Our Ancestors’ Sense of Humor: Newspaper Jokes

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on January 12, 2017

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find jokes about newspapers – giving us a glimpse into our ancestors’ sense of humor... (Read More)

Photo: Soldiers at rest after drill, Petersburg, Va., 1864. The soldiers are seated reading letters and papers and playing cards. Credit: National Archives.

Jokes of the Civil War Period (1861-1865)

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 23, 2016

In this blog article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak shares some jokes, puns and funny stories she found while searching through newspapers from the Civil War era... (Read More)

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