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Royal Candids for Christmas
BIT OF HISTORY The Late Queen Alexandra graciously shares her personal family snapshots with us (and the profits go to charity!)
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What's The Point of Bishop Hoadly?
BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff from Annette's Collection: Annette's Unexpected Companion
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Picking and Choosing
BITS OF HISTORY Ordering Online Nearly Two Hundred Years Ago PLUS History Without Effort
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The Princess's Present
THROWBACK/BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff From Annette's Collection: A Crowdfunded Royal Gift for Millions
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That Was The Yearbook That Was
BITS OF HISTORY Notes on Two High School Yearbooks: 1982 and 1898 (not a typo) from one of the oldest high schools in the US West.
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Value vs Price
BIT OF HISTORY A collectible badge, collecting journalists, and FDR speaks
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Not Just An Old Chestnut
BIT OF HISTORY Paths From Places That Give Us A Sense of Place To Places That Don't
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The Princess's Present
BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff From Annette's Collection: A Crowdfunded Royal Gift for Millions
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Cruel To Be Kind? Or Kinda Cruel?
BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff From Annette's Collection: Managing People With Little Wooden Blocks
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Shoulder to Shoulder
BIT OF HISTORY An Inappropriate Book for a Child
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A Two Hundred Year Old Food "Stamp"
A BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff From Annette's Collection: A Lasting Reminder of Changing Attitudes Toward the Poor on Both Sides of the Atlantic
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Cigarettes Sell Royalty Sell Cigarettes
BIT OF HISTORY An Unusual Coronation Souvenir Sells the Royal Family with Packets of Cigarettes
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