June 2010

New York World's Fair 1939: The World of Tomorrow

These two GM promotional videos were what the creative filmmakers thought might be what life was like in 1960. After you watch both of them, you might want to compare them to these AT&T commercials from 1993 about what the near future would hold. Notice the repeated emphasis on speed, efficiency, and convenience. Also notice that everything is "new," and "rebuilt"; the cities of the past are gone.

Document from 1792 Found in Classroom

Fourth-grade teacher

Michelle Eugenio was cleaning up a classroom in Peabody, Massachusetts when she discovered a small aged document from 1792 that once belonged to one Jonathan Bates. Bates was a Vermonter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The paper is a receipt indicting Bates paid off a debt. You can about it here, and watch the video.