CMU floral sights this week
Here are some pics of Bio flowers, which had bees, and Ed Building's pollinator garden, which did not.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Bicknell & Co. Store, Clare, MI
Students and 10-month faculty return to campus this week and classes begin next week. So far this week I had to re-add part of my HST 583 course materials to my Ultra Blackboard page. I also have a nasty drip in the processing room radiator which has twice soaked a chunk of carpet despite turning off the water valve and my putting a large plastic bowl beneath the drip. While processing a collection, I found this business advertising card with a weird image for Bicknell's, Clare. So I'm focusing on the positive today-the business advertising card. Small business advertising cards like this were common in the 19th-early 20th century. They advertised all kinds of businesses and goods. Most sported colorful images of cute children and pretty women so people would want to take and keep the card, increasing the possibilities of product sales. Bicknell's department store was still operating when we moved to Clare over 25 years ago. That building store is now a successful wedd...
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