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and modified Yesterday I recently started researching my Great Great Grandfather's (Joseph Baker Comer) American Civil War record. I was surprised to find that a collector happened to own his medal.

I emailed him to ask if it would be possible to get a couple of photos of the medal.

Much to my surprise and pleasure, he offered to sell the medal to me at a good price. I was able to put the money together and the medal is winging its way to me.

These are photos of the medal sent to me by him. I will post my own photos when the medal arrives. ]]> http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_stuff/family_history_and/med/ Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:34:01 GMT http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_stuff/year_in_photos/2007/two-of-the-3-sister/ "Two of the 3 Sisters: Corn and Squash" Album
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Album was created 4 years 1 month ago
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and modified 16 days ago My dear, dear Kosovar friends ]]> http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_stuff/family_history_and/family_friends_pets/the_avdius/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:06:26 GMT http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_stuff/year_in_photos/2009/storm-august-17/ "Storm August 17" Album
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and modified 26 days ago ]]> http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_stuff/year_in_photos/2009/storm-august-17/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:12:54 GMT http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_friends_albums/eht/eht/ "The Elmdale House Tavern" Album
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and modified 1 month ago The Elmdale is one of the few remaining old-style taverns in Ottawa. It has recently been revitalized and refurbished. It now features live music on most weekend evenings and is a terrific, unpretentious neighbourhood watering hole.

Once upon a time, such taverns were segregated into a men's side, and "Ladies and Escorts" which was reserved for women and women accompanied by men. As late as the late 1970s and even the earl;y '80s, women did not enter or sit in the "men's" side. Originally, women would only have entered the tavern with an escort, never unaccompanied.

I can still remember walking through the "men's" side of the Hotel Lafayette with friends sometime in about 1983, looking for another friend. The reception was decidedly hostile.

My former father-in-law recalled that in the 1970s, a group of women staging a "walk in" to the Bank Hotel in Hull, Quebec which was a men's only tavern. They were unceremoniously physically carried to the doors and ejected.

Now, the hotels are mixed, but one can often see the old "Ladies and Escorts" signs above the doors in the few taverns left. ]]> http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_friends_albums/eht/eht/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:28:52 GMT http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/my_stuff/music/cr/ "CR" Album
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