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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Fouse Brothers & Co.'S Almanac 1874

Fouse Brothers & Co.'S Almanac 1874

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Paperback

AtlasesGeneral Antiques & CollectiblesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354501869
ISBN13: 9789354501869
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.09 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Open a window on 1874. A year in your hands. Fouse Brothers & Co.'s Almanac 1874 is a 19th century almanac and historical calendar booklet from Reconstruction era America, capturing the practical rhythms of daily life as surely as it marks the days. Within its compact pages, the 1874 American calendar sits alongside astronomy and moon phases, seasonal signposts, and the kind of weather lore and forecasts that once shaped decisions from town streets to open fields. Part guide, part record, and part local artefact, this antique almanac reprint speaks to readers who love period detail as well as those who simply enjoy dipping into a bygone year. Expect notes aimed at work and wellbeing: farm and garden tips, reminders tied to planting and harvest, and the steady tempo of a Victorian almanac collection. Its value is also archival. As an antique almanac reprint, it offers a crisp glimpse of the small-format publications that circulated through shops and kitchens, setting out timekeeping, observation, and advice before modern media. Turn to any month for a taste of Reconstruction era America in miniature today. Almanacs like this often preserve traces of genealogy and local history and are prized by antique ephemera collectors for the way they compress a community's knowledge into a single, usable object, in the tradition of the old farmers almanac. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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