Tag Archives: babies
HISTORY SHARE: BABY NAMES
The parents of most babies born this year will be able to call them anything they like, but some countries are a bit fussy about that. And even if the government doesn’t object, a priest might at the christening. Back in WW II, my mother said the vicar of her little English village church flat […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: HISTORIC FOOD ICON
Image From: http://clipart-library.com/clipart/1014863.htm Still on the subject of baby pictures: Question: Who was the original baby for Gerber baby foods? Answer: Ann Turner Cook acquired that distinction in 1928 and grew up to be a mystery writer. Her likeness was drawn by artist, Dorothy Hope Smith. https://www.gerber.com/about/meet-the-gerber-baby Ninety years later, another baby made Gerber history. […]
HISTORY SHARE: MYSTERY SOLVED – WHY MEDIEVAL ARTISTS PAINTED SUCH UGLY BABIES
Since there were no cameras back then, we have to rely on paintings to show us what people looked like in medieval times. Until the Renaissance, babies didn’t fare too well in that department. https://www.vox.com/2015/7/8/8908825/ugly-medieval-babies
HISTORY TIDBIT: NEW YEAR BABIES
Nowadays, in some parts of the world, babies who are the first to be born into a community on January 1st get to be on TV, and have their pictures in the paper, and get a lot of neat baby stuff, courtesy of local merchants. Along with freebies for their parents. Siblings, if any, appear […]
Time Travelling With Kids 