178 The History of Paper

from The History of American Food · host Margaret Hardin

This week we go back in time to learn about how we got paper.It's been with us for a long time, but until the end of the 19th century it was mostly old clothes.To find out what paper used to be and how we got to paper from trees - tune in.Also - as promised... the links to the W.E.B. Du Bois self tour:https://www.duboisnhs.org/great-barrington-walking-tour/Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor TurtleShow Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot comThreads: @THoAFoodInstagram: @THoAFood& some other socials... @THoAFood

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