All posts tagged "Leominster Mass."
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7.8KArts and LeisureA Brief History of the Plastic Pink Flamingo
Don Featherstone made landscape history in 1957 when he designed the plastic pink flamingo for a Leominster, Mass., plastics company. Little did...
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25.8K1Business and LaborJohnny Appleseed, The Real Reason He Wandered
Johnny Appleseed wasn’t quite a New England version of St. Francis, wandering the countryside in rags, scattering apple seeds and befriending woodland...
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116.1K4Business and LaborThe New England Teachers Who Invented New Math in 1788
By 1885 Americans were ready for new math. In 1773, the sixth edition of Thomas Dilworth’s classic Schoolmaster’s Assistant was the dominant...
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15.3K5Business and LaborSecrets to a Long Life From Holders of The Boston Post Cane
When the Town of Westmoreland, N.H., gave its Boston Post Cane to 113-year-old Mary Ray in 2008, she was believed to be...
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14.7K7Business and LaborBrownie Wise, The Brains Behind Tupperware
In 1950, Earl Tupper was sitting in his Leominster, Mass., office struggling with how to get his business off the ground when...
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5.3K13Business and LaborFlashback Video: Leominster Labor Day Parade, 1903
The people of Leominster, Mass., celebrated the 16th national Labor Day in 1903 with a parade down the center of town. (Leominster...
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