Comments on: Edwardiana in the News http://edwardianpromenade.com/headline/edwardiana-in-the-news/ la belle epoque in our modern world Tue, 22 May 2012 00:16:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Evangeline Holland http://edwardianpromenade.com/headline/edwardiana-in-the-news/#comment-6949 Evangeline Holland Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:23:54 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1773#comment-6949 That's really cool Carolyn. It's always amazing when family has been touched by long-forgotten history. I hope you can find these photos and perhaps share them in the nearby future. That’s really cool Carolyn. It’s always amazing when family has been touched by long-forgotten history. I hope you can find these photos and perhaps share them in the nearby future.

]]> By: Carolyn Bailey http://edwardianpromenade.com/headline/edwardiana-in-the-news/#comment-6697 Carolyn Bailey Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:22:31 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1773#comment-6697 My great-grandfather, Melville Spencer, was a homesteader in West Palm Beach in the late 1800's. He moved there from Pennsylvania after the Civil War. He had a tropical fruit plantation and owned about one mile of oceanfront property, according to family history. He also was a lighthouse keeper for awhile. When Rockefeller's representatives came through seeking land for their railroad, they were very persuasive with land owners like Spencer. He sold out to them for an amount that would look infinitesimal compared with the value of his land today. It kept him comfortable, but there was nothing to pass down to his descendants. He was not known for hard work or attention to duty and family responsibilities, so it's easy to imagine him frittering away his windfall. As an amateur photographer, he made a large number of photos of the area. I haven't been able to locate them, but I've been told that some local historians in the Miami area know where they are. I hope to see them someday. I wish they would be given to a public conservator like the Library of Congress, where they would be preserved and everyone could see and copy them. My great-grandfather, Melville Spencer, was a homesteader in West Palm Beach in the late 1800′s. He moved there from Pennsylvania after the Civil War. He had a tropical fruit plantation and owned about one mile of oceanfront property, according to family history. He also was a lighthouse keeper for awhile.

When Rockefeller’s representatives came through seeking land for their railroad, they were very persuasive with land owners like Spencer. He sold out to them for an amount that would look infinitesimal compared with the value of his land today. It kept him comfortable, but there was nothing to pass down to his descendants. He was not known for hard work or attention to duty and family responsibilities, so it’s easy to imagine him frittering away his windfall.

As an amateur photographer, he made a large number of photos of the area. I haven’t been able to locate them, but I’ve been told that some local historians in the Miami area know where they are. I hope to see them someday. I wish they would be given to a public conservator like the Library of Congress, where they would be preserved and everyone could see and copy them.

]]> By: Evangeline Holland http://edwardianpromenade.com/headline/edwardiana-in-the-news/#comment-6688 Evangeline Holland Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:59:05 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1773#comment-6688 Thanks Elizabeth! I hope I can get to the Cartier display, and I have a trip to the Croker Art Museum in Sacramento to visit, as they have a bunch of Gilded Age heirlooms belonging to the Croker family on display. And how awesome that you played in Shaw--being in an Edwardian play is on my must-do list. Thanks Elizabeth! I hope I can get to the Cartier display, and I have a trip to the Croker Art Museum in Sacramento to visit, as they have a bunch of Gilded Age heirlooms belonging to the Croker family on display. And how awesome that you played in Shaw–being in an Edwardian play is on my must-do list.

]]> By: Elizabeth Kerri Mahon http://edwardianpromenade.com/headline/edwardiana-in-the-news/#comment-6663 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:15:46 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1773#comment-6663 I just re-tweeted this post. Thanks for a great round-up of books and news. I've actually played Hypatia in Shaw's Misalliance right around the time that the Pearl first produced Misalliance back in the 90's. Love the play, but Hypatia talks alot! I just re-tweeted this post. Thanks for a great round-up of books and news. I’ve actually played Hypatia in Shaw’s Misalliance right around the time that the Pearl first produced Misalliance back in the 90′s. Love the play, but Hypatia talks alot!

]]> By: Evangeline Holland http://edwardianpromenade.com/headline/edwardiana-in-the-news/#comment-6643 Evangeline Holland Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:39:13 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1773#comment-6643 Technically, Sherlock Holmes is both Victorian and Edwardian: Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock stories well into the 1920s, but the settings for the stories ranged from the 1880s to the early 1900s. Technically, Sherlock Holmes is both Victorian and Edwardian: Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock stories well into the 1920s, but the settings for the stories ranged from the 1880s to the early 1900s.

]]> By: heidenkind http://edwardianpromenade.com/headline/edwardiana-in-the-news/#comment-6636 heidenkind Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:16:13 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1773#comment-6636 The Sherlock Holmes themed vacation looks pretty sweet. But I thought he was Victorian? ;) The Sherlock Holmes themed vacation looks pretty sweet. But I thought he was Victorian? ;)

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