Hi, all. It's been pretty quiet around here, and I was inspired by something posted to social media by the museum where I volunteer. They asked people to share any history-related treasures they have at home. It might be a memento from a historic site you visited, or an actual artifact, or just something that gets you into the historical mindset.
One of my favorites is a 1913 George V shilling coin. They're fairly cheap on Ebay, actually, and that specific coin plays a part in a ms I've written (and kind of shelved but keep going back to now and then).
Another is a print of the floor-plan of J.M. Barrie's London flat. I think I mentioned it here somewhere before, and I blogged about it, but, basically, I stumbled across it while Googling. It came from architecture.com, and I got a small (somewhat expensive) print (sent from the UK--it took forever; like, seven or eight weeks). I wanted it because I wrote a whole ms about Barrie and the boys who inspired Peter Pan--two of whom lived in this flat with Barrie for several years. The Adelphi flat plays a pretty important part in the story, so I was ecstatic to get the actual floor plan of the place. And marked in red are the changes Barrie made for when Michael and Nico moved in--that work was the purpose for these plans.
I wish I had some actual Civil War-era items (since that's the era I write in most frequently), but those are harder to come by.
One of my favorites is a 1913 George V shilling coin. They're fairly cheap on Ebay, actually, and that specific coin plays a part in a ms I've written (and kind of shelved but keep going back to now and then).
Another is a print of the floor-plan of J.M. Barrie's London flat. I think I mentioned it here somewhere before, and I blogged about it, but, basically, I stumbled across it while Googling. It came from architecture.com, and I got a small (somewhat expensive) print (sent from the UK--it took forever; like, seven or eight weeks). I wanted it because I wrote a whole ms about Barrie and the boys who inspired Peter Pan--two of whom lived in this flat with Barrie for several years. The Adelphi flat plays a pretty important part in the story, so I was ecstatic to get the actual floor plan of the place. And marked in red are the changes Barrie made for when Michael and Nico moved in--that work was the purpose for these plans.
I wish I had some actual Civil War-era items (since that's the era I write in most frequently), but those are harder to come by.