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Archive for November 2010 (4 Posts)

Botanical illustration of sweet potato plant from Mark Catesby’s The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (1731-43)

A Sweet Potato History

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History

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Planes, Trains but not Automobiles

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Travel

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World War II ‘Scientific Manpower’

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Posted in: Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Inventions, Military science, Technical Reports and Standards

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Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Inventions