discovered a comet which as a result became known as the "Miss Mitchell's Comet". She won a gold medal prize for her discovery which was presented to her by King Frederick VII of Denmark. The medal said “Not in vain do we watch the setting and rising of the stars”. Mitchell was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.
Annie Jump Cannon (awesome name, right?) was an American astronomer who was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. She is credited with the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures. This is the right way to admire hot stars! History Class, History Museum, History Books, Great Women, Amazing Women, Amazing People, Beautiful Women, American Women, Annie
Annie Jump Cannon (awesome name, right?) was an American astronomer who was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. She is credited with the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures. This is the right way to admire hot stars!
5th Avenue and 59th Street, New York City, 1897. Belle Epoque, Paris 1900, Photo Vintage, Parcs, Street Scenes, Vintage Photographs
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5th Avenue and 59th Street, New York City, 1897.
Grand Central Station in New York City 1908 -- A Lifetime Legacy -- http://ALifetimeLegacy.com
Grand Central Station: 1908 high-resolution photo
Grand Central Station in New York City 1908 -- A Lifetime Legacy -- http://ALifetimeLegacy.com
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Where my research takes me: American princesses, free beer, and hugging
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snippet from The San Francisco Call, October 29, 1899. ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov October 29, Cover Art, The Twenties
Where my research takes me: American princesses, free beer, and hugging
snippet from The San Francisco Call, October 29, 1899. ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov
Marie Mitchell was the first American woman astronomer.  In 1865, she became the first astronomy professor, male or female, at Vassar College. Women In History, World History, Black History, Modern History, Ancient History, Old West
Maria Mitchell
Marie Mitchell was the first American woman astronomer. In 1865, she became the first astronomy professor, male or female, at Vassar College.
Annie Jump Cannon (via Wikipedia) - astronomer who was one of two that created the Harvard Classification Scheme for stars, based on their temperatures. There is an award named after her that is given to a female astronomer every year.
Annie Jump Cannon - Wikipedia
Annie Jump Cannon (via Wikipedia) - astronomer who was one of two that created the Harvard Classification Scheme for stars, based on their temperatures. There is an award named after her that is given to a female astronomer every year.
The First Pullman Parlor Car, c. 1875. Buses And Trains, Old Trains, Steam Trains, Train Car, Train Travel, Pullman Train, Abandoned Train, Train Depot, Train Engines
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The First Pullman Parlor Car, c. 1875.
from The World (New York), April 1,  1892. 19th Century Style, April Fools, Owen, New World, Posts
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from The World (New York), April 1, 1892.
A Pullman parlor car offered respectable and domestic amenities to those able to pay for them. The car interior resembles a fine parlor in a private home, and no parlor was complete without a woman to preside over it. (From “Railway Passenger Travel,” Scribner’s Magazine, September 1888) Ap Us History, History Teachers, Pullman Hotel, Historical Romance Novels, Rhyme And Reason, City Car, Gilded Age
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A Pullman parlor car offered respectable and domestic amenities to those able to pay for them. The car interior resembles a fine parlor in a private home, and no parlor was complete without a woman to preside over it. (From “Railway Passenger Travel,” Scribner’s Magazine, September 1888)
Unseemly Ambition giveaway...there's still time to enter to win! Paperbacks, ebooks, candy tins, and a chance to name a character! Cat Meeting, Book Cover, Candy Tins, Ambition, Prizes
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Unseemly Ambition giveaway...there's still time to enter to win! Paperbacks, ebooks, candy tins, and a chance to name a character!
via National Women's History Museum: Today in women’s history, Ada Howard was born in 1829. She was the first president of Wellesley College, a women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts and one of the original Seven Sisters Colleges. These colleges were a group of independent female colleges founded to parallel the formerly all-male Ivy League colleges. Women's History, Ivy League Colleges, Wellesley College, Liberal Arts College, Trade School, Fairy Hair
via National Women's History Museum: Today in women’s history, Ada Howard was born in 1829. She was the first president of Wellesley College, a women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts and one of the original Seven Sisters Colleges. These colleges were a group of independent female colleges founded to parallel the formerly all-male Ivy League colleges.