I haven't been writing as often lately because I've been so busy taking pictures.
When I started my photography business, I never dreamed I would be getting so many calls.
I'm not complaining.
But for the rest of the summer until school begins, I just have to let certain things slide.
Like housework, yard work, and this blog.
The other day, as I was doing a photo session for Allison in a nearby old town, we ventured into the site of a building that had been taken down. As we were walking across the rubble toward the brick wall pictured above, I saw what looked like an old dime. I didn't have my glasses on, so I couldn't really see it very well. I put it in my pocket.
Yesterday I remembered it was there and showed it to Kerry and Annie.
Kerry looked at it and said it looks like a penny from the year 1891!
We thought for sure it was worth something!
Kerry immediately googled it and found it was worth 200x its original value.
$2.00
Our excitement quickly faded.
Then I started thinking about how old it was, and
wondered what was going on in the world when this penny was shiny and new.
This is what I discovered:
- Benjamin Harrison was president
- Wyoming became a state
- James Naismith, a YMCA instructor in Springfield, MA created the game of basketball.
The first basketball game was played by 18 students at Springfield College.
- Carnegie Hall opened its doors
- Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera
- Thomas Edison patented "transmission of signals electrically" (Radio)
- Stanford University opened
- The first gasoline powered car debuts in Springfield, MA
- The Wrigley Company was founded
- The first electric oven was made
- W.L. Judson invented the zipper
- The first submarine was invented in Holland
Pretty cool to consider what life was like for the people that carried this penny around in 1891.
What will I do with it?
I think I'll save it for my grandkids.
Maybe one of them will love history.
Or maybe by then it will be worth more - like $3.00?
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