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Victorian Era Hygiene

21 Mar 2023

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

The James E. Merrill House Museum is full of interesting -- and sometimes strange -- items common to households in the Victorian era. Each month, Merrill House Museum Coordinator Nancy Gandy takes us on a tour of the two-story house, pointing out some of the oddities.

Postcards from Christmas Past

31 Dec 2022

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

For a long time, postcards were the most popular way for the people of Jacksonville to not only send their season’s greetings to those they cared about, but for them to receive letters of holiday joy in return.

Local Personality, International Star

31 Dec 2022

Georgia Pribanic

From the Archive

A Riff from the Past...who created WJCT's weekly jazz radio show, Jazz Corner?

A Victorian Christmas in the Merrill House

31 Dec 2022

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

The James E. Merrill House Museum was decked out in holiday glory, thanks to Merrill House Museum Coordinator Nancy Gandy and volunteer docents Georgia Pribanic and Duncan Sawyer. Take a peek...

A Glimpse of Jacksonville’s Maritime Past

31 Dec 2022

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

One of the joys of being an historian is discovering old documents that let us see into the past. The past is what happened. History is how we understand and explain the past, and we are constantly understanding it in new ways. Jacksonville is full of stories, which is what makes it such a fascinating place to practice history.

The Long Historical Reach of “Redlining”

5 Oct 2022

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

Nearly two-thirds of Americans are homeowners, and for them, the difference between their home value and their mortgage balance is the lion’s share of what they consider their wealth. What is "redlining" and when did it begin?