Santa’s Workshop, a 1940s era theme park in Wilmington, New York, is still pulling in “believers of all ages.” Dick’s Country Store, Music Oasis & Gun City, in Churusbusco, is: “A little bit of heaven for the bluegrass music fan who also loves to hunt, this ordinary looking building on Route 11 east of [...]
Archive for October, 2007
A Register of Very Special Places
Posted in cultural heritage, oral history, popular history on October 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
shikataganai
Posted in oral history, tagged digital design, flash, Japanese American internment, oral history on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Shikataganai”, an interactive flash production, tells the story of Toshi Kadowaki, born in Gardena, California in 1918 through her own words in an oral history interview with her grandson, digital designer Paul Tashima. Kadowaki sums up the experience of the World War II internment camps saying, “Shikata ga nai” or “it can’t be helped.” Tashima [...]
Turning Point: Roy Rosenzweig
Posted in National History Day, tagged Center for History and New Media, National History Day, OAH Distinquished Lectureship, Randy Bass, Roy Rosenzweig on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Roy Rosenzweig , Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History and New Media at George Mason University, was a mentor and generous friend to those at a distance as well as to his many colleagues, collaborators, and students at George Mason University. We were saddened to hear of his death this past week.
I have [...]
Moonshine and Rum-Running in Anne’s Land
Posted in Prince Edward Island, popular history on October 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Wax World of the Stars, Fan-taz-ma-goric Museum, King Tut’s Tomb, Santa’s Woods, and Grandpa’s Antique Photo Studio remain from a passing era of family summer entertainment around Cavendish, in the heart of “Anne’s Land” on Prince Edward Island. Rainbow Valley amusement park—the name comes from a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery—closed its doors; [...]
