HISTORY SHARE: EVERYDAY OBJECTS IN COLONIAL TIMES

Kids of today might find it hard to imagine how people ever managed without all the high-tech stuff they have access to. But back in the days of the first white settlers, these were America’s primary tools and toys. Some were even still to be found in my day. Like, pomanders (though I think they might have been a school project or something) and whirligigs, which my father sometimes made for us.

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