I'm in the process of transcribing a handwritten family recipe journal into digital format. The recipe journal was given to Mildred Horn by her grandmother Augusta Hosmer Heal (Mrs. John B. Dakin). The paper has become very fragile and stands a good chance of disintegrating in a few years. The binding is broken. Gussie's handwriting is … Continue reading Gussie H. Heal’s Recipe Journal: not just a cookbook
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Picture postcards (1919-1926) of the Horn children
This week's photo log is a collection of picture postcards taken between 1919 and 1926 of the four children of Cornelia Heal Dakin and Harry Milton Horn, Sr. of Staten Island, NY. Embossed on the 1920 postcard is the photographer's name and address: "Reilly, Port Richmond, SI". The other postcards are unmarked. The last four … Continue reading Picture postcards (1919-1926) of the Horn children
The Robert Taylor house, Hudson City, New York
The inscription on the back of this family snapshot taken in 1988, reads: "5/88. Home of Robert Taylor, 1763-1827, Hudson, Built 1795. gr-gr-grand of Dakins." The Robert Taylor house, located in Hudson, Columbia County, New York, is briefly mentioned in a description of the Hudson Historic District: "A surviving nineteenth-century industrial building (Hudson and Boston … Continue reading The Robert Taylor house, Hudson City, New York
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